Plume has launched a payroll pilot that lets employees receive part of their salary in tokenized money-market fund shares.
Ripple has partnered with Convera, a global leader in commercial payments, to enhance enterprise cross-border transactions using stablecoin-enabled settlements. By combining Convera’s established payment network with Ripple’s blockchain infrastructure, the collaboration improves speed, liquidity, and transparency. The partnership also offers crypto-enabled treasury solutions, helping businesses manage capital flows and currency risks. This move highlights growing …
Investors are currently sifting through a decade of market data to see if a massive spike in energy costs will sink Bitcoin and the crypto market. Related Reading: Bitcoin ETFs Pull In $56B As CEO Pitches Crypto Over Gold While many people focus on the immediate price of oil, the real damage to Bitcoin in the past often came from internal industry blowouts rather than what was happening at the gas pump. The 2014 crash happened alongside the Mt. Gox exchange failure. In 2022, the Terra-Luna collapse wiped out billions. These events, rather than just expensive fuel, played the biggest role in deepening previous bear markets. The Weight Of Geopolitics On Digital Assets Reports indicate that West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil jumped above the $104 mark on Monday. This is the highest price seen in nearly four years. US President Donald Trump recently expressed a desire for the US to maintain indefinite control over the oil industry in Iran. Such statements and global tensions usually push oil higher. When energy becomes this expensive, it often acts as a drag on the entire economy. It takes money out of the pockets of everyday people who might otherwise buy digital assets. Data shows that Bitcoin miners also feel the sting because their operations require significant amounts of power. In the past 12 years, there have only been three times when oil hit this specific $104 level. Because these events are so rare, some analysts believe it is hard to say for sure that one causes the other. The first instance occurred in June 2014 when ISIS moved into northern Iraq. Bitcoin was trading around $600 at the time but lost 21% of its value over the next 10 weeks. It stayed down for a long time. It actually took more than two years for the price to climb back to where it started before that specific oil spike. Searching For Patterns In A Volatile Market The most recent example happened in May 2022. This followed a proposal by the European Commission to phase out Russian oil imports. Bitcoin did not just dip; it fell 25% in only seven days. That specific crash started a bear market that lasted for 19 months. Even though oil prices eventually dropped back below $100 for several years, the damage to the crypto world was already done. Based on reports, the current return to triple-digit oil prices has many traders on edge. They are watching to see if history will repeat itself or if the market has become strong enough to handle the pressure. Related Reading: 8.25M XRP Exit Long-Term Holders As Whales Buy $1.20–$3 A Fear Of Broad Economic Pullbacks Not every spike leads to a permanent disaster. In March 2022, Bitcoin dropped 15% after the Russia-Ukraine war began and oil soared. However, that loss was erased in less than a month. Even though oil stayed high, Bitcoin managed to recover its footing quickly. This shows that the relationship between the two is not always a straight line. Sometimes the market reacts to the news of war more than the actual cost of the commodity. Featured image from Trade Brains, chart from TradingView
CertiK’s March 2026 security report confirms $59,509,931 lost to exploits, phishing, and scams – with just $21,912 returned. That is a recovery rate of 0.04%. Wallet compromise led all categories at $26,846,293, followed closely by phishing at $21,408,097. Together the two account for over 80% of March’s total losses. By attack type, DeFi protocols suffered …
OpenFX raised $94 million in Series A funding to expand its stablecoin-based FX network as demand grows for faster cross-border payments.
Changpeng Zhao said quantum computing is not a major threat to crypto, stressing blockchain systems can upgrade and adopt post-quantum security. His comments come as Google research warns future quantum machines could crack Bitcoin keys within minutes, enabling mempool attacks. Experts are urging rapid migration to quantum-resistant cryptography, though large-scale quantum risks are still considered …
RIVER coin has suddenly stepped into the spotlight with a sharp price move, but the real story may not be the surge itself, it’s what’s building beneath it. At a time when the broader market remains uncertain and selective momentum is driving capital into specific narratives, RIVER’s latest move is starting to stand out for …
NEAR Protocol (NEAR), up 1.9% from Monday, joined Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as a top performer.
Bitcoin enters April with a price carrying the weight of macro conditions, corporate balance sheets, and the credibility of the public wrappers built around it. CryptoSlate has already laid out the broad structure: public equities created a new channel for balance-sheet demand, the premium on that demand opened the door to further issuance, and the […]
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The Ethereum Economic Zone promises to stitch fragmented rollups back into a single system, but a similar model struggled to gain traction on Cosmos.
