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XRP falls 3% as breakdown below $1.44 and bitcoin weakness caps recovery

XRP falls 3% as breakdown below $1.44 and bitcoin weakness caps recovery

XRP slipped lower after another failed recovery attempt, with high-volume selling pushing the token back toward key support near $1.40. News Background

Bitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%

Bitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%

The math has turned against bitcoin miners, and the war is making it worse every week. Checkonchain's difficulty regression model, which estimates averag

Bitcoin drops below $69,200 as Trump gives 48-hour ultimatum on Iran power plants

Bitcoin drops below $69,200 as Trump gives 48-hour ultimatum on Iran power plants

Bitcoin has given back last week's gains in a single weekend. The largest cryptocurrency slid to $69,192 on Sunday morning, down 2.2% over the past 24 ho

Bitcoin options signal extreme fear as downside protection premium hits new all-time high, says VanEck

Bitcoin options signal extreme fear as downside protection premium hits new all-time high, says VanEck

Bitcoin traders are paying record prices for downside protection, according to VanEck’s mid-March 2026 Bitcoin ChainCheck, a sign that investors remain def

Crypto firms cut hundreds of jobs in weeks, blaming weak markets, strong AI

Crypto firms cut hundreds of jobs in weeks, blaming weak markets, strong AI

The Algorand Foundation on Wednesday joined the ranks of crypto firms slashing headcount, losing 25% of its fewer than 200 employees and citing "the uncert

How DeFi is quietly rebuilding the fixed-income stack for institutional capital

How DeFi is quietly rebuilding the fixed-income stack for institutional capital

For years, tokenization has been framed as crypto’s bridge to Wall Street. Put Treasuries onchain. Issue tokenized money market funds. Represent equities d

Grayscale wants to bring the world's hottest crypto trading frenzy to your brokerage account

Grayscale wants to bring the world's hottest crypto trading frenzy to your brokerage account

Grayscale has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a new exchange-traded fund for the HYPE token, amid the surging popula

The 5-cent contract that debunked a wartime death conspiracy

The 5-cent contract that debunked a wartime death conspiracy

The rumor followed a familiar wartime script. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it had struck Benjamin Netanyahu's office. Then came the for

Strategy set for second-biggest bitcoin buying quarter despite BTC price slide

Strategy set for second-biggest bitcoin buying quarter despite BTC price slide

Strategy (MSTR), already the world's biggest corporate holder of bitcoin BTC$70,925.68, is on track to record its second-largest quarterly accumulation, co

It could cost you up to $6 million to grab lunch with Donald Trump

It could cost you up to $6 million to grab lunch with Donald Trump

A seat at Donald Trump’s upcoming crypto luncheon could cost as little as $70,000. It could also cost more than $6 million, depending on how participants c