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Bybit says it prevented $300 million in scam-related losses in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking a major milestone in its AI-driven security overhaul.

The White House, not one to miss a good drama, has chimed in with an “extremely pointed message” to banks, telling them to stop “undercutting The Genius Act” (yes, that’s a real thing) and holding The Clarity Act “hostage.” All this while raking in “record profits,” because apparently, banks are the villains in this financial soap opera. Who knew?

Picture this: Bitcoin, that digital rogue, took a nosedive after the U.S. and Israel decided to play a game of “who strikes first” with Iran, sending shockwaves through every market like a catapulted cow. Prices plummeted to $63,000 before deciding to bounce back toward $67,000-because why not? Traders, caught between geopolitical jitters and their own hefty bets, were left scrambling like chickens with their heads cut off. Meanwhile, energy markets reacted faster than a dog chasing a squirrel, while equities and crypto floundered in a sea of confusion. According to the wise folks at Wintermute, it seems our dear digital assets are more influenced by global turmoil than by the coins themselves.

Behold the plaintiffs, a troupe of investors led by Nessa Risley, who, in April 2022, stormed into court like a drunken troupe of actors. They accused Uniswap, its founder Hayden Adams, and certain venture capitalists of enabling rug pulls and pump-and-dump schemes-claims as flimsy as a paper crown in a rainstorm. Their efforts were as futile as a court jester’s attempt to serenade a stone wall.

Mike McGlone, the senior commodity strategist with a knack for turning spreadsheets into soap operas, took to social media platform X on March 3 to spill the tea. Apparently, the world’s favorite safe-haven asset is feeling a bit like yesterday’s news. “Gold pillars crumbling?” he mused, probably while sipping a latte and staring dramatically out a window. “Crude spike on Iran could fuel sales.” Because nothing says “buy oil” like a little international drama.

The delay, a tale spun from the loom of Washington’s tangled web, is said to stem from a feud between the banking guild and the crypto sorcerers, particularly over the enigmatic matter of stablecoin rewards. A dispute as old as time, perhaps, but with more spreadsheets.

Circle, ever the innovator, has unveiled “Nanopayments” on testnet, designed for the bustling world of agentic commerce-where AI agents and apps can transfer microscopic sums of value with the grace of a ballerina and no pesky gas fees to ruin the party.

In a delightfully detailed thread on X, market analyst Caleb Franzen laid out the logic behind his calmness. If you’re thinking “bullish for the long run means ignore the dent in the price structure,” think again. Franzen’s framework is as rooted in crayon sketches of cloud‑filled lines as it is in the real‑world dynamics of bear markets, moving averages, and the occasional prophetic theatrics of price action.

Global payments firms are deepening their push into stablecoin-based settlement. Visa (NYSE: V) announced on March 3 that it has expanded collaboration with Bridge to scale stablecoin-linked card programs and onchain settlement capabilities with planned expansion across more than 100 countries.

Riot and SBI Crypto reached a settlement agreement on February 16, 2026, which Riot announced in its annual report on March 3rd. This announcement came just a week after the start of a court case in Texas. The agreement fully resolves all disputes between the two companies and their subsidiaries, Whinstone.