Month: March 2026

What Happens To The XRP Price If The 5D Bottoming Blueprint Repeats Itself?

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A key technical setup is unfolding on the XRP price chart, as market analyst Egrag Crypto has flagged a recurring historical chart pattern that has previously marked the cryptocurrency’s market bottom. The analysis indicates that this critical pattern, known as the 5D Bottoming Blueprint, has also previously triggered a renewed upward trend for XRP after major lows. Its reappearance is seen as a potential signal that XRP’s prolonged bear phase may be ending even as the cryptocurrency continues to face bearish headwinds and price volatility.  XRP Price Repeats Historic 5D…

Women Creators Reclaim Ownership Through Web3 Payment Rails

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Opinion by: Ashna Vaghela, chief customer officer at Mercuryo, and Vi Powils, CEO at World of Women. For decades, the financial industry has treated creativity as a high-risk hobby. If you’re a woman building a global brand from a laptop, there is a risk that your bank doesn’t see a CEO. Rather, it sees someone with a non-standard income stream, without collateral, who might have to stop or pause working, to have children. Our global economy champions the middleman while the actual source of value can be treated as an…

Strategy pauses Bitcoin accumulation after 13-week buying streak ahead of quarter-end

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Strategy has taken a break from its weekly Bitcoin purchases for the first time in over three months as the quarter draws to a close. In a Monday filing, the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder reported that it neither sold shares through its at-the-market program (ATM) nor purchased Bitcoin last week. As of now, Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings total approximately 762,099 coins, valued at approximately $52 billion at current market prices. Bitcoin trades at around $67,790 at press time, down 22.5% year-to-date, per CoinGecko. In shareholder matters, a class action lawsuit…

Naver Pushes Dunamu Share Swap to September 2026

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South Korea’s Naver Financial has pushed back the timeline for its planned share swap with Dunamu, the operator of crypto exchange Upbit, according to a regulatory filing posted on Monday.  In a filing with the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the company said it expects to hold a shareholder vote on Aug. 18 and complete the transaction on Sept. 30, marking a roughly three-month delay from earlier target dates of late May or early June. Naver Financial’s plans to acquire Dunamu were first revealed in September 2025, as local news agencies…

Midas secures $50M Series A as mTokens surpass $1.7B in assets minted

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Midas, which empowers asset managers to bring institutional-grade strategies onchain, has closed a $50 million Series A led by RRE Ventures and Creandum, with additional backing from Framework Ventures, HV Capital, Ledger Cathay, North Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, FJ Labs, and others. The funding comes amid strong growth for mTokens, which have minted over $1.7 billion in assets and distributed more than $37 million in yields. https://t.co/tluLKoHoAB — Midas (@MidasRWA) March 30, 2026 MTokens are Midas’ digital investment instruments that represent professionally managed portfolios. Unlike stablecoins or DeFi vaults, their…

Ethereum Foundation stakes over 22,500 ETH in largest single deployment

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The Ethereum Foundation, the non-profit that funds protocol development and ecosystem growth on the Ethereum blockchain, staked 22,517 ETH worth about $46 million on Monday, their biggest single staking deployment to date, according to Arkham Intel data. THE ETHEREUM FOUNDATION IS STAKING ETH The Ethereum Foundation just staked $46.2M of ETH. This is more ETH than they have EVER staked before. pic.twitter.com/gCCc0qK6VN — Arkham (@arkham) March 30, 2026 The move is part of the Foundation’s plan to stake about 70,000 ETH in total, starting with 2,016 ETH in late February.…

Here’s Why Bitcoin Analysts Say BTC Price Will Bottom at $40K

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Bitcoin (BTC) buyers made a tepid comeback on Monday, pushing BTC price to its intraday high of $67,860. Analysts said that Bitcoin remains in a bear market, with several metrics pointing to a potential bottom below $50,000. Key takeaways: Bitcoin price turns $70,000 into resistance, clearing the path for a deeper correction. Bitcoin’s short-term holder realized price bands moved lower, with a potential bottom around $46,000. Historical retracement levels and a bear flag breakdown point to $39,000–$41,000 as the final low for BTC price this cycle. Bitcoin’s “path of least…

Bitcoin Price Pressure Brings Back 2018 Bear Market

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Bitcoin (BTC) heads into the March monthly close as it risks its sixth straight month of losses. BTC price action touches $65,000 to start the week as traders expect a copycat bear flag breakdown. Iran headlines dominate the macro mood amid rumors of a US ground invasion. March could go either way for Bitcoin as it sits on the edge of its first six-month losing streak since 2018. Whales have begun to reduce their BTC exposure, adding to mid-term price headwinds. Modest demand in the current trading range lacks “magnitude”…

US Bitcoin Firm Warns of Silent Basel Capital Shift

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Pierre Rochard, CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company, warned US banking regulators that their sweeping Basel III capital rewrite leaves unresolved how Bitcoin-related activities should be treated, a gap he says could create legal risk and shape how much capital banks must hold against the asset. In a formal comment submitted March 29 to the US Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Rochard said agencies cannot finalize rules that effectively determine capital treatment for Bitcoin (BTC)-related activities without clearly explaining…

Crypto Funds See First Outflows in 5 Weeks at $414M: CoinShares

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Crypto investment products saw their first weekly outflows in five weeks last week, with $414 million exiting the market as investors grew cautious over rising inflation risks and escalating tensions in the Middle East. The pullback came as expectations for the June Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in the US shifted from potential rate cuts to rate hikes, signaling a tougher macro backdrop for risk assets, CoinShares reported Monday. Total assets under management fell to $129 billion, returning to levels last seen in early February and “broadly comparable to…