Crypto - Americas

USOR token launched on Solana claiming oil reserve backing. It surged 400,000%, then crashed 90%

USOR token launched on Solana claiming oil reserve backing. It surged 400,000%, then crashed 90% when the February 1 rollout revealed no physical oil. Here is what went wrong.

Bitcoin Closes Q1 Down 47 Percent. Fear Is at 11. FTX Just Released $2.2 Billion.

Bitcoin ends Q1 at $67K, down 47% from ATH. Fear & Greed at 11. FTX pays $2.2B today. BTC ETFs saw $2.5B March inflows but $296M outflow in final week.

The Only Person in the White House Who Understood Crypto Just Lost His Desk

David Sacks' 130-day crypto czar term expired March 26. No replacement is coming. The CLARITY Act is stuck in committee. The midterms are in seven months.

An Eye Drop Company Just Bought 8.78% of a DeFi Protocol. The Ticker Changes April 3.

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals renamed itself Stablecoin Development Corporation, bought 2.06 billion SKY tokens worth $147 million, and will trade as SDEV on April 3.

Coinbase Just Let Non-US Traders Long Apple at 10x on a Saturday Night. Wall Street Can’t Do That.

Coinbase launched 24/7 stock perpetual futures for non-US traders. Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla at 10x leverage, settled in USDC. The NYSE closes. Coinbase doesn't.

Strategy Owns 761,000 Bitcoin and Still Thinks That’s Not Enough

Strategy bought 22,337 BTC in one week and now holds 761,068 coins. The goal is 1 million by December. The preferred stock engine funding it just changed gear.

Kraken Just Got a Key to the Fed. Five Years Ago They Were Told That Would Never Happen.

Kraken Financial just became the first crypto company with a Federal Reserve master account. Direct Fedwire access. No middleman bank. Five years in the making.

A Central Bank Just Committed $350 Million to Crypto. Not From Seized Coins. From Its Actual Reserves.

Kazakhstan's central bank is allocating $350M from reserves into crypto-linked assets starting April. Not seized coins. Actual sovereign capital.

Banks Are Blocking the Biggest Crypto Bill in US History. Trump Just Called Them Out by Name.

The CLARITY Act passed the House 294-134. Banks are blocking it over stablecoin yield. Trump called them out. March markup is the last window before midterms.

Bitcoin Bounced to $69K, ETFs Snapped Their Losing Streak, and Iran’s Crypto Lifeline Lit Up All at Once

Bitcoin rebounds to $69,000 on a short squeeze as spot ETFs snap their losing streak with $458 million in inflows and Iranian crypto outflows spike 700 percent.

Bitcoin Falls Toward $65,000 as Monday’s Open Turns Into a Stress Test Nobody Asked For

Bitcoin slips below $66,000 as Iran's drone strike on Aramco sends oil up 7%, gold past $5,400, and $515 million in crypto liquidations pile onto a market already down 47% from peak.