BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said he will start buying Bitcoin when the US Federal Reserve eases monetary policy and starts printing money amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
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XRP is trading around $1.40 after the market recorded modest upside following a volatile week that saw sharp intraday swings across several major cryptocurrencies. While price action has stabilized in the short term, on-chain data suggests that underlying market participation may be entering a quieter phase. Related Reading: Bitcoin Exchange Reserves Fall To 2019 Levels As ETFs And Corporate Treasuries Accumulate According to a CryptoQuant analyst, activity across centralized exchanges has dropped significantly in recent weeks. Data tracking XRP deposits and withdrawals across major trading platforms shows that transaction counts have fallen to the lowest levels recorded since the metric began tracking exchange behavior. The indicator, known as the Multi Exchanges Daily Depositing and Withdrawing Transactions Delta, monitors the net number of XRP transfer transactions across 15 major cryptocurrency exchanges. Unlike traditional flow metrics that measure the volume of coins moving on and off exchanges, this dataset focuses on the number of transactions themselves. This distinction provides insight into user behavior rather than capital size. In practical terms, the metric reveals how many participants actively interact with exchanges by sending or withdrawing XRP. The recent decline, therefore, suggests a slowdown in user-driven exchange activity. Such periods often emerge when markets transition between phases, as traders step back from short-term speculation while waiting for clearer price direction. XRP Exchange Activity Signals Market Cooling Phase The report also explains how the deposit and withdrawal transaction metrics should be interpreted within a broader market context. Unlike volume-based indicators, this dataset focuses on the number of transactions occurring across exchanges, which helps reveal shifts in investor behavior rather than simply measuring capital flows. When the metric rises sharply, it typically indicates that more users are sending XRP to exchanges than withdrawing it. In market terms, that behavior often precedes increased selling pressure, as traders move coins to trading platforms in preparation for potential liquidation. The opposite dynamic emerges when the metric declines. Lower readings generally suggest that investors withdraw XRP from exchanges into private wallets. This behavior often aligns with accumulation phases, when participants move assets off trading platforms and reduce their intention to sell in the short term. Related Reading: Altcoins Approach Historic Stress Levels as 38% of Tokens Near All-Time Lows Recent data shows a pronounced decline in the number of XRP deposit and withdrawal transactions. In practical terms, fewer investors currently interact with exchanges using XRP, creating an unusually quiet market environment. The broader context also matters. XRP has fallen more than 60% from its previous highs, a move that appears to have significantly reduced retail participation. The last major spike in exchange deposits occurred in January 2025 when XRP approached the $3 level. Binance remains the primary exchange driving transaction activity. XRP Struggles to Reclaim Key Resistance as Downtrend Persists XRP continues to trade near the $1.40 level after a prolonged correction that has defined its price structure since late 2025. The daily chart shows the asset attempting to stabilize following a sharp sell-off that pushed prices from above $2.30 down toward the $1.20–$1.30 range earlier this year. The broader technical structure remains bearish. XRP has consistently traded below its major moving averages, including the 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day trends, all of which now slope downward. This alignment typically reflects sustained selling pressure and a lack of strong bullish momentum. Related Reading: Post-Crash Purge: XRP’s 60% Valuation Reset Meets a Record Low in Exchange Liquidity Recent price action suggests that the $1.30–$1.35 zone is currently acting as short-term support. Buyers stepped in after the February capitulation wick that briefly pushed XRP near the $1.20 area, triggering a rebound that brought the asset back toward the $1.40 region. However, upside attempts remain limited. The declining 50-day moving average near $1.60 now represents the first meaningful resistance level. A recovery above that zone would signal improving momentum and could allow XRP to test the $1.80–$2.00 range. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
