Search interest in “Bitcoin zero” has surged in the United States, hitting record levels in February as Bitcoin slid toward $60,000 after peaking in October. Data shows global search interest actually topped out months earlier, suggesting the most recent wave of panic is concentrated largely among U.S. investors. At the time of writing, Bitcoin was …
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Terra Classic (LUNC), which collapsed in May 2022 after its stablecoin UST lost its dollar peg, is back in the spotlight. This comes after Terraform Labs filed a lawsuit against Jane Street, claiming the firm used insider information to profit and may have accelerated the fall of TerraUSD (UST). Now, Terra supporters are asking a …
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A shift in Ethereum’s derivatives flow on Binance is starting to hint at a possible change in market structure, even as ETH itself remains in a corrective phase. According to CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost, the Taker Buy Sell Ratio is no longer flashing the same persistent sell-side aggression that dominated as the asset pushed toward a new all-time high. Darkfost argues that the indicator offers a useful read on who is pressing harder in the futures market. “This indicator is effective for assessing directional dominance between market buy and sell orders executed on futures contracts. A ratio above 1 indicates buyer dominance, while a ratio below 1 suggests that selling aggressiveness is prevailing within transactional flows.” Ethereum Shows Fresh Bullish Shift That distinction mattered during Ethereum’s run toward record levels. In that period, Darkfost said, selling pressure in the futures market intensified at the same time, keeping the ratio consistently below its equilibrium level of 1. On Binance, the monthly Taker Buy Sell Ratio fell to 0.95, while the weekly average dropped even further to 0.92, pointing to a market where aggressive sellers were controlling the flow. Related Reading: Ethereum DeFi Warning: Vitalik Flags Oracles As A Hidden Time Bomb The backdrop is significant because derivatives now sit at the center of crypto price formation. Darkfost noted that the derivatives market accounts for nearly $65 billion in volume and plays a leading role in price discovery, making order-flow analysis increasingly important for reading the market beneath headline price action. In that context, a ratio stuck below 1 was more than a minor technical detail; it suggested that upside conditions were being undermined by persistent futures-led selling pressure. What makes the current setup more interesting is that the flow data has begun to improve before any obvious reversal in Ethereum’s spot chart. “On Binance, the weekly ratio has been hovering around the neutral threshold for the past two weeks. This shift is particularly notable as it diverges from ETH price action, which remains in a corrective phase. Daily spikes above 1.12 have even been recorded, reflecting episodes of aggressive market buying.” Related Reading: The $2,000 Fault Line: Why Ethereum’s Record Volatility Signals An Imminent Explosion That divergence is the core of the thesis. While ETH has yet to fully reflect it in price, the behavior of takers in the futures market is no longer uniformly defensive. The monthly average has also started to recover, climbing back to around 0.99. That still falls just short of clear buyer dominance, but it marks a meaningful improvement from the earlier stretch of sub-1 readings. Darkfost stops well short of calling a confirmed reversal. “Although this configuration still requires confirmation, it constitutes a constructive signal. A sustained move above 1 would mark a transition toward buyer dominance, potentially supporting a more favorable market dynamic for ETH in the short to medium term.” For now, the signal is less about declaring the correction over than about identifying a change in pressure. If the ratio can hold near neutral and then push decisively above 1, it would suggest that the market driving price discovery is beginning to lean back toward buyers. At press time, ETH traded at $2,028. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
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Nvidia printed a monster quarter, with $68.1 billion in revenue and its Data Center business alone delivering $62.3 billion. The company is expected to have roughly $78 billion in revenue next quarter. The crypto angle is mechanical, not mystical: Bitcoin has been behaving like a leveraged expression of tech risk appetite, so when AI “risk-on” […]
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Bitcoin price is showing signs of cooling after its recent short-term pump. BTC Price is now moving sideways within a wider consolidation range. The pullback came after the asset reached overbought levels on lower time frames and cleared nearby liquidity. The weekly trend still shows bearish divergence. This means the broader multi-month downtrend may not …
