Crypto News. March 6, 2026
ICE invested in OKX at a $25B valuation to help bring tokenized stocks to the OKX app.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in renewed discussions with US Department of Defense
Solv Protocol’s BRO vault was exploited for 38 SolvBTC (~$2.7M)
SEC dismissed charges against Justin Sun and Tron-related entities.
Core Scientific secured a $500M financing facility from Morgan Stanley, expandable to $1B, to pivot from Bitcoin mining to AI compute.
Backpack appointed Mark Wetjen as President of Backpack US to lead its US expansion.
Doppler expands from Base to Solana.
Jupiter introduced Jupiter Card for onchain spending.
PEI Licensing, parent company of Original Penguin, sued Pudgy Penguins for trademark infringement
Bank of Canada completed its Project Samara pilot, testing a $100M CAD bond issuance on Hyperledger Fabric.
Valeo Protocol launched SPL Pay, letting any Solana token be used to pay for APIs using x402
March 6 is shaping up to be a pivotal day in the news cycle — between the Iran-US conflict impact on energy markets and BTC holding the $71k range. The macro-crypto correlation is tighter than ever right now. Which story do you think will dominate the next week’s price action?