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Proceeds from Bitcoin sales have paid for healthcare, environmental programs, and government worker salaries in Bhutan — a detail that puts the kingdom’s latest crypto move in sharper focus. Related Reading: WAR Token Explodes 100%, Then Crashes 20% In Sudden Sell-Off A Small Nation With A Big Bitcoin Strategy On Monday, blockchain analytics firm Arkham flagged a transfer of 175 Bitcoin, worth roughly $11.85 million, out of Bhutan’s main government wallet. The funds moved to an address created about a month ago, one that had already received 184 Bitcoin from state accounts. As of Tuesday, the coins had not moved again. No sale has been confirmed. But the transfer fits a pattern Arkham has tracked for months. Data shows Bhutan tends to offload Bitcoin in batches of $5 million to $10 million at a time. The heaviest selling on record came in mid-to-late September 2025. Back in February, a similar transfer preceded a $7 million sale to Singapore-based crypto trading firm QCP Capital. Bhutan just moved another $11 Million of Bitcoin out of its main holding addresses. The last time they did this was 1 month ago, and they were selling $7 Million of BTC with QCP Capital. Bhutan periodically sells portions of its Bitcoin in clips of $5-10M, with a particularly… pic.twitter.com/tBuz280bBe — Arkham (@arkham) March 9, 2026 How Bhutan Built Its Stash The kingdom did not buy its Bitcoin on an exchange. It mined it. State-backed operations began in 2019, powered almost entirely by hydroelectric energy. During summer months, Bhutan’s rivers run fast and full, pushing its hydropower plants into surplus. Rather than waste that extra electricity, officials directed it toward Bitcoin mining. That strategy produced roughly 13,000 Bitcoin over several years, making Bhutan one of the larger sovereign holders in the world. Arkham currently puts the country’s holdings at around 5,400 Bitcoin — a figure that reflects years of periodic selling. Among nations, Bhutan ranks seventh. The US holds the top spot by a wide margin, with 328,372 Bitcoin worth close to $22 billion. The April 2024 halving hit the operation’s profitability hard. Mining rewards dropped to 3.125 Bitcoin per block, pushing up the effective cost of each coin produced. Since then, Bhutan has sold more frequently, and some Bitcoin miners globally have shifted their computing power toward artificial intelligence and data center work instead. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Valuation Model Hints At $500K Cycle Average, Analyst Says Druk Holding Manages The Portfolio All of Bhutan’s digital assets — Bitcoin included — are managed by Druk Holding and Investments, the country’s sovereign wealth fund. The portfolio also holds smaller amounts of Ether and a memecoin called KiboShib, which was reportedly generated by artificial intelligence. What makes Bhutan’s position unusual is how grounded its crypto activity is in basic public finance. The kingdom is not sitting on Bitcoin as a long-term ideological bet. It is mining when the energy is cheap, selling when prices allow, and using the money to keep the lights on. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
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Bitcoin has climbed back to the top of its current trading range, placing the market at a critical decision point. While a breakout could open the door to further upside, analysts warn that failure to push higher may trigger a sharp rejection. If selling pressure emerges at these highs, Bitcoin could rotate back toward the key support level around $62,800. A Return To The Top Of Its Trading Range Bitcoin moves to its range highs, prompting analyst Lennaert Snyder to issue a cautious update regarding current market conditions. Snyder highlights his trading strategy: avoiding long positions at the top of a range. Since the most logical and high-probability buying opportunities are found at the range lows, entering a long at these elevated levels presents an unfavorable risk-to-reward ratio. Related Reading: Bitcoin At The Bottom? The 23-Month Cycle That Has Never Failed Instead of chasing the upward momentum, the current technical setup suggests that a shorting scenario is much more compelling. Snyder is currently tracking three potential paths for today’s price action, each focusing on how Bitcoin reacts to overhead resistance. If Bitcoin begins to drop from its current position and loses the critical market structure level at $69,383, it would signal a shift in momentum. In this case, Snyder intends to enter a short position, targeting the “weak lows” situated around $65,280. Furthermore, there is buy-side liquidity still resting above the current price at $71,200 and $72,846. If Bitcoin pushes higher to “sweep” these pools and trap breakout buyers, Snyder will wait for a bearish Market Structure Break (MSB) to confirm the move. This confirmation would then serve as the entry point to short the asset back down toward the same $65,280 target. Bitcoin Touches Exact Range High At $70,500 In a recent technical update, crypto analyst Zord highlighted that Bitcoin has accurately tapped the Range High at approximately $70,500, a level previously identified in his last market analysis. This precise touch confirms the