Three individuals stole almost $1M on Bitcoin from a couple at knife point at their home. The Bitcoin Crime Modus Operandi French outlet TF1 Info reported today that on early Monday morning, a man and a woman in their late fifties were held captive in their home in Le Chesnay, Yvelines (France), by three individuals posing as police officers. Related Reading: Hyperliquid Traders Rise in Arms as Bitcoin Hits 7-Day Low And Oil Soars Following the TF1 account, the woman opened the door of her house when the individuals identified themselves as the police, only to be then pushed and kidnapped inside alongside her husband. The slightly injured woman and her husband were forced onto their sofa, where the man was tied up by the kidnappers. Afterwards, one of the individuals pulled out a knife and threatened to attack the woman if her husband didn’t transfer the equivalent of €900K in bitcoin. Around 9 a.m., when the robbery was completed, the individuals fled in a white van. Only then was the injured woman able to untie her husband and called the neighbors for help. The Investigation No arrests have been made just yet. The Versailles prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for kidnapping and armed robbery by an organized gang, as well as criminal conspiracy, according to TF1. The investigations are being carried out by the Brigade de répression du banditisme (BRB). Related Reading: Why A U.S. Court Says Binance Is Not (Yet) Liable for Terrorist Crypto Flows From Online Exploits To Violent Offline Attacks This is not an isolated horror: it is but the latest entry in a growing ledger of real‑world Bitcoin heists. On March 4, as reported by out sister website Bitcoinist, veteran trader “Mr Silly” suffered a multimillion‑dollar theft, where address poisoning and an offline robbery combined to strip him of roughly $24 million and push him out of the market. On November 24, 2025, an armed robber invaded a San Francisco home posing as a delivery worker. The modus operandi was pretty similar to the Le Chesnay crime: the homeowner was tied up and the attacker took the victim’s cellphone, laptop, and $11 million worth of cryptocurrency. In France, kidnappings for cryptocurrencies have multiplied since the begging of 2025, TF1 claims. In January last year, the co-founder of Ledger, David Balland, was abducted and later freed by the police. Just last month, on February 12, the head of Binance France, was targeted by also three (poorly prepared) hooded individuals in a failed home invasion in his Val-de-Marne apartment, french outlet RTL News reported. For Bitcoin holders, the lesson is brutally simple: the attack surface has moved from your seed phrase to your front door BTC's price trends to the upside on the daily chart. Source: BTCUSDT on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSDT chart from Tradingview
Bitcoin has pushed back above roughly $70,000 after a weekend dump toward the mid‑60,000s that followed US‑Israel strikes on Iran and a spike in energy‑market stress. What The Bitcoin Data Says This recovery comes after President Donald Trump helped reset risk sentiment when he signaled the Iran conflict could be resolved “very soon”, rising equities and softer oil prices alongside Bitcoin’s price. Brent crude dropped more than 7%, sliding to around $91 a barrel and pulling back sharply from Monday’s 119.50‑dollar peak. “Trump’s latest posts are being seen as potentially flagging an end to the Iranian conflict faster than the market was anticipating”, said Richard Galvin, co-founder of hedge fund DACM as reported by Bloomberg. He added: Risks are that the market is misreading Trump’s statements, or that either Israel, the USA or Iran takes action to further escalate hostilities and takes the option of de-escalation off the table. On‑chain and derivatives data suggest the worst of the war‑driven stress is abating rather than starting a new bear phase. Glassnode describes the recovery as showing “tentative signs of improvement”, with futures open interest and perp buying picking up again as prices stabilize in the high-$60,000 to low‑$70,000 band. Related Reading: Why A U.S. Court Says Binance Is Not (Yet) Liable for Terrorist Crypto Flows What The Analysts Say Analysts tracking flows argue the Iran episode looks more like a sharp positioning and liquidity shock than a structural macro regime change. CryptoQuant data, cited by NewsBTC, showed a spike in coins moving to exchanges and a jump in volatility around the February 28 strikes, followed by a rapid normalization as BTC snapped back toward its prior trajectory in early March. ETF flows remain a key pillar. US spot products saw strong net inflows in the days Bitcoin rebounded toward and above $70,000, signaling that institutions kept buying into weakness rather than dumping exposure. At the same time, funding and short liquidations indicate that late bears were squeezed as prices reclaimed key psychological levels, reinforcing the idea that traders used the war headlines to fade fear rather than to exit the asset class altogether. Related Reading: Hyperliquid Traders Rise in Arms as Bitcoin Hits 7-Day Low And Oil Soars The “Digital Gold” And Risk Asset Behavior This is not the first time war headlines have jolted Bitcoin, but recent behavior looks different from the panic surrounding events like the start of the Russia‑Ukraine war. On earlier Iran‑linked shocks, BTC saw larger percentage drawdowns and sustained realized‑volatility spikes; this time, the coin briefly dumped toward the low‑60,000s before clawing back above 70,000 dollars within days. Some macro and on‑chain analysts say that pattern supports a slowly maturing “digital gold” narrative, noting that Bitcoin held up better than some equities and even certain traditional hedges during the latest energy shock. Others stress that crypto is still trading as a high‑beta risk asset overall, pointing to synchronous moves with stocks when war jitters first hit and to heavy rotation into classic safe havens like gold at peak fear. Whatever the case may be for overall crypto sentiment, one thing remains true: the market still moves at the speed of human fear around geopolitical unrest, not the other way around. BTC's price trends to the upside on the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSD chart from Tradingview
