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- Nonprofit European Crypto Initiative gets Ethereum-focused rebrand Crypto nonprofit the European Crypto Initiative has rebranded to become the European Ethereum Institute, with the advocacy group claiming the blockchain will have a central role in the continent’s digital economy. The move reflects the nonprofit’s conviction that Ethereum is simply the best network to build upon. “If Europe wants to take a serious view on the future of public blockchain infrastructure, Ethereum is the place it has to engage with,” Marina Markežič, the organisation’s executive director, said. As the world’s largest economy, the US, races ahead with crypto-friendly legislation, heavily focusing on stablecoins, the EU is in the process of pushing...

- Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $290M as ‘Risk-Off’ Mood Deepens More than $290 million exited Bitcoin ETFs last week as a broad “risk-off” shift continues to grip global markets amid rising geopolitical and macro pressures. Farside Investors' data shows cumulative weekly outflows of roughly $296 million between March 24 and March 27, led by heavy redemptions from BlackRock’s IBIT and other major funds. The sharpest single-day move came primarily from IBIT on Friday, with $225.5 million of total U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF outflows, capping a volatile week that began with strong inflows of $167.2 million on Monday before sentiment reversed. “Risk-off is clearly the mood amongst markets," Josh Gilbert, market analyst at eToro, told Decrypt...

- 1 Reason Dogecoin (DOGE) Could Go Parabolic in 2026 In October 2022, Elon Musk spent $44 billion to acquire social media platform Twitter. Subsequently, he took the company private and rebranded it to X. Next month, the platform is set to launch X Money as Musk continues his ambitions to build an "everything app." Now, Dogecoin finds itself at the center of new speculation as the meme coin has long ridden hype waves connected to Musk's influence. With X rolling out a payments feature, could this update finally deliver the utility and price surge that investors have been waiting for? Why has Dogecoin traded sideways for over a year? The primary tailwind behind Dogecoin's last surge was the Trump administration's creation of the...

- "Is Bitcoin a Good Investment for Building Wealth?" A real wealth-building asset can grow in value over many years on end throughout all kinds of different economic and market conditions. Graded on that rubric, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) fails several of the conventional tests, as it has no dividends, no earnings, and plenty of volatility. Yet the case for owning some as a wealth-building instrument has never been stronger. And the coming years will likely see it become an even more mainstream asset. So, is the coin a good wealth-builder after all? Supply, demand, and time are all on this asset's side The point of Bitcoin is that it's a scarce store of value that becomes scarcer over time, and that is unlikely to change in any...

- Morgan Stanley Undercuts Rivals with New Bitcoin ETF Morgan Stanley (NYSE: $MS) is leveraging its vast wealth as it steps into the spot Bitcoin ETF ring. Pending SEC approval, the financial heavyweight will launch its own product, the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), with a rock bottom fee of 14 basis points (0.14%). The move, detailed in a recent filing, delivers a warning to industry titans like BlackRock (NYSE: $BLK) and Grayscale. By pricing its product below the current permanent fees of the "Big Three" providers, Morgan Stanley is betting that its reputation and low costs will provide a serious edge over the competition. In the high-stakes world of institutional wealth, a single basis point can trigger a landslide...

- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has lost nearly half its value since peaking at $126,000 in October 2025. The drop has taken BTC through $100,000, $80,000, and $70,000, but every time the Bitcoin price has reached the $66,000 support level, buyers have shown up and pushed it back. The support is being tested right now as Bitcoin has slipped to $66,000 yet again. The $14.16 billion options expiry on March 27 pushed Bitcoin as low as $65,720, and the ongoing Iran war has added even more selling pressure across crypto markets. The $66,000 support has held three times in 2026 so far, and if it breaks, the next confirmed support doesn't show up until $60,000—the level Bitcoin bounced off during the February crash. Why Did Bitcoin Drop to $66,000...

