Bitcoin opened the week by rallying straight into a key resistance level. If it holds, BTC and altcoins could embark on the next leg of the crypto bull market.
The alleged theft of 2,323 bitcoin has triggered a High Court dispute testing how English property law applies to digital assets.
OpenSea delays its SEA token launch as CEO Devin Finzer cites challenging crypto market conditions and promises a new timeline later.
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Last October, the platform revealed details regarding the SEA token generation event, saying at the time it was eyeing.
The platform will end its rewards waves, offer optional fee refunds for certain traders and introduce 0% token trading fees for 60 days starting March 31 as it promotes its revamped marketplace.
New SEC filing names Anchorage Digital Bank as the crypto custodian and adds SUI to the list of eligible tokens in the proposed fund that aims for direct digital asset exposure.
Bitcoin’s recovery above $74,000 highlights a rapidly improving market, but several data points suggest that pro traders remain cautious and skeptical.
Cboe files with SEC to launch near 24x5 trading for U.S. equities, reflecting growing global demand for overnight stock market access.
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Unlike previous years, only a handful of official events at the 2026 version of the iconic Austin festival featured crypto.
SEC prepares proposal to make quarterly earnings reports optional, allowing U.S. companies to report results twice a year.
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About two-thirds of the company’s tokens are currently staked, generating an estimated $180 million in annualized revenue.
Shiba Inu (SHIB) has experienced a sudden increase in futures net flows, skyrocketing more than 1,549% in one day. The spike comes amid broader market volatility and negative sentiment, which has pushed SHIB’s price to record lows. Despite the ongoing downtrend, the recent increase in net flows signals growing activity among derivative traders. Additionally, this pattern may indicate potential support for a strong bullish trend if the latest inflows translate into sustained buying activity. Shiba Inu Sees Massive Surge In Net Flows The Shiba Inu ecosystem has seen a dramatic shift in its futures market, with net flows surging by an astonishing 1,549.47%, according to CoinGlass data. The sharp increase reflects a notable but brief change in trader behavior, with more capital flowing into SHIB futures contracts than exiting them over 24 hours. Related Reading: Shiba Inu Whales Are On The Move Again, But In What Direction? Notably, on-chain data shows inflows of $14.52 million and outflows of $13.80 million, resulting in a net inflow of about $446,810. While such a massive jump is partly due to very low net flows the day before, it still signals growing interest and adjustments in positions among derivative traders. Interestingly, the increase in futures net flows comes after a downward pressure in the SHIB price. Since 2025, the popular meme coin has traded sideways, ending the year in the red and continuing its downtrend in 2026. Although it experienced a brief recovery in January, when many meme coins spiked, Shiba Inu eventually gave up those gains. Nevertheless, the influx into futures contracts suggests the traders may be anticipating a reversal or preparing for heightened volatility. Sometimes, positive inflows in derivatives can foreshadow increased buying pressure, especially if they reflect new long positions driven by risk appetite. As of March 16, 2026, Shiba Inu is trading above $ 0.000006, indicating a strong recovery, with more than a 17% gain over the past day. The meme coin is trending upwards, with its market capitalization spiking by approximately 8% and total trading volume over the last 24 hours rising by more than 96%. Related Reading: Don’t Hold Your Breath: AI Prediction Says Shiba Inu Won’t Hit All-Time High This Year With the market finally recovering after months of consolidation, this could be the perfect opportunity for bulls to capitalize on any lingering positioning from the latest netflow spike and push SHIB above key levels. Analyst Predicts SHIB Price Could Delete A Zero In a technical analysis on X, crypto expert SHIB Knight commented on Shiba Inu’s latest rebound and continued increase. The analyst stated that “the market is healing,” highlighting the meme coin’s ongoing recovery from recent sell-offs and price swings as well as its potential for further upward momentum. He explained that Shiba Inu’s rebound began once Bitcoin’s price rose above $70,000. For his price forecast, he predicts that Shiba Inu could shed a zero in the coming day. The analysts noted that he is currently watching for a ceasefire or some form of resolution between the US and Iran as a potential factor that could influence overall market direction. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from Tradingview.com
Bitcoin’s power law enters a 2026 stress test as Giovanni’s new chart shifts the debate from price targets to regime signals Bitcoin Power Law chart creator Giovanni Santostasi has added a new layer to one of crypto’s most durable valuation models. The chart shifts attention to Bitcoin's movements away from the trend line, with a […]
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A new report reveals that OpenAI's own team warned the company against its adult mode plans—but the AI giant is still moving forward.
