Bitcoin (BTC) bulls tried to push the price above $85,000, but the bears held their ground. A minor positive is that larger investors seem to be accumulating at lower levels. Research firm Santiment said in a post on X that wallets with 10 BTC or more have bought roughly 5,000 Bitcoin since March 3. The…
Bitcoin (BTC) sought a rematch with multimonth lows on March 10 as familiar selling accompanied the start of Wall Street trading. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView BTC price sags closer to new four-month lows Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD down around 4% on the day to reach $79,170 on Bitstamp. Weakness…
The United States push to maintain the dollar’s global dominance through stablecoin adoption could have unintended benefits for Bitcoin, as the world’s largest cryptocurrency is emerging as a potential federal reserve asset. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US government will use stablecoins to ensure that the US dollar remains the world’s global reserve…
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), witnessed its lowest weekly close since November 2023, highlighting just how much the top altcoin has struggled over the past few months. Ethereum 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView In the past 83 days, it declined by 51%, translating to an average daily loss of approximately 0.61%. If the losses are compounded…
Software intelligence firm turned Bitcoin investment behemoth Strategy remains $7.8 billion in profit on its Bitcoin holdings despite the cryptocurrency’s recent drop to $80,000. On March 10, Bitcoin (BTC) recorded its largest weekly decline on record, shedding more value in the past seven days than at any other time in its trading history. Cointelegraph Markets…
Uniswap’s newly launched Ethereum layer-2 network, Unichain, was the fastest-growing blockchain in its debut month, according to blockchain data firm Nansen. Unichain, which launched its mainnet on Feb. 11, saw 236,452 active addresses in its first month, according to blockchain analytics firm Nansen. While impressive for a new network, Unichain’s user base remains small compared…
XRP (XRP) price has recovered from its low of $1.94 reached on Feb. 28, but it’s still trading below a key resistance zone. Will XRP’s price drop further in the coming days? XRP/USD daily chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView XRP price must hold above $2.00 Today’s drop in XRP price is part of a correction that began…
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) announced on March 10 that it had received the nod from Spain’s securities regulator, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), to offer Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) trading services to its customers. Spain’s second-largest bank’s crypto offerings in Spain will enable users to buy, sell and manage digital…
Crypto scammers are using fake news articles and the likeness of government figures to capitalize on trade war fears, according to securities regulators in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and New Brunswick. The Alberta Securities Commission said in a March 7 alert that a “crypto investment scam called CanCap” faked an endorsement from then-Prime Minister…
An Ethereum developer says the recent Pectra upgrade of the Sepolia testnet ran into errors, which was made worse after an attacker used an “edge case” to cause the mining of empty blocks. Pectra rolled out on its final testnet, Sepolia, at 7:29 am on March 5, but Ethereum developer Marius van der Wijden said…
