While upgrades have improved efficiency and lowered costs, the ecosystem faces deeper structural questions around fragmentation, security, and purpose, even as it continues prioritizing base-layer scaling.
Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins made one of the most significant announcements in the history of American crypto regulation on Tuesday, declaring that Bitcoin, Ethereum and a broad range of digital assets are formally exempt from securities laws, a ruling that draws a clear legal line under more than ten years of industry …
After a poor performance in the first two months of the year, the XRP price appears to have steadied its movement, rousing the hopes of relief among investors. However, the latest on-chain analysis suggests that the altcoin might not have hit its true local price bottom yet. Number Of Days Spent At A Profit Still Quite Low — Analyst In a recent post on the social media platform X, on-chain analyst Joao Wedson offered insights into the XRP market, saying the cryptocurrency is yet to enter the early phases of a price rebound, contrary to popular expectations. This on-chain hypothesis is based on data from the Number of Days Spent At A Profit metric. For context, this metric indicates how long current XRP holders have been in profit, relative to past price levels. As the name suggests, the indicator measures how many days have passed since XRP was last at a higher price. Related Reading: Solana Flashing Mixed Signals: $105 Breakout Or Double-Pair Collapse Ahead? According to Wedson, this metric has historically reached extreme levels at periods when the Number of Days At A Profit climbed to high levels. Notably, the case is quite different from the usual historical context, as the XRP price still trades significantly below these ‘hallmark’ zones. The market expert explained that this historical context suggests that the XRP price could see more downside movement in the near to mid-term. Furthermore, the analyst pointed out that this is the major prerequisite for the formation of historical patterns, which in turn precedes the formation of previous bottoms. XRP Ledger Records Expansion Across Multiple Wallet Sizes At the same time, blockchain analytics firm Santiment revealed that there has recently been a considerable amount of growth recorded in the XRP Ledger. Interestingly, much of this expansion is driven by a considerable increase in the number of small wallets holding XRP. The most notable growth has been from a cohort of investors typically referred to as ‘shrimps’ (with less than 100 XRP in their wallets). According to Santiment, these shrimp-wallets have added up to a total of about 5.66 million separate addresses, hence reflecting the widespread adoption of XRP by retailers and everyday users. Related Reading: Crypto Adoption No Longer Optional, Survey Finds As 72% Of Finance Leaders Signal Commitment At the same time, wallets containing between 100 and 100,000 XRP have also expanded in number, reaching an approximated amount of 2.01 million wallets. Because this group represents a mid-tier level of investors who make up a significant part of the network, this could mean that the XRP market has seen an inflow of more serious accumulators. While the amount of small wallets have displayed impressive expansions, the number of large-holder wallets have comparatively only recorded miniscule growth. Santiment revealed that these wallets with more than 100,000 XRP are capped at around 32,054. From this, it appears that this investor group has been involved mostly in distributions or repositioning events. With little influence from the whales driving XRP prices, it becomes more apparent that a local bottom may still be at lower prices. As of this writing, the XRP price stands at approximately $1.44, reflecting a 0.4% loss in the past day. Featured image by DALL-E, chart from TradingView
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Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP tumbled sharply on Sunday after Iran responded to President Trump’s 48-hour ultimatum not with concessions but with an escalation, vowing to fully close the Strait of Hormuz and strike energy, technology and water infrastructure across the Middle East. With 33 hours remaining on Trump’s deadline, markets are pricing in the very …
Analysts traced the flaw to a privileged minting role controlled by a single externally owned account with no mint limits or oracle checks.
Crypto opened the doors to retail now Wall Street is feasting on it Retail investors were sold a story about market access that was impossible to argue with: trading would be cheaper, information would be easier to find, public blockchains would pull back the curtain, and the old hierarchy that once defined finance would lose […]
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Rising real rates and inflation risks weigh on gold, while bitcoin continues to consolidate.
USR issuer Resolv Labs says its collateral pool remains intact after an exploit on Sunday that minted 80 million unbacked tokens and drove the US dollar stablecoin as low as $0.14.
