Strategy’s Huge $1.58B Buy Pushes BTC to 75K, HYPE Breaks $40, Kalshi $1B March Madness Bracket

Strategy’s Huge $1.58B Buy Pushes BTC to 75K, HYPE Breaks $40, Kalshi $1B March Madness Bracket

Author: Decrypt Media March 17, 2026 Duration: 58:18

Crypto majors are slightly green but falling from local highs; BTC +0.3% at $73.9k; ETH +2% at $2,320; SOL even at $94. ZEC (+17%), FET (+12%), KAS (+7%) and SKY (+6%) led top movers. HYPE passed $40 yesterday for the first time since November, now at $41. Oil is at $96 but rebounding aftr another tanker struck in the Strait of Hormuz; GOLD flat at $5,000. BlockFills filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware after a court froze its Bitcoin tied to a creditor dispute. Abra Financial Holdings is going public via SPAC at a $750M valuation, listing on Nasdaq as ABRX; Abra pitches itself as the first publicly traded SEC-registered digital asset RIA with a target of $10B+ AUM by 2027.


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Duration: 52:25
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OpenAI bailed out? Trump Media stock up 40%! Wallet Connect Interview [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:56
Commission-free stock and etf trading (u.S.), allowing users to trade equities alongside crypto using usd or usdc. Prediction markets, enabling trading on real-world outcomes like elections, sports, and economic data via…
Coinbase & Robinhood Big Announcements! BTC falls then bounces! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:08
Crypto majors were mixed; btc+0.3% at $87,400; eth -2% at $2,870; bnb -2% at $838, sol -3% at $124. Beat (+26%), pippin (+9%) and cc (+4%) led top movers. Coinbase announced several new products last night, including pre…