Coinbase Financial Markets will provide 24/7 access to over 20 futures contracts as the exchange expands its prime brokerage offering.
The bill legally formalizes oversight over Pakistan's crypto industry, sanctions compliance and anti-money laundering regulations.
Stress in the $3.5 trillion private credit market could ripple into digital assets through both macro contagion and tokenized credit markets, experts warn.
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe discusses institutional adoption of crypto, market structure, and how infrastructure companies are shaping the future of digital assets.
Kalshi faces a class action over a $54M prediction market on Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei leaving office.
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The new onchain trading engine from the xStocks platform enables trading of more than 70 tokenized equities across Ethereum and Solana.
The crypto exchange responded to a Senate inquiry over sanctions by claiming that “no Binance account transacted directly with an Iran-based entity.“
President Donald Trump projected four to five weeks for the conflict with Iran to come to an end. The market priced its playbook: headline shock, brief spike, diplomatic theater, then normalization. That script worked in 2019 when drones hit Saudi Aramco facilities, and Brent jumped 15% only to surrender the entire gain within weeks. Traders […]
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This dispute highlights the need for clear licensing in DeFi, potentially impacting collaboration and innovation in the crypto space.
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Chainlink (LINK) is approaching a critical technical moment as price pushes back toward a key resistance zone while the broader chart structure signals growing pressure beneath the surface. After months of tight consolidation and repeated rejections near the same level, the market is now watching closely for a decisive breakout. $9.55–$9.60 Resistance Zone Remains the Key Barrier Chainlink has once again pushed back into the critical resistance zone between $9.55 and $9.60, a range that has historically acted as a significant ceiling for the asset. According to crypto analyst Cipher X, this area has already rejected price action in previous attempts, creating a persistent barrier that bulls have struggled to overcome. Related Reading: Analyst Says Chainlink Price Could Crash 50% If This Level Fails The current technical setup shows Chainlink ranging just beneath this resistance, lacking the necessary momentum to force a breakout. Cipher X emphasizes that a clean break and a sustained hold above the $9.60 level are required. Without this decisive shift in market structure, the asset remains trapped in a consolidatory phase, vulnerable to exhaustion. If the $9.60 level is successfully breached and flipped into support, the outlook becomes bullish. In this scenario, Cipher X expects a swift upward move targeting the $9.90 to $10.20 range. However, the risk of rejection remains high given the history of this zone. If the price continues to fail at the $9.60 mark, a retracement is the most likely outcome. Cipher X suggests that a pullback toward the $9.00–$8.80 liquidity zone would not be surprising, as the market would likely seek a deeper floor to gather the strength required for another attempt at the resistance. Multi-Year Consolidation Signals A Major Chainlink Setup Bitcoinsensus highlighted that Chainlink is currently experiencing strong monthly range compression following its previous expansion cycle. The asset has been locked in a broad consolidation phase for several years, a structure that often appears after a major bullish run as the market cools off and prepares for the next long-term move. Related Reading: Chainlink On Standby: A Big Move Is Loading, But Bitcoin Decides At the moment, price action has returned close to the lower boundary of this multi-year range, an area that historically acts as a key demand zone where buyers tend to step in. Given this positioning, the next major move for LINK will likely depend on how the market reacts around this level, making the range resolution especially important. According to the analysis, what matters most now is whether the price reclaims higher levels within the range or accepts trading below it. Extended periods of consolidation like this often precede powerful trend moves, but clear confirmation is still required before a sustained breakout or breakdown can be expected. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com
The planned investments represent a sliver of its gold and foreign exchange reserves.
Oil tops $90 as Middle East tensions escalate, raising fears of global supply disruptions, pushing risk assets lower.
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CleanSpark produced the most bitcoin among the three miners in February, while Cango and BitFuFu combined added more than 680 BTC.
Kraken secures Fed payment access, MARA clarifies its Bitcoin treasury plans, Fold cuts $66M in debt, and analysts say NYSE tokenization could attract institutions.
It is one of the oldest questions in crypto: when prices fall and the headlines turn ugly, where does anyone actually make money? For Asheesh Birla, founder of Evernorth and a former senior figure at Ripple, the answer during the current downturn has a simple starting point: XRP. XRP is the third-biggest digital currency by …
A Polymarket account bearing George Cottrell’s name made multiple geopolitical bets, amid growing scrutiny over prediction markets.
Binance's response highlights the increasing regulatory scrutiny on crypto exchanges, emphasizing the need for robust compliance measures.
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The list of altcoin-based spot exchange-traded funds grows longer with the addition of 21Shares' TDOT Polkadot ETF.
