Polymarket now gives a 54% chance that Bitcoin could slide to $45K later in 2026. Bitcoin trades near $67,735 while price stays below the $69,199 Fibonacci mark today. ETF flows turned uneven as Iran-linked risks added fresh uncertainty to Bitcoin. Prediction-market traders are increasingly pricing the possibility of Bitcoin falling toward $45,000 in 2026 as
Two new funding rounds for Corastone and Zcash Open Development Lab show blockchain infrastructure maturing for real‑world scale, private markets, and privacy‑first payments. Summary Corastone raised backing from Fidelity, Hamilton Lane and others to run a private, permissioned blockchain as shared infrastructure for private‑market workflows. Zcash Open Development Lab secured over $25m from Paradigm, a16z
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Global conflicts usually shake financial markets. Investors rush toward safe assets like gold or government bonds. Recent market behavior tells a different story. Bitcoin now challenges traditional safe-haven assets. Since the Iran war began, financial markets have reacted sharply. Gold prices fell around 5 percent. Silver dropped nearly 12 percent. U.S. equities also lost ground
Bitcoin BTC$68,774.38 may gain if a potential U.S.-Iran conflict stretches on for months as higher government spending, rising debt and lower interest rates create conditions that have historically supported the cryptocurrency, according to macrostrategist Mark Connors. Wars are expensive, and financing them typically requires governments to issue more debt, said Connors, formerly the head of
NYDIG argued that Bitcoin’s latest move alongside U.S. software stocks does not prove the asset has turned into a software equity proxy. In its March 6 weekly research note, the firm said Bitcoin’s rising 90 day correlations are not limited to software shares. Instead, they also extend to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, which
Chainlink adoption expanded this week with 11 new integrations across 2 services and 11 chains, including Base and Injective EVM. New integrations included $ADI Chain, Arc, DogeOS Chikyu, GIWA Sepolia, Monad, Perennial, Pharos, Seismic, and Stable. Chainlink recorded 11 new integrations this week across two services and 11 blockchain networks: $ADI Chain, Arc, Base, DogeOS
The platform’s first fully onchain athlete asset signals a shift toward decentralized tokenization of sports talent ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Tokenization has become one of the most discussed themes in crypto over the past two years. Most blockchain projects experimenting with the concept have focused on financial assets such as treasury securities,
As real-world assets migrate on-chain, tokenized stocks are rapidly emerging as the most aggressive growth vertical of the current RWA cycle, fusing traditional equities with programmable liquidity. Summary The silent boom in tokenized equity markets Strategic value drivers and TradFi friction Competing architectures for tokenized stock issuance Market structure and leading players Bridging TradFi settlement
The Japanese stock market experienced historic volatility on March 9, with the Nikkei 225 plunging over 4,200 points at its lowest, ultimately closing down 2,892.12 points (or 5.2%), marking the third-largest point drop in history. Historic Point Drop The Japanese stock market endured a day of historic volatility on Monday as the Nikkei 225 suffered