Leading US exchange Coinbase has partnered with Better Home & Finance (Better.com) mortgage lender, to launch cryptocurrency-backed mortgages. Henceforth, home buyers can pledge their Bitcoin (at 250% collateral) or USDC (at 125%) as collateral for home loans without selling them (the tokens). This eliminates capital gains tax since there are no realized gains. Additionally, these …
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A market analyst has released a new XRP price analysis, using the Bitcoin (BTC) chart and price action as the basis for her outlook. The analyst’s near-term outlook for XRP is bearish, with ongoing market volatility and shifting sentiment posing challenges. While she highlights potential downside targets, the analyst also applies Elliott Wave theory to pinpoint resistance levels, indicating areas where XRP could decline to. Market analyst Tara has shared her plan for XRP, drawing on patterns she observed on the Bitcoin chart. In her post on X, Tara outlined a clear roadmap for traders, warning that the current bounce seen in the XRP price could be a deceptive move and that significant downside risk remains ahead. The analyst identified a complete five-wave Elliott Wave decline on the one-hour XRP chart, noting that price finished its Wave 5 sell-off near the $1.362 support zone, a level visible on the chart as a strong horizontal floor. XRP Price Forecast Based On The Bitcoin Chart From that bottom, XRP has continued its corrective move upward, which Tara labeled as an ABC correction. This pattern consists of a Wave A rally, a Wave B dip, and a projected Wave C push, which she expects to carry the price higher in the short term. Related Reading: XRP Price Will Not Move The Way People Think, Here’s A Better Pattern The analyst explained that, like Bitcoin, XRP is currently awaiting a Wave 2 or Wave 5 retracement. She said the move is targeting the 0.618 resistance level at $1.51, which also lines up with a 1:1 measured move. Moreover, she clearly stated that this upward move carries a bearish label and should not be misconstrued as a sign of bullish strength returning to the market. Tara further warned that the move could trap many bulls. She noted that many traders may mistake the short-term rally for a genuine breakout, only to be caught off guard when the next wave begins. The analyst also noted that, based on her readings of the Elliott Wave structure, traders should already be thinking about what wave could come next once this retrace completes near the $1.51 resistance zone visible on the chart. Looking further ahead, Tara pointed to Wave 3 as the next major move to watch. She noted that Wave 3 carries downside targets as low as a Double Bottom at $1.12. The analyst added that the $0.87 macro support level on the price chart also remains a likely and valid target, representing a much deeper pullback from current price levels. Update On The XRP Price Action The XRP price is currently sitting at $1.37 after an unsuccessful attempt to break and sustain levels above the $1.40 resistance level. According to CMC data, XRP’s price performance has been largely bearish over the past two weeks, dropping by more than 6% in the last seven days and over 3% in the past 24 hours. Related Reading: XRP Still Stuck In Bear Market Cycle With Threats Of A Price Crash To $1.13 The recent downturn has been driven by a lack of strong bullish catalysts in a market marked by high volatility and ongoing geopolitical tensions. XRP’s persistent bearish technical structure and negative sentiment have also weighed significantly on its price momentum. Featured image from Getty Images, chart from Tradingview.com
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XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are heading toward their first monthly net outflow since their late-2025 debut, breaking the momentum that helped make them one of crypto’s strongest early product launches outside Bitcoin. Data from SoSoValue showed that the four funds have registered $28 million in net redemptions this month. This is also corroborated by CoinShares […]
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Ethereum is holding above $2,000. The price chart looks uncertain. The exchange data tells a different story entirely. A CryptoQuant report has identified a withdrawal pattern that cuts against the bearish surface narrative: on March 22, a single OKX outflow of $1.67 billion in ETH left the exchange in one movement — the largest single withdrawal event recorded in the period under review. Binance followed with its own signals, registering two separate outflows each exceeding $300 million, on February 5 and February 7. Three large withdrawals. Two major exchanges. One direction. Related Reading: The Bitcoin Coinbase Discount Is Back: History Says That Is Worth Watching When ETH moves off exchanges at this scale, it does not disappear — it migrates into cold storage, staking contracts, and long-term custody. It stops being available for immediate sale. The pool of coins that can be sold at a moment’s notice shrinks, and the market’s sensitivity to any new wave of buying demand increases proportionally. What the withdrawal data describes is a supply side that is quietly tightening while the price holds a key psychological level. Ethereum above $2,000 with contracting exchange supply is not the same market as Ethereum above $2,000 with abundant sell-side liquidity. The number is the same. The structure beneath it is not. One Exchange Would Be a Data Point. Two Is a Pattern. The report is precise about why the scope of the withdrawal signal matters. A single large outflow from a single exchange can reflect any number of explanations — an institutional custody transfer, a wallet reorganization, a single large holder moving funds for reasons entirely unrelated to market outlook. What it cannot easily explain is the same behavior appearing across multiple major exchanges within the same quarter. OKX posted the largest single withdrawal in the period. Binance registered two separate outflows above $300 million within 48 hours of each other in early February. When that kind of coordinated supply reduction appears across venues simultaneously, the isolated wallet movement explanation loses credibility. What remains is the more