Bitcoin’s price is still in range rather than in a full risk‑off spill after a post‑expiry sell‑off, a string of red monthly closes, and geopolitical tensions. Bitcoin Remains Rangebound March 30th QCP Market Colour reports that Bitcoin briefly slipped to around $65k during thin Asian trading (low‑liquidity window where smaller orders can push price around disproportionately). It then snapped back into its usual weekend band between $66k and $67k. Throughout the month, this has been a recurring pattern: price softens into the weekend as traders cut risk, then grinds higher again as the new week begins. Bitcoin will likely stay stuck in its current range as Trump’s 10‑day halt on strikes against Iranian energy assets runs toward its April 6 expiry, a point at which traders are bracing for a possible flare‑up. Related Reading: Google Says End For Bitcoin Is Near? Quantum Computers Could Attack Crypto This Soon In options, post‑expiry volatility compression is “muted”; traders are still paying for gamma, overwriters are sidelined, and the vol surface signals caution but not panic. Positioning is defensive rather than euphoric, which fits a market that is stable but not ready to break higher. Everything points at Bitcoin being headed for a sixth straight negative monthly close and its first three‑month losing stretch to kick off the year, highlighting how fragile sentiment remains. Geopolitical Tensions Heighten According to QCP, “Washington is signalling escalation risk”. The U.S. insists talks are moving forward, but the continued troop buildup indicates it is still preparing for potential ground operations. Meanwhile, Iran’s partners in Yemen keep warning they could disrupt key supply routes if the conflict worsens. Any blockade in the Bab al‑Mandeb strait could dramatically worsen the existing inflation shock, a scenario the administration can hardly stomach with approval ratings sagging and midterms on the horizon. Macro and geopolitics are tightly intertwined. Elevated oil, war risk premium and supply‑chain vulnerabilities keep the famous stagflation narrative alive, which continues to muddy Bitcoin’s role between high‑beta risk asset and emerging macro hedge. As long as Trump’s strike pause holds and there is no major policy surprise, BTC likely stays range‑bound and headline‑driven into early April. “The Majority Of Market Participants Are Operating At A Loss” On-chain, all this tension translates to Long‑Term Holder SOPR (profitability) recently slipping below 1.0, new data from Crypto Dan for Crypto Quant shows. Veteran holders are now selling at a loss: classic “surrender” or early capitulation behavior. Since long‑term holders are usually the least reactive to short‑term price swings, a period where they start locking in losses often signals that the entire market has entered a capitulation phase. Bitcoin: Long Term Holder SOPR. Source: Crypto Quant. According to Crypto Dan, these kinds of conditions have often preceded phases where selling pressure slowly runs out, paving the way for market bottoms or areas that sit near long‑term lows. The analyst believes that it may be too early to call this the definitive bottom, but a stage where losses are broadly shared typically marks the last leg of fear and the first real window of opportunity for patient buyers. Related Reading: Over Half Of US Crypto Users Don’t Understand This Scary Tax Rule Put together, range‑bound price, cautious options, and long‑term holder stress suggest we’re in a late correction phase, where the market is still under pressure but closer to washing out and stabilizing, not yet in the clear new bull leg where price starts trending higher with conviction. At the moment of writing, BTC trades for $66k. Source: BTCUSDT on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSDT chart from Tradingview
Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 Base said it will be upgrading its chain to allow AI agents to use it the same way developers or traders would.
The move comes as the chain distances itself from Optimism technology and toward in-house infrastructure as it seeks greater independence and scale.
CertiK has advised ordinary users “who are not security professionals, developers, or experienced geeks” against installing and using OpenClaw.
CEO Jonathan Levin says it marks a "really important moment" for making such analysis more accessible as the crypto industry grows with non-native entrants.
The autonomous bots are trained on Chainalysis' massive, proprietary dataset built from over a decade in business.
The NIGHT price just did what speculative assets do best, rip higher when narrative meets timing. A 20% intraday jump followed the long-awaited mainnet launch, and suddenly, what was a quiet chart turned into a playground for momentum traders. No surprise there. Privacy narratives tend to wake up fast… and move even faster. But here’s …
A close below $67,300 for bitcoin would confirm six straight monthly losses amid ongoing macro pressures.
A Singapore court ordered OneKey founder Wang Lei and an X user to stop threatening or defamatory claims tied to a dispute over the 2025 Resupply exploit.
BTC price will find it difficult to establish a new record high if Bitcoin developers don't take the quantum threats seriously, one analyst says.
Tokenizing financial benchmarks on blockchain enhances transparency, efficiency, and accessibility, reshaping institutional finance infrastructure.
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Atomic settlement demands instant capital per trade. T+0 eliminates netting efficiency while empowering liquidity coordinators.
Stablecoin turnover has doubled in the past two years as AI payments and traditional finance use cases grow, though Standard Chartered still sees the market reaching $2 trillion.
ZEC price just did something it hasn’t managed in a while, actually it surprised the market today. A sharp 12% move isn’t just another random green candle either. It came with structure, conviction, and a clean break from a descending triangle pattern that had been capping upside for weeks. And yeah, that kind of breakout …
Today is the last day of March. Bitcoin is currently trading at $66,761, and the number that matters most right now is not the price, but the monthly close. According to CoinGlass data, Bitcoin has already posted 5 straight months of losses. October through February read like a slow bleed: -3.69%, -17.67%, -2.97%, -10.17%, -14.94%. …
Onchain analysts noted that the recipient address had previously transferred bitcoin to investment manager Galaxy Digital.
Interactive Brokers launched crypto trading for eligible EEA investors, offering 11 cryptocurrencies alongside stocks and futures.
Tesseract tested its vault architecture with six pilot participants, including crypto ETP issuer 21Shares.
A 57-page whitepaper identifies how future quantum computers could target Ethereum's wallets, smart contracts, staking system, Layer 2 networks and data verification layer, with combined exposure exceeding $100 billion.
Data from CryptoQuant shows Bitcoin long-term holders (LTHs) with coins held over 155 days are now selling at a loss, as LTH-SOPR falls below 1.0, indicating a surrender phase. Short-term holders (STHs) are also under pressure, facing $113.9 billion in unrealized losses across nearly 9 million BTC, around 45-46% of total supply, following 110 days …