Pi Network has confirmed that its Mainnet is now upgraded to Protocol 20, preparing the network for future smart contract support. Node operators have been asked to update their systems, with another upgrade, Protocol 21, expected soon. The upgrade sets the base for smart contracts, which are needed for building decentralized apps and DeFi platforms. …
Bitcoin price correction reversed at $69,500, preserving a new higher BTC trading range as gold led a post-Fed macro asset sell-off.
Listings and on-ramps monetized access scarcity. Intent-based protocols make it native to networks, ending gatekeeper detours forever.
Europe’s largest asset manager, Amundi, is making a decisive move into blockchain finance with the launch of its tokenized fund SAFO, built alongside Spiko. The debut comes backed by 100 million dollars in committed AUM, signaling that institutional confidence in tokenized finance is no longer theoretical but actively unfolding within regulated European frameworks. Jean-Jacques Barbéris …
Bitcoin and ether ETFs posted $219.2 million in combined net outflows on March 18, ending week-long inflow streaks.
US Bitcoin and altcoin ETFs saw notable outflows on Wednesday as BTC dipped below $71,000 and investor sentiment returned to extreme fear.
Ether risks over $2.5 billion in long liquidations below $2K, with volatility increasing the chance of a retest of $1,800 support.
Evernorth's Nasdaq listing could enhance institutional confidence in XRP, potentially boosting its adoption and integration in financial systems.
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Ancient Bitcoin whales and long-term holders are selling their sats as the US-Israeli war with Iran extends to key energy infrastructure, leading to sharp spikes in oil and gas prices.
FTX's fourth round of distributing bankruptcy recoveries arrives at a different moment. The estate will begin sending roughly $2.2 billion to eligible creditors on Mar. 31, just as Bitcoin (BTC) pushed back above $70,000 into what Glassnode called a thin $72,000-$82,000 on-chain zone. FTX announced on Mar. 18 that its fourth distribution will begin Mar. […]
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Cypherpunk Technologies CIO Will McEvoy is making a blunt case for Zcash: the market is undervaluing ZEC because it still has no coherent way to price privacy. In a thread published Tuesday, McEvoy argued that the discount is especially striking as AI-driven surveillance expands and demand for financial confidentiality becomes easier to justify. McEvoy’s core claim is simple. “Zcash is the most mispriced asset in crypto because privacy is the most mispriced asset in society,” he wrote. “The market has no real framework for valuing privacy so it gets ignored. The upside is asymmetric nonetheless.” Why Zcash Could Be ‘Mispriced’ He built that argument around relative size. At the time of his post, McEvoy put ZEC at $263 with a $4.4 billion market capitalization. Against that, he listed Bitcoin at $1.45 trillion, gold at $34.8 trillion, offshore wealth at $11.3 trillion, stablecoins at $312 billion, and Monero at $6.8 billion. The point was less about direct comparability than scale: by McEvoy’s framing, Zcash remains “just a rounding error” in every market it could plausibly intersect. Related Reading: Zcash Is The Last Possible 1000x In Crypto, Venture Capitalist Says That thesis runs through each benchmark. Relative to Bitcoin, McEvoy argued Zcash is still tiny enough that even a modest re-rating would imply a large move. He wrote that if ZEC reached 0.5% of Bitcoin’s value, it would imply a price of $446, or about 1.7 times higher. At 1%, the implied price rises to $891; at 2%, $1,782; and at 5%, $4,456. His summary line was as compressed as the valuation case itself: “Zcash is encrypted Bitcoin.” The offshore wealth comparison is more pointed. McEvoy described privacy not as a niche preference, but as something people have historically paid for at scale. “There is $11.3 trillion in offshore wealth,” he wrote. “People pay a premium for privacy. They always have. They always will.” From there, he argued that if Zcash captured 0.1% of that market, the implied price would be $680. At 0.5%, it would be $3,402, and at 1%, $6,804. “Zcash is a Swiss bank account in your pocket,” he added. His gold comparison extends the same logic into a more traditional store-of-value frame. “Gold is private. You can hold it. No one knows how much you have,” McEvoy wrote. “Zcash has the same properties but it’s digital, portable, and programmable.” On that basis, he modeled ZEC at $1,048 if it reached 0.05% of gold’s value, $2,095 at 0.1%, and $10,477 at 0.5%. Related Reading: Zcash Surges Post-SEC Probe: Is a Fresh Yearly High on the Horizon? McEvoy also positioned Zcash as a response to the visibility built into much of crypto’s existing payment infrastructure. “Stablecoin transactions are tracked. Wallets are surveilled,” he wrote, before laying out price scenarios based on ZEC reaching 5%, 10%, or 25% of the stablecoin market. Those levels implied prices of $939, $1,877, and $4,692, respectively. He also compared Zcash to Monero. McEvoy argued Zcash offers “stronger cryptography, optional transparency for compliance, and better scalability,” then laid out a simple relative-value table: parity with Monero would imply $410 for ZEC, double Monero’s value would imply $819, and five times Monero’s value would imply $2,047. “The privacy coin throne is not yet claimed,” he wrote. His closing point tied the whole thesis to a broader technological shift. “Artificial intelligence is the attack. Zcash is the defense,” McEvoy said. “AI decodes all the data. Zcash encrypts all the data. AI is the surveillance state. Zcash is the sovereign individual. As AI advances, privacy becomes more valuable, not less.” At press time, ZEC traded at $244.77. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The ruling Democratic Party responded, saying it has not formed a consensus on abolishing the tax but will review the new proposal.
