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. Oil Prices Spike as Trump Defends Cost of Operation Epic Fury Energy markets jolted higher as geopolitical tensions tied to “Operation

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. Arkham Traces Tesla’s $1.5B Bitcoin Bet: Early Profits, Massive 2022 Sales, and What Happened Next Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk played

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. Regulated Crypto Futures Access Widens as Ripple Prime Links to Coinbase Access to Coinbase Derivatives futures markets widened as Ripple Prime

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. Dollar Index Nears 100 as War Risk, Oil Prices, and Fed Policy Collide The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the greenback

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. XRP and RLUSD May Drive Next Phase of Blockchain Payments as XRPL Focuses on Utility Momentum around real-world blockchain payments is strengthening,

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. In a significant development amid the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, Iranian state media announced that the clerical Assembly of

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. Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Chart Signals Ongoing Corporate Treasury Accumulation Institutional attention around corporate bitcoin accumulation resurfaced after Strategy’s

A Washington startup says the next frontier for computing—and possibly bitcoin mining—may orbit hundreds of miles above Earth. Bitcoin Mining Heads to Space as Starcloud Prepares Starcloud-2 Satellite Launch According to a report by PCMag, Redmond-based space technology and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure company Starcloud is advancing plans to place data centers in low-Earth orbit,

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. Defense Deals, Resignations, and Pentagon Friction One of the most striking developments arrived on March 7 when Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI’s

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. Ethereum Chart Outlook