Midas' Series A funding and mTokens' growth highlight a shift towards more transparent, flexible, and accessible onchain investment solutions.
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Degen trader FINNT, known for his years in meme coins and DeFi with 91,000 followers, sparked a wave of excitement on March 30 by pledging to drive a memecoin to a $200 million market cap. His announcement led the community to suggest low‑cap tokens like $VNUT, $FINU, $BOOE, and $MOMO from Solana, Ethereum, and other chains. …
Trump said "great progress" had been made toward ending the war, but warned the U.S. would "obliterate" Iran's power plants, oil wells and Kharg Island if a deal isn't reached shortly.
Naver Financial delayed its Dunamu share swap by about three months as antitrust and crypto law reviews continue and Upbit operator profits decline.
Ethereum has held the #2 spot in crypto for nearly a decade. Prediction markets are now pricing a 61% chance that changes before 2027. That number sat at 17% at the start of the year. It is now at 61%, according to Polymarket, which is a massive swing that reflects just how quickly sentiment around …
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Bernstein said crypto equities like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Figure may be nearing a bottom after a sharp drawdown.
The Ethereum Foundation's staking strategy may stabilize ETH prices and attract more institutional interest, enhancing blockchain ecosystem growth.
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Bitcoin remains in a bear market despite a short-term bounce to $67,000 as several onchain metrics and pricing models suggest that the bottom may be at $40,000.
The crypto market is going through a difficult phase, and altcoins are feeling the most pressure. According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, more than 40% of altcoins are now near their all-time lows. This is a very high number and shows how weak the altcoin market has become in recent months. Over 40% Altcoins Near All-Time …
Hyperliquid traders located in Tokyo have a speed advantage over their counterparts in Europe and the U.S, new data shows. A Timely Matter For Hyperliquid Traders Even the fastest growing derivatives DEX in the world needs its servers to be geographically located somewhere: in Hyperliquid’s case, it’s Amazon’s data centers in Tokyo. Latency probes and validator data from Glassnode show Hyperliquid’s 24 validators are clustered in AWS Tokyo. Spread across several availability zones inside Amazon Web Services’ ap‑northeast‑1 (Tokyo) region, the system’s API traffic is fronted by AWS CloudFront, but the validators themselves are all concentrated in a single Japanese cloud region. Glassnode data showing Hyperliquid's API location in Tokyo. Source: Glassnode. Therefore, it’s not hard to understand why Tokyo‑based traders have a roughly 200 milliseconds advantage versus Europe and North America when hitting the matching engine. The raw network latency from Tokyo is only of 2–3 milliseconds. For an exchange processing more than $4 billion in daily perpetuals volume, that time gap compounds into real execution and P&L differences. Related Reading: Ethereum Could Hit $40,000 And Beat Bitcoin, Standard Chartered Says Median order‑to‑fill times are around 884 milliseconds from Tokyo versus roughly 1,079 milliseconds from Ashburn, Virginia. Most of the delay is server‑side processing, but in a time‑priority order book (the first orders to arrive get filled first at the best prices), geography still decides who gets to the front of the queue, tighter spreads, and better fill probability. Hyperliquid's latency in Ashburn, Virginia. Source: Glassnode. The traders closest to the servers can grab the best bids and asks before farther located traders can even reach the exchange. Over many trades, that tiny time edge can turn into better average prices and more profit for the fast traders, and worse prices for everyone else. The Tokyo Dilemma It is worth noting that Hyperliquid is not the only exchange concentrating its fundamental infrastructure in AWS Tokyo: this is also the case for major CEX’s such as Binance and KuCoin. BitMEX migrated its data infrastructure from AWS Dublin to Tokyo in August 2025. As a result, the exchange saw liquidity (depth, tighter spreads, order‑book size) jump by roughly 180–400 percent only one month after the move. AWS Tokyo is a long‑running, well‑invested region with multiple availability zones, high bandwidth and lots of enterprise support, so exchanges locating its servers on it benefit of scaling quickly without running their own data centers. A huge share of crypto volume now runs through Asia trading hours, and putting matching engines in Tokyo means many of their most active users get very low latency. This strategy, however, concentrates technical risk. When AWS Tokyo hiccups, as it has happened in the past, multiple “independent” exchanges feel it at once. Related Reading: The Last Time Bitcoin Sentiment Was This Bad Was 2022, But There Was A Silver Lining For traders, a cross‑venue arbitrage strategy seems to be a sensible decision. With Hyperliquid’s engine sitting in AWS Tokyo while many centralized exchanges also anchor core infra in the same region, spreads between Hyperliquid and major CEXs can open and close faster during Asia trading hours, rewarding desks that monitor and hedge across both stacks in real time. HYPE, Hyperliquid's native token, trades for $38. Source: HYPEUSDT on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, HYPEUSDT chart from Tradingview
The funding will support the introduction of an instant redemption system for onchain funds, a key hurdle for broader institutional adoption.