Animoca Brands has made an investment in the AVAX token and entered a strategic partnership with Ava Labs to grow the Avalanche ecosystem.
The proposed rules could ban yield on stablecoins like USDC, though analysts say the exchange may adapt.
Bitcoin’s biggest limitation is being challenged as OpNet brings native, yield-generating DeFi directly to the Bitcoin mainnet.
The Bank of Japan has kept interest rates steady at 0.75% amid rising global tensions and surging oil prices. The move comes as markets react to uncertainty from the Middle East crisis. Investors and crypto traders are closely watching how Japan’s stable interest rates could influence Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies. BOJ Holds Interest Rates …
The exchange laid off about 180 employees as it restructures and rolls out enterprise-wide AI to drive efficiencies.
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The exploit, which occurred on March 16, didn’t appear to impact XVS prices until analysis showed major holders moving large amounts to exchanges.
Crypto.com's pivot to AI highlights the growing trend of automation reshaping industries, potentially widening the gap between tech adopters and laggards.
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Ether.fi’s ETHFI token has been added to South Korea’s largest crypto exchange with a new ETHFI/KRW pair, giving it direct access to a massive retail market. Trading started on March 19 at 12:30 PM KST. ETHFI was already available in BTC and USDT pairs on Upbit, but KRW pairs usually bring in much higher activity. …
Crypto.com cut 12% of its staff, or about 180 roles based on a prior headcount, as CEO Kris Marszalek pointed to an AI integration shift.
BTC dipped below $70,000 as energy prices spiked and the Fed held interest rates, pressuring crypto and equities.
Bitcoin is back at a point where the next move may carry more importance than an ordinary resistance test. The latest rebound has pulled the price back into a zone that could be the line between a continued recovery and another leg lower, especially as it is still early to judge whether the bounce from the yearly low has real strength behind it. Now, all eyes are on one specific zone that could either launch Bitcoin to a new all-time high or send it to another yearly low. A Roadmap Playing Out In Real Time The setup comes from a technical outlook shared by analyst Crypto Patel, who noted that Bitcoin has now entered its most important zone of 2026. The reaction inside the current order block will determine whether Bitcoin can continue building back to the upper resistance bands or slip into another breakdown sequence. That view is coming as Bitcoin broke above $75,000 again following weeks of trading below the level. Related Reading: XRP Trend Exhaustion Says Price Is About To Jump, Here’s The Target Crypto Patel’s prediction strategy is built around Bearish Order Block 1, a zone running from $74,567 to $79,289. According to his roadmap, Bitcoin already reclaimed $76,000 and pushed through the previous $74,000 resistance, confirming the bounce he had mapped from the $60,000 support area. The chart that accompanied his post presents this range as the first major test of the current rebound. Price is shown climbing out of a local low near $59,809 and moving straight into that overhead supply region. A projected path on the chart suggests two very different outcomes from here. One path shows Bitcoin getting rejected in this first order block and rolling over into a break of structure that could drag price back to the range in the low-$50,000s. The other shows Bitcoin pushing through the zone, establishing a higher low, and then making a run into the next resistance cluster. Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @CryptoPatel On X New All-Time High Within Reach If Structure Holds The bullish scenario for this technical analysis. Bitcoin needs to break through Bearish Order Block 1 and keep building. If that happens, then the next upside target is in Bearish Order Block 2, which is between $86,000 and $90,600. Related Reading: Ex-UK Prime Minister Blasts Bitcoin, Here’s What He Said The analyst also placed a change-of-character level at about $97,900 and noted that a higher-timeframe close above that region would be bullish. That would mean Bitcoin is no longer just bouncing inside the structure. Bitcoin closed around $73,926 on March 17 and around $71,256 on March 18, which means the price action is still close enough to Patel’s first decision zone for every small move there to matter. The bearish case is just as straightforward and probably more immediate. A rejection inside the $74,567 to $79,289 band could send Bitcoin into a fresh yearly low. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
Developers are already working to address quantum risks, and investors shouldn’t mistake a long-term challenge for an immediate threat, according to Galaxy Digital’s head of research Alex Thorn.
Bitcoin fell 2% while gold and silver saw sharper declines as oil prices surged and the Fed flashed hawkish signals.
Ethereum developers are pushing one-click staking to simplify validator operations, attract institutions and strengthen decentralization across the network.
The cryptocurrency market is red today, Bitcoin lost its strong support at $710000 USD. Some altcoins, such as RIVER, Dexe, Quant, and JUST, are moving in opposite directions. Let us examine the strength of this trend continuation.Bitcoin, after losing its critical support at $71,000, tested the $ 70,000 support today, indicating increased volatility amid the …
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has drawn its clearest line yet around which parts of crypto it views as outside securities law, a move that hands the industry a new map of regulatory winners while opening a narrower lane for privacy-focused technology. However, the SEC’s new crypto taxonomy does more than just redraw […]
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The initiative targets how a digital euro would operate across existing payment rails, with emphasis on offline transactions and interoperability.