The top five RWA crypto projects are suddenly back in the spotlight and not quietly. As of March 17, 2026, institutional interest is clearly creeping deeper into blockchain rails, dragging real-world asset narratives along with it. And yeah, the numbers are starting to look convincing. From infrastructure-heavy plays to high-beta challengers, the current leaderboard reflects …
PayPal is rolling out its PYUSD stablecoin in 68 additional countries beyond the US and UK, aiming to reduce cross-border fees and offer rewards on holdings.
Bitcoin is playing out a price movement that has convinced many traders that October 2025 was the cycle peak. However, an interesting technical analysis shows that the market structure still does not look complete. Analyst CryptoAmsterdam made the case that Bitcoin is moving through a temporary correction inside a much larger phase. If that reading is correct, then Bitcoin could still stage a stronger rally than previous bull markets. Bitcoin May Still Be Inside An Unfinished Macro Bull Cycle Every major Bitcoin bull run has followed a recognizable five-stage sequence: a bull phase, a bear phase, accumulation below the macro range, a disbelief rally back into range, and finally a parabolic move into new all-time highs. This structure has held across the 2013, 2017, and 2021 cycles, each one completing all five stages within roughly a four-year window. The current cycle has not. Related Reading: Pundit Shares What The XRP Float Is Likely To Be For Global Settlement According to CryptoAmsterdam’s analysis, Bitcoin reached a new peak without delivering the characteristic Stage 5 parabolic expansion. The chart comparisons he shared by plotting Bitcoin’s weekly price action against prior cycles show that the 2013, 2017, and 2021 cycles each measured approximately 1,456 to 1,477 days from trough to peak, with Stage 5 accounting for the most explosive price movement in each case. That phase, however, appears structurally absent in the current cycle. Price action has entered a corrective period since the peak at $126,000, but the cycle framework, by this reading, is still open. Price Chart Comparison. Source: @damskotrades On X The technical analysis also shows that price action can look weak on a shorter time frame and still remain bullish on a much larger one. That is where Bitcoin appears to be sitting now. The chart setup shows the recent correction is only a mini-cycle correction forming inside a broader macro continuation. This reading becomes more interesting when placed beside gold and Alphabet. In both examples, price also advanced within a larger macro cycle, paused for a mid-cycle correction, and then resumed higher once that smaller reset was complete. According to CryptoAmsterdam, Bitcoin could now be doing something similar. If the reading is correct, then Bitcoin’s current price action is Stage 3 of a mini-cycle nested within the larger Stage 5 of that macrocycle. Therefore, the parabolic phase would still be ahead. Gold And Alphabet Inc. Source: @damskotrades On X Possibility Of A New Price High Another reason for a stronger rally is Bitcoin’s tendency to lag other assets. Over the last several years, Bitcoin has often printed macro structures similar to large-cap stocks, only with a delay that can stretch into hundreds of days. That makes Bitcoin look less like the leader of the cycle and more like the final participant. Related Reading: Here’s How Much Needs To Flow Through Ripple For XRP Price To Reach $3,700 Notably, technical analysis shows that gold has always bottomed well before Bitcoin did. For instance, Bitcoin moved higher during gold’s advance in the previous cycle in 2021 but underwent an entire mini-cycle correction while gold was trending straight up. Only when gold completed and topped its parabolic rally did Bitcoin take over into a vertical move, as shown in the chart below. Gold And BTC. Source: @damskotrades On X The next outlook now is that Bitcoin will continue its larger Stage 5 move like we saw with Gold and Google (Alphabet Inc.). The projected move is expected to push the Bitcoin price into macro cycle highs above $200,000. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
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Ripple has announced a major expansion in Brazil, strengthening its role in one of the world’s fastest-growing financial markets. The company now offers a full suite of services for institutions, including cross-border payments, digital asset custody, prime brokerage, and treasury management. Ripple also plans to apply for a VASP license with Brazil’s Central Bank, aligning …
Sui (SUI) joined Uniswap (UNI) as an underperformer, declining 4% from Monday.
Most altcoin traders are asking the wrong question. They want to know when altseason starts. Sheldon Diedericks, known as Sheldon the Sniper on Crypto Banter, says the better question is: where is Bitcoin dominance, and what is Bitcoin doing? In a live session on Tuesday, Sheldon laid out his exact trigger for going all in …
Alibaba's Wukong AI platform could redefine enterprise automation, intensifying competition and influencing AI integration strategies globally.
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When BlackRock launched its BUIDL tokenized money market fund in 2024, and Franklin Templeton brought its OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund to public blockchain rails, the signal was unambiguous: institutional capital has arrived. According to RWA.xyz and the RedStone/Gauntlet research team, the total value of tokenized real-world assets on-chain crossed $15 billion by December 2024 …
The blockchain firm is adding custody, payments and brokerage tools for digital asset management and tokenization as it plans to apply for regulatory approval from the central bank.
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The Chainlink price is quietly doing something interesting again bouncing right where it historically tends to. And if you’ve followed the long-term LINK price chart, you’ll know this isn’t just another random move. On the monthly timeframe, an ascending trendline has consistently acted as a reliable bottoming zone. Every time price has tapped that level, …
Payments giant Mastercard moves to bridge fiat and crypto with $1.8 billion acquisition of the U.K. based stablecoin startup.