Bitcoin price started a recovery wave above the $68,500 zone. BTC is now consolidating and might aim for more gains above $70,500. Bitcoin started a decent recovery wave above the $69,200 zone. The price is trading above $68,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $70,400 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might dip again if it trades below the $69,280 and $68,000 levels. Bitcoin Price Fails Near Resistance Bitcoin price remained elevated and extended its increase above the $68,500 level. BTC climbed above the $69,200 and $70,000 resistance levels. The bulls pushed the price above the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $74,062 swing high to the $65,646 low. However, the bears are still active below $72,000. The price faced rejection near the $71,600 level and started a downside correction. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $70,400 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair. Bitcoin is now trading above $68,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. If the price remains stable above $68,500, it could attempt a fresh increase. Immediate resistance is near the $70,250 level. The first key resistance is near the $70,500 level. A close above the $70,500 resistance might send the price further higher. In the stated case, the price could rise and test the $71,500 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $72,000 level or the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $74,062 swing high to the $65,646 low. The next barrier for the bulls could be $72,650. More Losses In BTC? If Bitcoin fails to rise above the $70,500 resistance zone, it could start another decline. Immediate support is near the $69,280 level. The first major support is near the $68,500 level. The next support is now near the $68,000 zone. Any more losses might send the price toward the $67,250 support in the near term. The main support now sits at $66,500, below which BTC might struggle to recover in the near term. Technical indicators: Hourly MACD – The MACD is now gaining pace in the bearish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for BTC/USD is now near the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $68,500, followed by $68,000. Major Resistance Levels – $70,500 and $72,000.
Proceeds from Bitcoin sales have paid for healthcare, environmental programs, and government worker salaries in Bhutan — a detail that puts the kingdom’s latest crypto move in sharper focus. Related Reading: WAR Token Explodes 100%, Then Crashes 20% In Sudden Sell-Off A Small Nation With A Big Bitcoin Strategy On Monday, blockchain analytics firm Arkham flagged a transfer of 175 Bitcoin, worth roughly $11.85 million, out of Bhutan’s main government wallet. The funds moved to an address created about a month ago, one that had already received 184 Bitcoin from state accounts. As of Tuesday, the coins had not moved again. No sale has been confirmed. But the transfer fits a pattern Arkham has tracked for months. Data shows Bhutan tends to offload Bitcoin in batches of $5 million to $10 million at a time. The heaviest selling on record came in mid-to-late September 2025. Back in February, a similar transfer preceded a $7 million sale to Singapore-based crypto trading firm QCP Capital. Bhutan just moved another $11 Million of Bitcoin out of its main holding addresses. The last time they did this was 1 month ago, and they were selling $7 Million of BTC with QCP Capital. Bhutan periodically sells portions of its Bitcoin in clips of $5-10M, with a particularly… pic.twitter.com/tBuz280bBe — Arkham (@arkham) March 9, 2026 How Bhutan Built Its Stash The kingdom did not buy its Bitcoin on an exchange. It mined it. State-backed operations began in 2019, powered almost entirely by hydroelectric energy. During summer months, Bhutan’s rivers run fast and full, pushing its hydropower plants into surplus. Rather than waste that extra electricity, officials directed it toward Bitcoin mining. That strategy produced roughly 13,000 Bitcoin over several years, making Bhutan one of the larger sovereign holders in the world. Arkham currently puts the country’s holdings at around 5,400 Bitcoin — a figure that reflects years of periodic selling. Among nations, Bhutan ranks seventh. The US holds the top spot by a wide margin, with 328,372 Bitcoin worth close to $22 billion. The April 2024 halving hit the operation’s profitability hard. Mining rewards dropped to 3.125 Bitcoin per block, pushing up the effective cost of each coin produced. Since then, Bhutan has sold more frequently, and some Bitcoin miners globally have shifted their computing power toward artificial intelligence and data center work instead. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Valuation Model Hints At $500K Cycle Average, Analyst Says Druk Holding Manages The Portfolio All of Bhutan’s digital assets — Bitcoin included — are managed by Druk Holding and Investments, the country’s sovereign wealth fund. The portfolio also holds smaller amounts of Ether and a memecoin called KiboShib, which was reportedly generated by artificial intelligence. What makes Bhutan’s position unusual is how grounded its crypto activity is in basic public finance. The kingdom is not sitting on Bitcoin as a long-term ideological bet. It is mining when the energy is cheap, selling when prices allow, and using the money to keep the lights on. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
