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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes published a new essay on March 2 arguing that prolonged US military engagement with Iran would increase the likelihood of Federal Reserve rate cuts and money printing, ultimately driving Bitcoin higher.His thesis rests on a four-decade pattern: every major US military campaign in the Middle East has been followed by Fed easing, and he expects Iran to be no different.War and the Fed: A Recurring PatternIn “iOS Warfare,” Hayes presented a historical analysis linking US military operations in the Middle East to subsequent monetary easing by the Fed. He noted that every US president since 1985…

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The TON Wallet Vaults will let users earn yield on BTC, ETH, and USDT. Toncoin (TON) is deeply oversold, trading near $1.29 with bearish momentum. The key levels to watch are the support around $1.23–$1.26 and the resistance around $1.41–$2.02. Toncoin (TON) cryptocurrency has faced a sharp decline even as Telegram rolls out its new Vault feature within the TON Wallet. The launch of “Vault” in TON Wallet allows users to earn yield on Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Tether (USDT) without leaving the app. Vaults are self-custodial, meaning users retain control of their private keys and assets while participating…

Can you insider-trade on an investigation into your own insider trading? Polymarket just turned that question from philosophical to practical.Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT published findings Thursday morning naming Axiom, a crypto trading platform, as the company whose employees he believed had used non-public information to place profitable trades.The investigation had been teased for days, and Polymarket had created a contract allowing users to bet on which company would be named, pulling in roughly $40 million in volume since Monday.The problem is that someone clearly knew the answer before it dropped.Lookonchain identified 12 wallets that bet heavily on Axiom before the reveal,…

📊No votes yet – Be the first to vote Russia’s crypto sector got big news. On February 26, 2026, organizers of Russia’s Crypto Summit rolled out the Institute for Crypto Industry Development, designed to boost and guide the nation’s fast-growing cryptocurrency world. The new autonomous non-profit wants to push blockchain innovation forward and get crypto companies talking with government officials. Anatoly Aksakov, who chairs the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, talked up the Institute’s role in building a solid framework for crypto businesses. He said the move will help clear up regulatory confusion and drive tech progress forward.…

Ethereum’s latest long-term planning document has given investors a new way to assess whether the digital asset can eventually reach $10,000 by the end of this decade.The newly published “Strawmap,” introduced by Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake, reads less like a conventional roadmap than a preemptive response plan.It sketches a path for Ethereum base-layer upgrades through the end of the decade, with seven forks by 2029 and five broad targets, including a faster Layer 1, much higher throughput, post-quantum security, privacy at the base layer, and a scaling architecture that keeps Layer 1 and Layer 2 moving together.In essence, Ethereum…

The slowdown in on-chain activity echoes a similar lull last summer that came right before a huge rebound in Bitcoin. The total fees paid on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) recently fell to approximately $593,000, marking the network’s lowest usage cost since at least August 2025. This collapse in transaction activity on one of crypto’s busiest highways is reviving memories of a similar demand drought last summer that immediately preceded a 95% rally in Bitcoin (BTC). A Silent Market Flashes a Historic Signal Blockchain fees are the clearest measure of user demand, representing what people pay to move tokens or…

DXRG.AI Announces 1,500+ Traders Just Handed $6.1M to AI Agents to Trade for Them on DX Terminal Pro – Chainwire HomeNewsroomDXRG.AI Announces 1,500+ Traders Just Handed $6.1M to AI Agents to Trade for Them on DX Terminal Pro We use cookies to make Chainwire’s website a better experience. Cookies help us provide a more personalized experience and relevant advertising for you, and web analytics for us. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) ongoing liquidity sweep definitely got to other major-caps, including Ripple coin (XRP). Even amidst the most severe bear market conditions, Ripple is making a breakthrough with their RLUSD stablecoin. The digital asset, pegged to $1, has just entered the TOP 50 by global crypto market cap.Ripple Hits Ground-Breaking $1.55B Stablecoin RecordAt the 48th spot, RLUSD is now sporting a $1,558,888,243 market capitalization. Namely, this week is particularly important for this compliance-focused stablecoin, as the mainstream banking representatives & crypto’s top industry figures are negotiating on a legal framework in regards to stablecoin yield. $BTC’s liquidity sweep has caused…

The court-appointed administrator overseeing the bankruptcy of crypto company Terraform Labs has sued trading firm Jane Street, accusing it of insider trading that worsened the collapse of the multibillion-dollar Terra ecosystem.On Monday, Todd Snyder, Terraform’s court-appointed administrator, sued Jane Street, its co-founder Robert Granieri, and employees Bryce Pratt and Michael Huang in a Manhattan federal court, accusing them of “misappropriating confidential information and manipulating market prices.”The heavily redacted complaint claimed Jane Street used connections with “Terraform insiders to learn material non-public information” about the company and used the information to sell tokens tied to the Terra blockchain that worsened its…