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- Better Crypto Buy: Bitcoin or a Bitcoin ETF? If you want to invest in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), you have two options: the cryptocurrency itself or a Bitcoin ETF. The SEC approved the first group of Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024, and they've accumulated over $90 billion in assets under management (AUM) as of March 20, 2026. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. The right choice depends on how much control you want over your cryptocurrency and your investment time horizon. Cryptocurrency purists usually prefer buying Bitcoin directly because they own the actual coins, unlike with a Bitcoin ETF. You also get slightly better returns by avoiding ETF management fees. The best Bitcoin ETFs charge between 0.15% and 0.25% per year, or...

- Key Points: Wall Street firm Bernstein has officially declared an end to the recent digital asset slump. In a Tuesday (March 24) note to clients, the firm stated that Bitcoin (BTC) is ready to climb again, maintaining a massive $150,000 price target for the end of the year. At the time of publication, Bitcoin was trading close to $70,000. A team of analysts guided by Gautam Chhugani expressed confidence in the current market direction. Moving past the recent drop This positive outlook follows a difficult period for investors. After reaching record highs in late 2025, Bitcoin suffered a steep decline of up to 45% from its peak. Experts blamed this drop on a combination of high interest rates, geopolitical tensions in the...

- The crypto market is back in the green again despite the intense bearish pressure from the geopolitical wars. Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) pushed past $71,000 on March 23 after Trump announced a five-day pause on Iran strikes, and the rally didn't stop there. Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) climbed nearly 10% in seven days to test $94, and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) posted its strongest weekly gain since January despite $550 million in short positions getting liquidated across the market. For the first time since the war started, all three coins are building momentum at the same time. With all of them moving, we asked ChatGPT one question: between Bitcoin, XRP, and Solana, which is the best crypto to buy right now? The answer it came back with—and the coin it...

- Circle Stock Dives as Rival Tether Secures Big Four Audit, Crypto Bill Threatens Stablecoin Yield Stablecoin issuer Circle saw its stock take a 20% dive Tuesday following a double shot of potentially concerning news for the firm behind the prominent USDC stablecoin. As of the close of trading, CRCL changed hands for $101.24, falling just over 20% on the day—and it's ticking down further in after-hours trading thus far, as of this writing. Shares of the closely aligned crypto exchange Coinbase also fell nearly 10% on the day, finishing at $181.04. Early Tuesday, stablecoin rival Tether—issuer of the largest stablecoin by market cap, USDT—said that it had agreed to undergo a full audit by an unnamed "Big Four" accounting firm, one...

- Better Buy During the Crypto Crash: XRP or Shiba Inu? XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) don't share much in common, but they both have passionate followings, largely because they delivered staggering returns to early buyers. They're also trading well below recent highs amid the crypto market downturn. If you're weighing which one is a better buy-the-dip candidate, there's a clear answer. To be clear up front, both are risky, as is usually the case when investing in cryptocurrency. However, the coins present very different levels of risk. Shiba Inu is a meme coin that began with a publicity stunt. The anonymous founder, Ryoshi, sent half of all SHIB tokens to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. It worked in the...

- Arete Research has officially started tracking TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ: WULF) with a "buy" rating as of Monday, March 23. The firm set a price target of $30.00, which suggests the stock could potentially rise 86% from its recent price of $16.11. This positive outlook matches the general "strong buy" consensus currently held by market analysts. On February 9, Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of three publicly traded bitcoin mining companies, backing two names tied to data center leasing while taking a more cautious stance on a miner focused on bitcoin exposure. One of the companies is TeraWulf. Related: Morgan Stanley has a new investment plan for traders in 2026 Analyst Stephen Byrd and his team started coverage of TeraWulf with...

- CFTC Unveils Innovation Task Force Focused on Crypto, AI and Prediction Markets The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) wants to create clear rules within U.S. derivatives markets for those building with new technologies and has unveiled a new task force to help do so. The newly established CFTC Innovation Task Force will work alongside the Commission to develop those frameworks specifically for builders in crypto and blockchain, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, and prediction markets. “By establishing a clear regulatory framework for innovators building on the new frontier of finance, we can foster responsible innovation at home and ensure American market participants are not left on the...