Bitcoin has climbed back to the top of its current trading range, placing the market at a critical decision point. While a breakout could open the door to further upside, analysts warn that failure to push higher may trigger a sharp rejection. If selling pressure emerges at these highs, Bitcoin could rotate back toward the key support level around $62,800. A Return To The Top Of Its Trading Range Bitcoin moves to its range highs, prompting analyst Lennaert Snyder to issue a cautious update regarding current market conditions. Snyder highlights his trading strategy: avoiding long positions at the top of a range. Since the most logical and high-probability buying opportunities are found at the range lows, entering a long at these elevated levels presents an unfavorable risk-to-reward ratio. Related Reading: Bitcoin At The Bottom? The 23-Month Cycle That Has Never Failed Instead of chasing the upward momentum, the current technical setup suggests that a shorting scenario is much more compelling. Snyder is currently tracking three potential paths for today’s price action, each focusing on how Bitcoin reacts to overhead resistance. If Bitcoin begins to drop from its current position and loses the critical market structure level at $69,383, it would signal a shift in momentum. In this case, Snyder intends to enter a short position, targeting the “weak lows” situated around $65,280. Furthermore, there is buy-side liquidity still resting above the current price at $71,200 and $72,846. If Bitcoin pushes higher to “sweep” these pools and trap breakout buyers, Snyder will wait for a bearish Market Structure Break (MSB) to confirm the move. This confirmation would then serve as the entry point to short the asset back down toward the same $65,280 target. Bitcoin Touches Exact Range High At $70,500 In a recent technical update, crypto analyst Zord highlighted that Bitcoin has accurately tapped the Range High at approximately $70,500, a level previously identified in his last market analysis. This precise touch confirms the current range boundaries, placing the asset at a critical inflection point where the next major directional move will likely be decided. Related Reading: Bitcoin Losing Strength — $66,000 Now The Line Between Recovery And Crash The potential for a bullish expansion remains on the table, with Zord noting that a successful breakout from this resistance could finally propel BTC toward a new all-time high or a sweep of the $74,000 level. However, the analyst cautioned that despite the proximity to these highs, a definitive breakout has not yet materialized. Conversely, the risk of a rejection at this overhead resistance carries significant downside implications. If BTC fails to sustain its momentum here, Zord anticipates an immediate retracement back through the Range Mid, ultimately targeting the Range Low situated at $62,800. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
Matt Hougan bitcoin would only need to capture roughly 17% of the global store-of-value market to reach $1 million.
Bitcoin (BTC) is showing technical warning signs that have caught the attention of market watchers, with one analyst now predicting a dramatic price collapse in the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The analyst noted that a Bitcoin candlestick pattern that previously preceded a devastating crash to below $20,000 has reappeared on the weekly chart, reigniting fears that history may be repeating itself. If it does, it could completely rewrite the narrative of this entire market cycle. Historical Setup Signals Bitcoin Potential Crash To $19,000 Market analyst Tony Severino has issued a stark warning to Bitcoin investors and holders, sharing a technical analysis on X that draws a chilling comparison between current price action and a previous cycle crash. The analyst has projected that Bitcoin could decline as low as $19,000 in this bear market. Related Reading: Analyst Says Bitcoin $200,000 Target Remains Open, But There’s A More Realistic Target The chart shared by Severino places two Bitcoin weekly candlestick patterns side by side, revealing a near-identical structural setup between the current market cycle and a previous bear phase. The left panel shows Bitcoin’s recent trajectory from late 2025 to early 2026, while the right panel displays a historical period that ultimately saw prices collapse below $20,000. Severino expressed his surprise at the chart patterns, noting that it was “absolutely wild” how similar the candlestick structures are between the two periods. He added that even the technical indicators are “almost exactly the same.” Both chart panels feature a prominent rectangular consolidation zone followed by a pink-highlighted rebound area. The visual symmetry between the two timeframes underpins the analyst’s bearish thesis, suggesting that the current rebound around the pink zone could be short-lived, followed by a potential crash below $19,000 if historical trends repeat. Notably, the analyst’s bearish forecast drew skepticism from some members of the crypto community. One member argued that a drop to such levels would not simply represent a routine cycle correction, but the largest retracement in Bitcoin’s history. Severino, however, stood firmly on his analysis and forecast, stating that a 74% correction was entirely possible and even normal within Bitcoin’s historical framework. Not backing down, he insisted again that the market may still have significant downside to navigate before any meaningful bottom is established. Update On BTC’s Price Action The Bitcoin price has recovered again from its previous level, trading back above $70,000. Last week, the cryptocurrency crashed to as low as $63,000 amid significant volatility and shifts in market sentiment. Related Reading: Bitcoin At The Bottom? The 23-Month Cycle That Has Never Failed However, CoinMarketCap data shows that Bitcoin has gained over 4.8% in the last 24 hours, with its daily trading volume up by more than 23.4%. The sudden price increase has been attributed to sustained inflows into Spot Bitcoin ETFs and easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
