Bitcoin has outperformed gold, silver, and major US equity indexes since the US-Israeli attack on Iran began, recovering to over $72,000 even as oil surged above $100 a barrel and traders cut expectations for near-term Federal Reserve easing. According to CryptoSlate data, Bitcoin is up 7.3% since the conflict began and even rallied to a […]
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Hashrate Index found that about 90% of global Bitcoin hashrate operates in electricity markets largely insulated from oil prices.
Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards says Bitcoin has moved into a historically attractive accumulation area, but not yet the kind of deep-discount zone that defined the best buying opportunities of prior cycles. In his view, the setup is constructive for long-term holders, though still lacking the confirmation needed to call a durable bottom. Speaking with Crypto Consulting Institute’s Joe Shew, Edwards framed Bitcoin as “closer to the bottom than the top,” with multiple on-chain metrics pointing to value even as price action remains damaged. He stopped short, however, of calling the current range a standout opportunity. “Bitcoin I think you could summarize in a few words as it’s close to the bottom than the top,” Edwards said. “Broadly trending within a value range historically in terms of onchain data and metrics. That said, it’s not at the deep value range that would be really exciting for me that we’ve seen in prior cycles.” That distinction matters. Edwards said Capriole still holds a small net long Bitcoin position, but the levels that would make him “super excited” sit lower, around the production-cost band between roughly $50,000 and $60,000, with the low-to-mid $50,000s standing out as particularly attractive. Historically, he said, Bitcoin has spent months in that zone during major cycle lows. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bull Score Surges To 30, Exits ‘Extra Bearish’ Zone For investors with a multi-year horizon, Edwards argued that some exposure still makes sense. But he cautioned that value alone is not enough. “As with any asset, equities, anything, you can be in a value zone for a long time,” he said. What is missing, in his telling, is a convincing signal of renewed strength through either a deeper capitulation, a technical breakout, or more durable evidence of demand. Bitcoin Institutional Flows Improving, But Not Decisive One of the clearest positives in Edwards’ framework is institutional buying. He described net purchases from U.S. spot ETFs and roughly 200 treasury companies as one of the most important Bitcoin metrics today, especially when those inflows exceed daily mined supply. “If it’s net positive, especially if it’s above the amount of Bitcoin it’s mined per day, so it’s greater than the organic supply, then that is really positive,” he said. “We’ve seen all the major price appreciation when that’s net positive.” Still, he noted that most of those buyers remain underwater. According to Edwards, about 80% of ETFs and treasury vehicles are currently below cost basis, reinforcing what he called “typical bear market vibes.” A more meaningful signal, he said, would be strong flows holding for a week or two while Bitcoin stays above the $70,000 area, with a weekly close above roughly $71,500 acting as a line in the sand for a more bullish short-term outlook. Related Reading: Bitcoin May Still Fall Under $10,000, Bloomberg’s McGlone Warns Even then, he warned that a rally into the mid-$70,000s or low $80,000s would not necessarily end the broader bearish structure. Quantum Risk Remains The Overhang The biggest reason Edwards is unwilling to get more aggressive is quantum computing risk, which he said is capping Bitcoin’s upside in a way previous cycles never had. He argued the market has already priced in much of that concern, but until Bitcoin Core developers begin treating it as a serious priority, upside may remain constrained. “I honestly think we may not see new all-time highs until it’s addressed by the core team,” Edwards said. “The opportunity is actually skewed to the upside in that as soon as you get two or three or four core developers to start talking about it openly about solving it, I think we can get significant repricing to the upside.” That leaves Bitcoin in an unusual position. Edwards sees a macro backdrop that should favor hard assets, with strong liquidity conditions and gold in a long-term outperformance regime against equities. Under normal circumstances, he suggested, that would be a supportive environment for Bitcoin too. For now, though, he sees a market in value territory rather than true deep value, promising, but not yet compelling. At press time, BTC traded at $71,466. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The PI surge highlights the growing influence of exchange listings on altcoin market dynamics, potentially reshaping crypto investment strategies.
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Tether is stepping up its focus on the U.S. market by launching a new dollar-backed stablecoin called USAT, designed to comply with U.S. regulations and serve American users and institutions. The company is also exploring a major fundraising round that could value it at around $500 billion, putting it among the most valuable private fintech …
Your day-ahead look for March 13, 2026
While equity markets took a beating and Brent crude surged above $100 per barrel for the first time since 2022, crypto is doing the opposite. Escalating Middle East tensions and a blockage in the Strait of Hormuz sent traditional risk assets into freefall, yet the total crypto market cap climbed 2.57% to $2.46 trillion on …
XRP’s technical and onchain signals hint at a significant breakout, with bulls eyeing an “explosive” rally toward $2.55.