current range boundaries, placing the asset at a critical inflection point where the next major directional move will likely be decided. Related Reading: Bitcoin Losing Strength — $66,000 Now The Line Between Recovery And Crash The potential for a bullish expansion remains on the table, with Zord noting that a successful breakout from this resistance could finally propel BTC toward a new all-time high or a sweep of the $74,000 level. However, the analyst cautioned that despite the proximity to these highs, a definitive breakout has not yet materialized. Conversely, the risk of a rejection at this overhead resistance carries significant downside implications. If BTC fails to sustain its momentum here, Zord anticipates an immediate retracement back through the Range Mid, ultimately targeting the Range Low situated at $62,800. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
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Paul Atkins, the Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has detailed the collaborative approach between the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in regulating the cryptocurrency industry. Speaking at the ongoing FIA International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Florida, Atkins said the “regrettable era of duplicative enforcement actions” was …
XRP is in a spot that could decide whether the cryptocurrency’s larger cycle still has room to run. Although the price action is perambulating around $1.40, one new technical outlook contends that the current weakness may not be the start of a deeper collapse. Instead, it may be a familiar pause inside a structure that looks very similar to the one XRP formed before its 2017 rally. If this holds, then XRP might be well on track to hitting a 1,500% rally to $20. A Familiar Breakout Structure For XRP According to technical analysis posted on the social media platform X by crypto analyst Javon Marks, XRP’s current pattern setup and breakout process are extremely similar to the move that preceded its major 2017 rally. Related Reading: XRP Starts New Week With Bullish Confirmation, But This Level Is A Problem Interestingly, the analyst’s view is based on a side-by-side comparison of two large market structures on the long-term chart, both of which appear to form symmetrical triangle-like consolidations that ended with a breakout attempt, a brief fakeout beneath support, and then an upside expansion. To understand why Marks is making this call, you have to go back to 2014. XRP spent nearly three years carving out a descending triangle that was defined by a series of lower highs pressing against a flat or declining support base. The chart shows multiple rejected peaks between 2014 and 2016, with each bounce leading to lower highs. Most traders watching at the time would have seen a broken asset grinding lower. The twist came in late 2016, when the price briefly fell below the triangle’s lower boundary to create a false breakdown. From there, XRP snapped back violently, broke out of the entire structure, and launched a 2,029.78% rally that pushed to new all-time highs. The current chart structure appears to follow the same sequence. XRP spent multiple years coiling between descending resistance and rising support between 2018 and 2024, printed another false breakdown near the end of the formation, and then broke upward in 2025. That move already produced a powerful surge to a new price high of $3.65, but the overall breakout process may not be finished yet. XRP To Rally Above $20 The important part of the analysis is that XRP may now be in the same stage where it briefly cooled off before the next leg of the 2017 move. According to Marks, this current retreat, back to the $1.30s and $1.40, is structurally identical to the brief consolidation that followed XRP’s 2017 breakout before the parabolic leg higher truly kicked off. In his words, “Right now is only a temporary pullback before a move well above the $20 mark.” Related Reading: Analysts Predict Conservative XRP Price If It Follows 2017 Run However, the $20 target is not the last stop. Based on a purely technical outlook, the chart also shows a much larger measured move, with a peak projection just above $90 based on how the 2017 rally finally peaked. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com
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While large institutional flows dominate total stablecoin volume, small-value transfers make up most stablecoin transactions on BNB Chain, which has eclipsed other blockchains by transaction count and has become one of the leaders in the sector. Related Reading: Dogecoin Risks More Pain As Price Retests Critical Support – Analyst Warns Of 37% Breakdown BNB Chain Tops Global Stablecoin Transactions By Count As stablecoin activity continues to grow, BNB Chain has emerged as one of the leading networks in the sector, positioning itself ahead of competitors like Ethereum, Tron, and Solana in transaction share, especially for smaller-value transfers predominant in emerging markets and retail use. Recent data shows that BNB Chain is leading the stablecoin sector by transaction count, handling roughly 40% of global transactions while only holding 5% of the total stablecoin supply. This figure illustrates the high transaction velocity achieved through its low fees and faster block times, facilitated by recent upgrades, and active DeFi protocols like PancakeSwap and Venus. On-chain data platform Dune also revealed that BNB Chain is currently leading in monthly unique stablecoin senders among all blockchains. The data shows that the network saw 15.1 million unique senders in February alone, surpassing Tron’s 8.8 million, Ethereum’s 5.4 million, Solana’s 4.8 million, Arbitrum’s 2.5 million, and base’s 2.1 million. This signals that, in terms of everyday stablecoin activity like trading, payments, and remittances, BNB Chain is currently the most active network for users. While Ethereum remains the dominant chain for stablecoins, the BNB chain leads in annual stablecoin growth, as reported by NewsBTC, with the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) soaring 133% Year-over-Year (YoY). In addition, it doubled its stablecoin market capitalization to $14 billion at its 2025 peak, also recording the highest daily active users across blockchains. Recently, it also recorded $21.7 billion in stablecoin transfers in a single day, marking a yearly peak. ‘The Normies’ Lead Stablecoin Transactions Growth Forbes recently highlighted the key role of fiat-pegged tokens in crisis economies, affirming that stablecoins have subtly become parallel currencies in emerging nations where local currencies are not a reliable store of value. The Orbital Stablecoin Premium/Discount Index for Q4 2025, cited by Forbes, shows the gap between what people pay for digital dollars and what they should cost, with regions such as the Middle East and North Africa averaging a 16.35% buy premium. Small stablecoin transactions under $10,000 grew exponentially in 2025, going from 316 million to 3.2 billion. “Most of that growth came from emerging markets, where a less-than-$0.05 transaction fee on chains like BNB Chain or Polygon costs less than the bus fare to the nearest bank,” the news media outlet detailed. Notably, 82% of stablecoin transfers are under $1,000 on the BNB Chain, while 99% of them are below $10,000, with an average transaction cost of $0.050. According to the report, two-thirds of merchant stablecoin payments come from exchange accounts, and more than 50% of crypto users in emerging markets entered through Binance or OKX. Related Reading: Bitcoin Stabilizes, But Glassnode Warns Spot Demand Is Still Weak Nina, BNB Chain’s Director of Growth, told Forbes that the chain’s substantial transaction volume relative to its smaller share of total value accurately reflects its user base: “The normies.” “Our audiences are not necessarily all occupied institutions, but a lot of micro payments and retail users,” she explained. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com
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Cardano is facing a fresh round of criticism after renowned crypto market analyst Ali Martinez, known on X as Ali Charts, argued that the network’s valuation remains badly out of step with actual usage. His thesis is blunt: unless adoption improves materially, ADA’s price could face far more downside if a key support level breaks. In a post titled “The Most Useless Network in the Crypto Market,” Martinez framed Cardano as a chain with a large market value but comparatively weak onchain traction. He wrote, “Cardano ranks among the largest cryptocurrencies by market value, yet the level of real activity on the network remains relatively small.” Could Cardano Fall Another 80%? He then tied that directly to DeFi participation, arguing that “the amount of capital locked in Cardano’s DeFi ecosystem has never exceeded $1 billion, and it has historically been only a fraction of what is locked on competing platforms like Ethereum. Even some newer chains, such as SUI, have already surpassed it in usage.” Related Reading: Cardano Red Month Is Far From Over: Analyst Predicts Crash To This Target That gap between valuation and network activity sits at the center of his bearish case. Martinez argued that when “a network is valued in the billions but only a limited amount of capital and applications are actually using it, the price may be driven more by speculation than by real demand.” In his view, Cardano has yet to establish the kind of durable product-market fit that tends to sustain long-term capital inflows in crypto. He sharpened that comparison by placing Cardano alongside two ecosystems that, in his telling, already carved out clearer roles in the market. “Unlike Ethereum, which has built a dominant position in DeFi, or Solana, which has captured high-speed consumer applications, Cardano still lacks a clear use case that consistently attracts users, developers, and investors,” he wrote. The point was not simply that Cardano is