Despite global tensions, Bitcoin's resilience hints at a strong long-term future for crypto investments.
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Bitcoin rose above $70,000 today for the first time since early February, extending a rebound that is starting to look less like a brief relief rally and more like a market trying to reverse momentum after months of heavy selling. CryptoSlate data showed Bitcoin gaining over 7% on the day, lifting the flagship digital asset […]
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In the opening primaries of the midterm congressional contests, Fairshake is celebrating victories of several pro-crypto candidates backed by the super PAC.
Kraken's Fed access could catalyze a seamless integration of digital assets into traditional banking, reshaping the financial services landscape.
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Fresh allocations to spot bitcoin ETFs suggest investors are growing more comfortable despite the asset still being down 16% this year.
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Martin Gaspar on how bitcoin looks to overcome quantum fears, echoing past climate backlash.
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Bitcoin has broken above $73,000 after weeks of consolidation, but traders remain divided over whether the move marks a genuine breakout or another trap for late buyers.
Morgan Stanley's updated S-1 filing named Coinbase and BNY as custodians for its proposed bitcoin exchange-traded product.
Bitcoin surged above $73K amid USIran tensions, lifting crypto markets and related stocks as investors pivot back to digital assets.
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The crypto market is showing renewed strength after Bitcoin broke above its recent consolidation range. The move has lifted overall market sentiment, with Ethereum reclaiming the crucial $2,000 level and supporting momentum across the altcoin market. Avalanche is among the tokens benefiting from this shift in sentiment. The AVAX price has recently broken out of …
The prediction market platform took action against Artem Kaptur, who allegedly abused inside knowledge about the YouTube creator’s videos.
Strategy raised STRC’s monthly dividend to 11.5%, part of a mechanism designed to keep the preferred shares trading near their $100 par value.
When airstrikes hit Iran on Feb. 28, crypto outflows from Nobitex spiked 873%, suggesting a "digital bank run" was ongoing. The reality may be more complex.
Users will be able to purchase official IPO shares with “real, direct ownership on Solana," through a partnership with Superstate.
Digital Ascension Group CEO Jake Claver is still arguing that XRP could reach both three-digit and four-digit price territory before 2030, even if the US Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is not yet in place. In his latest YouTube comments, Claver framed that outcome not as a simple market cycle call, but as a function of utility, liquidity, and a potential supply shock tied to institutional adoption. Could the Clarity Act Be The Trigger For $1,000 XRP? His central point is that XRP would need to reach a much higher price before it could be used at the scale he envisions for back-end settlement across tokenized markets. “I really think three and four digits are both possible prior to the Clarity Act,” Claver said. “I think that three digits is much more likely prior to the Clarity Act and four digits could absolutely come after the Clarity Act. And the reason for that is it really can’t start being used for back-end settlement till it’s at least three digits at scale.” That logic sits at the heart of his thesis. Claver is not describing price appreciation as a side effect of utility arriving later. He is arguing the reverse: that XRP must first reach what he called a kind of critical mass in price and liquidity before large-scale settlement usage can begin. In his telling, a low-priced asset would not have the bandwidth required to handle settlement flows tied to markets such as equities, foreign exchange, commodities, or tokenized real-world assets. Related Reading: Pundit Explains How XRP Becomes A Global Reserve Asset He also argued that XRP is positioned unusually well for that transition. Claver said banks can already hold crypto to settle transactions, citing what he described as authority from the OCC, and added that XRP is “already a commodity” in the US in his view. He pointed to XRP’s listing on Bitnomial against USD and its treatment there alongside Bitcoin and Ether as part of that reasoning. From there, the argument becomes more aggressive. Claver said a crisis moment could trigger the kind of supply shock needed to force XRP materially higher. “I think it’s in a unique position to be used in a crisis moment and we’ll have a supply shock that pushes it to at least three digits,” he said. “But four digits could happen before the Clarity Act, but I think I don’t have a certainty on that. It could be that four digits does not happen until after the Clarity Act is passed.” In a separate video, Claver addressed whether XRP could still appreciate meaningfully by 2030 even if his broader “domino theory” for adoption never fully plays out. His answer was yes, but with limits. Without simultaneous demand from exchanges, institutions, markets, and potentially retail, he said the “big exponential move” would be hard to achieve, even if ETFs continue to consume available supply in OTC venues and dark pools. Related Reading: US-Iran War Sparks Crypto Fear, But XRP Stands Out He rejected the idea of a fixed repricing or peg, arguing that XRP would need a dynamic price that can keep rising as network volume expands. “It needs to be dynamic and fluid,” Claver said. “If it is fixed or stagnant like it would be if it was pegged, it doesn’t provide the same bandwidth over the long term.” He tied that to a much broader forecast, saying he believes 80% of global value will be tokenized by the end of 2030 and that XRP will settle that back-end activity. To illustrate the “critical mass” concept, Claver compared XRP to ETF adoption thresholds. He said an ETF may need to reach $100 million before certain institutions can participate meaningfully, because of position limits and minimum allocation sizes. XRP, he argued, faces a similar hurdle: without enough liquidity first, meaningful institutional use does not begin; without that use, the extreme price targets many holders discuss do not materialize. The result is a thesis that rises or falls on one key assumption: that markets will need XRP to be expensive before they can use it at scale. If that demand shock arrives, Claver sees room for a rapid repricing. If it does not, he suggested, the four-digit scenario remains out of reach. At press time, XRP traded at $1.4067. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Tether has landed a Big Four accounting firm’s name on a reserve report tied to its US strategy. On Feb. 27, Deloitte issued an independent accountant’s report on Anchorage Digital Bank’s “USAT Reserve Report,” an attestation covering USAT, a US dollar token issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, National Association, in collaboration with Tether. The development […]
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Cyclops wants to help payments companies offer stablecoin settlement to merchants without blockchain infrastructure.