Pi Network’s token is under serious pressure, falling 5.16% to $0.190 in 24 hours. For a coin that once traded at $2.98 over a year ago, the decline represents a 93% collapse from its all-time high, and analysts warn the bottom may still be months away. Three Forces Pushing Pi Lower The immediate trigger was …
The Los Angeles Superior Court is pilot testing whether Learned Hand’s curated AI can help manage rising workloads.
A last-minute compromise between the White House, U.S. banks, and crypto firms over stablecoin yield rules has dramatically improved the odds of the Clarity Act becoming law this year, a development that analysts say could be the most consequential regulatory moment in digital asset history. Prediction market Polymarket now prices the bill’s passage at 72%, …
Bitcoin’s 20-week rolling correlation with the S&P 500 has turned positive, a signal that has historically preceded major BTC price declines.
The price of Bitcoin has continued to hover around the $70,000 level this weekend, establishing a choppy structure above this psychological level. According to the latest on-chain data, a significant buy alarm has gone off for BTC, indicating the potential start of a bull market. Has BTC Price Reached Its Cycle Bottom? On Saturday, March 21, popular market analyst Ali Martinez took to the social media platform X to sound a bullish alarm for Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. The crypto pundit posited that the market leader could be at the beginning of a period of extended upward movement. Related Reading: XRP Price Is Maintaining This Multi-Year Trendline, But A Crash Could Be Looming The rationale behind this bullish projection is the recent shift in the Inter-Exchange Flow Pulse (IFP) metric. The Inter-Exchange Flow Pulse is an on-chain indicator that measures BTC flows between spot and derivative exchanges using the Bitcoin exchange flow data. Changes in this on-chain metric are useful in determining whether investor sentiment in the Bitcoin market is bullish or bearish. Typically, the IFP indicator rises when significant amounts of BTC are being moved to derivative exchanges, suggesting a growing risk appetite and the potential imminence of a bullish period. The movement of the IFP (purple line) in relation to its 90-day moving average (broken lines) helps to identify price tops and bottoms while determining the potential long-term trend of the cryptocurrency. When the Inter-Exchange Flow Pulse crosses below its 90-day average, it signals a potential bear market and prolonged price downturn. As observed in the chart above, the IFP trended beneath the 90-day average early last year, suggesting that the current bear market started as far back as the first quarter of 2025. While the Bitcoin price initially ran up to a new all-time high above $126,000, the flagship cryptocurrency has since shaved off nearly 45% in value since the cycle peak. What’s more interesting, the price of Bitcoin appears to have hit its bottom, with the IFP crossing back above the 90-day average in recent weeks. As Martinez mentioned in his post on X, this crossover is a major buy signal that could suggest “big money is getting ready for a rally.” However, investors might want to approach the market with caution, especially considering that the IFP can sometimes be a leading indicator, meaning that the bullish effect on price might not reflect until later. Bitcoin Price At A Glance As of this writing, BTC is valued at around $70,360, reflecting a 0.3% price increase in the past 24 hours. Related Reading: Ethereum Exchange Inflows Signal Shift: Whales Reduce Selling Pressure Featured image by DALL-E, chart from TradingView
Bitcoin drops after Trump’s Truth Social threat turns ceasefire language into renewed escalation Overnight, Bitcoin dramatically fell 2.8% after President Donald Trump issued a Truth Social post threatening to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened within 48 hours. The drop ran from roughly $70,400 to $68,200 before a partial […]
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Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX says the fraud complaint is part of a wider impersonation scam, citing more than 1,200 fake sites using its brand.
One economic word could well define 2026: stagflation. It is an ugly word that describes a regime where prices keep rising while growth loses force, labor weakens, and policymakers run short of easy options. That combination changes the texture of daily life fast. Households feel it in food, fuel, insurance, rent, transport, utilities, subscriptions, and […]
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Welsh warned others to stay away from crypto and said that she still does not understand anything about the sector more than a year later.
