Day: March 12, 2026

Here’s How Much Needs To Flow Through Ripple For XRP Price To Reach $3,700

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cHowever, a growing segment of analysts believes the more important outlook is based on the financial infrastructure of Ripple and XRP. The global financial system processes about quadrillions each year, a scale few investors truly grasp. Much of that flow moves through the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), which still operates on settlement rails built decades ago. The need for improvement has led to interest in the architecture of Ripple’s ecosystem, and the math behind XRP’s price potential places it far above levels that most retail investors can think…

BlackRock launches staked Ethereum ETF, expanding crypto product lineup

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BlackRock launched the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, a new crypto investment product that combines spot ether exposure with staking rewards. The fund, trading under the ticker ETHB, marks the asset manager’s third crypto ETF and its first to incorporate staking. ETHB will hold spot ether and stake a portion of its holdings on the Ethereum network, allowing investors to earn staking rewards alongside price exposure. The launch expands BlackRock’s growing digital asset lineup, which already includes the iShares Bitcoin Trust IBIT and the iShares Ethereum Trust ETHA. Since their…

Bitcoin holds steady while Hyperliquid quietly steals the spotlight

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Bitcoin is doing its best impression of a sleeping giant. The asset has barely moved over the past 24 hours, hovering near $70K with a gain of just 0.1%, while the broader market mood sits deep in “Extreme Fear” territory. Meanwhile, Hyperliquid’s HYPE token is on a quiet tear, hitting fresh all-time highs against BTC and making the kind of move that gets noticed only after it’s already happened. The numbers behind Bitcoin’s calm surface On the surface, Bitcoin looks stable. Look a little deeper and the picture gets more…

South Korea Moves to Build AI Platform to Monitor Crypto Gains

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South Korea’s tax authority is preparing to deploy artificial intelligence to track cryptocurrency investment gains as the government moves closer to implementing a long-delayed tax on digital assets. According to a report by The Korea Times on Thursday, South Korea’s tax authority has opened a bid to build an AI-backed system to analyze cryptocurrency transaction data, as the government prepares for its planned 2027 tax on digital asset gains. The project, valued at about 3 billion Korean won (around $2 million), will establish an integrated platform capable of processing large…

Eightco Holdings shares swing after $125M funding round led by Bitmine and ARK Invest

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Eightco Holdings (ORBS) shares swung sharply after the company announced a $125 million funding round led by Bitmine and ARK Invest. The stock surged as much as 35% before giving back most of those gains, trading about 6% higher by Thursday morning. The funding includes a $75 million commitment from Bitmine, at least $25 million from ARK Invest, and $25 million from Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken. Eightco said the capital will support investments in artificial intelligence, blockchain infrastructure, and digital consumer platforms. The company also disclosed…

Crypto ATM Fraud Hit $333 Million in the US in 2025

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Crypto ATM fraud surged to $333 million in the US in 2025, with complaints received by the FBI growing 33% in the year as scam networks became more industrialized while tapping into advanced AI deepfake technology. Crypto ATM fraud is one of the fastest-growing financial crime categories in the US, according to cybersecurity firm CertiK in its latest report shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday, explaining that criminal organizations are exploiting the “speed and pseudonymity” of crypto ATMs or “kiosks” to extract funds from victims at an accelerating pace. The FBI…

Bitcoin–Gold Ratio Rebound Signals a Potential Opportunity Window

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) long-term price trend against gold shows a bullish shift after retracing to a level previously seen in 2017, 2022, and 2023. The potential trend change appears alongside what analysts describe as an “opportunity within risk.” BTC–gold ratio shows bullish divergence MN Capital founder Michaël van de Poppe noted that the Bitcoin-to-gold ratio is showing strength after forming a bullish divergence with the relative strength index (RSI) on the daily chart. BTCUSD/Gold ratio on a daily chart. Source: X A bullish divergence occurs when the price forms lower lows…

Tim Draper-backed Ark Labs secures $5.2 million from Tether and investors to scale Bitcoin infrastructure

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Ark Labs, a Bitcoin infrastructure startup backed by Tim Draper, has secured $5.2 million in seed funding to build a programmable financial infrastructure on the world’s largest digital asset network. According to a Thursday statement, the round included Tether, Ego Death Capital, Epoch VC, Lion26, Sats Ventures, and Contribution Capital. Anchorage Digital and Ralph Ho, a former vice president of finance at PayPal, also participated in the seed investment. With the latest raise, the company’s total institutional funding now stands at $7.7 million, building on a pre-seed round led by…

65% of Bitcoin Supply Not Vulnerable to Quantum Threat: Ark Invest

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US investment manager Ark Invest claims that the lion’s share of the Bitcoin supply is already safe from the quantum computing breakthrough, leaving ample warning signals for builders to quantum-proof the rest of the supply. Around 65.4% of the Bitcoin (BTC) supply is not vulnerable to the threat of a quantum computing breakthrough, but about 34.6% of the BTC supply remains at risk, according to a Wednesday white paper published by Ark Invest and Bitcoin-focused financial services company Unchained. This includes around 5 million BTC, or 25% of the total…

Why Ray Dalio Says Bitcoin Can’t Replace Gold

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Key takeaways Ray Dalio argues that Bitcoin cannot replace gold as the world’s primary store of value because gold has thousands of years of history as money and remains deeply embedded in the global financial system. Gold’s role in central bank reserves gives it institutional legitimacy that Bitcoin currently lacks, making governments more likely to rely on gold during periods of economic uncertainty. Dalio believes Bitcoin behaves more like a risk asset, often moving alongside technology stocks and other speculative investments rather than acting as a traditional safe-haven during market…