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President Donald Trump issued a dramatic 48-hour ultimatum to Iran late Saturday: reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping or face U.S. strikes on the country’s power plants — starting with the largest facilities. The threat marks a sharp escalation from Friday’s comments about “winding down” military operations. Iran…

Bitcoin’s spot price has stabilized somewhat near $70,000–$71,000 after the brutal 50%+ drawdown from October 2025 highs, but options markets are screaming extreme fear. According to VanEck’s mid-March 2026 Bitcoin ChainCheck report, traders are paying record premiums for downside protection — a classic contrarian signal that often precedes major reversals.…

Coinbase is accelerating its “Everything Exchange” vision with a major new product drop: perpetual stock futures now live for eligible non-U.S. retail and institutional traders. The contracts cover large-cap U.S. stocks (the Magnificent 7: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, Tesla) plus ETFs tracking the S&P 500 (SPY) and Nasdaq…

Even as Bitcoin trades ~$70,643 — down more than 40% from its October 2025 all-time high of $126,000 — Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy, ticker MSTR) is showing no signs of slowing its relentless BTC accumulation. The company has already purchased 89,618 BTC in the first quarter of 2026, putting it on…

Bitcoin is once again acting as the “canary in the macro coal mine,” holding near $70,000 while traditional markets show increasing cracks. The narrative has flipped dramatically: only weeks ago, traders debated how many Fed rate cuts would come in 2026. Now, CME FedWatch prices a 12% chance of a…

The U.S. crypto industry’s top legislative priority — the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Clarity Act) — is edging closer to a Senate Banking Committee hearing, with Republicans meeting Thursday to hammer out final compromises. Updated bill text circulated to the White House today, sources familiar with the negotiations told…

A heated debate is raging in Washington over whether crypto platforms like Coinbase should be allowed to share stablecoin yield with users — and the outcome could reshape incentives, user behavior, and revenue streams across the industry. A source close to the negotiations captured the sentiment perfectly:“It feels like even…

Bitcoin is clinging to $69,000 territory Thursday despite a fresh wave of risk-off pressure from the escalating Iran conflict and hotter energy prices. BTC is down ~2.6% today (last ~$69,400), but that looks almost steady compared to the carnage elsewhere: gold –5% to $4,500/oz (weakest since early February), silver –6.6%,…

Posted by WallStreetQueenOfficialMarch 18, 2026 – Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria (current time: 07:45 PM WAT) American Bitcoin (ABTC), the mining and treasury firm co-founded with backing from Eric Trump (Chief Strategy Officer) and Donald Trump Jr., has quietly climbed the Bitcoin treasury rankings to become the 16th largest public…

Bitcoin’s brief flirtation with $74,000 levels was abruptly ended Wednesday morning as a double whammy of renewed Iran escalation headlines and unexpectedly hot February U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) data slammed risk assets across the board. The rapid reversal saw BTC drop to around $72,300–$72,500 (down ~2% over the past…