KuCoin must stop offering its services in Dubai, the emirate's crypto regulator said this week, as it is not appropriately licensed.
Blumenthal, a top Democrat on an investigative panel within the Senate Homeland Security Committee, opened a Binance inquiry last month.
Bitcoin’s derivatives market is showing where the next major price reactions could occur. A liquidation map tracking leverage positions on the Binance BTC/USDT perpetual market highlights clusters of highly leveraged trades positioned above the current market price. This arrangement provides clues about how the next Bitcoin price move could unfold, how much short traders can be liquidated in the next sweep, and what could probably happen after. Massive Short Liquidation Wall Sits Around $71,800 Bitcoin has spent the past 24 to 48 hours trading above $70,000, offering an early glimpse into how price action may unfold for the leading cryptocurrency throughout March. Interestingly, technical analysis of the BTC liquidation heatmap on Binance, which was posted on X by crypto analyst Sherlock, shows clusters of highly leveraged trades positioned just above the current market price. This is notable to watch, as clusters often influence price direction because markets tend to move toward zones where large volumes of forced liquidations can occur. Related Reading: Analyst Says Bitcoin Price Bottom Hasn’t Happened Yet, Gives Timeline To Expect Reversal The most prominent liquidity target revealed by the chart is around $71,800, where a dense concentration of short liquidations has formed. This area is dominated by extremely high leverage positions, particularly 50x and 100x leverage, which shows that many Bitcoin traders are heavily positioned on the assumption that Bitcoin will fail to reclaim above $72,000. As shown in the Coinglass liquidation chart below, the vertical liquidation bars around $71,000 to $72,000 are significantly larger compared to surrounding levels. This shows a buildup of short positions that would be forced to buy back Bitcoin if the market rises into that zone. A move to that level could therefore lead to a chain reaction of liquidations, which in turn would contribute to a move upward as short positions are closed. BTC/USDT Liquidation Map. Source: @Sherlockwhale On X What Happens After The Liquidity Sweep? After the $71,800 level, the structure of the liquidation map changes noticeably. The bars on the chart become thinner across the $72,000 to $76,000 range, and the cumulative liquidation curve flattens. This means that once the initial wave of short liquidations is triggered, there may not be enough additional liquidation fuel to sustain a prolonged rally. Related Reading: Bitcoin Pattern Memory Predicts The Bottom, And It’s Below $40,000 According to Sherlock, that forced buying from liquidated shorts could carry Bitcoin from $71,800 to $75,000, but extending the rally beyond that point would need real buyers and organic demand. Not forced buying. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $70,500. The leading cryptocurrency faced sustained downward pressure throughout most of February, although signs of gradual spot accumulation are beginning to appear, and this could support a steady rally in March. If new buyers fail to support the price after liquidity at $76,000 is taken, then the price could quickly lose upward momentum. In that case, the price could fall straight back below $60,000. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
The dual impact of rising oil prices and weak job data heightens stagflation fears, challenging the Fed's policy response and market stability.
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The sharp move higher triggered heavy profit-taking from short-term holders, data shows.
Bitcoin erased its latest breakout attempt after hitting $74,000 as surprisingly weak labor-market data offered no tailwind to crypto or risk assets.
The XRP price is once again flirting with a familiar setup shrinking exchange supply and a technical pattern that’s starting to look suspiciously explosive. Over the past few weeks, whale activity on major exchanges has quietly shifted. According to exchange flow data tracking XRP across 15 major trading platforms, one particular venue stood out: Binance. …
Blue Owl Capital's OBDC II fund permanently halted redemptions in February. The firm replaced quarterly tenders with return-of-capital distributions funded by loan repayments and asset sales, committing to return roughly 30% of net asset value within 45 days. Blue Owl also announced plans to sell $1.4 billion of assets across three credit funds to generate […]
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The Bitcoin price has slipped below the $69,000 mark once again after facing strong rejection near the crucial $72,000 resistance level. The repeated failure to break above this barrier has intensified selling pressure across the market, pushing BTC into a fresh corrective phase. Technical indicators are now beginning to tilt bearish, suggesting that bullish momentum …
Crypto exchange pushed back on $1.7 billion Iran-linked flow allegations and called media reports behind the probe “defamatory.”
The launch of the Polkadot ETF may accelerate institutional adoption of altcoins, enhancing the diversification of crypto investment portfolios.
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Pakistan’s parliament has officially passed the Virtual Assets Act 2026, establishing a permanent legal framework for cryptocurrency in the country. President Asif Ali Zardari signed the bill into law after it cleared the Senate on February 27 and the National Assembly on March 3. The law formally establishes the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), …