Binance said it will add Monitoring Tags to eight tokens, ATA, A2Z, FIO, GTC, NTRN, PHB, QI, and RDNT, starting March 13, 2026. Tokens with these tags have shown higher volatility and risk than regular listings, so Binance will watch them more closely and may remove them if they don’t meet standards. To keep trading …
The update comes as tokenization activity on the XRP Ledger surges, with tokenized assets on the network growing to $1.14 billion in 2026. Ripple’s XRPL Rolls Out Security Update According to the XRPL announcement, the new 3.1.2 Rippled version fixes several vulnerabilities that could have disrupted server operations. These fixes are designed to improve node …
Buterin stated that FLI cashed out approximately $500 million from his 2021 SHIB donation, but then pivoted toward political action.
XRP is trading around $1.42, with over 61 billion tokens in circulation and daily trading volume holding above $2.3 billion. After months of turbulence, the price has finally settled into a relatively calm range. Analysts at CryptoQuant say the real story right now is in the derivatives market. The extreme leverage that fuelled XRP’s 2025 …
Hong Kong is set to issue its first stablecoin issuer licenses, with HSBC and Standard Chartered likely among a “very small number” of initially approved issuers, local media reported.
Bitcoin (BTC) price is trading near $71,700, with market data indicating leverage is gradually returning to derivatives. At the same time, whale order activity is defining key liquidity zones that could determine Bitcoin’s next directional move. After the recent market flush that reduced excessive leverage, traders appear to be rebuilding positions. Data from derivatives markets …
BTC climbed 2% to break through $72,000 while U.S. equity futures slipped and the dollar strengthened, as altcoins and AI tokens joined a broader crypto rally.
SwissBorg's MiCA approval enhances regulatory trust, fostering innovation and potentially accelerating crypto adoption across Europe.
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The crypto conference organizer said tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled April 2027 event, with holders also able to transfer tickets to the Singapore event.
Trump price surged more than 30% in the latest trading session as whale accumulation intensified across major wallets, signaling renewed interest in the politically themed memecoin. The sudden rally comes after several weeks of steady decline, suggesting that large investors may have been quietly buying the dip before the breakout move. On-chain data indicates whale …
Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization on the Ethereum network and the XRP Ledger has been ramping up over the last few years. This has become more prominent with a shift toward bringing more real-world assets (RWA) into the crypto industry, to allow access to more ‘stable’ investment options. But despite the Ethereum network and the XRP Ledger being the leading names that come to mind when people talk about RWA, they are surprisingly not the network with the most RWA users. Ethereum And XRP Are Not In The Top Rank Of Users The Ethereum network currently remains the leader when it comes to the total value of RWA assets held on the chain, sitting at over $15.4 billion at the time of this writing. However, it is not the leading network when it comes to the number of RWA holders. Data from the RWA.xyz website shows that RWA holders on the Ethereum network sit at just over 153,000, putting it in third place. Related Reading: XRP Price Could Stage 1,500% Rally To $20 If It Mirrors This 2017 Move The Solana network has actually recently surpassed Ethereum in terms of RWA asset holders after crossing the 157,000 threshold this week. But despite this, it is still not the leader coming into second place with this figure. Instead, the network with the highest RWA holders is the Plume network, which, surprisingly, rarely comes up in RWA conversations. According to the website, there are over 263,000 RWA holders on the Plume network. This is a considerable gap between the other networks, beating second and third place by over 100,000 users each. However, when it comes to total value (excluding stablecoins) on the network, Plume falls well behind, landing at 11th place, with $340 million. XRP, on the other hand, has a surprisingly low number of RWA users, despite the tokenization push by Ripple. The website’s data presents an underwhelming 3,795 RWA users on the XRP Ledger, although with a considerable RWA Total Value of $1.94 billion. Related Reading: Bitcoin Candlestick Structure That Led To Crash To Below $20,000 Last Cycle Just Appeared Again Other chains with good motion in the RWA space include the likes of BNB Chain. BNB Chain currently boasts more than 39,500 RWA users, with $2.656 billion in total value. Stellar and Polygon are also moving on the list with 9,317 and 15,470 users, respectively. Presently, the RWA sector has a total represented value of $336.08 billion, with the majority of it, $301.04 billion, held in stablecoins. When it comes to assets that are represented on the blockchains (33) that serve this sector, it comes out to $26.43 billion in distributed asset value, the majority of which is controlled on the Ethereum blockchain. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
Mastercard’s crypto partner push is really a plan to keep stablecoins inside its network Mastercard is trying to make sure the stablecoin era still needs its card services. On Wednesday, the company launched a program with more than 85 crypto-native firms, payments providers, banks, compliance vendors, custody companies, exchanges, and infrastructure groups. On its face, […]
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Bitcoin price analysis saw conditions slowly "building" to support a breakout as BTC emerged as the strongest macro performer since the Iran conflict began.
