Mostly Bitcoin — Daily Digest
Last 24 hours of mainstream crypto coverage
March 16, 2026
Betting on 5-minute swings on Bitcoin price are the hot new thing on prediction markets — fortune.com
There is a new trend in prediction markets: betting on whether Bitcoin will go up or down in the next five of fifteen minutes. On Polymarket, a five-minute wager on the price of the largest cryptocurrency has garnered more than $60 million in trading
OpenClaw can bypass your EDR, DLP and IAM without triggering a single alert — venturebeat.com
An attacker embeds a single instruction inside a forwarded email. An OpenClaw agent summarizes that email as part of a normal task. The hidden instruction tells the agent to forward credentials to an external endpoint. The agent complies — through a
Colorado funeral home co-owner who hid nearly 200 bodies and gave families fake ashes seeks leniency at sentencing — fortune.com
A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building is asking for leniency when she is sentenced Monday, saying she was a “scared and desperate mother” who was manipulated to keep the family
Silicon Valley Is Drifting Farther and Farther Right — jacobin.com
Silicon Valley’s rising right-wing intelligentsia has plenty of money and a willingness to do the intellectual dirty work of some of the world’s most open reactionaries. Silicon Valley’s rising right-wing intelligentsia has plenty of money and a
Saylor’s Strategy Ramps Up Sales of Preferred in Latest Bitcoin Purchase — bloomberg.com
Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. bought nearly $1.6 billion worth of Bitcoin - the company’s largest purchase since January – leaning more heavily on a security promising investors an 11.5% annual payout backed by the same cryptocurrency.
Strait Outta Commission — reason.com
President Donald Trump has called on foreign countries that rely on oil from the Middle East to help reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. Iranian forces have closed the strait to most ship travel, which has fallen by about 90 percent in recent
The next big thing in crypto will be tokenized stocks: Here are the likely winners and losers — fortune.com
Crypto has no shortage of detractors, but even they would concede the industry has produced massive innovations, including Bitcoin and stablecoin payment rails, that have had a profound effect on global commerce. Now, another crypto invention is on the
With Iran still in control of Hormuz, Trump threatens NATO and oil hits $106 — fortune.com
Good morning. In today’s Fortune: Oil was at $106 per barrel this morning. Trump threatens NATO, again. Wall Street digs in, and not in a good way. Who won what at the Oscars. Investment in physical AI robots hit $41 billion per year. Fertilizer prices go
Crypto Trading Firm BlockFills Files for Chapter 11 in Delaware — bloomberg.com
BlockFills, a Chicago-based cryptocurrency brokerage and trading platform, has filed for bankruptcy protection after months of market turmoil that’s strained companies across the industry.
Bitcoin Climbs in Asia as Other Markets Remain Tepid — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin trading picked up again on Monday as traders continued to grapple with uncertainty over conditions in the Middle East.
Bitcoin in Iran Limbo as ‘Old Economy’ Assets Steal Limelight — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin has spent most of this year trapped between $60,000 and $75,000, repeatedly teasing a breakout but never quite delivering one.
Britain’s Half-Measures on Iran — quillette.com
In the early hours of 6 March, British counter-terrorism police arrested four Iranian men suspected of assisting Iranian intelligence services in surveillance operations targeting London’s Jewish community. The arrests took place in Barnet, Harrow, and
You just read issue #1268 of Mostly Bitcoin. You can also browse the full archives of this newsletter.