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A large volume of US commercial real estate (CRE) debt is rolling into a very different market from the one that produced it.The Mortgage Bankers Association says $875 billion of commercial and multifamily mortgages are scheduled to mature in 2026, equal to 17% of the roughly $5 trillion of outstanding balances it tracks.While that’s below the $957 billion that was due in 2025, it’s still a massive refinancing event landing in a world where borrowing costs are far higher than they were when many of these loans were made. Related ReadingReal estate’s quiet crash: your home is worth less than…

The following is a guest post and guest post from Thomas Pratter, Founder and CEO at Renesis.Liquid crypto funds are having a moment. The number of actively managed vehicles keeps growing, DeFi strategies are gaining legitimacy, and regulatory clarity is slowly catching up. Institutional allocators are paying closer attention than ever.But behind the optimism sits a less glamorous truth: most fund managers are still running their operations on duct tape.The Spreadsheet ProblemAsk any emerging fund manager how they track their portfolio across five exchanges, three chains, and a handful of DeFi protocols. The honest answer is usually some combination of…

Headlines about Bitcoin ETF outflows often mix two things: Bitcoin’s price move and actual share redemptions.If BTC drops, ETF AUM drops in dollars even if nobody sells a single share. That mark-to-market drop gets read as money leaving, and it can look like an institutional exit when the wrapper’s Bitcoin holdings and shares outstanding barely move.To understand whether investors are actually leaving, you have to separate the USD thermometer from the BTC and share-count thermometer. Related ReadingForget CPI and ETFs — oil prices may now be the biggest signal for BitcoinBitcoin’s macro tell right now isn’t a CPI print or…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure In their latest post on CryptoQuant, XWIN Research Japan explores how developing affairs in the United States could affect the trajectory of Bitcoin and other risk assets in the near-term. According to the education institute, concerns of a potential stagflation period have begun to come up, which could potentially boost or mar Bitcoin’s growth. Unemployment Rate Rises To 4% As Inflation Builds Up For context, stagflation is a rare economic condition that combines two concerning events at the same time: high inflation and high unemployment. In their…

In brief Colossus is attempting to bypass Visa and Mastercard by building its own sovereign credit card rail using an Ethereum layer-2 network. The company is leveraging its interpretation of the GENIUS Act to operate without the traditional KYC or AML requirements. The startup’s launch follows the total collapse of UnCash, which was shut down by a “corporate guillotine.” Joseph Delong’s desk looks less like a developer’s workstation these days and more like an electronics repair shop, littered with technology that crypto was pioneered to replace.That’s because the veteran Ethereum developer and former SushiSwap CTO has accumulated what he describes…

When crude starts leading the headlines, crypto people tend to ask the wrong questions, like what it is that oil actually does to Bitcoin.While it’s the simplest and easiest way to explain what you don’t know, it’s a pretty bad question. A better one is what oil actually does to the cost of money, because Bitcoin is now trading like a live chart of liquidity expectations.Oil is one of the fastest ways to force that repricing, especially when the move comes from geopolitics and shipping risks rather than a slow increase in demand for BTC.That’s basically the backdrop right now.…

In brief The #QuitGPT backlash erupted after OpenAI’s Pentagon AI deal, triggering mass ChatGPT deletions and a surge of users switching to Claude. Canceling ChatGPT does not erase your data from OpenAI’s server. This step-by-step guide shows how to permanently delete your OpenAI account without giving away your data. On the evening of February 27, Sam Altman posted a brief announcement on X. OpenAI had signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of War to deploy its AI models on classified military networks—hours after Anthropic refused the same terms and was stripped of its Pentagon contract for declining to permit…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Binance has formally responded to US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) following a congressional letter in which the lawmaker cited media reports alleging the company enabled large-scale violations of US and international sanctions involving Iran.  In an open letter published Friday, Binance rejected the claims and accused the senator of relying on what it described as false and defamatory reporting. Binance Denies Enabling Iranian Money Laundering Senator Blumenthal’s inquiry referenced articles published in February 2026 by The New York Times, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal.  Those reports,…

In brief Nairobi-based contractors reviewed intimate footage captured by Meta’s smart glasses. Meta says content may be filtered before human review to protect privacy. UK regulators are seeking information on Meta’s data protection practices. A Nairobi-based data firm said it has reviewed sensitive footage captured by Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses after the tech giant tapped the Kenyan company for AI training offshore.“In some videos, you can see someone going to the toilet, or getting undressed,” an unnamed source told reporters last week. “I don’t think they know, because if they knew, they wouldn’t be recording.”The claims come from a joint…

