The futures-to-spot ratio has climbed to 5.1, reflecting a structural shift in how the market trades.
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Investors allege JPMorgan helped facilitate fund flows in a $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme, while a parallel federal case targets Goliath Ventures’ founder.
Two Prime CEO Alexander Blume says the high yield product driving the buying surge carries risks despite strong momentum.
BTC holds near $70,000 and outperforms major assets during Middle East tensions, even as derivatives data and fear indicators signal deep market pessimism.
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The head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a sharp warning about the state of crypto markets. Speaking on the All-In Podcast, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said regulators are increasingly concerned about risks building across the digital asset sector. According to Selig, parts of the market are showing signs of excessive manipulation …
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The XRP funding rate has been on the decline after the price hit its 2025 peak above 2025, and this trend has continued into the new year. Between February and March 2026, the XRP funding rate spent most of the time in the negative, and this speaks to how investors are currently viewing the cryptocurrency. Analyst Cryptoinsightuk points this out in a recent X post, alluding to what this could mean for the digital asset going forward. XRP Funding Rate Hasn’t Been This Low Since 2022 Cryptoinsightuk’s post highlights the interesting XRP trend, showing that in the last 39 days, 31 of those days have been spent with negative funding rates. This means that only a few days out of the month of February saw a funding rate in the positive. And now, the month of March seems to be following the same trend. Related Reading: Bitcoin Is Repeating 2022 Playbook That Triggered Crash To $17,500 The post also includes the other times that the altcoin has seen a trend like this and what eventually happened. The most recent of these was back in 2025, when the funding rate spent the better part of the months of March and April in the negative. However, what followed was a massive XRP price rally, eventually leading to levels not seen since 2018. While this did not lead the XRP price to new all-time highs, it pushed it to new yearly peaks, a rally that took investors by surprise. Moving further back, the crypto analyst points out that another period when a similar trend had been seen was back in 2022. This came with the crash of the FTX crypto exchange as the market buckled under negative news. Eventually, though, this trend would mark the bottom for XRP, and the price began to rise in the following year. Related Reading: Dogecoin Remains Inside Falling Channel, Bulls Target Surge Above $0.1 Going by the previous performances, it is possible that the same trend could mark a bottom here once again. If this happens, then it will not be long until the XRP price begins to rise again. Additionally, such low funding rates suggest that more traders are short, making it a good time for a bounce. According to data from Coinglass, the funding rate is not the only metric that has suffered. The XRP open interest has also taken a nosedive since 2025, showing that traders are not participating in the market as much as they used to. Daily trading volume has also suffered, dropping from a peak of $78.85 billion at the tail end of 2024 to below $4 billion at the time of this report. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
The Dogecoin price has entered a critical phase as the token continues to trade under sustained bearish pressure. Over the past several months, DOGE has been forming a series of lower highs, indicating weakening bullish momentum. The latest price action suggests that the meme coin may be approaching a decisive breakout or breakdown zone, which …
The global payments industry has been circling blockchain for years, cautious and uncommitted. That may be changing. Ripple took to X this week to name what many had been quietly observing: digital assets are no longer a laboratory experiment. They are becoming operational tools. The company pointed specifically to Mastercard’s newly launched Crypto Partner Program …
The loss was largely attributed to the general crypto market decline, alongside rising operational expenses.
CFTC Chair Michael Selig has said that the agency has authority over prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket and warned it will defend that jurisdiction in court if challenged.
South Korea's move to suspend Bithumb over AML failures turns a local compliance case into a market-structure story. Enforcement against the country's second-largest exchange threatens to reroute retail flows, deepen venue concentration, and degrade one of crypto's most-watched regional pricing signals: the kimchi premium. Compliance case hits market plumbing The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit sent […]
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Sam Bankman-Fried wanted a second chance in court. Prosecutors just made clear that it isn’t happening. Federal prosecutors filed a court response on Wednesday opposing the FTX founder’s request for a retrial, arguing he has not shown his 2023 conviction was unfair. The “New Witnesses” Argument Didn’t Hold Up SBF’s February filing, submitted by his …
A cryptocurrency analyst has highlighted how the Bollinger Bands are squeezing on the daily XRP price, a potential sign that volatility could be coming. XRP Bollinger Bands Have Tightened Recently In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has talked about the latest trend in the Bollinger Bands for XRP. The “Bollinger Bands” refer to a tool from technical analysis (TA) that help provide a gauge for an asset’s volatility. The indicator involves three bands: a 20-day moving average (MA) middle line and two standard deviations above and below this level. Whenever the bands show a wide gap, it means the price is behaving in a volatile manner. Similarly, them contracting to a narrow width suggests stability in the market. Related Reading: Bitcoin Short Bets Surge—Will Bears Get Squeezed? Now, here is the chart shared by Martinez that shows the trend in the XRP Bollinger Bands on the daily timeframe over the last few weeks: As displayed in the above graph, the XRP Bollinger Bands were arranged at a notable gap from each other during the first half of February, but since then, they have shown contraction. This trend has developed as the asset’s price has taken to consolidation. Today, the band are relatively tight around the cryptocurrency’s value, implying that volatility has dropped. The analyst has noted that this suggests the coin could see a volatile spike soon. Historically, digital assets have often tended to follow up periods of stale price action with chaotic movement, so XRP observing volatility from here wouldn’t be unprecedented. Besides being a measure of volatility, the Bollinger Bands are also sometimes used for judging whether an asset is overbought or underbought. The price rising to the upper band may be considered as a sign that it’s becoming overpriced, while it going down to the lower band can lead into a bottom. Related Reading: Bitcoin SOPR Ratio Shows Early Capitulation—But Not Full Bottom Yet From the chart, it’s visible that XRP found its low in February after breaching under the lower level. Currently, the coin is trading right around the middle band, so from the perspective of the indicator, it’s in a neutral spot. As such, if a volatile move emerges from here due to the contraction of the bands, it could be equally probable to take place in either direction, at least in theory. It now remains to be seen whether the current low volatility phase will be followed by sharp price action or if the market will continue to be stale for a while. XRP Price At the time of writing, XRP is floating around $1.39, down 0.3% in the last seven days. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
Prosecutors say testimony from two former FTX executives cited by the defense does not qualify as newly discovered evidence, Bloomberg reported.
