Bitcoin’s rally is accelerating, but 43% of holders are still at a loss, leading traders to favor put options. Will this week’s gains hold?
The infrastructure provider will support the planned launch of Western Union’s USDPT stablecoin on Solana, linking blockchain payments to its global payout network.
Crypto-linked equities outpaced the broader market rally, with Gemini shares jumping about 34% and Coinbase climbing roughly 15%.
The US president makes it official after previously announcing his pick of Kevin Warsh to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a Jan. 30 social media post.
Korea's tech-heavy Kospi has plunged 20% in the last two trading sessions, potentially pushing that country's fast-money chasing traders back into crypto.
The bank's asset manager and 3iQ debut an actively managed crypto ETF to Canadian investors, offering exposure to Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP at a competitive 0.25% fee.
The family of Jonathan Gavalas claims that Google's AI chatbot pushed a delusional narrative that escalated into violent missions and ended with his death.
A slowdown in profit-taking and defending the 200-week EMA support at $68,000 are prerequisites for BTC to break the next big hurdle at $75,000.
Data shows social media mentions related to “altseason” have hit a low recently, something that has often been relevant for Dogecoin in the past. Altseason Social Volume Has Plummeted In a new post on X, analytics firm Santiment has talked about the latest trend in the Social Volume of “altseason.” The Social Volume refers to an indicator that tracks the weekly total number of posts/messages/threads on the major social media platforms that contain mentions of a given term or topic. Related Reading: Solana’s Next Major Support Levels Sit At $50, $22, And $10: Analyst Since Santiment has filtered the metric for altseason here, its value would provide a look into the amount of comments that are discussing the possibility of an altcoin season. As the below chart shows, this indicator’s value has declined recently, indicating that interest in the altcoin market has gone down. In the same graph, the analytics firm has also attached the data for the Dogecoin price. Santiment’s reasoning behind doing so is that “‘altseason’ is synonymous with FOMO and greed toward more speculative, emotionally driven assets like $DOGE, meme coins, or hyper-volatile and often mid to lower cap altcoins.” As such, the Social Volume of the term altseason can contain hints about interest around DOGE itself. Historically, digital asset markets have often tended to be affected by the sentiment among the retail crowd. The relationship between the two, however, has generally been an inverse one, meaning that hype can lead to tops while despair to bottoms. This same pattern has emerged in this chart as well. It would appear that a high value on the altseason Social Volume has been bearish for Dogecoin during the last two years, while low levels have acted as local bottom signals. With the recent decline in the altseason Social Volume, its value has dropped to an extreme low. Considering the past pattern, it’s possible that this market disinterest could allow the memecoin to rebound. It only remains to be seen, however, how Dogecoin and other altcoins will develop in the near future. Santiment has cautioned that the metric isn’t a perfect trading signal, noting that “disinterest in altcoins doesn’t always necessarily justify an imminent alt surge.” Related Reading: Bitcoin LTH Selling Cools: Is Months-Long Distribution Finally Ending? In related news, social media sentiment related to Bitcoin saw a sharp surge just before the asset’s Monday rally to levels near $70,000, as the analytics firm has highlighted in another X post. While Bitcoin initially rallied, that specific run fizzled out, which could be a potential consequence of it being fueled by retail greed. DOGE Price At the time of writing, Dogecoin is floating around $0.093, down 1% in the last seven days. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
Monthly digital asset treasury inflows were dominated by Bitcoin, except for August and September 2025, according to data from DefiLlama.
The rush to weaponize AI without adequate safeguards risks catastrophic outcomes, highlighting the urgent need for ethical oversight.
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"We believe this run has legs," said analyst Owen Lau as bitcoin rose 8% over the past 24 hours to just above $73,000.
The meeting reportedly happened before President Donald Trump posted to his social media platform, echoing some of Brian Armstrong's statements about stablecoin yield.
Strategic partnerships are key to overcoming barriers in the evolving crypto payment landscape.
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The investment includes a strategic partnership that will connect Tradeweb’s institutional trading network with Crossover’s CROSSx platform for spot crypto liquidity.
Bitwise donates $233K from BITB ETF profits to Bitcoin developers through Brink, OpenSats, and the HRF Bitcoin Development Fund.
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Bitcoin’s recovery picked up steam on Wednesday as the cryptocurrency rallied above $74,000 amid consistent inflows into the spot Bitcoin ETFs. Do technical charts support the move in BTC and altcoins?
Kraken has cleared a regulatory hurdle that crypto firms have chased for years: direct access to the Federal Reserve’s core payments infrastructure. On March 4, the exchange said its Wyoming-chartered bank, Kraken Financial, has been granted a Federal Reserve master account, allowing it to settle US dollar payments directly over Fed rails instead of routing […]
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South Koreas KOSPI plunged 12% in its largest one day drop on record as margin calls and tensions triggered a $625B market selloff.