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Data shows the Bitcoin Funding Rates have turned negative across exchanges recently, indicating bearish bets are currently dominating. Aggregated Bitcoin Funding Rates Have Plunged As pointed out by analytics firm Santiment in a new post on X, the aggregated Bitcoin Funding Rates are currently showcasing a significant short bias. The “Funding Rate” here refers to an indicator that keeps track of the amount of periodic fees that derivatives market traders are exchanging between each other on a given centralized exchange. Related Reading: Bitcoin SOPR Ratio Shows Early Capitulation—But Not Full Bottom Yet When the value of this metric is positive, it means the long contract holders are paying a premium to the short contract holders in order to hold onto their position. Such a trend can be a sign that a bullish sentiment is dominant on the platform. On the other hand, the indicator being under the zero mark implies a bearish mentality may be held by the majority of traders, as shorts are outpacing the longs on the exchange. Now, here is the chart shared by Santiment that shows the trend in the aggregated Bitcoin Funding Rates across all exchanges: As displayed in the above graph, the Bitcoin Funding Rates across exchanges have witnessed a notable negative spike recently, implying demand for short positions has gone up. “Traders are showing clear concern over fear of an escalating war, as well as expressing frustration toward the lack of progress on the Clarity Act,” noted the analytics firm. The rise of bearish sentiment may not actually be bad for the cryptocurrency, however, if history is anything to go by, the asset’s price often tends to go against the crowd opinion. In terms of the derivatives market, this contrarian effect can emerge due to liquidations feeding into the opposite type of price move. “Historically, extreme shorting increases the likelihood of cryptocurrencies bouncing due to potential short liquidations providing a boost whenever prices break through resistance levels,” explained Santiment. Related Reading: XRP Investors In Pain: $50 Billion Worth Of Supply Now In Loss While either side of the market can fall prey to liquidations depending on random volatility, the side that’s more dominant is usually the one more likely to be affected by a mass cascade. For Bitcoin, that side is the short one at the moment. It now remains to be seen how the asset will develop in the coming days, given the bearish sentiment. BTC Price The effect of the negative Funding Rates may already be in motion as the asset has seen a bounce back above the $70,000 level during the past day. The upward move has caused short liquidations of more than $100 million, as the heatmap from CoinGlass suggests. Looks like BTC has seen the highest amount of liquidations over the last 24 hours | Source: CoinGlass Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
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Bitcoin and Ethereum have regained bullish traction after a brief pullback, with the BTC price holding above the $70,000 mark while ETH sustains levels above $2,000. Despite this resilience, the broader crypto market continues to face pressure from macro uncertainty, rising liquidations, and rapidly shifting trader sentiment. As buyers and sellers remain locked in a …
Bitcoin could be on track for a massive long-term rally if one of the most interesting valuation models in the crypto industry is still valid. According to pseudonymous analyst PlanB, the Stock-to-Flow (S2F) model suggests that Bitcoin could average around $500,000 during the current halving cycle between 2024 and 2028. The bold projection comes even as Bitcoin is showing no signs of trading at that level in recent days, but recent price action in the past 24 hours has seen it reclaiming the $70,000 price level. Here’s When Bitcoin Will Reach $500,000 PlanB’s projection for Bitcoin is not that the cryptocurrency’s price action instantly jumps to $50,000, but that the entire post-halving cycle from 2024 through 2028 could average around that level if the Stock-to-Flow framework continues to play out as predicted. That is a much more aggressive call than simply predicting a cycle top, because an average of $500,000 would imply that Bitcoin would eventually spend meaningful time well above that price level at some stage of the cycle. Related Reading: Why Did Bitcoin Price Crash To $67,000, And Ethereum Price Fell Below $2,000? The current Bitcoin price setup is a test of whether the leading cryptocurrency is deeply undervalued at today’s levels or whether the S2F model has finally broken down for good. The chart attached to PlanB’s technical analysis helps explain this prediction of a $500,000 price tag for Bitcoin. It overlays Bitcoin’s price history with the 200-week moving average, realized cost price, RSI coloring, and a staircase-like Stock-to-Flow path. The dotted S2F path for the 2024-2028 halving window rises to around $500,000 in 2027. Bitcoin S2F Model. Source: Plan B On X What’s Going On With Bitcoin? Bitcoin has spent the past week swinging between recovery and pressure, a stretch that saw the asset trade above $73,000 on March 5 before falling back toward the mid-$60,000s and then rebounding again above $70,000 at the time of writing. That uncertain context of price action is what makes PlanB’s latest Stock-to-Flow price prediction stand out, because it takes strong conviction to predict an average price of $500,000 for Bitcoin. Related Reading: Expert Trader Shows ‘Simple Math’ To Calculate The Bitcoin Price Bottom The recent price action places Bitcoin just above two long-watched structural supports: the realized cost price and the 200-week moving average. Both of these supports are also visible in PlanB’s Stock-to-Flow model chart shared above. That does not automatically prove a six-figure or seven-figure breakout is next, but it does support the view that the entire cycle structure has not fully collapsed. As it stands, about 43% of Bitcoin addresses are holding at a loss, with the majority being short-term holders and Bitcoin treasury firms. However, many analysts have proposed that Bitcoin’s correction is yet to find a bottom, despite it being down by over 45% from its October 2025 peak. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
