On March 12, Strategy, led by Michael Saylor, is estimated to have purchased about 4,038 BTC in what may be its largest single-day Bitcoin acquisition. The buy is believed to have been financed through issuance of the firm’s STRC capital instrument and could temporarily absorb tens of millions of dollars in market liquidity. At the time, Bitcoin traded around $71,847.22, showing daily, weekly and monthly gains.

On March 13, 2026, Solana's price broke out of a falling trendline after five weeks of sideways movement, with the token trading around $89.18 and gaining over 4% in 24 hours. At the same time, Open Interest in Solana derivatives rose more than 5% to about $5.46 billion, while its TVL reached roughly $6.917 billion and stablecoin market cap expanded to $15.64 billion. Recent net inflows of $5.58 million into U.S. spot SOL ETFs over two days pushed their assets to $824.87 million, underscoring the network's strengthening bullish momentum.

In 2026, traders are closely tracking BlackRock's new Ethereum ETF ETHB, which stakes 70–95% of its ETH and follows steady inflows into the firm's earlier product ETHA. Despite BlackRock moving nearly 100,000 ETH out of its wallet amid broader macro uncertainty, Ethereum has gained 8.63% this week and is holding above the $2k support level as whale accumulation rises and exchange reserves fall. With total staked ETH up by 452,000 this month and the ETH/BTC ratio near 0.30, some market participants believe a supply squeeze could be forming that might fuel Ethereum's next rally against Bitcoin.

BlackRock has launched the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB), a fund that stakes between 70% and 95% of its ETH holdings while keeping a small liquidity buffer. The ETF aims for roughly 3% annual staking yield, pays rewards out monthly in cash, charges a 0.25% sponsor fee temporarily reduced to 0.12%, and takes an 18% share of staking rewards, exchanging higher net yield for ease of access and institutional-style product structure.

Shiba Inu has registered a short-term breakout backed by around 1.75 trillion SHIB in trading volume, lifting the token toward $0.0000060 after an extended period of weakness. The move followed a break above a descending triangle pattern and has sparked discussion over whether SHIB can sustain a rebound despite still trading below key moving averages. Market participants are watching whether buyers can hold the breakout area and turn the recent surge into a more durable recovery.

Losses tied to cryptocurrency ATM scams in the United States climbed to $333.5 million in 2025, according to blockchain security firm CertiK, with organized groups exploiting an "attribution gap" that separates cash deposits from on-chain records. Older Americans suffer the bulk of these losses as scammers use breach data, live phone coaching and AI tools, while regulators test responses ranging from state-level bans to stalled federal legislation.

On 12 March, the U.S. Senate voted 89-10 to add a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) ban amendment to the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, potentially blocking the Federal Reserve from issuing a digital dollar until 2030 if the House agrees. Separately, the SEC is moving from a broad innovation safe harbor toward a limited exemption for tokenized securities, while market odds for the CLARITY Act's passage this year have fallen from 78% to 56%.

Swedish authorities are investigating a reported data leak tied to CGI Sverige after a threat actor called ByteToBreach claimed to have exposed source code and sensitive material from the country's e-government platform. CGI said the incident involved two internal test servers with an older application version and its source code accessible but no evidence of impact on production data or services. Officials and security researchers warned that the leaked code and documentation, if authentic, could pose ongoing risks to Swedish and European public cyber infrastructure.