Bitcoin (BTC) price has risen 8% from its March 11 low of $76,703, driven in part by large investors aggressively buying the dip with leverage. Margin longs on Bitfinex surged to their highest level since November 2024, adding 13,787 BTC over 17 days. Currently standing at $5.7 billion, this bullish leveraged positioning signals confidence in…
Circle, the creator of stablecoin USDC (USDC), announced on March 13 plans to bring its Hashnote Tokenized Money Market Fund (TMMF) under Bermuda regulatory oversight through the company’s existing Digital Assets Business Act (DABA) license. Hashnote, which Circle acquired in January 2025, is the issuer of USDY, the largest tokenized treasury and money market fund with…
Bitcoin miners are adapting their business strategies as the continued trade war between the US and Canada makes energy prices and policies all the more uncertain. US President Donald Trump threatened to double his tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%, leading the government of the province of Ontario to walk back its…
Wallet in Telegram, a third-party cryptocurrency wallet Mini App on Telegram, is set to expand its custodial crypto services, adding at least 50 new cryptocurrencies and launching an earn feature for users. The Open Platform (TOP), the largest venture builder in The Open Network (TON) ecosystem, which manages Wallet in Telegram as one of its…
Turkey is advancing its cryptocurrency regulations with new rules for crypto asset service providers (CASPs). On March 13, the Capital Markets Board (CMB) of Turkey published two regulatory documents related to the licensing and operations of CASPs, including crypto exchanges, custodians and wallet service providers. The framework grants the CMB full oversight of crypto platforms,…
Stablecoin adoption in Latin America is increasing as more users turn to Circle’s USDC and Tether’s USDT for financial stability, according to a new report from cryptocurrency exchange Bitso. The USDC (USDC) and USDt (USDT) stablecoins have become a “store of value” in Latin America, accounting for 39% of total purchases on Bitso in 2024,…
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou commented on a recent $4 million loss suffered by decentralized exchange (DEX) Hyperliquid due to an Ether whale’s high-leverage trade, noting that centralized exchanges (CEXs) face similar challenges. On March 12, a crypto investor walked away with $1.8 million and forced the Hyperliquidity Pool (HLP) to bear a $4 million loss…
Key takeaways Buying Bitcoin with a credit card offers nearly instant transactions and convenience, but it costs you higher fees and potential blocked transactions from card providers. Centralized exchanges like Coinbase and Kraken are the easiest reputable platforms on which to buy Bitcoin with credit cards. To protect yourself during transactions, only use trusted exchanges…
Bitcoin must close the week above $89,000 to signal an end to the short-term downtrend, says a crypto analyst. “The only way for Bitcoin to confirm that the bottom is actually in would be to close a weekly back above $89K,” crypto analyst Matthew Hyland said in a video posted to X on March 13….
A crypto trader fell victim to a sandwich attack while making a $220,764 stablecoin transfer on March 12 — losing almost 98% of its value to a Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) bot. $220,764 worth of the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin was swapped to $5,271 of Tether (USDT) in eight seconds as the MEV bot successfully…
