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Dubai, UAE, March 6th, 2026, Chainwire Utexo makes Bitcoin-native stablecoin settlement practical, predictable, and easy to integrate Utexo now announces the raise of a $7.5M seed round co-led by Tether, Big Brain Holdings, and Portal Ventures, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Maven11 Capital, Fulgur Ventures, Alchemy VC, Ethereal Ventures, Auros Ventures, Arcanum Capital, Paper Ventures, Axia8, FlowTraders, Plan B, Gate Ventures, Sats Ventures and strategic angels including operators from Ledger, Hyperion, BTC Turk, Echo, Legion, and SOLV. Bitcoin has always been central to Tether’s long-term vision for USDT, but turning that idea into reality required infrastructure that didn’t yet exist.…

DUBAI, UAE, March 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As digital asset markets face renewed volatility and investor sentiment turns cautious, Bybit and Tether, the largest company in the digital asset industry today, announced an expanded collaboration centered on tokenized gold, launching the joint “Golden Season” initiative with more than $1 million in gold-backed rewards. The program builds on the two companies’ long-standing collaboration around liquidity, stablecoin infrastructure, and asset tokenization, reflecting a shared focus on delivering stability and real-world value to crypto investors during turbulent markets. Standing With Users When It Matters Most With the crypto Fear & Greed Index recently touching extreme-fear…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that the AI company has “no choice” but to legally challenge the Pentagon’s move to declare it a supply-chain risk.

AlphaTON Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: ATON) and the Midnight Foundation today announced the unveiling of Vera, the world’s first anonymous reporting platform built on privacy-preserving blockchain technology and confidential compute. Confidential compute means submitted data is technically impossible to access without the permission of the person who provided it. AlphaTON Capital is the world’s leading public technology company scaling the Telegram super app, with an addressable market of 1 billion monthly active users. The Midnight Foundation is an organization dedicated to the development, adoption, and real-world impact of the Midnight network, a privacy-enhancing blockchain founded by Charles Hoskinson, founder and CEO…

French authorities arrested John “Lick” Daghita, who allegedly stole tens of millions in crypto from the U.S. government.In an X post on Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Daghita had been arrested on Wednesday on the island of Saint Martin in a joint FBI and French Gendarmerie operation.In his social media post, Patel included images of Daghita handcuffed and another one of a metal suitcase filled with packs of $100 bills and several USB and what appear to be hardware crypto wallets.“[The] FBI will continue working 24/7 with our international partners to track down, apprehend, and bring to justice those…

Tensions surrounding the escalating conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran have begun to ripple through global insurance markets, with insurers rapidly reassessing risk exposures linked to shipping, trade, and cyber activity. In recent days, reports have indicated that some marine insurers have raised premiums or withdrawn coverage for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, reflecting growing concern that the conflict could disrupt one of the world’s most strategically important energy corridors. According to GlobalData’s latest poll run on Verdict Media sites in Q3 2025, industry insiders believe cyber insurance will be the commercial insurance product that sees the highest…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 5th, 2026, Chainwire Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, officially kicks off the Bybit TradFi Stock Festival’s Wall Street Showdown competition with a 100,000 USDT prize pool as Bybit TradFi continues to announce new stock CFDs weekly.  Geopolitical tensions and global uncertainty continue to weigh on markets this week. With the S&P 500 trading at 6,869.50, the Nasdaq Composite at 22,807.48, and BTC rebounding above $73,000, Bybit TradFi’s Wall Street Showdown has been activated at an opportune time for traders diversifying across multiple asset classes. Bybit TradFi’s round-the-clock access to commodities, energy…

CANYON, Texas, March 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Beef.com, the category-defining global domain acquired by Texas Slim, today announced it is building the first dedicated digital infrastructure network for the global beef industry — connecting ranchers directly to pricing, payment, and market settlement for the first time at scale. Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/beef-com/9385451-en-beef-com-launches-digital-network-for-global-beef-industry  This is not an e-commerce launch. It is infrastructure. American ranchers operate inside a system built against them — opaque pricing, slow payments, and middlemen extracting margin at every step. Beef.com is being built to change that structure, not work around it. The…

Singapore, Singapore, March 5th, 2026, Chainwire iZUMi Finance has announced a strategic agreement with CIMG Inc. (Nasdaq: IMG) (“CIMG”), a Nasdaq-listed digital asset company, under which CIMG intends to pursue the proposed acquisition of selected key assets, core patents, and intellectual property from iZUMi Finance. The proposed acquisition builds on the firms’ prior engagement, including the jointly launched $20 million Upstarts Fund, and represents a significant step in CIMG’s strategy to expand its institutional decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure. Through the acquisition of iZUMi Finance’s technology assets and liquidity infrastructure, CIMG aims to strengthen its DeFi architecture and deepen its presence…

As institutional participation in digital assets accelerates, organizations are increasingly focused on secure and compliant storage models. Many decision-makers begin their evaluation by researching institutional crypto custody solutions that are purpose-built for professional environments, where risk management, transparency, and operational control are essential. Selecting the right custody partner is no longer optional—it is foundational to long-term success in the digital asset market. At a high level, Crypto custody refers to the secure holding of digital assets by a specialized service designed to protect funds from theft, loss, and unauthorized access. For institutions managing significant capital, this function must be supported…