- We're Not Anti-Crypto, Says 'The Ramsey Show' Host. 'All We Are Is Anti-Get-Rich-Quick, Anti-Greed, Anti-Pride, Anti-Destroying Your Marriage' It seems that a growing number of couples are clashing over how to balance risk and security in their finances, especially when one person wants to play it safe and the other wants to chase faster gains like crypto. On a recent episode of “The Ramsey Show,” host George Kamel pushed back on the idea that critics of crypto are simply out of touch. “We're not anti-crypto,” he said. “All we are is anti-get-rich-quick, anti-greed, anti-pride, anti-destroying your marriage.” When Financial Goals Clash The tension often comes down to competing priorities. One partner may want stability and...

- This AI Cryptocurrency Is Up 57% in 3 Months. Is It the Next XRP? Calling a cryptocurrency the next XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is practically shorthand for describing an asset that starts small, builds real utility within a tightly focused niche, and eventually vaults into the crypto big leagues. Bittensor (CRYPTO: TAO) has invited that comparison lately. Its price popped by 57% during the last three months alone (as of March 24), thanks to its increasingly successful ecosystem of projects, many of which pertain to training or testing artificial intelligence (AI) models. But the comparison to XRP deserves some scrutiny. XRP and Bittensor sit at opposite ends of the cryptocurrency design spectrum, and understanding how they differ is...

- SEC Will Come After Crypto If Clarity Bill Dies, Warns Expert as Divisions Remain Failure to pass the Clarity Act could one day see the Securities and Exchange Commission reverse its stance and “treat nearly all crypto as securities,” says a proponent of the bill. The future of Clarity, a draft US law that seeks to consolidate and solidify crypto regulations and guidelines, remains in the balance. Negotiations on the bill have “not been pretty,” Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said on Friday. “Without Clarity [...], the SEC will resurrect its effort to redefine the Exchange Act so broadly that developers and infrastructure providers can be swept up as brokers, dealers, or exchanges whenever their software touches a tokenised...

- The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office sanctioned Xinbi, a Chinese-language crypto guarantee marketplace that processed $19.9 billion in illicit flows between 2021 and 2025, cutting it off from the global crypto ecosystem effective March 26, 2026. The designation freezes all UK-linked assets, bars British banks, crypto firms, and individuals from transacting with the platform, and targets the on- and off-ramps sustaining one of the most interconnected scam networks ever documented. Key Takeaways: How the UK Designation Actually Cuts Off Xinbi The sanctions operate through the UK’s consolidated sanctions regime, which empowers OFSI (the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation) to freeze assets and prohibit UK-nexus...

- GameStop, the video game retailer, disclosed this week that it moved nearly all of its Bitcoin treasury holdings into a covered call options strategy on Coinbase Prime, leaving only 1 BTC untouched. By doing so, the 4,709 BTC stash—valued at approximately $315 million—has shifted from being an intangible asset to a receivable on the company's balance sheet. This reclassification is significant as it affects how Bitcoin gains and losses are represented in GameStop's quarterly earnings. Bitcoin treasury companies have been relatively silent since the beginning of the year. The price of BTC began the year around $87,000 but has struggled to stay above $70,000 since February. At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at about...

- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) are all down 6-8% in a week, and the crypto market has shed over $80 billion in value since March 24. The Fear & Greed Index sits at 23, and the average crypto RSI has dropped to 39—oversold territory that the market hasn't seen since early February's crash. The selloff picked up speed after Iran threatened to block a second global oil chokepoint, pushing oil above $100 and sending investors running from risk assets. This came on the same day as the largest crypto options expiry of 2026—$14 billion worth—which triggered over $450 million in liquidations and wiped out more than 122,000 traders. What's Driving the Crypto Market Crash? On March...

- Goliath Ventures, an Orlando, Florida-based crypto firm, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Bondoro reported on March 16. The company, tied to an alleged $328 million Ponzi scheme, filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a court-supervised restructuring process that allows crypto firms to stabilize operations, pause client withdrawals, and repay creditors rather than immediately liquidating assets. Goliath accused of running Ponzi scheme It was on Feb. 24 that Goliath Ventures, formerly Gen-Z Venture Firm, founder and CEO Christopher Delgado got arrested on charges of wire fraud and money laundering. If convicted on all counts, Delgado faces a maximum penalty...

