It's been a historic 24 hours for crude oil, which soared to $120 per barrel overnight on Iran worries, but has plunged back to just above $80.
The long-term vision of XRP has often been debated within the crypto market, where price speculation and retail trading tend to dominate the narrative. The proponents of the asset argue that XRP’s core purpose extends beyond short-term market cycles. Instead, they view it as a key component of the emerging concept of the Internet of Value, and enable the seamless transfer of money and assets across global networks as easily as information moves across the internet. XRP’s long-term significance has never been rooted in retail speculation, but in its potential fit-in-purpose utility within an emerging Internet of Value infrastructure. Analyst Rob Cunningham has mentioned on X that the world markets advance toward regulated digital commodity venues, clearer token classification, and tokenized movement of value across interoperable rails. Thus, assets designed for fast settlement, liquidity bridging, and neutral transfer between networks become relevant. How The Internet Of Value Requires Interoperable Assets Cunningham noted that regulatory developments such as the Clarity Act framework are not designed as an XRP bill, and no law can guarantee XRP adoption. However, clearer market structure legislation could address one of its long-standing challenges in the US: legal ambiguity, which is an inference from the legislation’s structure and purpose, not a promise. Related Reading: Cardano Founder Shares What To Expect For XRP If The Clarity ACT Is Passed Analyst Cunningham frames this transition as the “shipping container moment” for finance, meaning the financial world is standardising the movement of value, similar to how it standardised the movement of goods. When this shift happens, the winners are rarely the loudest brands, but it’s the rails, standards, and protocols that reduce friction across the system. From this perspective, the growth of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) adoption signals a deeper transformation of truth, and settlement and ownership are being re-architected at the protocol level. Cunningham views this trend as a “sound-money renaissance” focused less on nostalgia and more on restoring transparent rules and reliable measurements for digital finance. Related Reading: Pundit Explains How XRP Becomes A Global Reserve Asset In that broader macro context, the debate around the Clarity Act reflects a decision about whether the US will lead the digital asset transition through clear legislation or allow innovation to remain in regulatory ambiguity. Meanwhile, the XRP implications become strongest in a world that requires neutral, fast, and interoperable value transfer under well-defined rules, where the macro-direction is increasingly favourable, as the regulated utility will ultimately matter more than the narrative cycle in the market. A Liquidity Shift Is Unfolding In The XRP Market A notable shift is emerging in the XRP market liquidity. Crypto commentator XFinanceBull revealed that the data from exchange heatmaps shows that Upbit has recently moved into the top position for XRP trading volume, surpassing major global platforms such as Binance and Coinbase. This development shows that market liquidity is positioning before the broader narratives become recognised. According to XFinanceBull, the surge in XRP activity on a South Korean exchange suggests that regional traders are betting on the network. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com
Bhutan moves $12M in Bitcoin as transfers surpass $42M in 2026 while remaining the 7th largest sovereign BTC holder.
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Pi Network’s token is having one of its best days in weeks, and the reason is simple: March 14 is coming, and the crypto community is getting excited about it. PI climbed 7.16% to $0.221 on Monday, comfortably outpacing a broader market that rose around 2.3% on the day. Trading volume surged over 65% to …
Cynthia Lummis continues to push pro-crypto policies in a market structure bill under consideration in the Senate, even as she prepares to leave Congress in January 2027.
The rapid liquidation highlights the risks of high-leverage trading amid volatile markets, underscoring the need for strategic risk management.
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Sharplink reports a $734M loss for 2025 as it expands its Ethereum treasury strategy and grows holdings to nearly 870K ETH.
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America may reject the name “CBDC” while still building the conditions for CBDC-like control through private dollar infrastructure. Washington has ruled out a retail Federal Reserve digital dollar in legal form. At the same time, the stablecoin regime now taking shape can normalize freeze, block, reject, and temporary hold functions across private dollar tokens and, […]
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Buyers were undeterred by surging oil prices, pushing Bitcoin near $69,500 and large-cap altcoins close to their overhead resistance levels.
Bitcoin reaches 20 million mined coins, marking over 95% of total supply with the final 1 million BTC to be mined over the next 114 years.