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Following the Bitcoin price crash toward $60,000 in early February, the question on the lips of every investor is when the bleed will end. To this end, a number of analysts have shared their expectations and predictions for where the Bitcoin bottom might be. Some have posited that the worst is over, while others have suggested that there are still more crashes to come. Following the latter trend, crypto analyst Plan C has shared why they believe the Bitcoin price has finally reached a bottom. Bitcoin 80-90% Crash Not Possible This Time Around In previous cycles, when the Bitcoin market had gone from a bull run to a bear market, there have been varying degrees of crashes that were experienced before the bottom was established. Over the last few bear markets, these have been around 80-90% crashes, often spurred by major events surrounding the market. Following this trend, expectations remain that Bitcoin might also see a similar crash, which would mean that the bear market is far from over. However, crypto analyst Plan C has combated this idea, as he believes that bitcoin will not repeat the exact same trend seen before. Related Reading: XRP Price Turns Completely Bearish, But Is A Crash To $1 Still Possible? Instead of the 80-90% crash that is expected to put Bitcoin somewhere around the $25,000-$30,000 range, the analyst says that Bitcoin will only crash 50-60% this cycle. If this is correct, it would mean that Bitcoin is not far from registering a bottom at this point. Going by this, his forecast, this would put the Bitcoin price bottom somewhere between $50,000 and $63,000. Given that the BTC price had previously fallen below $63,000, it means that the bottom might be in, or close to it. Such a deviation would mean that Bitcoin would no longer be following the established 4-year cycle trend. This is not a new theory, as analysts in the past have suggested that the digital asset began deviating from the 4-year cycle when it hit a new all-time high back in early 2024, before the halving. This was triggered by institutional entry through Spot Bitcoin ETFs, bringing about a new wave of bull runs. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Lows: Analyst Says We’re Doomed If This Happen While predictions continue to fly around the crypto community and speculations about what price Bitcoin will bottom at, it remains a matter of time to see what eventually happens. For now, the bulls continue to put up a fight in a bid to send the price above $70,000 again. But sentiment remains firmly negative as the Fear & Greed Index continues to sit in Extreme Fear. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
Japan just made a bold move in the global stablecoin race. SBI Holdings and Startale Group officially unveiled JPYSC, a Japanese yen stablecoin issued by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank, making it the first trust bank-backed stablecoin in the country. The token is targeting a Q2 2026 launch, pending regulatory approval. Unlike the existing JPYC stablecoin …
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Terra Luna Classic (LUNC) is seeing a strong price surge today, climbing around 24% to a high near $0.00004905 as traders rush back into the token. The sharp rally comes even as the broader crypto market remains flat, with Bitcoin hovering near $67,000. The sudden rally has caught traders’ attention. But what exactly is pushing …
A cryptocurrency analyst has pointed out how support could lie between the $0.60 and $0.90 levels for XRP, based on this technical analysis (TA) pattern. XRP Could Be Moving Inside An Ascending Triangle In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has shared a TA pattern forming in the monthly price chart of XRP. The pattern in question is an Ascending Triangle, which is a type of triangle. Triangles form whenever an asset’s price trades between two converging trendlines, with the upper level acting as a source of resistance, while the lower one that of support. Related Reading: Ethereum Still Undervalued As Bitcoin, XRP Sit Near Neutral, Santiment Says The main characteristic of an Ascending Triangle is that the upper line is parallel to the time-axis. This means that as the asset travels through the channel, its consolidation range shrinks to an upside. Generally, breaks out of a triangle can imply the start of a sustained move. A surge above the resistance can be a bullish sign, while a drop under the support a bearish one. In Ascending Triangles, the upward bias suggests that a breakout may be more probable to occur in the up direction. Similar to the Ascending Triangle, there is also a pattern called the Descending Triangle in TA. This channel works much in the same way, with the key difference being that the bottom level is the one parallel to the time-axis instead. Thus, as the price moves through this pattern, its range shrinks down. Now, here is the chart shared by Martinez that shows the Ascending Triangle that the 1-month price of XRP has been stuck inside over the past few years: As displayed in the above graph, the monthly XRP price retested the upper ceiling of the Ascending Triangle last year, but it ended up finding rejection. The coin has since witnessed a significant drawdown. Currently, it’s unclear whether the bearish momentum in the cryptocurrency will advance further, but in the event that it does, a retest of the lower level might occur. “XRP could find support along the triangle’s hypotenuse between $0.90 and $0.60,” explained the analyst. This line has so far acted as a cushion for XRP a few times, including during the lows of the bear market. Related Reading: Cardano Sharks & Whales Quietly Accumulate 819M ADA Amid Price Decline It now remains to be seen if the asset will retest the support line in the near future or if it will find a rebound before one can occur. XRP Price At the time of writing, XRP is trading around $1.4, down nearly 5% over the last 24 hours. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
