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Grayscale called it the “dawn of the institutional era.” Bitwise predicted Bitcoin will break its four-year cycle and set new all-time highs. Bitcoin Suisse published a scenario where Bitcoin approaches $180,000 and Ethereum reaches $8,000 on the back of Fed rate cuts and accelerating institutiona

European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone stated on April 2, 2026 that the digital euro project has “good momentum” with a possible launch by July 2029, expressing confidence that sufficient consensus exists for the project to proceed and that he does not foresee any major hurdles.

Bittensor has recorded a 140% price increase over the past six weeks, including a 105% rise since March 8. The latest price action has pushed it to the 26th-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, according to new data from Santiment. AI Tokens Heat Up ----------------- The rally comes a

Traditional blockchain systems were not designed for real-time interaction, and that has become apparent in recent years. Networks like the first iterations of Ethereum, for example, prioritized security and decentralization, often at the cost of speed. This resulted in noticeable latency, and

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, appointed Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as Acting Attorney General, and dissolved the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, issuing a memorandum to halt regulatory enforcement against the crypto industry. When Blanche signed this memorandum, he still held crypto assets, which allegedly violated ethical standards and sparked legal disputes; whether transferring his assets into his family’s name can eliminate the conflict of interest remains controversial.

[PRESS RELEASE – New York, United States, March 17th, 2026] GSR, crypto’s capital markets partner, today announced the $57 million acquisition of Autonomous and Architech. The transaction significantly expands the firm’s ability to support tokenized organizations from formation through scale. Auton

The Trump administration has recently intervened in a lawsuit involving the CFTC and the regulators of gambling in three states, challenging the states’ authority to regulate prediction markets. The CFTC argues that, under the Commodity Exchange Act, it has exclusive jurisdiction over these markets, and accuses the states of overstepping their authority in an attempt to change the nature of the wagering event contracts. This lawsuit reflects regulatory actions by 11 states regarding prediction markets, each facing different legal challenges. If a federal court sides with the CFTC, it will help provide legal protection for prediction markets; otherwise, it will increase operational uncertainty.

There’s a specific type of crypto participant who doesn’t chase price charts. They look for infrastructure. They look for systems that generate Bitcoin — not promises of Bitcoin, not tokens that might convert to Bitcoin someday — but actual BTC, flowing from real network activity. That participan

[PRESS RELEASE – George Town, British Virgin Islands, March 17th, 2026] Aster, a privacy-focused trading ecosystem backed by YZi Labs, today announced the official launch of Aster Chain Mainnet. This purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain is designed to dismantle the “transparency trap” of modern DeFi, o

The Decentralized Finance landscape and Web3 gaming is in a rapid state of change as demand for more scalable and efficiently priced products continues to grow at a fast pace. To further accelerate the transition toward this evolution, Delta9 Capital (Δ9 Capital) has partnered with REI Network in a

Trump, in a speech on April 2, warned Iran, causing market risk sentiment to contract sharply; Bitcoin fell by about 4%, hitting a low of $65,789. Rising oil prices and a strengthening dollar index intensified macro pressure, further impacting the market. From a technical perspective, Bitcoin may face a key support level at $64,000.

Bitcoin has stubbornly maintained a 60,000 to 73,000 USD trading band as macro headwinds intensify. Oil prices hover at levels not seen since 2008, geopolitical tensions flare across the US, Israel and Iran, and stock markets remain volatile after a choppy start to the year. In this environment,

Ripple expands RLUSD into South Korea, opening direct KRW access on a major exchange as its stablecoin strategy continues to expand across global regulated markets and gains traction with growing adoption and liquidity use cases. Ripple Opens Korean Market Access as RLUSD Debuts on Coinone

While the war between the United States (supported by Israel) and Iran has dragged on for almost a month, recent indications hint that a de-escalation might be on the horizon. Some industry participants believe that an eventual truce could act as a catalyst for the cryptocurrency market, but one po

The HYPE price is getting attention again after a strong run that pushed it all the way to the $43 zone before pulling back. That move didn’t come out of nowhere. Traders who followed the structure early were already watching that level as a clear target. Now, with price climbing back toward

The ALT/BTC chart has printed four consecutive green MACD bars for the first time in nearly 6 years, according to popular analyst Ash Crypto. The last time this happened, there was a 60% altcoin outperformance against Bitcoin over the three months that followed. Three Signals

PlayNance, a unified on-chain infrastructure specifically engineered to power the entire world of gaming, betting, and prediction, has launched its highly anticipated native cryptocurrency, GCOIN. This represents a massive milestone when it comes to the expansion of its Web3 entertainment

A very “ideal situation” for XRP has developed over the past few months, claimed a popular market observer, indicating that large whales have become the dominant buying force behind the asset. Their comments come as the price of Ripple’s cross-border token has struggled over the past seven days, po