🚨 JUST IN: FORMER UK PM BORIS JOHNSON CALLS BITCOIN A 'PONZI SCHEME'
In a Daily Mail op-ed, Johnson said Bitcoin has less value than Pokemon cards and shared a story about a friend who lost 20,000 British pounds to a $BTC investment scam.
Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor clapped back, saying Bitcoin has no issuer, no promoter, and no guaranteed return.
Pierre Rochard, CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company, said the UK itself is a "giant Ponzi scheme" financed by debt.
🔥EX-PENTAGON CHIEF: THIS IS HOW TRUMP “WINS” AGAINST IRAN
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says the goal of the Iran conflict must go beyond military strikes.
He says a real “win” would mean forcing Iran to allow nuclear inspectors back and hand over the 900 pounds of enriched uranium that could make 10–12 atomic bombs.
🚨BULLISH: "WE'VE ENDED REGULATION BY ENFORCEMENT" SAYS CFTC CHAIR
Mike Selig, Chairman of the US CFTC, says the GENIUS Act has effectively ended regulation by enforcement in the crypto industry, during a recent interview with Bankless.
He also says that the CLARITY Act is "on the cusp on getting assigned into law".
He wants to make sure "innovators don't have to come and ask for permission every time they wanna do something new".
🚨 $XRP : SEC AND CFTC JUST ENDED A DECADE OF CRYPTO TURF WARS
Signed March 11, the historic MOU establishes a unified U.S. regulatory framework for digital assets, creating a Joint Harmonization Initiative to coordinate enforcement, asset classification, and rulemaking between the two agencies.
For $XRP : the 2026 framework officially classifies it as a digital commodity for secondary market purposes, building on Ripple's $50M SEC settlement.
Broader bearish sentiment, macro headwinds, and a stalled CLARITY Act are offsetting the regulatory wins for now.
🚨BREAKING: $AAVE releases post mortem of how a user lost ~$50,000,000 in one transaction.
On March 12, 2026, an @aave interface user ignored a "100% value loss" warning to execute one of the most expensive manual errors in DeFi history.
Here is the critical breakdown of the $50.4M swap incident:
• User Error, Not Protocol Failure:
The Aave Protocol remained fully secure. The incident occurred via a third-party CoW Swap integration on the Aave front-end, where a user manually confirmed a trade despite a 99.9% price impact warning.
• Liquidity vs. Slippage:
This was not a "slippage" issue. Because the user attempted to swap $50.4M of illiquid aEthUSDT for aEthAAVE in a single transaction, the market depth simply didn't exist, resulting in a quoted return of only $36,425.
• The "Killer" Confirmation:
To bypass safety blocks, the user had to manually check a box stating: "I confirm the swap with a potential 100% value loss." Internal audits confirm this was intentionally checked on a mobile device.
• Fee Refund Pending:
The Aave interface collected a $110,368 swap fee from the transaction. Aave Labs has committed to returning these specific funds to the user once they pass a verification process.
• Deployment of "Aave Shield":
In response, Aave is launching Aave Shield, a new safety layer that automatically blocks any swap with a price impact over 25%. Users must now deep-dive into advanced settings to disable this protection.
🚨BULLISH: STABLECOINS WILL DOMINATE GLOBAL PAYMENTS SAYS BILLIONAIRE
Former hedge fund manager and billionaire, Stanley Druckenmiller, has shared his belief that stablecoins will come to dominate the global payments sector.
He cites a period of up to 10-15 years for the dominance to take hold.
winner: Base. +246% volume in 30 days with users still ramping. $AERO is the play. Solana is still #1 by volume ($624b/30d) but -20%, momentum cooling.