Bitcoin climbed back above $70,000 Tuesday as crude oil staged a sharp reversal, easing near-term fears of accelerating inflation and giving digital asset markets room to recover. According to CryptoSlate's data, the largest digital currency jumped over 5% in the last 24 hours, peaking at around $71,164 after slipping below $68,000 earlier in the session. […]
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Bitcoin continued trading in a local uptrend ahead of the trading session, extending the recovery that began earlier this week. Market analysts say that the current move appears to be developing within a classic ABC corrective structure, a pattern often used in Elliott Wave analysis to identify short-term price movements. The recent upward move is …
Crypto analyst Merlijn has revealed that Bitcoin has just re-entered the DCA zone, indicating it’s a good time to buy BTC. The leading crypto is already staging another rebound, rising to the psychological $70,000, which has so far proved to be a major resistance level. Bitcoin Reenters DCA Zone As Price Eyes Another Rally In an X post, Merlijn stated that Bitcoin has just entered the DCA zone on the rainbow chart and that BTC is now back in the DCA zone. He noted that a massive rally has followed every time this has happened. At the same time, this is when retail investors have panicked and sold. The analyst added that this chart has never been wrong. Related Reading: Bitcoin At The Bottom? The 23-Month Cycle That Has Never Failed In another X post, Merlijn stated that Bitcoin has reached a critical level, especially as it continues to trade within a tight range between $60,000 and $70,000. His accompanying chart showed that BTC could rally above $120,000 if it holds this support level. However, there is the possibility of a larger decline if it fails to hold this current range. The analyst also revealed that Bitcoin is mirroring the 2021 top exactly with the same sequence, lower highs, and the same structure. He noted that 2021 ended with one final flush before the recovery. Merlijn said the $60,000 level is the last line of defense, and a hold above it would mean buyers are taking control. However, a drop below this level would put liquidity clusters below as the next targets. Bitcoin saw a violent recovery following the final flush below, and the analyst is confident that this time won’t be different. Crypto analysts like Benjamin Cowen have predicted that BTC could recover by the second half of this year as part of the 4-year cycle. Peter Brandt Predicts A Breakout For BTC Veteran trader Peter Brandt has predicted that Bitcoin could break out to the upside. In an X post, he said, alluding to BTC’s daily and weekly charts, that “the Big Banana is forming a Little Banana — and it indicates there is about to be a Banana Split.” His accompanying chart showed that the flagship crypto could rally to $82,500 by April. Related Reading: Samson Mow Calls Bitcoin ‘Exponential Gold’, Predicts What Will Happen In the long term, Brandt predicted that Bitcoin could rally to $120,000 and possibly $280,000. His prediction comes just days after he admitted that BTC may be in the midst of a bullish reversal. The veteran trader said that he viewed Bitcoin’s rally to $74,000 back then as potentially a significant change in price behavior since the October top last year. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $69,900, up over 3% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Pngtree, chart from Tradingview.com
As the financial industry accelerates its push toward tokenising real-world assets, attention is increasingly turning to the infrastructure that could support this transformation. Advocates argue that XRP and the XRP Ledger may already have the tools that are needed for this shift and have supported asset issuance and tokenized value transfers long before the concept became a mainstream focus in global finance. How The XRP Ledger Handles Asset Issuance At Scale The current developments around XRP are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore as the broader financial world begins focusing on tokenisation. According to a post on X by crypto analyst XFinanceBull, the former Ripple executive Ashish Birla has recently highlighted a crucial detail that many investors may overlook: the XRP Ledger was already capable of tokenizing assets such as gold more than a decade ago. Related Reading: Ripple Exec Clears The Air On Blocked XRP Transactions – When Does It Happen? Meanwhile, the infrastructure was built long before the current wave of institutional interest in tokenised finance. Currently, major financial firms such as BlackRock and Franklin Templeton are actively entering the tokenisation race. As regulatory clarity gradually evolves, institutional capital is flowing into the digital asset infrastructure, and the market is finally focusing on the same challenge the XRP Ledger was designed to address. If tokenised real-world assets moving on-chain eventually reach trillions of dollars in scale, the network that provides the rails that settle value could become extremely important. Xfinancebull argues that the technology cycles tend to follow a predictable path, in which infrastructure is built first, and then price follows adoption. The Math Behind XRP Ledger’s Massive Throughput Potential The question of whether the XRP Ledger can handle real global-scale transaction volume is best answered with simple math. Crypto investor Grape explained that the network closes roughly every 3 to 5 seconds and can sustain about 1,500 transactions per second under normal conditions, which translates to roughly 129 million transactions