The 2026 Crypto Tax Readiness Report, done with Cointracker, found that only 49% correctly understand that crypto is taxable anytime it is sold.
Bitcoin and ether tick higher while altcoins surge on oversold bounce, but weak liquidity and macro tensions keep the broader trend fragile.
Bitcoin neared the first six-consecutive-month streak of losses since the 2018 bear market as Iran war woes kept markets firmly in check.
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw $296 million in outflows last week as global crypto funds posted $414 million in net withdrawals.
SIREN price is showing early signs of a potential trend reversal after a sharp correction phase triggered panic across the market. Instead of extending losses, the token staged a quick recovery from a critical demand zone, suggesting that buyers are actively defending lower levels. This shift in price behavior is now raising a key question, …
Bitcoin’s Price Is Being Set Further Away From Bitcoin Holders Bitcoin spent the end of March in a range that looked calm on the surface and unusually crowded underneath. By Monday, Bitcoin's price was trading around $67,000 after a week that had already pulled in one of the year’s largest derivatives events and another round […]
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About 20,470 ETH, or roughly $42 million, flowed from Ethereum Foundation-linked wallets into the Beacon Chain in a series of coordinated deposits Monday, marking one of the largest visible batches in its ongoing staking rollout.
Digital asset products saw $414 million in outflows last week as inflation fears, US Fed rate hike expectations and Middle East tensions drove a shift toward risk-off sentiment.
The native token CORE of Core DAO crashed, losing around 50% of its value within 24 hours. According to the official statement from Core DAO, the drop was triggered by a series of large sell orders that hit the market in a short span. These heavy sell-offs created intense downward pressure, which quickly spilled into …
Tokenized stocks just crossed $1 billion in total value locked, and crypto strategist Tanaka thinks most people in the market are still underestimating what that number actually signals. “If you ask me what the next market trend is, I would say tokenized stocks,” Tanaka wrote in an X post, framing the thesis around a problem …
The rise of institutional interest in the crypto markets has changed the dynamics of Bitcoin, specifically. Strategy (then MicroStrategy) has played a major role in changing these institutions’ perceptions of cryptos. Recent data suggests that Strategy has emerged as the dominant buyer of BTC, raising questions about the sustainability of the ongoing price trend. Weak …
Bitcoin Bond Company CEO Pierre Rochard says US regulators’ Basel III revamp cannot quietly decide how banks treat Bitcoin without clearly explaining the rules and evidence behind them.
The crypto market is going through a difficult phase, and altcoins are feeling the most pressure. According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, more than 40% of altcoins are now near their all-time lows. This is a very high number and shows how weak the altcoin market has become in recent months. Over 40% Altcoins Near All-Time …
The episode underscores how quickly prediction market prices can whipsaw on live-event errors.
Long-term XRP investors who held their assets for more than 155 days recently pulled 8.25 million tokens out of their accounts. This move represents a 3.47% dip in “Hodler” positions, dropping the total from 238 million to close to 230 million tokens. While these veteran owners are taking some money off the table, the broader market is seeing a massive influx of capital from a different class of participant. Related Reading: Bitcoin ETFs Pull In $56B As CEO Pitches Crypto Over Gold Big Investors Set A Much Higher Floor Data shows that the largest holders, often called whales, are now aggressively buying XRP at prices between $1.20 and $3. Previously, these same high-net-worth players were focusing their accumulation in a much lower bracket, specifically between $0.30 and $1.30. This change in behavior suggests that the biggest players in the space are no longer waiting for deep discounts to build their stashes. Instead, they are signaling a high level of comfort with the current valuation of the asset. $XRP whales accumulate only at the bottom before an uptrend begins. And they have been continuing their accumulation for over a year. This means that $XRP whales are still preparing for a bull market. Their accumulation zone is $1.2–$3. There was also strong accumulation in… pic.twitter.com/WCai1oHe4H — CW (@CW8900) March 28, 2026 The market cap for the token currently sits at close to $82 billion. Daily trading volume has hit $1.45 billion, maintaining a market dominance of 3.50%. Despite a tiny dip of 0.62% in the last 24 hours, the overall trajectory is defined by this shift in who is buying and at what price. Analysts are watching these on-chain metrics closely to see if the whale activity can offset the selling pressure coming from the older accounts that are currently cashing out. Rising Interest In The Derivatives Market New long positions are flooding into the derivatives sector. Open interest jumped from $737.72 million up to $759.21 million, marking a nearly 3% increase in active contracts. Reports indicate that the funding rate also improved, moving from -0.011% to -0.003%. This movement reflects a growing crowd of traders who are betting that the price will continue to climb. However, there is a catch to this excitement. Technical indicators like the RSI show a hidden divergence. If a price correction starts, the spot market might not provide enough immediate support to stop a slide. The current price of $1.33 remains the focal point for both short-term speculators and the whales who are expanding their territory. Related Reading: WLD Slides To New Lows As World Foundation Offloads $65M Monitoring The Future Momentum Expectations for future price action remain tied to these large-scale movements. Records show that these major buyers are not dumping their tokens onto smaller retail investors. They are holding onto what they buy, which creates a supply crunch that could lead to more volatility. Market participants are now focused on whether the overall crypto environment will remain favorable enough to sustain this high-level accumulation. Featured image from Unsplash ,Chart from TradingView
The Ethereum Foundation deployed $46.2 million in ETH across 11 deposits as it accelerates a 70,000 ETH staking plan.
Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Digital Assets Research Geoffrey Kendrick said Ethereum could climb to $40,000 by 2030 and outperform Bitcoin along the way, arguing that the next wave of tokenization, stablecoin growth, and institutional blockchain buildout is likely to land first on Ethereum. Speaking in a Milk Road interview with John Gillen, Kendrick tied his ETH thesis directly to how traditional finance is approaching on-chain infrastructure. His argument was not that Ethereum wins because of narrative momentum, but because it looks like the safest place for banks, asset managers, and large institutions to start building. Why Ethereum Could Outperform Bitcoin Back in January, Kendrick had published a report titled Ethereum outperformance expected. In the interview, he acknowledged that ETH has struggled on price since then, but said the underlying setup remains intact. “The interesting part here for Ethereum is as tradfi gets involved, tradfi is okay to build stuff on Ethereum,” he said. “It’ll be very safe to say I’m going to build on Ethereum layer one, right? Because it’s never gone down. So I think a lot of this stuff in its first instance happens on Ethereum layer 1.” Related Reading: Ethereum Price Falls Below Psychological $2,000 Support — What Next? He pointed to BlackRock’s rollout strategy as a model for how that adoption could unfold. In Kendrick’s view, institutions are likely to launch first on Ethereum mainnet, then expand to other chains and layer-2s later. That sequencing matters, because he sees activity flowing to the network before value disperses elsewhere. Kendrick said he increasingly views protocol and application fees relative to market cap as one of the more useful ways to think about ETH valuation. More activity in the Ethereum ecosystem, he argued, should translate into a higher token price. “I think that means ETH outperforms now, let’s say for the foreseeable actually,” he said. He added that the ETH/BTC ratio, currently around 0.03 by his framing, could rise to 0.04 this year. Longer term, he said, “I’ve got $500,000 Bitcoin by 2030 and $40,000 Ethereum by 2030. So, a massive outperformance, obviously, a massive absolute potential upside from here.” The broader engine behind that call is tokenization. Kendrick said stablecoins could rise from roughly $300 billion today to $2 trillion over the next few years, and argued that this would create knock-on demand for tokenized money market funds. Corporate treasurers, he said, will not want to hold only tokenized cash if the rest of their idle capital remains trapped in slower off-chain systems. “Tomorrow, if you want to get access to stablecoins because of their 24/7 instantaneous, near-free benefits, you want to take all the million dollars onchain,” Kendrick said. “You don’t want to go out of stable coins and back into idiotic fiat, which is ridiculously slow by comparison. Rather, you’d like to have all of your off-chain money market funds onchain as well.” Related Reading: Unknown Wallet Buys $107 Million In Ethereum – Purchase Pattern Points To Bitmine That leads to one of his bigger numerical calls. Tokenized money market funds, which he said are about $10 billion today, could reach $750 billion by the end of 2028. He based that on the assumption that even if only 10% of transactions move into stablecoins over the next few years, a similar share of money market fund exposure would likely need to come on-chain too. He also forecast that other tokenized assets could grow from around $40 billion today to $2 trillion by the end of 2028, describing that as a 50x move in three years. From there, Kendrick sees a path into DeFi. If regulatory clarity improves, he said, traditional finance and DeFi could begin meeting in the middle, with consumer-facing apps using blockchain rails in the background to route cash into products like Aave, Morpho, or Compound. “There’s a huge financial fairness and financial inclusion stuff that I think we circle back to from DeFi,” he said. “Most people won’t know where it’s coming from, but you’ll get that style of stuff, I think, in the next few years.” For Kendrick, that is the core of the Ethereum trade. If tokenized dollars, tokenized funds, and eventually tokenized equities pull institutional liquidity on-chain, the first phase of that buildout is likely to happen where compliance teams are most comfortable. In his telling, that still points to Ethereum. At press time, ETH traded at $2,059. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The CLARITY Act is moving again, and this time the timeline looks real. A recent update reveals that the CLARITY Act is all set to make headlines again, with Coinbase hinting at a possible Senate markup in the second half of April and potential passage by May. According to Coinbase’s internal market view, lawmakers had …