Prominent market analyst and XRP enthusiast Egrag Crypto has shared another bullish prediction on the fourth-largest cryptocurrency, tipping a potential price surge to $22. This prediction comes amid a calm movement in the XRP market after prices suffered a rejection at the $1.60 price level earlier in the week. Related Reading: The Bear Market Divergence That Shows What’s Really Going On With Bitcoin XRP Set For Price Expansion Despite Pullback – Here’s Why In an X post on March 31, Egrag Crypto outlines a budding bullish pattern in the XRP market, highlighting key factors such as triggers, rationale, probability moves, and invalidation zones. The seasoned market expert shares an analysis of the XRPUSDT monthly chart, indicating that action over the last six years has now completed the formation of a bullish W pattern. XRP is presently in the second phase of this green structure, marked by a breakout that occurred in 2025, followed by the ongoing pullback that has occupied the market since October. During this time, XRP has declined by over 56%. However, Egrag has stated this represents a classic W pattern marked by breakout, pullback, and an eventual expansion. The 1st trigger for this expansion is that XRP must reclaim and hold above the $1.60-$1.80 region, which ensures the bullish structure remains intact. However, a decisive reclaim of $2.00 would represent confirmation of the expected bullish surge, with an initial target of $3.30, which opens the path to higher price levels upon a successful capture. In terms of final price targets, Egrag states a 25%-35% chance the bullish pattern plays out fully, driving XRP’s price to $22. On the conservative side, there is 50%-60% chance XRP peaks within the $3-$8 range, while chances for a failure or deeper reset stand around 10%-15%. Notably, this positive analysis is based on multiple factors, including the historical projection from typical W patterns following breakout from a recognized neckline, combined with macro cycle behavior. Related Reading: XRP Price Is Maintaining This Multi-Year Trendline, But A Crash Could Be Looming XRP Bullish Structure Hinges On Key $1.40 Support According to Egrag, the presented bullish pathway can be invalidated by multiple developments. One of which is the loss of the key support region between $1.40 -$1.20, causing the pullback to translate into a long-term downtrend. Other nullifying factors include a clear failure to reclaim the $2.00 region or a decline in market bullish momentum, creating a fake breakout. At the time of writing, XRP trades at $1.41, reflecting a 2.33% decline in the last 24 hours. Notably, the altcoin has recorded negligible changes on higher time frames, reporting a 0.61% gain and 0.35% loss on the weekly chart and monthly chart. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview
The co-founders of CoinDCX, one of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, were arrested and questioned by police this week in connection with an alleged fraud totalling roughly 71 lakh rupees ($85,000) — a case the company says was carried out entirely by scammers impersonating them, not by the founders themselves. Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal were …
Traders are watching support near $1.40 as repeated failures below $1.60 reinforce broader downtrend.
Trump’s Iran ultimatum triggers $232M liquidation cascade; crypto market sheds $45B in 30 minutes Bitcoin dropped nearly $2,000 in under 30 minutes on Sunday after President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran’s power infrastructure unless Tehran reopened the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, sending shockwaves through global risk assets and triggering one of the …
The average production cost was sitting at $88,000 per bitcoin in mid-March, according to Checkonchain's difficulty regression model.
BTC fell 2.2% as $299 million in liquidations hit crypto markets, with long positions accounting for 85% of the damage.
An attacker has exploited the Resolv USR stablecoin to mint 80 million tokens and has reportedly been able to cash out at least $25 million.
The exploit undermines trust in decentralized finance, highlighting vulnerabilities in smart contracts and the need for robust security measures.