per day without reaching its limits. Related Reading: XRP’s Real Value Will Arrive When Infrastructure Is Ready — Here’s Why Grape pointed out a major stress test conducted in 2021 involving Ripple and Pyypl pushing the public XRPL beyond 50,000 transactions per second while still maintaining a settlement time of 3 to 4 seconds, which amounts to approximately 4.3 billion per day. When compared to other payment and blockchain systems, the numbers are notable. Visa averages around 1,700 transactions per second, with a peak capacity of 65,000, while Ethereum processes roughly 15 to 30 transactions per second, and Bitcoin averages 7 transactions per second. Ripple CTO David Schwartz noted that the upper limits of the network are still unknown. Despite that capacity, the XRPL network is currently processing only about 1 million transactions per day, which represents less than 1% of its tested capacity. In this view, the limiting factor for XRPL is not infrastructure, but the level of real-world adoption. Featured image from Peakpx, chart from Tradingview.com
The Bitcoin price just clawed its way back above $70,000 and suddenly the market mood looks a little less gloomy. Not euphoric. Not yet. But the data flashing across trading dashboards suggests something interesting is brewing beneath the surface. On the daily chart, buy pressure has quietly started to dominate. Buy volume currently sits around …
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Bitcoin is showing tentative signs of stabilization after its pullback from $74,000, but Glassnode says the recovery still lacks the ingredients of a decisive bullish turn. In its March 9 Weekly Market Pulse, the analytics firm described a market that is improving at the margins even as spot participation, capital flows and broader conviction remain subdued. Glassnode’s overview is cautiously constructive, but only up to a point. The firm wrote, “ETF activity remains a relative area of strength. Net inflows accelerated and trading volumes picked up.” In the same breath, though, it stressed that “overall, conditions are stabilizing” while “capital flows remain soft,” a framing that captures the report’s central tension: some internals are healing, but the market still looks fragile rather than fully re-energized. Glassnode Sees Bitcoin Market Stabilizing That fragility is most visible in spot markets. Glassnode said the 14-day RSI rose from 45.2 to 47.7, a modest improvement in momentum that points to firmer buyer activity without suggesting the move is overheated. But the more important spot signals moved the other way. Spot CVD fell from negative $84.4 million to negative $97.6 million, indicating heavier sell-side pressure from aggressive traders, while spot volume dropped from $9.8 billion to $9.1 billion. The report said participants are showing less urgency as they wait for stronger directional cues, leaving sellers with an outsized role in price discovery. Related Reading: 43% of Bitcoin Supply Is In Loss As Market Nears Bear Territory Derivatives paint a more complicated picture. Futures open interest climbed 5.1% to $29.4 billion, showing leverage and speculative engagement are rebuilding, while perpetual CVD surged 201.7% to $172.6 million, a sign of aggressive buy-side activity in leveraged markets. At the same time, funding flipped sharply lower to negative $391.7K, falling below Glassnode’s statistical low band and signaling stronger demand for short exposure. In other words, leveraged traders are active again, but they are not aligned on direction. Options markets, by contrast, looked less defensive. Open interest rose from $32.8 billion to $34.1 billion, the volatility spread narrowed from negative 25.78% to negative 17.64%, and 25-delta skew fell from 16.51% to 11.72%. Glassnode’s interpretation was that fear is moderating and demand for downside protection is easing, leaving options positioning more balanced than it was a week earlier. Related Reading: Bitcoin Exchange Reserves Fall To 2019 Levels As ETFs And Corporate Treasuries Accumulate The clearest area of strength remains the US spot ETF complex. Weekly net inflows rose from $776 million to $934 million, while trading volume jumped from $16.0 billion to $23.1 billion. But even there, the signal is not cleanly bullish. ETF MVRV dropped from 1.07 to negative 0.53, pushing the average ETF holder underwater. Glassnode said that shift is “consistent with capitulation-like conditions,” suggesting institutional-style demand is still coming in even as existing positioning remains under stress. On-chain data tells a similar story of stabilization without renewed heat. Active addresses slipped 2.0% to 649.3K and fee volume fell 5.1% to $170.5K, both signs of a quieter network backdrop, even as transfer volume rose 23.7% to $5.9 billion. Realized cap change improved from negative 2.4% to negative 1.9%, suggesting outflows are easing, but hot capital share fell to 23.3% and remained well below the statistical low band. That points to a market still dominated by older capital, with little evidence yet of fresh speculative churn. Profitability metrics improved modestly, with supply in profit rising from 54.6% to 56.8%, NUPL improving from negative 31.9% to negative 26.7%, and the realized profit-to-loss ratio lifting from negative 0.8 to negative 0.7. That eases some of the pressure built up during the decline. Still, Glassnode’s broader message is hard to miss: Bitcoin’s market structure looks steadier than it did a week ago, but until spot demand returns in force, the rebound remains more tentative than convincing. At press time, Bitcoin traded at $70,755. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Whales on Hyperliquid are piling into leveraged bitcoin and ether longs as BTC rallies to $71K, fueling bets the cryptocurrency will break above $75,000.
GIGA's increased Bitcoin holdings highlight a growing trend of firms using cryptocurrency to bolster financial stability and strategic growth.