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After nearly two years of relentless downside pressure, Arbitrum (ARB) is showing early signs of stabilization. The token has gained 4% intraday, extending its weekly advance to around 8%, as buyers step in near a historically important support region. This move is significant, not because of its size, but because of where it’s happening. Arbitrum …
Bitcoin is trading near $67,000 after a volatile week that pushed it down to $64,000 following President Donald Trump’s 15 percent global tariff announcement and over $1 billion in liquidations. Analyst Willy Woo sees a possible bear market bottom near $45,000, with some warning of $30,000 if support fails. Meanwhile, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan and …
As the end of the month approaches, Ethereum (ETH) is attempting to end February above the crucial $2,000 barrier. Some analysts have suggested that the upcoming monthly close could determine the fate of the King of Altcoin’s price trajectory. Related Reading: XRP Rally Incoming? Analyst Forecasts March-April Recovery If This Level Breaks Ethereum Trajectory Could Be Defined This Weekend On Thursday, Ethereum briefly fell from its recent highs and retested the $1,980 level before bouncing. Notably, the cryptocurrency surged 11% on Wednesday morning, reaching a ten-day high of $2,148, then stabilized around the crucial $2,000 support. Amid this rebound, market observer Trader Tardigrade highlighted that ETH has momentarily reclaimed a critical monthly level, which had been lost in the shorter timeframes. The King of Altcoins is trading back above its multi-year trendline, suggesting that a potential price recovery rally could be coming if the level holds. Per the post, Ethereum “has a proven pattern: every time price holds above this ascending support trendline, it launches into a parabolic rally.” As the chart shows, the cryptocurrency displayed a similar trendline between 2018 and 2020, when the altcoin bounced from this support and embarked on a massive one-year rally toward its previous all-time high (ATH). Now, ETH shows a similar performance in the monthly timeframe, currently retesting the trendline that began forming in 2022. “If it holds here, history says we’re gearing up for another explosive climb,” the trader affirmed. Similarly, analyst Rekt Capital noted that this multi-year trendline has been “a structural level that has defined the broader macro trajectory for several years.” He stated that if Ethereum ends the month above this trendline, located around the $1,960-$1,970 area, “then price would have scope to rebound into the green region overhead,” between the $2,250-$2,500 levels. However, he warned that this key horizontal region has historically “not been kind to Ethereum across cycles.” Deeper Correction In The Books? Explaining ETH’s previous behavior around this level, Rekt Capital detailed that in 2022, once the price broke below this horizontal region in the monthly timeframe, it continued lower. Meanwhile, Ethereum closed below this level again in early 2025, retested it, turned it into resistance, and resumed its correction toward the April 2025 lows around $1,385. “So structurally, the green region remains a likely candidate for resistance unless Ethereum Monthly Closes above it and successfully turns it into support,” the analyst affirmed, cautioning that it seems less likely given the current bear market conditions. Moreover, he warned that if ETH Monthly Closes below the multi-year support trendline, the $1,570-$1,670 horizontal zone, which was a prior demand cluster, could be revisited. Related Reading: The ‘Next-Generation Trading Chain’: BNB Chain Eyes 2026 Optimization Following Strong Ecosystem Momentum “We have already seen downside wicking toward that orange region, but not a clean, picture-perfect retest. Losing the trendline would likely force price into that orange region more decisively and potentially even result in its loss as support,” he added. As Rekt Capital stressed, if a macro uptrend is lost, there is limited buy-side momentum to support the price against further downside over time. As of this writing, ETH is trading at $2,026, a 4.7% increase in the weekly timeframe. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com
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At the Bitcoin for Corporations conference in Las Vegas, Morgan Stanley’s Head of Digital Asset Strategy, Amy Oldenburg, confirmed that the Wall Street bank plans to create its own Bitcoin custody and trading infrastructure for clients. The firm, which manages nearly $9 trillion in assets, is also exploring Bitcoin‑based yield and lending products as part of …
Jane Street, one of Wall Street’s most influential trading firms, has suddenly found itself pulled into a political and legal storm that stretches from crypto markets to Capitol Hill. The firm, widely known for its dominance in exchange-traded funds and high-speed trading strategies, is now facing pressure from multiple directions. At the center of the …
Terra Classic (LUNC) jumped 26.69% to $0.0000459 in 24 hours, sharply outperforming a mostly flat crypto market. The rally is driven by a rotation of capital into speculative altcoins, reflected in a rising Altcoin Season Index and extreme gains in low-cap tokens. A high-volume breakout above the 200-day simple moving average at $0.0000447 and key …
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