According to a recent report, the two heavyweight prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi, are said to be chatting with prospective backers about fresh fundraising rounds. Current figures place Kalshi’s valuation near $11 billion and Polymarket’s around $9 billion, and if capital does come calling, each company is eyeing a lofty $20 billion post-money valuation.

Oil markets spiked past $100 as Operation Epic Fury rattled global energy flows, with Donald J. Trump arguing the surge is a temporary price tied to eliminating Iran’s nuclear threat and restoring long-term stability.

Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin bet produced early profits, huge sales during the 2022 crypto crash, and a lasting corporate crypto footprint, as blockchain analysis shows Elon Musk’s company still holds a significant stash.

Ripple expands institutional crypto futures access by integrating Coinbase Derivatives contracts into its prime brokerage platform, opening regulated trading opportunities for global clients and linking deeper liquidity with a rapidly growing institutional derivatives market.

The U.S. dollar is flexing its muscles in early March as geopolitical tensions and rising energy prices have been sending investors scrambling for what some believe is the world’s most liquid safe haven.

XRP is gaining renewed bullish momentum as growing attention around XRP Ledger utility and the RLUSD stablecoin fuels optimism that the network could potentially evolve into a powerful engine for everyday global payments.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, according to state media reports on Sunday.

Strategy’s massive bitcoin accumulation is back in focus after Michael Saylor shared a chart highlighting continued corporate buying, reinforcing the firm’s position as the largest public-company holder and sparking speculation that another acquisition cycle may be underway.

A Washington startup says the next frontier for computing—and possibly bitcoin mining—may orbit hundreds of miles above Earth.

Artificial intelligence (AI) produced a whirlwind of developments over the weekend, delivering executive resignations, Pentagon disputes, robotics breakthroughs, enterprise model launches, and new security tools that collectively show the industry accelerating on nearly every front.

Ethereum traded around $1,939 on March 8, 2026, hovering near short-term support as technical indicators across multiple timeframes suggested a market lacking strong upward momentum. In short, liquidity is healthy, participation exists, and yet the chart continues to behave like a trader who showed up to the party but refuses to dance.

Oil prices jumped to $115 a barrel over the weekend on the decentralized exchange ( DEX) platform Hyperliquid as Middle East conflict and sudden production cuts from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates rattled energy markets.

Bitcoin traded around $66,922 to $67,259 per unit on March 8, 2026, holding inside a $66,636 to $68,109 intraday range as traders assess whether the recent decline from the $73,000–$74,000 region has stabilized. With a market cap around $1.34 trillion and roughly $29.2 billion in 24-hour trading volume, the technical picture across the 1-day, 4-hour and 1-hour charts shows a consolidation phase with a slight downward bias.

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this edition, Paraguay seeks to implement seized hardware to mine bitcoin, Colombia prepares to regulate the crypto industry, and Uala raises $195 million to expand throughout Latin America.

Banco do Brasil, a Brazilian state-controlled bank, launched a new feature allowing Brazilian customers to leverage the Pix payments system in Argentina. The institution is considering expanding this functionality to more countries to reach large Brazilian communities.