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The 2022 Bitcoin crash has been one for the history books, where the price went from $69,000 to $16,000 before hitting a bottom. Being the most recent bear market before the current cycle, there have been a lot of comparisons between the current trend and the previous one. So far, while the Bitcoin price has tried to hold up against the bears, there have been similarities to the 2022 bear market cycle that could suggest a repeat of such a crash. The Similarities That Say Bitcoin Price Might Crash Further A pseudonymous crypto analyst who goes by the name Sherlock on X pointed out multiple similarities that have popped up on the Bitcoin price chart that could suggest a repeat of the 2022 cycle. The first of these was the weekly trendline break that happened after the initial wave of declines. Once this was broken, the floodgates were opened for the bears. Related Reading: Analysts Predict Conservative XRP Price If It Follows 2017 Run Next on the list is that Bitcoin has recorded multiple red weekly candles. Then came a relief bounce that led to consolidation in the middle of this trend, as shown by the most recent bounce toward $74,000. This green candle pushed the price toward the next resistance. However, bulls were ultimately rejected from this level, leading to an impulsive break below the trend low. The last of the events that took place on the chart is the formation of the upper wick candle. Once this was completed and the price was rejected from this level, the next breakdown saw the Bitcoin price crash from $30,000 to $17,500 before the next relief, a 40% price decline. Presently, the completion of the upper wick candle is the only thing left for the Bitcoin price. Sherlock confirms that the digital asset is actually printing the upper wick candle. If this completes, then it could lead to the same breakdown that was seen back in 2022. Related Reading: XRP Bull Flag Breakout After 8-Month Consolidation To Send Price To $11 A repeat of this 40% breakdown from the current level would put the Bitcoin price back into the $35,000 territory. Following through to the end of where the last bear market bottom was established, it would mean falling as low as $30,000 before the sellers are exhausted. Interestingly, though, this was the last leg down that led to the end of the 2022 bear market. In the next few months that followed, there was a rapid recovery, and in the year following the bottom, the Bitcoin price would go on to hit new all-time highs. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
The potential sale by the Winklevoss twins could influence market perceptions and investor confidence in Bitcoin's stability and future value.
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Bitcoin's circulating supply surpassed 20 million coins on March 9, a milestone that places 95% of all BTC that will ever exist into the hands of holders and leaves fewer than 1 million coins still to be mined before the network reaches its hard cap of 21 million. The milestone was reached at block height […]
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The officials had lost the seized bitcoin last year in a phishing attack, but the hacker recently returned the assets to their wallet.
The crypto market today is witnessing renewed buying momentum as Bitcoin reclaimed the $70,000 level, marking one of its strongest daily recoveries this week. Today’s crypto market rally comes as global macro conditions show early signs of easing. Brent crude, which had recently surged on geopolitical tensions, has now fallen below the $85 mark, cooling …
An address connected to the Bhutan government recently moved Bitcoin valued at approximately $11 million. Bhutan usually sells BTC in batches of $5 million to $10 million, following a consistent pattern. Around a month ago, it sold about $7 million in BTC via QCP Capital. These regular sales reflect a careful, structured approach to managing …
Bitcoin is trading near $67,300, well off its recent high of $74,000. One well-known analyst says that dip barely matters — he’s looking at a cycle average closer to half a million dollars. Related Reading: WAR Token Explodes 100%, Then Crashes 20% In Sudden Sell-Off A Model Built On Scarcity PlanB, the pseudonymous analyst behind the Stock-to-Flow model, says Bitcoin’s price during the current 2024–2028 halving cycle could average around $500,000, with a range stretching from $250,000 to $1 million. The model is built on a simple premise: as Bitcoin’s supply grows more slowly — thanks to halving events that cut mining rewards roughly every four years — and demand holds steady or rises, the price should follow. Reports indicate that PlanB is careful to frame the figure as a cycle average, not a ceiling or a guaranteed peak. Bitcoin halvings reduce the number of new coins entering circulation. The most recent one took place in April 2024. Historically, each halving has been followed by a significant price run. That pattern is the backbone of PlanB’s argument. ???? Bitcoin at $67k… but S2F model screams $500k avg this cycle (2024-2028)! ???? Is BTC massively undervalued & the ultimate buy opportunity? Or is S2F broken forever? ???? What’s your take, bull or bust? pic.twitter.com/QlBhOgSgGj — PlanB (@100trillionUSD) March 8, 2026 Not Everyone Is Buying It Crypto analyst Bobby A puts his estimate at $200,000 to $250,000 by 2026 or 2027 — still a major jump from current levels, but nowhere near PlanB’s midpoint. According to Bobby A, Stock-to-Flow works as a rough long-term guide but falls short when used to pin down specific price targets in complex markets. He argues the model captures Bitcoin’s broad growth story without accounting for the many variables that move prices in real time. My take is somewhere in the middle. In my opinion, Bitcoin is currently undervalued and will likely trade toward the $200,000 to $250,000 range as this cycle matures through 2026 and into 2027. That said, I do not subscribe to the idea that Bitcoin will reach $500,000 by 2028.