- Bitcoin Surpasses 20 Million Coins, and The Final Million Are Out Of Reach For Most Miners When people hear that only one million Bitcoin remain to be mined, the number triggers two instincts at once: scarcity and urgency. It sounds finite enough to make the remaining supply feel valuable, but still large enough to suggest there may be time for ordinary participants to get in before the last coins are gone. Unfortunately, that impression is misleading. Yes, the protocol still has about one million coins left before it reaches its 21 million cap. But those coins are not attainable for just anyone with a garage setup. Bitcoin mining is now a business about scale. Miners compete on electricity costs, machine efficiency, uptime, and...

- Crypto Clarity Draft Curbs Stablecoin Rewards, Alarms Industry Insiders Citing an anonymous source who has advance knowledge on draft crypto clarity legislation, CoinDesk eloquently reports that, "The newest language on stablecoin yield in the Clarity Act has crypto insiders cringing." What's the Scoop? The proposed changes in the draft legislation are causing ripples across the cryptocurrency industry. The Clarity Act is poised to impose restrictions on stablecoin yield, a move that could significantly impact the ecosystem. Industry experts are concerned about the potential impact on innovation and the financial viability of stablecoin-related businesses. This article has been published in CoinDesk via Yahoo News...

- Tether Crypto $13Bn Profit Engine Fuels $1.5Bn Bet on Health Intelligence Tether Crypto just put $1.5 billion on human biology. The USDT issuer has taken a strategic stake in Eight Sleep, the AI-powered sleep technology company, at a $1.5 billion post-money valuation. This is not a passive financial play. It confirms what has been building for months: Tether is no longer just a stablecoin issuer. It is one of the most aggressive venture capital forces in tech. The fuel behind the move is straightforward. Tether generated over $13 billion in profit in 2024, mostly from yield on its massive US Treasury holdings. That money is now being redirected into health tech, neurotech, robotics, and AI at a pace without precedent in...

- Circle Plummets 19%, Coinbase Craters 11%: Two Crypto Stocks Caught in the Clarity Act Crossfire A single piece of proposed legislation is erasing billions in market value from the two most prominent stablecoin-linked stocks in the U.S. market today. Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) shares are down roughly 19% in Tuesday trading, falling toward the key $100 level. At the same time, Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) shares are down 11%, dropping to the $178 area. The catalyst is proposed legislation. The Clarity Act, if passed, would impose strict new limitations on passive yield earned on stablecoin balances, potentially restricting or eliminating the interest-bearing stablecoin products that sit at the center of both companies'...

- Bitcoin price on track to hit $150,000 by year end despite Iran war, Bernstein says Bitcoin's price will buck the geopolitical turmoil brought about by the US and Israel’s war with Iran and more than double by the end of the year to hit an all-time high of $150,000. That’s the case Bernstein analysts made in a March 24 investor’s note. The research and brokerage firm said that the top cryptocurrency’s relative strength versus other assets, coupled with a strong base of long-term holders which includes Michael Saylor’s Strategy, is fueling its conviction in a blow-out rally in the coming months. “We believe Bitcoin has found its trough and is now heading higher,” the analysts said in the note. “We retain $150,000 as our 2026...

- Bitcoin Has Likely Bottomed as Strategy Shows Resilience Amid Plunge: Bernstein Strategy showed its doubters that the Bitcoin-buying firm can weather the depths of crypto’s bear market and still extend its lead as the asset’s largest corporate holder, analysts at investment bank Bernstein wrote in a note on Tuesday. Although some onlookers feared that Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) could pare its Bitcoin holdings to survive the digital asset’s latest plunge from all-time highs, the analysts wrote that the company’s balance sheet appears to be on solid footing as Bitcoin shows signs of a recovery. The analysts wrote that Bitcoin’s price has likely bottomed, after tumbling from a peak price of $126,000 in October to $63,000 last...