consequential interpretation: a broad contraction in the ETH available for immediate spot selling across the market’s deepest liquidity pools. The report is careful about what this means and what it does not. Lower exchange-held supply is not a rally trigger. It is a structural condition — one that reduces the overhead of available sell-side pressure and makes the market more reactive to any uptick in demand. The floor does not rise automatically. It becomes easier to defend. If the pattern holds, Ethereum is not just above $2,000. It is above $2,000 with a progressively thinner book of coins willing to be sold at this price. Related Reading: Ethereum Staking Ratio Hits Record 31.4% As Exchange Supply Crashes To 2016 Lows The Ethereum Trend Has Not Changed Ethereum is trading at $2,079, down 4.13% on the day. The session opened at $2,169, reached a high of $2,172, and has spent the remainder of the day selling off — a candle that opened near its high and is closing near its low. That is not consolidation. That is distribution. The daily chart context is unambiguous. ETH peaked near $4,100 in September 2025 and has been in a structured downtrend for six consecutive months. The February capitulation — a near-vertical drop from $3,000 to $1,770, accompanied by the heaviest sell volume on the entire chart — was the most violent single move of the decline. Price recovered from that wick, but the recovery has been labored, range-bound, and unconvincing. Related Reading: Bitcoin Structure Has Changed: UTXO Data Challenges Traditional Cycle Narratives All three moving averages confirm the bearish structure. The 50-day MA has crossed below the 100-day MA — a death cross on the intermediate timeframe — and both are accelerating lower. The 200-day MA, descending from the $3,200 region, remains the dominant overhead resistance. Price has not traded above it since November. Every rally attempt has stalled well beneath it. Today’s 4.13% decline while trading below all three downward-sloping MAs is not noise. It is the trend reasserting itself. The $2,000 level is the immediate line. Below it, the February lows at $1,770 come back into view. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
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The corporate Bitcoin treasury boom is losing oxygen: a $100 billion public-company bet has shrunk, buying has collapsed outside Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), and the financing model that drove the trade is starting to fail. Data from CryptoQuant show that the Michael Saylor-led company bought about 45,000 Bitcoin over the last 30 days, the largest 30-day […]
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The Ethereum Foundation brought together some of the world’s most influential financial players in New York City for an exclusive, invitation-only institutional forum on how traditional finance is engaging with ETH. This gathering signals a growing focus on bridging the gap between decentralized technologies and traditional finance, as major players increasingly explore blockchain integration. Institutional Participation Signals Growing Confidence In Ethereum The Ethereum Foundation hosted a high-level invite-only institutional forum in New York City, drawing participation from hundreds of banks, asset managers, and infrastructure providers representing a combined $250 trillion in assets under management (AUM). An investor known as Milk Road on X revealed that major players, including BlackRock, Western Union, Robinhood, Moody’s, Baillie Gifford, and Securitize, took part in panels as builders, actively working on solutions within the ETH ecosystem. Related Reading: Ethereum Foundation Launches Bold New Push To Accelerate DeFi Growth Before now, institutional adoption used to be a bumper sticker, a story investors told themselves to feel better about the asset they already held. This move is different because the firms managing a combined $250 trillion in assets sat in rooms and talked about what they’re actually building on ETH. In addition, the ETH Foundation used the event to unveil its post-quantum security strategy and launch a dedicated resource hub. Addressing such forward-looking challenges in a room filled with major financial institutions sends a signal. Milk Road noted that the ETH Foundation is positioning its infrastructure to evolve over decades, not just short-term market cycles. For those who have questioned whether major institutions would move beyond experimentation, the developments in New York offered a compelling counterpoint. Bitmine Launches Staking Model, ETH Network Activity Surges Tom Lee, alongside Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), has officially launched MAVAN, the made-in-America Validator Network. According to Tom Lee Tracker, MAVAN is set to become the largest Ethereum staking platform globally, with approximately 3,142,643 ETH already staked, valued at around $6.8 billion based on an estimated price of $2,148 per ETH. Related Reading: Ethereum Sees Increased Whale Activity Following Optimistic Remarks From Tom Lee The scale of growth is accelerating, with over 101,776 ETH, worth around $219 million, staked in the past week alone. At full deployment, the network is projected to generate nearly $300 million in annualized staking rewards. Beyond ETH, MAVAN is also expected to expand into additional proof-of-stake chains and broader blockchain infrastructure. Activity on the Ethereum network is surging, with daily transactions rising at an explosive pace. Crypto investor known as CW on X has stated that despite the price weakness, the network activity still remains at an all-time high level. Such a growth is not a signal of a bear market, as the price has dropped, but some investors are working very hard under the surface. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com
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Circle, the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, saw its stock plunge 20% this week, erasing $5 billion in market capitalization in its steepest intraday drop since going public. The sell-off happened on the same day Tether announced it had secured a ‘Big Four' accounting firm to undertake a full audit of USDT. According to […]
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