The amended SEC filing details the assets, custody arrangements and potential staking plans for the actively managed crypto fund.
Fresh ETF inflows, digital asset treasury buying and a shift away from bitcoin to altcoins are helping lift the second-largest cryptocurrency.
Peirce said the SEC isn't a “merit regulator,” emphasizing the agency doesn't decide whether financial products are good or bad investments.
The SEC has ended its case against Nader Al-Naji, who was accused of $257 million in unregistered securities sales via the BitClout token.
Data shows the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index has marked an improvement after the latest price surge, but its value is still inside the extreme fear zone. Bitcoin Has Witnessed A Price Jump Over The Past Day Bitcoin ended last week on a mixed note, first observing a sharp surge near $74,000 on Friday, but then dropping back into the low $70,000 levels inside the same day. The weekend saw the asset consolidate, but it seems the new week has brought with it fresh bullish momentum as BTC has jumped once more. Related Reading: Bitcoin Foundation For A Mid-Term Breakout Remains Thin, Cost Basis Data Shows As the below chart shows, Bitcoin went further than the Friday jump this time, briefly hitting $74,400. The cryptocurrency has pulled back a bit since the high, but with a current value of $73,200, it remains more than 7% in the green on the weekly timeframe. BTC hasn’t been alone in the bullish push as the altcoins have also observed rallies. Ethereum, the second largest digital asset, has seen even better returns than Bitcoin, being up 13% on the week. Recent trader sentiment has been poor because of the extended bearish price action, but the new recovery has led to some improvement. BTC Fear & Greed Index Now At Edge Of Extreme Fear Territory The “Fear & Greed Index” refers to an indicator created by Alternative that tells us about the average sentiment present among investors in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency markets. The index determines the trader mentality using the data of five factors: market cap dominance, trading volume, volatility, social media sentiment, and Google Trends. To represent the sentiment, it uses a numerical scale running from 0 to 100. All values above 53 on this scale correspond to a sentiment of greed, while those under 47 to one of fear. The values in between imply a net neutral market mentality. Besides these three core zones, there are also two extreme territories on the index called the extreme fear (25 and under) and extreme greed (above 75). All the recent bearish price action pushed the market down into one of these extreme zones, as the chart below shows: From the graph, it’s visible that since dropping down deep into the extreme fear zone in February, the Fear & Greed Index has steadily been improving this month. The latest Bitcoin recovery surge, in particular, has induced a notable jump in the indicator. Related Reading: Bitcoin Recovery Requires STH Profitability Above 50%: Glassnode However, the trader sentiment still hasn’t improved enough to escape the extreme fear zone. Nonetheless, at a current value of 23, the index is now very close to transitioning into the normal fear region. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
Bitcoin chases $75,000 as the return of aggressive spot BTC ETF inflows, billion-dollar buys from Strategy and an improvement in investors’ risk appetite propel the crypto market.
