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In brief Circle shares rose another 15% Monday, extending gains to roughly 60% since last week’s Q4 earnings. Analysts point to short covering, accelerating USDC growth, and regulatory clarity under the GENIUS Act. The rally comes as Bitcoin steadies near $68,000 amid the rising U.S.–Iran tensions. Stablecoin issuer Circle’s shares jumped another 15% Monday, extending gains to roughly 60% since last week’s fourth-quarter earnings release, as investors poured into stablecoin-linked equities while broader crypto markets held firm.The move follows the company’s announcement of 72% growth in its stablecoin USDC to $75.3 billion and 77% revenue growth to $770 million, despite…

When U.S. and Israeli strikes hit Iran early Saturday morning, prediction markets faced the scenario critics and regulators had warned about days earlier.Kalshi’s Ali Khamenei ‘out of office’ contracts saw $21.7 million in volume across two markets before the exchange halted trading that afternoon. Polymarket’s equivalent contract — only available outside the U.S. — has been disputed twice, but accumulated more than $529 million in volume since opening in December.The two prediction markets took a different approach to handling both markets.Kalshi halted trading within hours of the strikes and issued reimbursementsPrices on the Khamenei contracts began climbing shortly following Trump’s…

In brief U.S. Central Command reportedly used Anthropic’s Claude for intelligence assessments, target identification, and battle simulation during the Iran strikes. Experts warn the six-month phase-out timeline understates the true cost of replacing an AI model embedded across classified defence pipelines. OpenAI made a deal with the Pentagon following Anthropic’s fallout. Hours after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to halt use of Anthropic’s AI tools, the U.S. military carried out a major airstrike on Iran that reportedly relied on the company’s Claude platform.U.S. Central Command used Claude for intelligence assessments, target identification, and simulating battle scenarios during the Iran…

The U.S.-listed spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have seen record outflows over the past four months, confirming that a full-blown crypto market is underway.Investors have pulled $6.39 billion from bitcoin ETFs over four straight months of outflows, the longest monthly losing streak since the funds launched in January 2024, according to data source SoSoValue data.Ether ETFs have also fallen out of favor, bleeding $2.76 billion over the past 4 months.These huge outflows indicate that institutional appetite for digital assets has collapsed, which explains the price losses in the two tokens. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, peaked…

BEIJING, CHINA / ACCESS Newswire / March 1, 2026 / OpenClaw has rapidly become the foundational infrastructure for autonomous AI agents, gaining significant traction among leading AI researchers and enterprise developers. However, scaling an open-source project from a trending GitHub repository to a production-ready platform requires rigorous infrastructural engineering. Today, Yinghao Sang, a highly specialized AI Engineer and former Kling AI developer, announced a major milestone as his independent contributions secured his position among the top 50 all-time contributors to OpenClaw. His definitive work focuses on resolving the framework’s critical early-stage architectural bottlenecks.It is one thing to build an experimental…

The US Federal Reserve could ease its hawkish monetary policy to help finance the country’s conflict with Iran, which would boost crypto markets, says BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes.Hayes said in a blog post on Monday that every US president since 1985 has launched military action in the Middle East, and each time, the Federal Reserve has responded by cutting rates and expanding the money supply to finance the conflict.“The longer Trump engages in the extremely costly activity of Iranian nation-building, the higher the likelihood that the Fed lowers the price and increases the quantity of money to support Pax Americana’s…

Unstaked WLFI cannot vote; stakers earn rewards, Node privileges, and Super Node partnership opportunities. World Liberty Financial has proposed a new staking-focused governance system for WLFI holders – the WLFI Governance Staking System. It makes WLFI tokens the primary tool for community governance, and allows holders to influence the ecosystem while promoting long-term participation. The proposal’s main goals are to encourage active governance, require staking for voting with unlocked tokens, reward participation, create a tiered node system for committed holders, and prioritize partnerships with supportive projects. Tiered Governance According to the official announcement, the initiative aims to redirect value from…

A brief Sunday rally didn’t survive contact with Monday.Bitcoin slid to $66,702 in early Monday trading, down 1.1% over the past 24 hours, as traditional markets reopened and began pricing the U.S.-Iran conflict that crypto had been trading in isolation since Saturday. Sunday’s bounce to $68,000 on the Khamenei confirmation has now been mostly unwound, with the market settling back into the mid-$66,000 range that preceded the strikes.The broader crypto picture was mixed. Ether fell 2.5% to $1,967, solana dropped 4.1% to $84, and XRP lost 3.6% to $1.36. The weekly numbers paint the real damage, with solana down 8.1%…

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It took Polymarket less than 24 hours to turn a Middle Eastern war into an active trading floor.Since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran Saturday, the prediction market has seen a flood of new contracts covering everything from ceasefire timelines to whether the Iranian regime will collapse by June.The speed and specificity of the markets is striking. Bettors aren’t just wagering on whether the conflict escalates, but pricing the week it ends, who replaces Khamenei, and whether U.S. ground forces enter Iran by March 7.Polymarket’s largest completed market is “Khamenei out as Supreme Leader of Iran by March…