AI
Gradient AI has secured growth capital financing from CIBC Innovation Banking. The funding highlights rising institutional confidence in artificial intelligence systems designed to automate insurance underwriting and claims analysis. The Boston-based company announced the investment on March 3. While financial terms were not disclosed, CIBC Innovation Banking has backed more
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Bhutan transferred 175 bitcoin (BTC) worth about $11.85 million on Monday. The move pushes the country’s total BTC outflows in 2026 above $40 million, according to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence. BHUTAN IS SELLING BITCOIN pic.twitter.com/lrYWlaHhZU — Arkham (@arkham) March 9, 2026 The latest transfer follows
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SharpLink Inc. reported a $734.6 million net loss for 2025 despite sharply expanding its Ethereum (ETH) holdings. The results highlight the accounting volatility facing public companies that accumulate large crypto treasuries while prices fluctuate. The Consensys-backed firm disclosed the figures in its full-year earnings release on Monday. SharpLink raised
Blockchain
More than $25 million in fresh capital is flowing into privacy infrastructure for Zcash (ZEC). At the same time, traditional asset managers are backing a blockchain platform designed to digitize private market workflows, signaling a broader pivot toward institutional-grade blockchain systems. The privacy-focused initiative comes from Zcash Open Development Lab
AI
City Union Bank has launched a dedicated artificial intelligence development center focused on banking operations. The initiative reflects a growing push among financial institutions to test machine learning systems directly on real transaction data and regulatory workflows. The India-based lender disclosed the project in a recent stock exchange filing. The
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin slid to about $68,200 on Tuesday, down roughly 4% in 24 hours. The pullback reflects a broader retreat in risk assets as investors digest geopolitical tensions, stubborn inflation signals, and a weakening U.S. dollar. U.S. equities opened lower across the board. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Finance
Sonic Labs plans to launch a network-native stablecoin backed by U.S. government debt. The move gives the high-throughput blockchain a dedicated source of on-chain dollar liquidity as competition intensifies among Layer-1 networks for institutional capital. The token, called USSD, will hold reserves in U.S. Treasuries, including tokenized instruments
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Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $619 million in net inflows last week, extending a rebound in institutional demand despite geopolitical volatility and surging oil prices. Bitcoin-focused funds captured the majority of allocations, highlighting continued investor preference for the market’s largest asset. According to a weekly report from CoinShares, global
Finance
Coinbase has launched crypto futures trading for eligible users in 26 European countries, marking the exchange’s first direct derivatives offering to retail and professional traders in the region. The move expands Coinbase’s presence in the fast-growing global crypto derivatives market. The company said Monday that the futures products
Automation projects often stall after early pilots because companies scale bot deployments without strengthening the underlying architecture. Industry operators say the real constraint is system elasticity, not the number of automated processes running in production. That issue dominated discussions at the Intelligent Automation Conference, where representatives from NatWest Group, Air
Security
A U.S. federal judge dismissed a terrorism financing lawsuit against Binance on March 6, ruling that plaintiffs failed to show the exchange knowingly aided terrorist groups. The decision removes, at least temporarily, a high-profile legal challenge tied to alleged crypto-based terror financing. Judge Jeannette A. Vargas of the U.
Markets
Bitcoin fell to $66,010 on Monday after crude oil surged past $110 per barrel, triggering a sharp risk-off shift across Asian equity markets. The move erased much of last week’s rally and reinforced the growing influence of macro shocks on digital asset pricing. Data shows Bitcoin dropped 1.