- Crypto Wants to Be Collateral, Not Just Capital Gains Crypto has spent years promising utility. This week, one of its clearest real-world tests arrived in a form far less flashy than memecoins or trading apps: a mortgage. Coinbase and Better said qualified borrowers will be able to pledge Bitcoin or USDC as collateral to help fund the cash down payment on a home, while still taking out a standard conforming mortgage through the same Fannie Mae framework used for other eligible loans. The structure gives crypto holders a way to reach a closing without liquidating their digital assets first. A Mortgage Built Around Two Loans Housing is only the entry point. The more important shift is what this product says about where crypto is...

- $10,000 in XRP and Bitcoin vs $10,000 in Nvidia: What Each Could Be Worth by the End of 2026 Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) turned every $10,000 invested in early 2023 into over $125,000 by late 2025—a return that made it the most talked-about stock on the planet. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) had its own run to $126,000 in October 2025, and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) reached $3.65 in July 2025. All three assets are now well below those peaks, with Nvidia at $178, Bitcoin at $71,000, and XRP just below $1.40. Analysts have Nvidia's consensus target at $265, Bitcoin forecasts ranging from $98,000 to $170,000, and XRP price predictions between $2.15 and $8 depending on whether the CLARITY Act passes. The three assets are priced for a recovery, but which one...

- Key Takeaways Bitcoin’s price faced renewed pressure as investors pulled significant funds from U.S. spot exchange-traded funds, underscoring growing caution in crypto markets amid rising bond yields and geopolitical uncertainty. Investors Pull $171 Million U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their largest single-day net outflows in three weeks. Investors withdrew $171.2 million across seven funds. The move marked the sharpest daily outflow since March 6 and was led by BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which saw $41.9 million exit the fund. Products from Fidelity, Bitwise, and Ark Invest each posted outflows exceeding $30 million. Market participants attributed the withdrawals to a mix of short-term...

- Ripple CEO predicts new timeline for historic crypto legislation The era of major U.S. banks sitting on the sidelines of the digital asset market is coming to an end. According to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, the industry is reaching a critical turning point where traditional financial giants are finally ready to embrace blockchain technology. Speaking with Fox Business on Friday, March 27, Garlinghouse noted that a significant shift in attitude is happening across Wall Street. He credited leaders like BlackRock CEO Larry Fink for stepping forward and acknowledging the "real technology value" of these systems. "I'll give Larry Fink and Blackrock credit, he was one of the first really senior well-respected leaders to step forward...

- Over the last 10 years, there's been one dominant cryptocurrency that has skyrocketed 16,950% (as of March 24). Investors who were able to put some money to work in this digital asset are sitting on a massive gain. However, that doesn't mean it's time to let your guard down, because headline-grabbing gains can obscure an essential truth: high rewards often come with equally significant risks. For investors, understanding the downside isn't just prudent, but critical to making informed, disciplined decisions. Regulatory It appears the U.S. has fully embraced Bitcoin. However, there's always a chance that future lawmakers can implement unfavorable tax policies that discourage people from wanting to own the digital asset. Pro-banking...

- By now, cryptocurrency investors should be familiar with the cyclical nature of the industry and its repeating pattern of booms and busts. With prices down by an eye-popping 43% over the last 12 months, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is on a downtrend that has erased much of the gains it enjoyed during Donald Trump's presidential election campaign in late 2024. That said, long-term ownership is the key to sustainable returns in financial markets because it helps investors ignore the short-term volatility and gives time for an asset's fundamentals to shine through. Let's discuss what the next 10 years might have in store for XRP as it attempts to regain the market's attention and break into mainstream finance. Rethinking the cryptocurrency...

- Being compared to Bitcoin is the highest compliment a cryptocurrency can receive, but it's also a fast way to get confused about an asset's fundamentals. On that note, the AI services cryptocurrency Bittensor just earned the comparison after exploding upward by 111% over the past 30 days (as of March 24), propelled by a handful of different catalysts. What's fueling the rally In case you aren't familiar, Bittensor is a blockchain that hosts a bunch of subnets. Each of those subnets contains pooled computing resources routed from the chain's miners, which can accomplish specific tasks articulated by the subnet's owner, for a fee. Each subnet has a different specialization, and there are more than 120 of them so far. Many of the...