- Bitcoin Price To $500,000? We Fact-Checked Standard Chartered’s Bold ATH Prediction Key Takeaways Bitcoin’s turbulent start to the year has done little to dampen long-term bullish price calls from major institutions, with a Standard Chartered analyst projecting that Bitcoin could eventually reach $500,000. Bitcoin has fallen roughly 20% year-to-date, currently trading just over $70,000, reflecting broader risk-averse investors and tighter financial conditions. However, some analysts remain certain that the current weakness may precede a longer-term surge. Standard Chartered’s $500,000 Call Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered, has outlined both near-term downside risks and a longer-term...

- Bitcoin price is ripping. BTC USD reclaimed $71,000 Tuesday afternoon, erasing weekend losses immediately after President Trump ordered a five-day delay on strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure. The sudden de-escalation signal triggered a violent capital rotation: oil futures collapsed nearly 10%, gold prices retreated 3.7%, and crypto assets surged in a classic risk-on relief rally. Traders were positioned for immediate escalation following the expiration of a 48-hour ultimatum, but the pause caught bears offside. While West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude plummeted to $85.45 on the news, Bitcoin decoupled from the broad commodity sell-off, validating its role as a liquidity gauge rather than a pure safe haven in this...

- Balancer Protocol became the next high-profile crypto project to bite the dust. Which crypto firm is shutting down? It was one of DeFi’s earliest automated market makers (AMMs) and was launched in 2020 on Ethereum. It allowed users to create customizable liquidity pools that function like self-balancing crypto index funds. Its innovation lay in programmable liquidity, or pools that can hold multiple tokens with dynamic weights. The V2 upgrade introduced a unified vault system, improving efficiency but also increasing composability, a feature that ultimately became their vulnerability. Despite securing over $450 million in total value locked, Balancer has now become a case study in how complexity can backfire. The $116M...

- Bitcoin sinks below $70,000 as Bernstein analysts say token 'looks bottomed' Bitcoin (BTC-USD) may finally have reached a low point more than five months after tumbling from its all-time highs, according to Bernstein analysts. "Bitcoin looks bottomed," Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani wrote in a note on Monday. The firm reaffirmed its $150,000 price target for the end of 2026. The token, which has outperformed gold and equities during the Middle East conflict, was trading below $70,000 on Tuesday. Overall, bitcoin has been trading in a range between $65,000 and $75,000 over the past three weeks. "We believe Bitcoin has found its trough and is now heading higher," Chhugani said. Bitcoin exchange-traded funds' outflows seen at...

- Eric Trump Boasts of Billion-Dollar Profits Eric Trump is making headlines again with bold claims about the Trump family’s crypto success and the mammoth profits they have generated over the past year. Eric positioned the Trump-affiliated projects as major players who turned political momentum into a booming digital-asset empire. In a fresh clip that went viral on X on Mar. 24, the president’s son declared the family has pocketed over $1 billion in crypto profits. The comments came amid ongoing buzz around American Bitcoin, the BTC mining company Eric co-founded with his brother Donald Trump Jr. Eric is serving as chief strategy officer and has repeatedly called Bitcoin a long-term bet. He’s shrugged off market dips, advising...

- Cathie Wood sells Peter Thiel-backed crypto stock twice in a row ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood is a veteran investor when it comes to digital assets, and each of her trades is closely followed in the crypto industry. Wood has been very bullish on Bitcoin (BTC), predicting that the cryptocurrency's price will hit $1 million in 2030. ARK Invest also keeps trading shares of popular crypto companies. However, the investment firm has now been offloading a few of the crypto stock holdings. Wood sells Bullish shares on two consecutive days Backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Bullish (NYSE: BLSH) is a crypto trading exchange popular among institutional clients. The Cayman Islands-based exchange company went public in August 2025...

- If You Invested $10,000 in Bitcoin 10 Years Ago, Here's How Much You'd Have Today Less than two decades ago, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was an unknown project whose network was essentially worthless. Today, it's a global financial asset that is penetrating capital markets and benefiting from regulatory clarity. If you invested $10,000 in the world's oldest and most valuable cryptocurrency 10 years ago, here's how much you'd have today. With a trailing 10-year return of 16,900% (as of March 20), Bitcoin could've turned a $10,000 starting investment into $1.7 million today. This easily makes it one of the best performing assets of the century. This magnificent gain has occurred despite the crypto trading 44% off its peak right now...