Apple launches the $599 MacBook Neo powered by the A18 Pro chip, targeting students and first time buyers in the price sensitive PC market.
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After a few unsuccessful attempts, the Solana price hits the $90 threshold, raising bullish possibilities for the coming days. The price had been trading within a tight consolidation zone over the past few sessions, reflecting a balance between buying and selling pressure. In the times when the broader crypto markets remain cautious, SOL appears to …
Crypto-related equities saw large gains at the Wednesday open, rebounding from Tuesday's selloff.
Growing regulatory clarity could pave the way for a new era of institutional investment in crypto.
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Data shows an extraordinarily thin supply between $72,000 and $80,000, suggesting there's little resistance in that range.
CoreWeave's partnership with Perplexity highlights the growing importance of specialized cloud services in scaling AI-driven technologies.
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Bitcoin’s market cycles have often followed recognizable technical structures, and one analyst now believes those repeating structures may already be pointing toward the next major bottom. This is the foundational principle behind why Elliott Wave, Harmonic Patterns, and Wyckoff theory work: trade an asset long enough, and it begins to show a pattern memory. Right now, that memory is speaking. And it’s pointing to a Bitcoin price bottom below $40,000. Pattern Memory And Bitcoin’s Retracement History A chart shared by market commentator Lisa N Edwards outlined how Bitcoin’s retracement behavior could determine where the current cycle eventually stabilizes during the current downturn. The analysis revolves around the concept of pattern memory, the idea that assets with long trading histories tend to repeat certain behavioral patterns across cycles. Related Reading: XRP Price At $100 Is ‘Inevitable’, Analyst Explains Why This Is Pattern memory shows that Bitcoin’s previous market cycles have consistently ended near specific Fibonacci retracement levels from the previous peak. These levels have always acted as areas where the Bitcoin price finally found a durable bottom before beginning a new bull phase. During the 2013 cycle, Bitcoin ultimately formed its bottom near the 0.86 Fibonacci retracement. The 2017 cycle followed a similar structure, once again reaching the 0.86 retracement low before a new accumulation phase began. However, the 2021 market cycle bottom occurred slightly higher, around the 0.786 retracement level. Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @LisaNEdwards On X Bitcoin Pattern Memory: Where Is The Next Real Bottom? If October 2025 was the true cycle high for Bitcoin, as the monthly chart on the 1M timeframe suggests, then history gives us a roadmap for where price is likely headed before the next major bull run begins. Applying the same retracement framework to the current market cycle produces a range where Bitcoin may eventually bottom if history repeats. Mapping the current cycle’s Fibonacci retracement from the cycle low to the October 2025 high reveals three critical zones. The 0.618 sits at approximately $57,000-$58,000, which also aligns closely with the Weekly 200 Moving Average. However, this level alone may not represent the final low, based on how previous cycles behaved. Related Reading: XRP Price About To Enter ‘Face-Melting Phase’, And The Target Is $27 Instead, deeper retracement levels appear more consistent with historical patterns. This is where the 0.786 and 0.86 retacements come into play. The 0.786 retracement level sits near $39,000 and coincides with the monthly 100-moving average. Beneath that, the 0.86 retracement level falls around $31,000. Both levels have previously defined major cycle bottoms; therefore, Bitcoin’s next long-term low could be somewhere within the $39,000 to $31,000 range if the October 2025 peak proves to be the true cycle high. Some market commentators have floated lower downside targets, including projections that Bitcoin could revisit the $20,000 region. However, the pattern-memory analysis shows that such a drop would represent a complete breakdown of Bitcoin’s historical cycle behavior. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
Aave (AAVE) joined Solana (SOL) as a top performer, rising 5% from Tuesday.
Solana's record monthly stablecoin transaction volume follows growing appetite for retail payments infrastructure over memecoins.
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Tether Investments took a strategic stake in Eight Sleep at a $1.5 billion valuation to expand AI-driven health technology collaboration.
Bitcoin climbed over the past 24 hours, raising a question across the market: how high can Bitcoin go this week? Bitcoin is currently trading near $71,370, up about 6.35% in the last 24 hours. The rally appears to be driven mainly by activity in derivatives markets, where a large number of bearish bets were suddenly …