Bitcoin (BTC) is currently navigating a trading range between $60,000 and $73,000, entering what analytics platform CryptoQuant describes as “the most frustrating phase in the cycle.” According to a recent analysis by CryptoQuant contributor MorenoDV, Bitcoin finds itself in a period characterized by heightened uncertainty, with market signals indicating more hesitation than firm conviction. Bear Market Signals Three key on-chain metrics point to a psychologically challenging phase for market participants, specifically Apparent Demand, the CryptoQuant Bull Market Cycle Indicator, and the Long-Term Holder SOPR. Related Reading: Ripple Launches $750 Million Share Buyback, Boosting Valuation To $50 Billion After the most recent sell-off, Apparent Demand initially showed signs of recovery, suggesting that opportunistic buyers were stepping in to capitalize on the recent price drop. However, this uptick was short-lived, quickly retreating to negative territory. Moreno also emphasized the absence of persistent buying pressure in the Bitcoin market, which he believes shows that market players are still cautious and hesitant to aggressively accumulate BTC at current prices. The CryptoQuant Bull Market Cycle Indicator, as seen in the chart below, further reinforces this sentiment, as it currently signals a phase typically associated with bear market consolidation. Moreover, the analyst noted that the behavioral dynamics at play can influence the cost bases of various market cohorts. He asserts that as short-term holders realize losses or transition to longer-term holders, the realized prices of Bitcoin can decline. Lastly, the Long-Term Holder SOPR metric is beginning to show that even seasoned investors are starting to realize losses, dropping below the crucial threshold of 1. Historically, this tends to arise in the later stages of bear markets when extended uncertainty erodes even the staunchest beliefs in the asset’s value. Bitcoin Eyes $72,000–$73,000 Resistance Level In the context of geopolitical events, Bitcoin has demonstrated resilience, outperforming gold and traditional stocks during the recent US-Israeli attack on Iran. Crypto stocks have also benefited, given their ability to be traded at any hour, unhindered by banking schedules. Gabe Selby, head of research at CF Benchmarks, told Fortune: Crypto’s 24/7 structure is increasingly an edge for the asset class. When the Iran conflict escalated over the weekend, crypto-native markets were the only venue open for global risk trading, a structural advantage that traditional markets cannot replicate. Additionally, Bitcoin has seen a positive uptick of about 4% following President Trump’s comments suggesting that the war may be winding down. Trump stated, “I think the war is very complete, pretty much,” adding that Iran has “nothing left in a military sense.” Related Reading: XRP Price Outlook: Analyst Foresees New All-Time Highs Above $40 In 2026 While attempting to consolidate near $70,000 at the time of writing, Bitcoin is also seeking to break through its recent local high in the $72,000-$73,000 resistance zone, which was unsuccessfully tested last week. Selby emphasized that a sustained close above this threshold with significant volume could shift the narrative from a mere short squeeze to a genuine momentum recovery. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
Big news for the crypto market. On March 11, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement aims to improve cooperation between the two agencies, especially on crypto regulation and new digital asset products. SEC and CFTC Sign MoU To Work Together …
Bonk.fun warned users not to use its site after attackers hijacked the domain and pushed a fake wallet-draining prompt.
Kraken, one of the largest crypto exchanges with more than 13 million active users, has announced plans to list the PI Network native Pi token on March 13. Meanwhile, the move comes just two days before the community’s annual Pi Day on March 14. Following the announcement, PI coin price rose about 2% within one …
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Over the past few weeks, the XRP price has remained stuck in a narrow consolidation range, while both trading volume and volatility continue to decline. During the same period, Bitcoin surged past $70,000, and Ethereum reclaimed the $2,000 level, yet XRP has struggled to reclaim the $1.40–$1.45 resistance zone. This divergence has raised concerns among …
US prosecutors said that Sam Bankman-Fried's motion failed to present any legitimate newly discovered evidence.
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The bridging protocol's team wants to exchange ACX tokens for equity in a new U.S. C-corp or buy holders out at a 25% premium, in what would be one of the first major reversals from token to traditional corporate structure.
Developers are shifting toward artificial intelligence infrastructure as blockchain ecosystems lose contributors across major networks, from Ethereum to Solana.
Law firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts, which acted on behalf of the stablecoin’s issuer, says the designation of the token is an important step for regulatory clarity.