Day: March 18, 2026

Watch These Bitcoin Price Levels Ahead of Fed Chair Powell’s Speech

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Bitcoin (BTC) traded at $74,000 on Wednesday, 2.6% below its six-week high of $76,000 reached on Tuesday, as traders expect volatility after the US policy decision on interest rate cuts.  Key takeaways: The odds of the US Federal Reserve leaving interest rates unchanged today are 100%. BTC price may drop as low as $60,000 if support between $72,000 and $65,000 breaks. 100% chance interest rates won’t change Data from TradingView shows that after breaking out of range on Friday, the BTC/USD pair has formed daily candle highs, but was unable…

Tally to Wind Down DAO Platform, Scraps Planned ICO

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Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance platform Tally is shutting down after five years of operations, citing a lack of sustainable business models for governance tooling in the crypto market.  Tally co-founder and CEO Dennison Bertram said the company will begin winding down at the end of March. He added that the company is not moving forward with a planned initial coin offering (ICO), concluding that it could not confidently deliver on the expectations that would come with selling tokens to investors.  Tally’s closure comes despite years of activity on its…

Ethereum Plans to Cut Bridge Times 98% to 13 Seconds With FCR

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Ethereum client teams are testing an opt-in fast confirmation mechanism that could cut the time some layer-2 networks and exchanges wait to recognize mainnet deposits to about 13 seconds. The proposed Fast Confirmation Rule (FCR) would reduce “deposit time from Ethereum L1 to L2s or exchanges to about 13 seconds, an 80-98% reduction for most L2s and exchanges,” Ethereum researcher Julian Ma wrote on X. Most users today rely on canonical bridges, where transfers typically wait for multiple block confirmations or full finality, a process that can take around 13…

Bitcoin ETFs on Track to Turn Positive YTD as XRP Rebounds

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US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their inflow streak to seven consecutive days, marking the longest run since October 2025. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs added $199.4 million on Monday, bringing their seven-day streak to around $1.2 billion, according to data from SoSoValue. The latest inflows suggest continued institutional interest, though total inflows remain far below the roughly $6 billion seen during the October 2025 run. Total trading volumes fell to $2.6 billion on Monday, while total assets under management in Bitcoin ETFs climbed to $96.7 billion. Net year-to-date flows…

More Australians Pay With Crypto But Bank Restrictions Grow

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More Australians reported using cryptocurrency to pay for goods and services in 2026 compared to the year before, but banking friction has continued to weigh on crypto users, according to a newly published report by crypto exchange Independent Reserve. The annual survey of 2,000 “everyday Australians” was conducted between Jan. 12 and Jan. 30. It found that the share of Australians using crypto to buy goods or pay for services doubled from 6% to 12%, with the report suggesting “more Aussies are viewing crypto as a practical payment method rather than…

Tim Scott Expects Proposal for Stalled Crypto Bill This Week

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US Senator Tim Scott says he is expecting a possible compromise this week on a stablecoin yield payments provision that has stalled a crypto market structure bill in the Senate. “I believe that this week we will have the first proposal in my hands to take a look at,” Scott, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee that is working to advance the bill, said on Tuesday at a crypto lobby event in Washington, D.C. “If that actually happens before the end of this week, and I think that it…

Bitcoin Exchange Inflows Spike as BTC Rally Halts at $75K

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Centralized crypto exchanges recorded a spike in Bitcoin hourly inflows on Monday as the crypto market rallied, with one analyst warning it could signal selling pressure.  Hourly Bitcoin flows into exchanges spiked to 6,100 BTC on March 16, the highest since Feb. 20, reported head of research at CryptoQuant, Julio Moreno, on Tuesday.  He added that the share of large inflows reached 63% of total inflows, which is the highest since mid-October 2025.  It comes as Bitcoin has rallied around 12% so far this month, hitting a six-week high of…

Dogecoin (DOGE) Retraces Gains — Bulls Guard Key Support Zone

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Trump Memecoin Luncheon Drives Whale Wallet Activity

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The number of whale wallets holding more than one million of US President Donald Trump’s memecoin has surged to a five-month high after announcing a luncheon at his Florida home for top holders last week.  There are now 83 wallets holding more than 1 million TRUMP (TRUMP) (equating to $3.7 million), making it the highest showing for the memecoin since Oct. 8 last year, Santiment said in an X post on Monday. The luncheon with Trump is set for April 25 at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, according to the…

Meta Shuts Down Horizon Worlds on Quest Headsets

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Meta Platforms will shut down its Horizon Worlds metaverse for virtual reality users in June, pivoting to a mobile-only experience as it retreats from the aggressive metaverse push it championed just five years ago.  Consumers will no longer be able to build, publish, or update virtual reality worlds, or access the Horizon Worlds metaverse on Meta Quest headsets, from June 15, the company said in a Tuesday blog post.  Horizon Worlds launched in late 2021 as a VR-only, online multiplayer platform where users can build and publish virtual environments and…