This Week in Blockchain - 13 March, 2026
1. Foundry USA mined Bitcoin's 20 millionth coin, putting 95.24% of all BTC that will ever exist in circulation. With est. 2.3-3.7M BTC lost, liquid supply is far tighter than headline figures suggest. [Fortune: https://fortune.com/2026/03/10/bitcoin-has-mined-20-million-coins/…]

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MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor asserts that Bitcoin has won the global narrative war, specifically naming BIP- […]
The article, "Michael Saylor Warns BIP-110 is the Biggest Threat to Bitcoin; Four-Year Cycle is Dead, Institutional Capital is the Real Protagonist," was first published on BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain ABMedia media.

Michael Saylor warns that BIP-110 is the biggest threat to Bitcoin; the four-year cycle is dead, and institutional capital is the real protagonist.

Bitcoin at Block – the Bitcoin project of Block , the company founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey – has just announced the launch of a free Bitcoin Faucet, marking the return of the Bitcoin distribution model...

Jack Dorsey announces a $1 million project to give away free Bitcoin.

Editor's Note: This article argues that what truly drives oil prices is not just whether the conflict ends, but "when the tipping point will be crossed."

In the nearly four-week-long conflict with Iran, the oil market is experiencing a classic case of "time-based pricing." The release of strategic reserves has delayed the impact but cannot eliminate the supply gap; disruptions to tanker transport and delayed production recovery are causing inventory pressure to accumulate into the future. Once the critical mid-April mark is passed, the price mechanism will shift from "buffered volatility" to "gap-driven repricing."

More importantly, the game structure itself is also changing. The conflict is no longer characterized by "escalation followed by deterioration..."

Oil prices are approaching a critical point; what will happen in mid-April?

5. Wells Fargo filed a trademark for "WFUSD," signaling a potential dollar-pegged stablecoin from the $245B bank. Separately, Ripple launched a $750M share buyback at a $50B valuation. [SpotedCrypto: https://spotedcrypto.com/sec-cftc-mou-ripple-buyback-mega-events/…]
What’s your take on these developments?