Stronger dollar, rising Treasury yields, and tech equities treading water contrast with bitcoin’s resilience amid geopolitical tensions.
Sweden is investigating a reported leak tied to CGI Sverige after hackers claimed they exposed source code from the country’s e-government platform.
U.S Treasury sanctioned DPRK IT facilitators linked to crypto laundering networks that generated nearly $800 million for Pyongyang in 2024.
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has expanded its digital assets offering and debuted its staked Ethereum (ETH) Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) on Nasdaq. Amid the news, the King of Altcoins is attempting to break out of its local range to challenge its bearish outlook. Related Reading: BNB Chain Dominates 40% Of Global Stablecoin Transactions With Small-Value Transfers BlackRock Debuts Staked Ethereum ETF On Thursday, BlackRock introduced the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB) on Nasdaq to “provide investors with exposure to spot ether while potentially generating income by staking a portion of its ether holdings.” The ETH-based fund expands the asset management giant’s digital asset suite, which includes the largest Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) of their kind, the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) and the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA). As reported by NewsBTC, BlackRock submitted an S-1 form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its ETHB fund in December. The registration statement revealed that the fund sought to stake 70% to 90% of its Ethereum holdings and distribute staking rewards to stakeholders at least quarterly. The fund is set to share 82% of staking rewards with investors, while the remaining 18% will be split among the trust, custodians, and its staking service providers. BlackRock chose Coinbase Custody Trust as the custodian for the Trust’s ETH holdings, while Anchorage Digital Bank will serve as an available alternative custodian for the Trust’s ether holdings. Meanwhile, the Bank of New York Mellon is the Trust’s cash holdings custodian and administrator, according to the fund’s prospectus. In the official statement, Jessica Tan, Head of Americas for Global Product Solutions at BlackRock, affirmed that “Investors are increasingly allocating to digital assets as part of their strategic portfolio construction, and ETHB provides access to income and exposure to the asset in a convenient, transparent way.” “We continue to innovate to meet client demand and expand access, while providing the transparency and risk management clients expect from BlackRock,” she continued. ETH Price Holds Amid Breakdown Fears Following the news, ETH’s price broke above the $2,090 level to reach a one-week high of $2,095 before retracing. Analyst Ted Pillows noted that despite market volatility, the cryptocurrency has held the $2,000 psychological barrier throughout the past three days. “The macro uncertainty is still there, but Ethereum’s overall strength is good,” he said, adding that the King of Altcoins needs to reclaim the crucial $2,150 area for a rally. He forecasted that Ethereum could see a “10%-15% quick rally” once this level is reclaimed. Meanwhile, Rekt Capital underscored a critical level on ETH’s weekly and monthly charts. As previously reported, ETH is currently testing its multi-year uptrend, a structural support that has held since mid-2022. Last month, Ethereum marginally closed below its multi-year support, opening the possibility for this level to become resistance on March’s monthly close. On the weekly timeframe, ETH has recorded four consecutive closes below the trendline, suggesting the market is likely beginning to treat this key level as resistance instead of support. “Structurally, this behaviour resembles the early stage of a breakdown process, where price initially loses support, rallies back into it and begins treating the level as resistance,” the analyst explained, but emphasized that the breakdown is not confirmed yet. Related Reading: Hyperliquid Rockets as Oil Touches $100: Arthur Hayes Reveals Why Therefore, Ethereum could invalidate the bearish scenario if the price closes the week above the multi-year uptrend and successfully tests it as support. “A successful reclaim could then open the door toward the green resistance region above, which has historically acted as a major pivot in Ethereum’s broader trend,” he concluded. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com
MetaComp’s Pre-A+ funding round, backed by Alibaba and Spark Venture, brings the total capital raised to $35 million, with aims to expand its StableX Network globally.
US and China's yield crossover amid whale buying suggest Bitcoin may be close to a price bottom, setting up for a move toward six figures in the coming months.
The Singapore-based company provides services that bridge traditional fiat payment rails and stablecoin settlement infrastructure.
Vitalik Buterin said he is no longer closely aligned with the Future of Life Institute after its strategy shifted following his 2021 SHIB donation.
Following the AI breakthrough, the Bittensor (TAO) price has recorded strong market momentum. The token has climbed around 30% this month, with trading activity also rising significantly. Social engagement metrics tracking the project’s online discussions have also increased sharply, reflecting renewed interest in AI-focused crypto assets. Despite the recent rally, TAO still trades well below …