The Ertzaintza (Basque Country police) says crypto is now present in a growing share of tech‑enabled crimes in Euskadi. More Than 500 Crypto Crimes In A Small Region In a report from last Monday, northern Spain’s Ertzaintza stated that they logged 541 crypto‑linked complaints in 2025, all of them undergoing investigation right now. The cases include 13 investigations into alleged fraud offenses and multiple other money laundering, embezzlement, fraud, scams and asset concealment related offenses, with crypto mainly as a rail to move or hide funds rather than the only target. Related Reading: Bitcoin Price Hits $74K As Geopolitical Tensions Spike, Is BTC Poised For a Fresh Leg Down? A Growing Trend The Basque Country situation is not an outlier, but rather a micro‑case of a broader European pattern of growing cases of cryptocurrency-related crimes. The European’s Union Police Agency (Europol) has called crypto‑enabled fraud and laundering a “significant burden” for law enforcement, with Spain regularly cited in large pan‑European operations. Spain has recently carried various operations dismantling multi‑million‑euro pyramid schemes and cross‑border laundering networks that used bitcoin and other coins to wash funds for thousands of victims. The 2026 Crypto Crime Report by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs estimated that illicit wallets received 158 billion dollars in 2025, up 145% year‑on‑year, yet that was only ~1.2% of total crypto transaction volume and a smaller share than in 2023, as reported by our sister website Bitcoinist. A Country Of Extreme Crypto Surveillance Spain is widely known in the crypto community as one of the countries with the thighter and most asphixiating regulations for crypto. Since 2021, CEXs like Binance and Coinbase are forced to share customer information with the Spanish Government under the Law on Measures to Prevent and Combat Tax Fraud. On top of the already strict reporting rules for foreign-held assets and harsh penalties for mistakes, lawmakers are now backing a proposal that would move crypto gains into the general income tax base, exposing high earners to rates of up to 47% on their digital asset profits. Related Reading: Bitcoin And US Election Cycles: An Age-Long Romance That Says $400,000 Is Possible What This Means For Traders Markets tend to price in regulatory and enforcement risk: short‑term headline spikes rarely change bitcoin’s long‑term trend by themselves, but harsher tax and AML moves in key jurisdictions like Spain can hit liquidity and local volumes. For traders, increased enforcement in places like the Basque Country means more KYC friction but also cleaner counterparties and a stronger institutional case over time. With scams clustering around promises of outsized yield, serious market participants should treat police warnings as a sentiment signal, not an existential threat to the asset class. BTC’s price trends to the upside on the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSD chart from Tradingview
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A senior executive at one of Asia’s leading financial firms just made one of the clearest institutional cases for XRP heard in recent months, and the numbers he cited are difficult to argue with. Sagar Shah, Chief Business Officer of EverNorth Asia, sat down for an interview covering the XRP Ledger ecosystem and its potential …
The Sei Development Foundation joined in the round to support expansion of an SEC-regulated alternative trading system and settlement platform for blockchain-based securities.
Pi Network has officially opened its second migration phase, allowing Pioneers who have already moved their first Pi balance to Mainnet to bring additional tokens on-chain. The announcement, which was first made on Pi Day on March 14, is now rolling out gradually across the network and represents one of the most anticipated milestones the …
The President-backed effort to set broader rules for US crypto markets is nearing a political deadline in Congress as banks press lawmakers and regulators to block stablecoin companies from offering rewards that resemble interest on deposits. The fight has become one of the central unresolved questions in Washington’s crypto agenda. At stake is whether dollar-linked […]
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The cryptocurrency market is entering a tense moment as investors turn their attention to the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting scheduled for tomorrow. While economists widely expect the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged, traders across crypto and traditional markets are watching closely for signals from Fed Chair Jerome Powell about inflation …
Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer just said something that the XRP community is not going to stop talking about. In a candid and unusually honest exchange on X, David Schwartz, acknowledged that a collapse from a possible $4 to as low as $0.20 or $0.25 cannot be ruled out, while simultaneously admitting that nobody at Ripple, …
The Trump family's World Liberty Financial approved a measure that lets big-time WLFI investors access members of its team.
Ironlight raises $21M to expand a regulated marketplace for tokenized securities as blockchain based equities trading surpasses $1B.
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