A looming private credit crisis risked triggering liquidity crunches that could initially suppress Bitcoin prices, but Fed interventions may ignite a major BTC rally.
Prediction markets platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are seeing record trading volumes and valuations near $20 billion each.
Microsoft launches Copilot Health, an AI assistant analyzing medical records and wearable data as firms race to build AI health tools.
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In 1988, a magazine published a striking cover: a phoenix rising from a pile of burning national currencies. The accompanying article predicted that by around 2018, the world would be using a single global reserve currency, one that would eliminate exchange rate chaos, simplify cross-border trade, and be overseen by the International Monetary Fund. Most …
Gareth Soloway, chief market strategist at VerifiedInvesting.com, is staying bullish on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP despite recent volatility, and he says the charts are giving him a clear roadmap for what comes next. Bitcoin: $80,000 to $85,000 in Sight Soloway says Bitcoin is forming a classic bullish consolidation pattern. The key signal he is watching …
The funding will support development of a programmable execution layer designed to enable faster issuance and settlement of digital assets on the network.
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Vitalik Buterin walked into a cryptography conference expecting to find use cases for Ethereum. He walked out having questioned whether that was even the right way to think about it. In a post on X today, the Ethereum co-founder described attending Real World Crypto, a conference focused on cryptography rather than cryptocurrency, as a clarifying …
“This ends today,“ said CFTC Chair Michael Selig, who has been reiterating his position that the agency has exclusive jurisdiction overseeing prediction markets platforms.
Why crypto still hasn’t solved a single everyday problem, argues VerifiedX’s Pollak.
It’s official. Kraken posted on X just this morning: “Trading starts March 13.” The Pi Network community erupted. After years of mobile mining, a delayed mainnet launch, and a bruising 93% drop from its all-time high, PI is about to land on one of the most reputable regulated exchanges in the United States, right on …
The United States spent in the first six days of its war with Iran an amount equal to nearly half the current market value of the Bitcoin held by the federal government. The administration told lawmakers this week that the war cost at least $11.3 billion through its first six days, Reuters reported on March […]
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Advertisers spend millions on ads that may never be seen by real people. Alkimi is aiming to make the online advertising market transparent.
The bill including a CBDC ban still faces a winding road to becoming law, due to obstacles in the House and at the White House.
The Ethereum price might finally be catching its breath. After weeks of brutal leverage-driven chaos, the market appears to be shifting gears away from forced liquidations and toward something far less dramatic: actual demand. Recent data suggests the violent liquidation cycles that dominated late February are fading. Short liquidations, which previously spiked during the market’s …
cHowever, a growing segment of analysts believes the more important outlook is based on the financial infrastructure of Ripple and XRP. The global financial system processes about quadrillions each year, a scale few investors truly grasp. Much of that flow moves through the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), which still operates on settlement rails built decades ago. The need for improvement has led to interest in the architecture of Ripple’s ecosystem, and the math behind XRP’s price potential places it far above levels that most retail investors can think of. The $3.7 Quadrillion System Ripple Is Competing With The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) processes about $3.7 quadrillion in transactions each year across traditional settlement rails. These systems were designed decades ago for batch processing and delayed settlement. However, the world is now becoming increasingly focused on tokenized assets, cross-border liquidity, and continuous 24/7 markets, which is making the limitations of those legacy systems more visible. Related Reading: Dogecoin Descending Channel Shows Where It Is In This Cycle Tokenized real-world assets of equities, bonds, real estate, and commodities require infrastructure that can operate continuously and handle the compliance requirements that institutional counterparties demand. This is where Ripple and the XRP Ledger comes in. How XRP Will Reach $3,700 Ripple is becoming a notable player in the new path of global finance, and supporters are anticipating a steady rise in the price of XRP. Two notable figures have previously joined the company: Michael Bodson, the former CEO of DTCC, and Rosie Rios, the former US Treasurer. According to a crypto analyst that goes by the name X Finance Bull on the social media platform X, their involvement shows Ripple is positioning itself to participate in the future architecture of financial settlement. This, in turn, is expected to play into the price action of XRP, and this is where the conversation changes to price discovery and where the math becomes clear. Related Reading: Bitcoin S2F Model Says BTC Price Is Headed To $500,000, Here’s When If only 1% of the DTCC’s annual $3.7 quadrillion volume eventually flows through XRP as a liquidity bridge, that represents $37 trillion in network value demand. Assuming a circulating supply of 100 billion XRP, that single percentage point of capture implies an XRP price around $370. At 10% adoption, the total liquidity flowing through XRP would rise to around $370 trillion. Under the same assumptions, that level of network usage would correspond to a price of $3,700 per XRP. At 50%, the implied price is around $18,500 per XRP. Ripple’s stablecoin is also expected to play an important role in this growth. According to X Finance Bull, RLUSD will act as the digital cash leg, while XRP becomes the neutral liquidity bridge for global settlement and FX movement. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
BlackRock launches ETHB, a staked Ethereum ETF offering ether exposure and staking rewards, expanding its lineup of crypto ETFs.
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Ripple has spent the past three years quietly building one of the most ambitious financial infrastructure networks in crypto, deploying more than $4 billion across custody, brokerage, payments and treasury technology. CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently hinted that 2026 could be another defining year, suggesting the buying is far from over. “Adoption doesn’t happen overnight,” Garlinghouse …
ETH could fall further to around $1,500 by the end of Q3 or early Q4 if the current bear market continues, said CryptoQuant’s Julio Moreno.
A bipartisan housing bill was approved in the Senate, carrying an unrelated ban on U.S. central bank digital currencies, but its future remains uncertain.
The firm plays a central role in the development of Optimism, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling network designed to make transactions faster and cheaper by processing activity off the Ethereum main chain.
After months of sustained downside pressure, the Solana price appears to be stabilizing within the $80–$90 range, signaling a potential shift in market structure. The token has recently climbed above $86, supported by improving market sentiment and institutional catalysts such as growing ETF-related interest and stablecoin ecosystem expansion, which have strengthened investor confidence. At the …
Market fear contrasts with Bitcoin's stability, highlighting potential volatility, while Hyperliquid's rise signals DeFi's growing influence.
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Research shows that only 8% to 10% of global Bitcoin hashrate runs in oil-sensitive power markets, suggesting that geopolitical shocks may affect BTC prices more than mining costs.
The River price just woke up violently. After posting a sharp 25.90% intraday surge, the asset has marched straight into a major technical battlefield between $18 and $20. That zone isn’t just another resistance level. It’s the neckline of a massive inverted head and shoulders pattern that has been quietly forming ever since the brutal …
Blockchain entertainment infrastructure company Playnance will introduce G Coin on March 18, launching a utility token designed to support activity across its ecosystem of gaming and prediction platforms. The token is intended to function as the economic layer connecting Playnance’s various digital products, including on-chain games, sports prediction markets, and financial interaction tools. Ahead of …
The proposed class action suit said Chase provided “the essential banking infrastructure” for Goliath Ventures’ alleged fraud, despite red flags it claims made the scheme “obvious.”
The court ordered plaintiffs to file a revised complaint that clearly links defendants’ conduct to the injuries claimed in the lawsuit.
U.S. President Trump said stopping Iran is more of a concern than oil prices, as crude climbed 10% on Thursday.
Today’s quantum computers are far from breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography and any real threat would likely emerge gradually, giving the network time to adapt.