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The crypto brokerage said increasing demand across West Africa is driving its expansion as user activity grows across the Sub-Saharan region.
The recent moves are comparatively much smaller than when Bhutan moved over $60 million in bitcoin last July over the course of four days.
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Dogecoin is still trading in a far smaller range than long-time holders would have imagined a few months ago, and that is exactly what makes its technical setup so interesting. The meme coin is now trading around multi-year lows, but some traders now believe this compression could be the base for a short-term breakout attempt. However, the focus is on whether Dogecoin can defend support long enough to reclaim the important $0.10 price level, not on ambitious cycle highs. A Channel That Has Swallowed Six Months Of Hope Once upon a time, Dogecoin bulls were dreaming of $1. Now, they’re watching $0.10. That’s the quietly uncomfortable reality sitting beneath a new technical analysis shared on X by crypto analyst Erick, who noted that Dogecoin is currently compressing inside a falling channel and that a breakout, if it comes, might be enough to push the meme coin back above $0.1. Related Reading: Dogecoin Morning Doji Star Shows Bullish Reversal That Will Send Price To $0.8 The daily DOGE/USDT chart on Binance shows that the meme coin has been locked inside a falling channel since October 2025. This pattern is defined by two descending parallel trendlines that have consistently acted as a ceiling and a floor, guiding price progressively lower with lower highs and lower lows in each passing week. As it stands, Dogecoin is now sitting right on an important support zone with the token trading around $0.089. Interestingly, this is simultaneously on top of a horizontal support zone near $0.089, a level that has been tested multiple times and has, so far, refused to break. Push Above $0.10 Matters More Than It Should According to Erick, a price breakout could be near. If the current Dogecoin price level holds, a bounce toward $0.10+ might be on the table. Related Reading: Revisiting The Dogecoin Rally To $10: Where Is The Meme Coin This Cycle? There is an irony in the current setup. Some Dogecoin bulls are now watching $0.10 as a meaningful upside target, a level that once would have looked modest, considering the meme coin has spent recent months with much bigger expectations. However, looking at the present structure, $0.10 carries weight because it would mark a break above an important psychological threshold and signal that buyers have wrestled back some control from the broader downtrend. Another technical perspective also shows the current nature of Dogecoin’s price action. In a separate analysis posted on X, crypto analyst Trader Tardigrade pointed out that Dogecoin recently attempted an upside breakout from a symmetrical triangle pattern on the daily chart but failed to sustain the move. According to the analyst, Dogecoin has now fallen back inside the triangle structure after the breakout attempt, turning into a false breakout. In his words, Dogecoin has now entered into an indecisive mode. At the time of writing, Dogecoin is trading at $0.09. Tardigrade’s chart lays out scenarios of a green arrow projecting a recovery to the $0.14-$0.15 range and a red arrow pointing to a collapse to the $0.06 region. Featured image from Pngtree, chart from Tradingview.com
Financial services firm Aon accepted USDC and PYUSD stablecoins for Coinbase and Paxos's insurance premium payments.
XRP edged up 1.58% to $1.36 on Monday, riding the coattails of a broader market rally without any specific news of its own driving the move. Bitcoin’s 3.15% climb lifted most major tokens, and XRP was no exception, though it lagged slightly behind the pack on a day when Ethereum, Solana and BNB all posted …
Mining Bitcoin on a desktop in 2026 may sound simple, but is it profitable? Do rising network difficulty and energy costs mean the end of PCs as Bitcoin mining equipment?
Cryptocurrency markets surged on Monday, with Bitcoin breaking above $69,000 and Ethereum crossing $2,000 for the first time in weeks, as a combination of institutional buying and a surprise regulatory shift out of Washington gave investors a reason to buy in a market that had been gripped by fear for days. The Numbers Behind the …
Bitmine's strategic ETH accumulation and staking expansion signal growing confidence in crypto's recovery, potentially boosting market stability.
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Bitcoin spent the weekend mostly within a familiar price channel, then slipped lower before recovering as traders reacted to the developing impact of the Iran war. However, while real-world macro events now dictate Bitcoin's movements more than fundamentals or adoption levels, where on the chart it stops to test the waters has not changed. Bitcoin […]
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Anthropic's legal battle highlights tensions between AI ethics and national security, potentially reshaping tech-government collaborations.
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Ether's short liquidity may be the next target for bullish traders who have piled into fresh leveraged positions. Is $2,500 the next stop for ETH price?
Macro strategist Mark Connors says war-driven spending, rising debt and lower interest rates could support bitcoin.
WTI crude oil, which soared nearly 30% to $120 per barrel overnight, has pulled back to $95, easing pressure on risk assets.
A crypto market analyst has outlined what he describes as a straightforward mathematical method that helped identify the bottom of Bitcoin’s previous bear market. By focusing on long-term Fibonacci levels and quarterly price behavior, the analyst argues that the same structural logic that marked the 2022 bottom is now shaping Bitcoin’s next macro phase. Simple Math That Identified The Bitcoin Price Bear Market Bottom In an X post shared on March 8, crypto analyst Chetan Gurjar revisited a prediction he made in December 2022 regarding Bitcoin’s bear market low. While he acknowledged that the timing of the call was slightly off by a few months, he stated that the price target itself proved accurate. Related Reading: Bitcoin Liquidation Map Predicts The Next Targets To Watch Out For The analysis referenced Bitcoin’s bear market bottom around the $15,000 region in late 2022, which the analyst had previously projected using this framework. His approach centers on macro Fibonacci extension levels plotted on the quarterly chart, with particular focus on the 1.618 Fibonacci level positioned near $62,084. The chart accompanying the explanation highlights how Bitcoin historically reacts to this macro level. During the 2021 bull cycle, Bitcoin repeatedly failed to break and sustain price action above the 1.618 Fibonacci level. The analyst pointed to the second and fourth quarter candles of 2021, both of which were rejected at that same zone. These repeated rejections signaled strong resistance at the time, reinforcing the significance of the level in the broader market structure. By mapping these macro levels across cycles, the analyst argues that long-term Fibonacci mathematics can help identify both extreme lows and potential expansion targets. Quarterly Fibonacci Retest Suggests Next Macro Phase The analyst’s latest chart interpretation suggests that Bitcoin’s relationship with the 1.618 Fibonacci level has shifted from resistance to support. After breaking above the $62,084 region on the quarterly timeframe, Bitcoin has not produced a quarterly candle close below the level since the breakout. The chart shows two notable retests following the move. In the second and third quarters afterward, Bitcoin briefly tested the level but managed to hold above it on a closing basis. One quarterly wick even dipped below $50,000 before reclaiming the $62,084 level. As of the current quarter ending in March, Bitcoin is again trading above the same macro Fibonacci level. According to the analyst’s interpretation, this behavior represents a bullish quarterly retest. Related Reading: Analyst Says Bitcoin Price Bottom Hasn’t Happened Yet, Gives Timeline To Expect Reversal The projection drawn on the chart extends toward the next Fibonacci expansion level at 2.618, which sits near $393,874. Gurjar describes this level as the minimum macro target if the structure holds. The chart also signals potential volatility, suggesting price wicks could stretch toward the $500,000 region during the expansion phase. However, the analyst notes that deeper quarterly wicks remain possible depending on broader market conditions, including potential weakness in the altcoin market. Even with that caveat, the framework presents the current structure as a continuation pattern centered on Bitcoin holding the 1.618 Fibonacci level. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
Swiss crypto bank Amina has joined 21X as a regulated banking participant, linking traditional financial institutions with a blockchain-based market for issuing tokenized securities.
The Ethereum price might look like it’s simply drifting through another typical crypto cycle. But underneath the surface, something more structural is happening in the derivatives market. Specifically, leverage appears to be cooling off. Fresh data tied to Binance’s Ethereum derivatives activity shows that the 30-day average open interest has dropped to its lowest level …
The divergence between crypto and equities amid oil chaos suggests potential shifts in market dynamics, but long-term trends remain uncertain.
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Geopolitical tensions and volatile oil prices highlight Bitcoin's vulnerability to macroeconomic factors, challenging its "safe haven" status.
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The US Treasury's acknowledgment of legitimate crypto mixer uses may shift regulatory focus, potentially boosting privacy-focused crypto investments.
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