The crypto market is currently facing significant pressure, largely due to US President Donald Trump’s trade war and deteriorating macroeconomic conditions. These factors have put markets under strain, with some analysts predicting that the bull run is over and a bear market may be on the horizon. In a recent Cointelegraph interview, Kevin O’Leary, also…
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The Bitcoin (BTC) Coinbase premium index reached its highest level since Feb. 20 after BTC prices rallied 5% on March 19. Bitcoin’s Coinbase premium index. Source: CryptoQuant Return of Coinbase premium highlights Bitcoin accumulation The Coinbase premium index measures the price difference between Coinbase and Binance prices for BTC pairs, where a higher value signals…
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US President Donald Trump is steadily aligning his administration with the crypto industry. On March 20, he addressed a community conference for the first time since being elected. Speaking at the Blockworks Digital Asset Summit on March 20 in a pre-recorded statement, Trump reiterated that the US would take steps to ensure it is the…
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Bitcoin (BTC) sought to reinforce higher support at the March 20 Wall Street open as bulls broke out of a key downtrend. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Trump pledges to make US “Bitcoin superpower” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD returning above $86,000. Now circling the daily open, Bitcoin continued to build…
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XDAO, a protocol based on The Open Network (TON), has enabled over 367,000 decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to achieve legal status through its initiative that automates legal recognition for such organizations. In an announcement, XDAO said it had streamlined the DAO creation process to allow DAOs to achieve legal status. An XDAO spokesperson told Cointelegraph…
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Opinion by: Robin Singh, CEO of Koinly In the race between regulation and Bitcoin (BTC) all-time highs, there is no doubt tax agencies will double down on their crypto-tracking systems well before Bitcoin hits $1 million. Crypto investors shouldn’t become complacent or assume they can skate by until the million-dollar price tag. In addition to…
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Amid the growing adoption of cryptocurrency reserves in countries like the United States, legal activists in Russia are pushing to create a potential crypto fund. Evgeny Masharov, a member of the Russian Civic Chamber, has proposed creating a government cryptocurrency fund that would include assets confiscated from criminal proceedings. The projected cryptocurrency fund would aim…
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The crypto industry is set to debut the first Solana futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), a significant development that may pave the way for the first Solana spot ETF, as the “next logical step” for crypto-based trading products, according to industry watchers. Volatility Shares is launching two Solana (SOL) futures ETFs, the Volatility Shares Solana ETF…
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Ripple is celebrating the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision not to pursue a court case against the firm, but it provides little legal certainty for the crypto industry. The US financial regulator has apparently dropped an appeal against Ripple, the issuing firm of crypto asset XRP. The industry saw the case as…
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Tether, the $143 billion stablecoin giant, was the world’s seventh-largest buyer of United States Treasurys, surpassing some of the world’s largest countries. Tether, the issuer of USDt (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin, was the world’s seventh-largest US Treasury buyer, surpassing Canada, Taiwan, Mexico, Norway, Hong Kong, and numerous other countries. The stablecoin issuer acquired over…
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