Mastercard's acquisition of BVNK could accelerate the integration of stablecoins into mainstream finance, enhancing global payment systems.
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XRP is climbing the rankings again, but the bigger shift is happening under the hood. XRP price is holding near $1.50, extending its recent strength, while XRP flips BNB in market capitalization to become the fourth-largest crypto asset. The move comes as broader market conditions remain mixed, suggesting XRP’s outperformance is being driven by internal …
Michael Saylor’s Strategy bought 22,337 Bitcoin for about $1.57 billion last week, using a funding mix led by its variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, STRC. The March 16 announcement showed the company paid an average of $70,194 per Bitcoin in the purchase. The buy lifted Strategy’s holdings to 761,068 Bitcoin, valued at about $56.5 billion at […]
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Vietnam plans to restrict citizens from overseas crypto trading as banks and brokerages compete for new domestic licenses.
Michael Nadeau, founder of The DeFi Report, says he remains bullish on Hyperliquid over the long run, but argues the latest move in HYPE looks mistimed. In a post on X, he said the market is leaning too hard into the bullish narrative just as on-chain activity and positioning data begin to soften. Nadeau’s central point is not that Hyperliquid is broken. It is that the recent strength in HYPE may have outrun what the underlying data currently supports. “I’m a fan of both @Globalflows and HYPE, but think he’s early here,” Nadeau wrote. He added that HYPE had “been strong in the bear market (outperforming BTC) because of its token economics + the ‘TradFi/Oil futures’ narrative,” before arguing that “the reality is that Hyperliquid looks like a ‘risk-off’ chain, just like the rest of crypto.” Bullish Hyperliquid Long Term, But Not Now That distinction matters. Hyperliquid presents itself as a high-performance layer-1 built for a fully on-chain financial system, with on-chain order books for perpetuals and spot markets. Bulls have also focused on HYPE’s design: Hyperliquid says trading fees are directed to the community, while its assistance fund converts fees into HYPE and burns those tokens, and stakers can receive trading-fee discounts. In other words, when Nadeau mentions “token economics,” he is referring to the structural features that have made HYPE attractive even in a difficult market. Related Reading: Weiss Crypto Flags 3 Key Risks For Hyperliquid And HYPE He also briefly points to the “TradFi/Oil futures” narrative, which has become one of the more powerful stories around Hyperliquid in recent weeks. The platform’s pitch is that it can extend crypto’s 24/7 market structure into more traditional assets, and oil-linked perpetuals on Hyperliquid saw a burst of attention during the recent geopolitical shock around Iran, when traders used the venue to price crude outside normal exchange hours. That backdrop helped feed the idea that Hyperliquid was becoming a real-time macro trading venue rather than just another crypto chain. Nadeau’s pushback is that the numbers no longer line up neatly with that narrative. “Fees are down 56%. Volumes are down 55%. Open interest is down 44%. Bridged assets are down 32%,” he wrote, adding that there had been “very few inflows over the last 30 days.” These numbers are key. Fees and volume speak to how much actual trading is happening. Open interest tracks how much derivatives exposure is still outstanding. Bridged assets are a rough signal for how much capital is moving onto the network. He sharpened the point further by saying, “The reality is it’s the same 50k users on HYPE that we saw last year.” That is a blunt way of framing the concern: price may be running on narrative expansion while user growth and capital inflows remain comparatively flat. Related Reading: Hyperliquid Looks Like Solana At $20 Last Cycle, Daniel Cheung Says Nadeau then shifts from fundamentals to market structure. He says oil futures volume on Hyperliquid peaked on March 9 and has trended lower since, undercutting one of the main catalysts behind the move. At the same time, he argues HYPE is “locally overbought,” citing an RSI of 67 and says the token is running into resistance at its 50-week moving average, a longer-term technical level many chart watchers treat as an important trend line. His skepticism extends to PURR as well. PURR, now trading on Nasdaq as Hyperliquid Strategies Inc., describes itself as a digital-asset treasury company focused on accumulating HYPE and giving US and institutional investors exposure to the token. Nadeau called buying that vehicle in a “risk-off bear market” a “head-scratcher,” especially because, in his view, there is still little evidence that traditional finance is urgently chasing HYPE exposure. He noted that HYPE is up 93% since January 20, while PURR has gained 87% over the same period. The net result is a measured warning, not a bearish capitulation. Nadeau is still “bullish long term,” but for now he is “fading the recent action.” For traders, that leaves a clear takeaway: the long-term Hyperliquid thesis may still be intact, but in his view the short-term setup no longer offers an especially attractive entry. At press time, HYPE traded at $41.031. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
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Bitcoin on Tuesday hit a 6-week high of $75000 USD, but quickie retained below. This is credited to the surhe in the derivative market, Insitutional investment, and ETF inflow. The broader market also followed the bitcoin price, Ethereum(ETH) made it $2400, Solana(SOL) passed $97, XRP hit a monthly high at $1.59, and memecoins turned green. …