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The Bitcoin market commenced an extended bearish phase in October 2025, after an initial flash crash triggered a 19% decline from the present all-time high at $126,000. In the subsequent months, Bitcoin would experience a steady loss combined with major drawdown moments, eventually pulling its price to a local bottom of $60,000, before entering a mid-term consolidation phase. In the last month, Bitcoin has shown a moderate recovery with a net gain of 4.89%, with prices trading as high as $75,000. While this recent performance may be indicative of a stabilizing market, recent data on the correlation between the premier cryptocurrency and the S&P 500 has presented new bearish concerns. Related Reading: Bitcoin Market Caution Rises After Failed Breakout: Glassnode Data Historical Correlation Coefficient Data Hints At Potential Market Crash In an X post on March 21, market analyst Tony Severino reports that recent developments with the BTC-S&P 500 Correlation Coefficient indicate Bitcoin is in danger of another major downswing. Notably, the Correlation Coefficient is a figure between -1 and +1 that measures how strongly and in what direction two assets, i.e., Bitcoin and the S&P 500 in this case, move relative to each other over time. At +1, the coefficient indicates that the assets move exactly together in the same direction, while at -1, a perfect negative correlation occurs, with the assets moving in opposite directions. At 0, movements are considered unrelated, with no identifiable pattern, as both assets trend independently of each other. Amid the bear market that has persisted since late 2025 and early 2026, the 20-day Bitcoin-S&P Correlation Coefficient dipped to around -0.5 as Bitcoin prices fell while equities rose. However, Severino notes that this coefficient had recently rebounded to around -0.10, creating a market sequence that has previously preceded major Bitcoin downturns. According to the seasoned expert, each time the 20-day BTC S&P 500 correlation dropped to -0.5 before sharply reversing, it has triggered stock market crashes that induced a significant sell-off in the Bitcoin market. However, there is usually an initial price bounce lasting 10-17 weeks before the drawdown commences. Severino’s analysis suggests the limited rebound observed since early February represents this preliminary gain, which is now 8-weeks old. As observed in 2018, 2020, and 2022, the resulting correction from this setup threatens a potential price fall of 70-80% from the peak of this initial price bounce. Related Reading: XRP Price Is Maintaining This Multi-Year Trendline, But A Crash Could Be Looming Bitcoin Market Outlook At the time of writing, Bitcoin trades at $68,584 after a 2.41% decline in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the daily trading volume has declined by 41.21%, representing a fall in the traders’ participation as Bitcoin continues to consolidate following its failed breakout above $75,000 in the last week. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com
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A Nevada state judge has sided with local authorities to ban Kalshi’s sports, election and entertainment event contracts in the state for 14 days.
Bitcoin quietly gained ground while gold crumbled. That contrast has become one of the more telling stories to emerge from weeks of escalating conflict in the Middle East, as the two assets — long compared as competing stores of value — have moved in sharply opposite directions since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February. Related Reading: Bitcoin Gains Ground On Gold Even As Both Assets Slide Bitcoin Climbs As Gold Bleeds Since those first attacks, Bitcoin has risen more than 11% to around $70,650. Gold, meanwhile, has shed over 12% from its peak. Reports indicate the cryptocurrency has held up better than expected under the pressure of a widening war — a performance that has drawn attention in financial markets still trying to make sense of the conflict’s economic fallout. Gold’s losses accelerated this week. The metal dropped 3.4% on Friday alone, closing around $4,480 per ounce. For the full week of March 16-20, the decline reached 10% — the steepest weekly fall since 1983, according to data confirmed by TradingView. It surpassed even the sharp drop seen in late January, when gold shed hundreds of dollars in a matter of days and wiped out more than $2 trillion in market value within weeks of hitting $5,500 per ounce. That January plunge shocked investors. This one may have rattled them more. Fed Signals No Rate Cuts, Adding Pressure On Gold The Federal Reserve is adding to gold’s troubles. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that rising energy prices — driven in part by war-related disruptions in the Middle East — are expected to push inflation higher in the near term. Traders have responded by pulling back expectations for rate cuts in 2025. Rates are now widely expected to hold steady through the year. That shift matters for gold. When interest rates stay high, bonds and other yield-bearing instruments become more attractive by comparison. Gold pays no interest. It earns nothing while it sits. Reports note that this dynamic has weighed on demand from institutional investors who might otherwise hold the metal as a hedge. Related Reading: Crypto Adoption No Longer Optional, Survey Finds As 72% Of Finance Leaders Signal Commitment Trump Signals Possible Wind-Down Of Military Push The Iran conflict has also disrupted oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical shipping corridors. That disruption has stoked fears of a prolonged energy crunch, adding more uncertainty to global markets already on edge. US President Donald Trump said Friday he was considering pulling back from military operations in the region. At the same time, the US has deployed thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, and airstrikes have continued. The mixed signals have left markets guessing about what comes next. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView