Bitcoin Battles Its Latest Key Reclaim Target With $80,000 on the Radar

Bitcoin open interest sparked a prediction of high BTC price volatility to come as $70,000 remained the bulls’ key reclaim level. Bitcoin (BTC) waited for cues on Wednesday as the market priced in geopolitical instability. Key points: Bitcoin traders are waiting for the end of rangebound price action, with the focus on $70,000. An optimistic…

Ethereum’s Adoption Paradox: More Users, Lower Prices

Ethereum is seeing a growing divergence between the level of activity on the network and spot prices, suggesting that transactional activity alone isn’t driving demand for Ether. Ethereum network activity has been reaching record highs, according to CryptoQuant, including active addresses, token transfers, and smart contract calls. Total active addresses spiked to over 1.1 million…

BTC Leads Recovery While Altcoin Indicators Hit Cycle Lows

Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent recovery above $71,000 suggests that the price bottom is officially in, and bullish momentum can be seen across the crypto market. TOTAL2, which tracks the market cap of all crypto assets excluding Bitcoin, has held support at its 200-week moving average, but is an altcoin season in the making? The divergence between…

SEC Chair Calls for ‘Coordinated Oversight‘ Between US Financial Agencies

Paul Atkins, chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said that an agreement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) would lead to a new level of “coordination and collaboration,” including on enforcement. In a Tuesday speech for the FIA Global Cleared Markets Conference in Florida, Atkins said that the SEC and CFTC…

BTC Leads Recovery While Altcoin Indicators Hit Cycle Lows

Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent recovery above $71,000 suggests that the price bottom is officially in, and bullish momentum can be seen across the crypto market. TOTAL2, which tracks the market cap of all crypto assets excluding Bitcoin, has held support at its 200-week moving average, but is an altcoin season in the making? The divergence between…

Ether Funding Turns Negative, But Bears Remain In Control: Why?

Key takeaways: Ether price struggled as investors pulled $225 million from the spot ETFs, and Ethereum staking rewards underperformed compared to stablecoin yields. Recent Ethereum network upgrades and plans for improved wallet security are positives, but fail to kickstart demand for Ether. Ether (ETH) price has repeatedly failed to sustain levels above $2,100 over the…

Arthur Hayes Wouldn’t Invest $1 In Bitcoin Right Now

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, who has projected Bitcoin to hit $250,000 this year, says he’d rather wait-and-see than invest in Bitcoin at the moment, holding off until the US Federal Reserve loosens its monetary policy. “If I had $1 to invest right now, would I be putting it into Bitcoin? No. I would wait,” Hayes…

DeFi lending platform Aave sees $27 million liquidations after wstETH price glitch

About $27 million was liquidated on the decentralized lending platform Aave over the last 24 hours, in what some market participants say may have been caused by a temporary pricing issue involving the token wstETH. Blockchain data flagged by risk-management firm Chaos Labs shows a spike in liquidations in the past 24 hours. Some observers…

Tokenized Stocks Surpass $1 Billion as Ondo and xStocks Lead Market

Update March 10, 11:40 am UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from RWA.io co-founder Marko Vidrih. Tokenized stocks have surpassed $1 billion in total value on-chain, marking a new milestone for the fast-growing real-world asset (RWA) sector. Data from RWA.xyz shows the value of tokenized equities climbing past the $1 billion mark,…

Ether Funding Turns Negative, But Bears Remain In Control: Why?

Key takeaways: Ether price struggled as investors pulled $225 million from the spot ETFs, and Ethereum staking rewards underperformed compared to stablecoin yields. Recent Ethereum network upgrades and plans for improved wallet security are positives, but fail to kickstart demand for Ether. Ether (ETH) price has repeatedly failed to sustain levels above $2,100 over the…