… https://t.co/d8wu0skKuN — Bobby A (@Bobby_1111888) March 8, 2026 That skepticism is not without basis. Stock-to-Flow drew sharp criticism after Bitcoin failed to sustain the price levels the model projected during the 2020–2024 cycle. Some analysts wrote off the model entirely. Others say it was never meant to work as a precise forecasting tool to begin with — a nuance that often gets lost in headline-driven coverage. Related Reading: Stablecoin Market Breaks Records — USDC Controls 70% Of $1.8 Trillion Volume What’s Weighing On Bitcoin Now Several outside pressures have contributed to Bitcoin’s recent pullback. Geopolitical tensions and shifting inflows into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds — which won US regulatory approval in early 2024 — have added to short-term volatility. Data shows that ETF inflows, which helped push Bitcoin to record highs earlier this year, have been inconsistent in recent months. Reports note that many analysts view the current period as a consolidation phase following the strong rally that carried Bitcoin above $72,000. Whether that consolidation leads to a renewed push higher — or signals a longer plateau — remains an open question. PlanB’s $500,000 average would require Bitcoin to climb more than seven times its current price before the cycle ends. That’s a large number. But in a market that went from under $20,000 to over $73,000 in roughly 18 months, some investors say stranger things have happened. Featured image from Free3D.com, chart from TradingView
Donald Trump said the Iran war is “pretty much complete” and could end “very soon.” Crypto markets did not wait for a formal announcement. They started moving immediately. Bitcoin pushed to $69,674, Ethereum held above $2,033, and XRP climbed to $1.37 as relief swept through global markets following the President’s comments. The question traders are …
For crypto this week, the story is not a token-specific catalyst. It is whether an oil shock tied to the US-Iran war turns into a broader inflation problem just as the market gets February CPI on Wednesday, March 11, followed by the second estimate of fourth-quarter US GDP and the delayed January PCE report on Friday, March 13. Crypto Watchlist This Week The market opened the week with energy first, everything else second. President Donald Trump said ending the war with Iran would be a “mutual” decision with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, signaling no obvious near-term off-ramp, while Brent crude surged as high as $119.50 a barrel and WTI to $119.48. Reuters reported that Iraq, Kuwait and the UAE had begun reducing oil production as the conflict and shipping disruption through Hormuz intensified. Notably, the oil supply shock is the largest in history. BREAKING: The world is now experiencing its largest oil supply shock in history, losing nearly 20 million barrels of oil supply per day. Top oil supply shocks: 1. Hormuz Closure (NOW): -20 million b/d 2. Iranian Revolution (1978): -5.5 million b/d 3. Yom Kippur War (1973): -4.5… — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 9, 2026 That is why the macro transmission matters so much for bitcoin and the entire crypto market. In a speech published Monday, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva put it plainly: “We are seeing resilience tested yet again by the new conflict in the Middle East. Important oil and gas facilities have suffered damage and stoppages; shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen by 90 percent. If the new conflict proves prolonged, it has clear and obvious potential to affect market sentiment, growth, and inflation.” She added that every 10% increase in oil prices, if sustained through most of this year, could add 40 basis points to global headline inflation. Meanwhile, US oil prices staged one of their biggest reversals in history on Monday when hat G7 countries were reported releasing 400 million barrels of crude oil from reserves. BREAKING: US oil prices are currently attempting one of their biggest reversals in history. At 10:30 PM ET, US oil prices were up as much as +30% on the day. Then, FT reported that G7 countries are considering releasing 400 million barrels of crude oil from reserves. Less than… pic.twitter.com/G1uRHvkFxX — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 9, 2026 Wednesday’s CPI print is the first hard test. The last US CPI release, for January, showed headline inflation up 0.2% month on month and 2.4% year on year, with core CPI at 2.5% year on year. The February report is due at 8:30 a.m. ET on March 11, and market previews are looking for something in the 2.4%-2.5% annual range, with core inflation broadly steady near that zone as well. In other words, the baseline is not a dramatic reacceleration on paper; the problem is that markets now have to judge those numbers against an oil backdrop that worsened sharply after the survey period. Crude oil is approaching $110, up ~$50 in the past month. This comes as Goldman Sachs said in a weekend investor note that a sustained $10 rise in oil prices for three months could push U.S. CPI to around 3% by May. https://t.co/5vLjHAvab9 pic.twitter.com/JfTOQzwAll — Shay Boloor (@StockSavvyShay) March 8, 2026 Friday is more layered. The GDP release is not a fresh quarter, but the second estimate for Q4 2025. The advance estimate showed US growth slowing to a 1.4% annualized pace from 4.4% in Q3. As BEA wrote in the initial release, “Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025. The contributors to the increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter were increases in consumer spending and investment. These movements were partly offset by decreases in government spending and exports.” Some market calendars look for a small upward revision to 1.5%. The bigger crypto-sensitive number may still be the delayed January PCE report, also due Friday. December headline PCE rose 0.4% month on month and 2.9% year on year, while core PCE rose 0.4% on the month and 3.0% on the year. Current previews for January point to headline PCE holding near 2.9% year on year, with core ticking up to around 3.1%. Bitcoin was trading around $67,409 on Monday, after dipping as low as $65,618 on Sunday. That leaves it squarely in macro territory. Currently, Bitcoin’s fortunes remain tied to broader risk appetite and the tech complex, while the Iran-driven oil surge has pushed yields and the dollar higher and dimmed hopes for near-term rate cuts. The immediate read-through is straightforward: if CPI and PCE come in firm while oil stays elevated, liquidity expectations likely deteriorate further and crypto remains under pressure. If the inflation data stay contained despite the war shock, bitcoin and the broader market may get room to reprice away from pure stagflation fear. At press time, the total crypto market cap was at $2.3 trillion. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com