Day: March 16, 2026

Bitcoin Trend Reversal Possible If $74K Holds, Will Altcoins Follow?

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Key points: Sellers will attempt to halt the recovery at $74,508, but if buyers bulldoze their way through, the rally may reach $84,000.  Select major altcoins have risen above their overhead resistance levels, signaling solid demand at lower levels. Bitcoin (BTC) rallied to $74,508 on Monday, a level that is a key near-term resistance. Crypto sentiment platform Santiment said in a recent report that wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC have started accumulating, which in the past was a bullish sign. US spot BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have also…

Panels Favoring AI over Crypto in 2026

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Cryptocurrencies seem to have lost their allure at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, giving way this year to panels and events focused on the rise of artificial intelligence. As the annual Austin, Texas event kicked off last week for a run through Wednesday, only a few official sessions focused on crypto, while a side event, the “Bitcoin Takeover” in downtown Austin, featured Bitcoin (BTC) maximalists and other industry representatives. “Almost exactly the pattern that’s playing out with AI is what’s playing out with crypto,” Ali Tager, the National Cryptocurrency…

OpenSea delays SEA token launch as CEO cites challenging crypto market conditions

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OpenSea is delaying the launch of its highly anticipated SEA token, with CEO Devin Finzer saying the company decided to push back the timeline due to difficult conditions across the crypto market. an update on $SEA. the team has been building at full speed, and the foundation had planned to kick off the first steps as part of our march 30th event. but @openseafdn is pushing back the timeline. a delay is a delay. i’m not going to dress it up, and i know how it lands. the… — dfinzer.eth…

T. Rowe Price Updates Filing for Actively Managed Crypto ETF

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T. Rowe Price, the $1.8 trillion asset manager best known for managing mutual funds and retirement accounts, has amended the registration statement for its proposed Active Crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF), updating a prospectus first submitted in October that outlines plans for an actively managed fund investing directly in digital assets. The amendment with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was submitted on Monday and lists 15 eligible digital assets that may be considered for the portfolio, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP), Avalanche (AVAX) and Shiba…

Bitcoin Hits $74.5K But Futures Data, Macro Signal Caution

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Key takeaways: Bitcoin derivatives remain bearish as traders hedge against a price drop despite BTC reclaiming the $74,000 level. Fears of a global energy shortage mount as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, forcing investors into safe-haven Treasury assets. Bitcoin (BTC) climbed above $74,000 on Monday, following gains on the Nasdaq Index as investors await a keynote from Nvidia (NVDA US) CEO Jensen Huang at the chipmaker’s biggest event of the year, the Nvidia GTC 2026 global AI conference. A drop in oil prices and growth in the US manufacturing…

Cboe targets December 2026 rollout for near 24×5 U.S. equities trading

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Cboe Global Markets has filed a proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch near 24×5 trading for U.S. equities on its Cboe EDGX exchange, potentially allowing investors to trade stocks almost around the clock starting in December 2026 if approved. Under the proposal, all National Market System stocks would be available for trading from Sunday at 9 p.m. Eastern time through Friday at 8 p.m., with a one hour pause each evening between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Trades would be cleared through the…

Bitmine’s Ether Holdings Reach 4.6M ETH, About 3.8% of Supply

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies has accelerated the pace of its Ether purchases in recent weeks, chairman Tom Lee said Monday, following the company’s over-the-counter purchase of 5,000 ETH directly from the Ethereum Foundation. Lee said Bitmine added 60,999 Ether (ETH) over the past week, up from a recent weekly average of about 45,000 to 50,000 ETH. The purchases bring the publicly traded company’s Ethereum treasury to 4.596 million ETH, giving Bitmine control of about 3.81% of the token’s total supply. The company said its combined crypto holdings, cash and other investments…

SEC considers ending mandatory quarterly earnings reports for US companies: WSJ

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing a proposal that would allow public companies to report earnings twice a year instead of the long-standing quarterly reporting requirement. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the proposal could be released as soon as next month. Before publishing the rule, regulators have been consulting with major stock exchanges about how their listing requirements might need to change if companies are given the option to report results every six months instead of every quarter. If the proposal is formally issued,…

Bitcoin Surges Toward $75K As Huge Capital Inflows Return

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Bitcoin chases $75,000 as the return of aggressive spot BTC ETF inflows, billion dollar buys from Strategy and an improvement in investors’ risk appetite propel the crypto market. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price recovery extended into a third week as the price rallied to $74,509, a level not seen since Feb. 4. While markets remain reluctant to confirm whether or not Bitcoin bottomed, the cryptocurrency is up 22.5% from its Feb. 6 low at $60,000 and data point to a renewed institutional investor appetite as a potential key player in the current…

Ironlight secures $21M to Build Tokenized Securities Marketplace

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Ironlight Group has raised $21 million in a Series A round to expand infrastructure for tokenized securities, including scaling its alternative trading system (ATS) and technology platform for issuing, distributing and trading digital securities. The privately held company said the round included backing from institutional investors and financial services executives, led by former TD Bank President and CEO Greg Braca, along with the Sei Development Foundation. The funds will be used to expand Ironlight’s marketplace infrastructure for tokenized assets, including the Ironlight Markets alternative trading system and its settlement platform.…