Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the NYSE, has made a $600 million cash investment in Polymarket, completing a structured program it first announced in October 2025. The company also said it expects to buy up to $40 million of Polymarket securities from existing holders, bringing the combined primary and secondary components toward the original plan's upper limit.

Tether has engaged KPMG to carry out its first full, independent financial statement audit covering USDT reserves and related controls, after delaying a full audit for nearly a decade. The review is expected to span its balance sheet holdings such as U.S. Treasuries, cash equivalents, and digital assets, while PwC is said to be assisting with internal readiness. No public completion date has been provided, and Tether says the process is already underway.

GameStop’s fiscal 2025 annual report says it used 4,709 of its 4,710 bitcoin as collateral with Coinbase Credit to sell OTC covered-call options rather than exit the position. The Form 10-K filed March 24, 2026 details strike prices of $105,000–$110,000 per BTC, maturities through March 27, 2026, and a reported $131.6 million fiscal-year loss tied to digital assets and related receivables.

U.S. equities fell sharply on Thursday as rising U.S.-Iran tensions pushed oil higher and sparked broad risk-off selling across stocks and crypto. The Dow closed down 1.01% at 45,960.11, the S&P 500 fell 1.74% to 6,477.16, and the Nasdaq dropped 2.38% to 21,408.08 as the VIX rose to 27.44. Bitcoin declined about 2.5% to roughly $68,842 by 5 p.m. Eastern, while WTI climbed 2.2% to around $92.16 per barrel.

On Wednesday, Trust Wallet introduced Agent Kit, a developer tool designed to let AI agents carry out real crypto transactions on more than 25 blockchains while keeping wallet control with users. The release supports two setups: a dedicated agent wallet with pre-set permissions, or a WalletConnect flow where an agent proposes actions that require user approval. Trust Wallet said the kit can be initialized from account creation to a working agent in under 15 minutes and is available via its Developer Portal.

At 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, bitcoin traded at $69,678 after pulling back from an intraday high of $71,570 and settling near the $69,500 area. The market remains locked in a range, with short-term momentum fading and multiple resistance levels overhead, while key support is watched around $69,000.

Nexo says its Nexo Private client base has more than doubled since the start of 2025, reporting 136% year-over-year growth as demand rises among high-net-worth individuals and family offices. The firm says it manages over $8 billion in assets and offers products including its Zero-interest Credit strategy, which allows eligible clients to borrow up to $100 million at zero interest against bitcoin or ether. Nexo also reports broader upgrades such as language support expanding from 9 to 17 and service availability across 199 jurisdictions.

CoinShares said in a report released on Wednesday that bitcoin miners entered 2026 with tighter margins as costs rose and more firms redirected capacity toward AI and high-performance computing (HPC). The report described Q4 2025 as a difficult stretch, with BTC falling from about $124,500 in October to roughly $86,000 by late December and the weighted average cash cost to produce one bitcoin nearing $80,000. CoinShares also noted more than $70 billion in AI/HPC-related contracts announced by publicly listed miners, alongside hashprice sliding to about $36–$38 per PH/s per day in Q4 and around $29 in early 2026.

Binance published guidance on Wednesday warning token projects and retail traders about market-making behaviors it says can distort prices, reduce liquidity, and damage community trust. The exchange listed six red flags—such as selling ahead of token release schedules, one-sided order flow, coordinated cross-exchange sell-offs, wash-trading-like volume, and thin order books—and added compliance expectations including disclosure of market-maker arrangements and bans on profit-sharing deals.