The Central Bank of Kazakhstan recently announced that it would set up an investment portfolio of up to $350 million to invest in cryptocurrency companies and other instruments providing exposure to digital assets, using gold, and part of its foreign reserves to this end.

Illicit crypto transactions surged to record levels in 2025, yet the digital asset economy continues expanding as legitimate adoption accelerates worldwide, highlighting a rapidly growing blockchain ecosystem that still overwhelmingly operates within legal activity.

Dubai’s regulator warns consumers and investors to avoid crypto exchange Kucoin, intensifying scrutiny of unregulated digital asset platforms as the UAE’s multi-agency system divides oversight of virtual assets across Dubai and other emirates.

Crypto is entering a regulated institutional era as Ripple expands licensed financial infrastructure and global compliance, signaling blockchain’s transition from experimentation to large-scale financial deployment, connecting traditional finance with digital asset markets.

Institutional investors are holding firm through bitcoin’s latest market dip, signaling deeper conviction as ETF inflows, new buyers, and geopolitical tensions reinforce the cryptocurrency’s growing role as a potential safe-haven asset.

Momentum builds in Washington for clearer U.S. crypto rules as SEC Chair Paul Atkins backs the Clarity Act, aligning with President Donald Trump’s push to secure regulatory certainty and keep digital asset innovation anchored in America.

A global crackdown dismantles Tycoon 2FA, a phishing platform that bypassed multi-factor authentication and fueled massive cyberattacks, as Coinbase, Microsoft, and Europol coordinate a sweeping effort to disrupt infrastructure behind widespread credential theft.

OpenAI rolled out Codex Security on March 6, introducing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered application security agent that scans Github repositories for vulnerabilities, just weeks after Anthropic launched its rival Claude Code Security tool—turning AI-driven code defense into the tech industry’s newest competitive battleground.

Oil prices rose sharply on Friday, with both crude benchmarks jumping over 5% as investors expect the conflict in the Middle East to drag on. West Texas Intermediate futures reached $88, and Brent futures surpassed $91 as President Trump demanded an unconditional surrender from Iran’s regime.

Wall Street just welcomed another crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) to the party, but polkadot’s price chart didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet.

Bitcoin surrendered its $70,000 support level, triggering a broader crypto market retreat that wiped out $329 million in leveraged positions. This downturn was fueled by a perfect storm of geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures.

After three days of strong inflows, crypto ETFs cooled off on Thursday, with bitcoin funds posting a $228 million outflow. Ether, XRP, and solana ETFs also ended the day in the red, signaling a broad market pause.

Strike has secured a New York Bitlicense and a Money Transmitter License from the New York State Department of Financial Services, allowing the bitcoin payments platform to offer its services to residents and businesses across the state.

At 8:30 a.m. EST, bitcoin traded at $69,926 on March 6, 2026, with a market cap of roughly $1.39 trillion and about $48 billion in 24-hour trading volume. The session’s intraday band ranged from $69,732 to $72,956, leaving price pinned near the middle of a tightening consolidation range where buyers defend the $69,000 area while overhead pressure lingers near $73K.

The SEC has reached a settlement with Rainberry (formerly Bittorrent) to resolve