In brief A small but growing online subculture treats AI chatbots as romantic partners or companions. Some users report grief when AI systems change or disappear after updates or shutdowns. Researchers say anthropomorphism and constant conversational feedback help explain why people form attachments to AI. Artificial intelligence chatbots are becoming companions, confidants, and in some cases romantic partners for a growing number of users.As AI systems grow more conversational and responsive, some people say the relationships feel real enough that losing the AI can trigger grief similar to a breakup or death.A former family therapist, Anina Lampret, says she understands…

In brief Bitcoin is up about 6.8% in 24 hours to $72,800, though it remains about 42% below its October all-time high following a months-long downturn. Nearly $700 million flowed into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs across Monday and Tuesday, reversing four months of steady outflows, according to BTC Markets. Analysts are hopeful developments including Kraken’s access to Federal Reserve payment rails and renewed legislative momentum in Congress could signal a structural turning point for crypto. Bitcoin’s latest rebound is prompting investors to reassess the forces shaping the crypto market, as policy momentum in Washington and rising geopolitical tensions converge with…

In brief Seven major tech companies signed a White House pledge to pay for energy tied to AI data centers. Companies agreed to build or buy a new electricity supply and fund grid upgrades for their facilities. The move comes amid growing concern that AI infrastructure could strain power grids and raise energy costs. Seven of the leading companies behind the AI boom have agreed to pay for the electricity it requires.On Wednesday, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI signed the White House’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, committing to cover the cost of electricity generation and grid upgrades needed…

In brief A Nanaimo resident lost C$5,000 in a crypto job scam before a second scheme emerged. Fraudsters posed as a lawyer claiming to have located $60,000 in crypto “profits.” Victim data is reused because those targets already showed vulnerability, Decrypt was told. Canadian police warned Wednesday that fraudsters are using the Royal Canadian Mounted Police logo in crypto recovery schemes targeting victims who already lost funds in earlier fraud.The warning follows a case in Nanaimo, British Columbia, where a resident who had already lost money in a crypto job scam was later contacted by someone claiming they could help…

March 7th, 2026 – New York, United States OmniPact, a decentralized protocol building a trust layer for peer-to-peer transactions of physical and digital assets, announced today it has raised $50 million in a private funding round. The investment will speed up the development of its mainnet, integration of cross-chain features, and deployment of its decentralized arbitration module. The funding round was backed by a consortium of institutional investors and family offices that requested anonymity. Investors voiced confidence in OmniPact’s technical roadmap and its ability to set new standards for secure, intermediary-free transactions across Web4 and traditional commerce. A significant share…

Bitcoin’s rebound on March 4 looked odd if you only watched it through the usual “risk assets are breaking” lens. Oil was jumping, shipping insurers were repricing war risk, and traders were treating the Strait of Hormuz like a live wire. All of the headlines had the cadence of a full-blown crisis.However, Bitcoin climbed back into the same $70,000 zone it has been orbiting for weeks, despite seeing a notable drop the weekend before.Two factors explain that move.The first is a pretty straightforward macro influence. Whenever the Middle East starts seeing oil shocks, markets quickly price in higher energy costs,…

In brief Senator Chris Murphy has alleged people with White House access placed six-figure predictions market bets the day before the U.S. struck Iran. Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps previously identified six accounts that collectively made $1.2 million betting on U.S. strikes on Iran, with no prior trading history. Murphy said he plans to introduce legislation banning “destabilizing prediction markets.” A series of unusually timed prediction market bets placed just hours before U.S. strikes on Iran has triggered fresh accusations of insider profiteering, with Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) warning that individuals with advance knowledge of military decisions may have made money…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Just over 10,000 Bitcoin — out of nearly 20 million in circulation — sits in wallets actually exposed to a quantum attack. That number comes from CoinShares, a crypto asset management firm, which found in February that only 10,230 coins are both vulnerable to quantum computing and tied to wallet addresses with publicly visible cryptographic keys. At current prices, that amounts to close to $730 million — a sum the firm described as resembling a routine trade, not a market crisis. A Steel Frame Takes Shape In…