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David Sacks is stepping down as the US’s crypto and AI czar.As a special government employee, his position only lasted 130 days.He will still be assisting the administration’s technology ambitions in other ways.One of the primary architects of America’s pro-crypto pivot under US President Donald Trump is entering a new role. David Sacks, the prominent venture capitalist, is stepping down as the administration’s so-called crypto and AI czar. The role never existed before, and was designated as a special government employee.SGE’s are only expected to perform temporary duties for the legislative or executive branch for no more than 130 days…

US lawmakers have introduced a second bill this week aimed at curbing prediction market insider trading by government officials, amid growing concerns over such activity on major platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket.In an announcement on Thursday, US lawmakers Todd Young, Elissa Slotkin, John Curtis and Adam Schiff unveiled the bipartisan Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026.”No one should be profiting off the information and knowledge gained as a public servant, period,” Slotkin said, adding: “This bill is an important first step in placing common sense rules around prediction markets, and it has real teeth to ensure…

Simon Gerovich has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026. As Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Metaplanet, he has helped transform the once struggling hospitality company into one of the largest corporate Bitcoin holders in the world. Now, Gerovich arrives in Las Vegas as one of the most closely watched figures in institutional Bitcoin adoption outside of the United States. Metaplanet closed 2025 with 35,102 BTC, making it the fourth-largest public corporate Bitcoin holder globally. The company has outlined aggressive accumulation targets, aiming to reach 100,000 BTC by the end of 2026 and 210,000 BTC…

Three years later, Bo Shen has opened a recovery hunt, inviting anyone to help trace stolen funds. Bo Shen, co-founder of Fenbushi Capital, has renewed efforts to recover roughly $42 million in digital assets stolen from his personal wallet in a November 2022 hack. This time, he is using a public appeal to mobilize the broader crypto community. At that time, blockchain security firm Beosin confirmed the incident and said the breach likely stemmed from a private key compromise, which allowed the attacker to gain control of the wallet and transfer all funds to two Ethereum addresses. Open Bounty for…

Bitcoin’s market structure is showing a split signal: institutional demand through ETFs is accelerating, while short-term holders are still selling into exchanges at a loss. That divergence is helping explain why BTC has held up near the $70,000 area even as retail stress remains visible in on-chain data. In his latest Morning Brief, Axel Adler Jr. said US spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbed 62,986 BTC over the past 30 days, equal to $11.3 billion in net inflows between February 24 and March 25. Over that stretch, cumulative ETF holdings rose to 1,326,874 BTC. The pace of buying also picked up materially.…

As the global cryptocurrency mining industry pushes the absolute boundaries of computational physics, a highly critical, undeniable truth has rapidly emerged in 2026: raw processing power is no longer the sole determining factor of mining profitability. You can engineer the fastest microchip in existence, but if you cannot efficiently control the massive physical environment it operates in, that chip will inevitably fail. The undisputed, number one enemy of modern ASIC mining hardware is not network difficulty or volatile energy prices—it is extreme, highly destructive thermal output. For the everyday investor looking to purchase hashpower, a very serious operational question must…

Paris, France, March 26th, 2026, Chainwire Zama becomes the default confidentiality layer for the T-REX Ledger Privacy, compliance, and interoperability built into public blockchain infrastructure FHE-powered confidential settlement enabling secure institutional adoption at scale T-REX Network, the multi-chain RWA orchestration layer supported by Apex Group, which services $3.5 trillion in assets, has partnered with Zama, the pioneer in Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), to integrate native confidentiality into the T-REX Ledger. This collaboration marks a pivotal move in bringing regulated financial markets onchain by combining Zama’s encryption expertise with the ERC-3643 standard, which currently secures $32 billion in tokenized assets. The…

My job is collecting your data. I’m a Compliance Officer at a regulated crypto exchange. My job is collecting your data. 4.2 million passports this year. Selfies. Utility bills. Proof of address. Proof of income. Proof you exist. Last Tuesday we froze a user’s account – $48,000. He tried to withdraw to self-custody. The system flagged it “Suspicious activity.” Suspicious means we don’t know why you want your money. So you can’t have it. Until you explain. To us. In email. He explained. We reviewed it. It took six weeks. Missed his rent. That’s called “compliance”. Our Head of Security…

MAVAN will be the largest Ethereum staking service provider globally and will provide staking services for other proof-of-stake chains and blockchain infrastructure services Bitmine has 3,142,643 staked ETH, representing $6.8 billion at $2,148 per ETH Bitmine remains supported by a premier group of institutional investors including ARK’s Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, Galaxy Digital and personal investor Thomas “Tom” Lee to support Bitmine’s goal of acquiring 5% of ETH NORWALK, Conn., March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — (NYSE AMERICAN: BMNR) Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (“Bitmine” or the “Company”) a Bitcoin and Ethereum Network company with…

Victoria, Seychelles, March 25th, 2026, Chainwire Global crypto trading platform BYDFi is participating as a sponsor of Next Block Expo 2026, held March 24–25 in Warsaw, Poland. Now in its sixth edition, NBX positions itself as one of the largest crypto and blockchain gatherings in Central and Eastern Europe, with the 2026 event expanding into a larger venue and bringing together thousands of attendees, more than 140 speakers, and dozens of Web3 brands, builders, investors, and regulators for two days of networking, dealmaking, and industry discussion. BYDFi at Next Block Expo 2026 Next Block Expo 2026 brings together keynotes, panels,…