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As demand for digital assets continues to accelerate, scaling solutions have become one of the most important challenges facing Ethereum. In a recent discussion, Robinhood’s Head of Crypto outlined the company’s ambitious strategy to tackle this problem by building its own ETH Layer-2 network to serve mainstream users. Rather than merely participating in the broader ecosystem, Robinhood aims to solve core usability barriers that have hindered mass adoption. Why Ethereum Needs To Scale For Mass Adoption Robinhood’s head of crypto explains why they’re building an Ethereum layer-2. According to a video that was reported on X by Etherealize, Robinhood stated that many companies are launching their own layer-1 blockchain to gain full control over their ecosystems. Meanwhile, Robinhood is excited about the idea of building a stack, but creating the security of a real, proper, decentralized chain is extremely difficult, and only ETH can offer that for free. Related Reading: Ethereum Boost: Vitalik Buterin Sets Aside $45M In ETH For Privacy And Open Tech In contrast, many newer layer-1 chains may appear as decentralized alternatives, but they often lack meaningful validator distribution or long-term security guarantees. Without deep decentralization, some of these chains risk becoming little more than a fancy database, slower than the actual database, and there’s no meaningful value in that. Robinhood explains that ETH can offer security by default, and the second major factor that the company considered in choosing to build a layer-2 on top of ETH was liquidity, which is on every EVM-compatible chain, and was also an important decision factor for the company. However, if the long-term goal is to bring traditional assets such as stocks on-chain, it will require liquidity, and this won’t be possible if it’s in a closed loop or closed chain that no individual can assess. For the company, these two elements were the main focus, which is why they decided to build on ETH. ETH’s Role In The Sanctuary-Tech Movement Ethereum Daily revealed on X that Vitalik Buterin emphasized that ETH should not be reduced to a speculative finance tool or technology fad. Instead, it should be part of a foundational layer within a broader sanctuary-technology infrastructure ecosystem designed to provide an open-source, censorship-resistant way for individuals to store value, coordinate, and communicate safely without relying on centralized gatekeepers. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Support Intact, but Market Signals Waning Bullish Momentum The idea goes beyond simple transactions. This includes building persistent digital spaces, programmable money, multigeniture wallets for collective asset security, and government contracts that allow communities to make decisions transparently and autonomously. When these components are integrated across all layers from user wallets to hardware, they form resilient digital islands capable of operating independently of any single authority. By limiting concentrated control and distributing power through code, ETH can help create systems that enable users to retain custody, privacy, and security in a chaotic geopolitical environment. Featured image from Peakpx, chart from Tradingview.com
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Some crypto advocates argue the decision could open the door to payment-focused financial institutions that operate without traditional deposit-lending models.
Warsh's potential Fed leadership could shift US monetary policy towards embracing blockchain innovation and regulated crypto integration.
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Bitcoin (BTC) has climbed back above the $73,000 level for the first time since early February, marking a notable recovery for the cryptocurrency. As momentum builds, some analysts believe the move could extend further if current trends remain intact. Among them is market analyst Ali Martinez, who shared his outlook in a recent post on X. According to Martinez, Bitcoin may be positioning itself for what he describes as a potential relief rally. ETF Accumulation And Thin On-Chain Resistance From an on-chain standpoint, Martinez highlighted the role of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which continue to absorb supply at a steady pace. He noted that ETFs purchased approximately $776 million worth of BTC last week alone. The pace has not slowed this week. Since the week began on March 2, ETF inflows have already reached around $789 million — and the week is still ongoing. That scale of accumulation points to sustained institutional demand, which can provide meaningful support during breakout attempts. Related Reading: MARA Revises Bitcoin Treasury Strategy, Opens Door To Selling $3.5 Billion In BTC Beyond capital flows, Martinez also pointed to blockchain data that suggests limited resistance immediately above current price levels. Using the URPD (UTXO Realized Price Distribution), he observed that a major resistance cluster previously sat near $70,685. With Bitcoin now above the key price zone of $72,000, the supply concentration between this area and $81,000 appears comparatively thin. According to CoinGecko data, the BTC price has surged 7% to $73,200 at the time of writing. In practical terms, this means there are fewer historically established sell levels within that range. If buying pressure continues to build, Martinez believes that the Bitcoin price could move more freely through this “low supply” area. Bitcoin Rally Could Extend Toward $84,000 The next significant concentrations of supply, according to Martinez, are positioned around $83,307 and $84,569. Those levels may serve as stronger resistance should Bitcoin’s rally extend into that territory. Related Reading: CFTC Chair Says Crypto Perps Approval Is Close — Why This Is Huge For Hyperliquid? Martinez concluded that a confirmed breakout above current levels, supported by persistent ETF inflows, lighter on-chain resistance, and strengthening technical structure, could create the conditions for a short-term expansion higher. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
Sui launches USDsui stablecoin issued by Stripe, expanding payments and DeFi infrastructure across the Sui ecosystem.
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Trump's direct involvement is required, but it is hard to see that occurring while the U.S. is in armed conflict with Iran, TD said.
The core developer behind Sui designed the network to outperform other blockchains in terms of speed and scalability.
Davide Crapis, the foundation's AI lead, sees the network acting as a coordination and verification layer in an increasingly AI-mediated world.
The crypto exchange added 17 tokenized stock pairs and seven defense and energy equities through its partnership with Ondo Finance.
This partnership highlights the growing integration of traditional finance with blockchain, potentially transforming global remittance efficiency.
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