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A CoinNews photo of the Philadelphia Mint The United States Mint has temporarily suspended public tours and closed the gift shop at its facility in Philadelphia as renovations to the building’s front entrance move forward. The changes took effect March 9 and are expected to remain in place until the end of April, when tours are scheduled to resume. According to the Mint, the renovation project will create a redesigned entrance experience for visitors, including updated exhibits and a larger assembly space. The improvements will better accommodate guests ahead of the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary…

Stack’s Bowers Galleries will present a wide array of paper-money rarities during three U.S. currency sessions of its Spring 2026 Global Showcase Auction, scheduled for March 12. Bank of Germantown in the County of Philadelphia. 1862 $1 The sessions will take place at Griffin Studios at the firm’s headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, with online bidding available through StacksBowers.com. Session 5 Highlights Colonial, Fractional and Obsolete Notes Session 5 will feature a broad mix of collectible currency, including Colonial and Continental issues, Fractional currency, and Obsolete notes. Among the highlights are pieces from the Caine Collection of obsolete bank notes.…

XRP’s price performance is stripping out fast-money participation while leaving behind a more durable class of holders.According to CryptoSlate’s data, XRP is trading at $1.37 as of press time, down 55% within the last six months.This comes as data from CoinGlass shows XRP’s open interest has fallen to about $2.40 billion from a July peak of $10.94 billion, a drop of roughly 78% that leaves positioning at its lowest level since January 2025.XRP Open Interest (Source: CoinGlass)The decline points to a market that has already flushed out much of the speculative leverage that helped power the token’s earlier rally following…

Binance returns to Iran sanctions scrutiny after its $4.3 billion U.S. pleaThe Justice Department is reportedly probing Iran’s use of Binance to evade sanctions, pulling the world’s largest crypto exchange back into a national security case less than three years after it pleaded guilty in the U.S. and agreed to a resolution worth more than $4.3 billion.The clearest fact at the outset is the contradiction. Binance already admitted to sanctions and anti-money-laundering failures in 2023.It accepted penalties, a monitor, and years of U.S. oversight. Now prosecutors are reportedly examining alleged Iran-linked activity that earlier Wall Street Journal reporting said Binance’s…

QCP sees Bitcoin as a ‘stress barometer’ amid macro, geopolitical risks. BTC continues to eye $70,000 as support, with gains key to upside continuation. Breakdown risks BTC retesting $63k lows, where prior dip-buying emerged. Bitcoin (BTC) continues to show resilience near the critical $70,000 level after today’s US CPI data. The bellwether digital asset had traded slightly off this mark earlier in the day. According to analysts at Singapore-based trading firm QCP Capital, Bitcoin’s uptick from lows of $63,000 suggests stabilisation. However, the continued fluctuation around the $70k mark signals that the market is yet to return to full risk-on…

An Oil Scare Near Hormuz Showed How Fast Bitcoin Reverts to a Risk TradeWhile Bitcoin has rebounded and held above $70,000 over the last 48 hours, the acute phase of the latest oil shock showed the market’s first instinct: sell crypto when inflation fear rises, and the path to easier money gets harder.Still, why does the price of oil even matter for Bitcoin? Few Bitcoin miners use oil to power machines, so shouldn’t Bitcoin be detached from energy volatility?Well, on March 9, Bitcoin fell to a seven-day low as Brent crude surged and traders cut exposure across risk assets.You see,…

Kalshi’s first move outside the United States is not London, not Singapore, not any of the financial centers that have spent years building crypto-friendly regulatory frameworks.It is Brazil, through XP International and its brokerage arm, Clear, offering prediction markets to Brazilian investors as a “new asset class” anchored at launch to economic events such as inflation prints and interest rate decisions.The company frames the product as a federally regulated derivative rather than a bet.Brazil’s government frames what it is already dealing with as a public health emergency.Both things can be true. The tension between them is the story.What Kalshi and…

The infrastructure race for agentic commerce is already producing winners.Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol now runs on more than 10,000 public servers and pulls 97 million monthly SDK downloads, connecting AI applications to external tools and data.Google’s Agent-to-Agent protocol launched in April 2025 with 50 partners and scaled to more than 100 supporting companies before moving under Linux Foundation governance.On Jan. 11, Google unveiled the Universal Commerce Protocol, pulling in Shopify, Walmart, Target, Mastercard, Stripe, Visa, and American Express as early supporters, aiming to standardize how agents navigate live checkout flows.Coinbase’s x402 protocol handles the payment transport layer, enabling automatic stablecoin…

Blockchain intelligence firm Nominis recorded approximately US$49 million in February crypto losses, down 87% from January’s US$385 million. Independent blockchain security firm PeckShield tracked the month at US$26.5 million across 15 confirmed attacks, the lowest monthly figure since March 2025. Nominis flagged authorisation abuse and malicious wallet approvals as the dominant attack vectors. Crypto theft fell in February as attackers shifted from protocol exploits to phishing and wallet approval scams. According to a monthly report from Nominis, the on-chain platform estimated February losses at US$49 million (AU$72 million), down 87% from US$385 million (AU$566 million) in January.  PeckShield, using a…

Internet Computer price jumped 12% to near $3 during Asian trading hours. The ICP token hit the intraday highs amid news of listing support by Upbit. If ICP breaks above $3, it could retest highs of $4.55. The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) token rose sharply early Wednesday, trading to $2.94 amid a two-fold spike in daily trading volume. While the uptick comes amid a slight resurgence in broader cryptocurrency market volatility, what else might have catalysed ICP’s gains? As of writing on March 11, 2026, the token’s price hovered around $2.76, and the key question is whether bulls can extend…