smaller than those chains, but that it still has not locked in a sector where it is the default destination for activity. Related Reading: Cardano Sharks & Whales Quietly Accumulate 819M ADA Amid Price Decline Martinez also pointed to Cardano’s development model as a structural constraint. “Another concern for me is the pace of development and the increasingly competitive environment,” he said. “Cardano follows a research-driven model that prioritizes academic review and formal verification. While that approach can improve security and design quality, it has also resulted in a slower rollout of features compared to other blockchains.” That slower cadence, he suggested, has had compounding effects. “Although Cardano launched in 2017, smart contracts were not introduced until 2021, giving competing ecosystems several years to build stronger network effects with more developers, applications, and liquidity.” In crypto, where network effects can become self-reinforcing, arriving late to key product layers can matter as much as technical design. The market implication of that thesis comes down to one chart level. Martinez said $0.245 is the critical support to watch. If that floor breaks decisively, he sees scope for a move to $0.112 or even $0.051, which would imply another 50% to 80% decline from that zone. He stopped short of calling the breakdown a certainty, noting that it “has not yet occurred,” but said traders waiting on the sidelines could still see a short setup if the level fails, provided risk is tightly managed. At press time, ADA traded at $0.2668. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
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Shares of the stablecoin issuer have seemingly decoupled from the broader crypto market, gaining 49% this year and doubling since early February.
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Bitcoin (BTC) is showing technical warning signs that have caught the attention of market watchers, with one analyst now predicting a dramatic price collapse in the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The analyst noted that a Bitcoin candlestick pattern that previously preceded a devastating crash to below $20,000 has reappeared on the weekly chart, reigniting fears that history may be repeating itself. If it does, it could completely rewrite the narrative of this entire market cycle. Historical Setup Signals Bitcoin Potential Crash To $19,000 Market analyst Tony Severino has issued a stark warning to Bitcoin investors and holders, sharing a technical analysis on X that draws a chilling comparison between current price action and a previous cycle crash. The analyst has projected that Bitcoin could decline as low as $19,000 in this bear market. Related Reading: Analyst Says Bitcoin $200,000 Target Remains Open, But There’s A More Realistic Target The chart shared by Severino places two Bitcoin weekly candlestick patterns side by side, revealing a near-identical structural setup between the current market cycle and a previous bear phase. The left panel shows Bitcoin’s recent trajectory from late 2025 to early 2026, while the right panel displays a historical period that ultimately saw prices collapse below $20,000. Severino expressed his surprise at the chart patterns, noting that it was “absolutely wild” how similar the candlestick structures are between the two periods. He added that even the technical indicators are “almost exactly the same.” Both chart panels feature a prominent rectangular consolidation zone followed by a pink-highlighted rebound area. The visual symmetry between the two timeframes underpins the analyst’s bearish thesis, suggesting that the current rebound around the pink zone could be short-lived, followed by a potential crash below $19,000 if historical trends repeat. Notably, the analyst’s bearish forecast drew skepticism from some members of the crypto community. One member argued that a drop to such levels would not simply represent a routine cycle correction, but the largest retracement in Bitcoin’s history. Severino, however, stood firmly on his analysis and forecast, stating that a 74% correction was entirely possible and even normal within Bitcoin’s historical framework. Not backing down, he insisted again that the market may still have significant downside to navigate before any meaningful bottom is established. Update On BTC’s Price Action The Bitcoin price has recovered again from its previous level, trading back above $70,000. Last week, the cryptocurrency crashed to as low as $63,000 amid significant volatility and shifts in market sentiment. Related Reading: Bitcoin At The Bottom? The 23-Month Cycle That Has Never Failed However, CoinMarketCap data shows that Bitcoin has gained over 4.8% in the last 24 hours, with its daily trading volume up by more than 23.4%. The sudden price increase has been attributed to sustained inflows into Spot Bitcoin ETFs and easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
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