Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin crashes below $65,000 amid $1.86B liquidations and Saylor sell‑off
Bitcoin slipped under the $65,000 psychological barrier on June 3, sparking a 12% weekly decline. The drop triggered roughly $1.86 billion in leveraged futures liquidations and a $2.97 billion outflow from spot Bitcoin ETFs over ten sessions. Michael Saylor added pressure by selling 32 BTC, valued at about $2.5 million.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
Stripe Launches Tempo Blockchain to Power AI-Driven Payments
Stripe has launched Tempo, a new blockchain platform designed to power autonomous AI‑driven payments. Built with digital‑asset firm Paradigm, Tempo’s mainnet already supports over 100 integrated services and aims to handle high‑volume cross‑border payouts, remittances, and tokenized deposits using stablecoins. The company also introduced the Machine Payments Protocol, an open standard that lets AI agents execute session‑based transactions without further user input. Together, these initiatives position Stripe to become a central infrastructure provider for agentic commerce.
Sygnum Protect Tops $1B in Assets, Unlocking Crypto Volatility for TradFi Institutions
Sygnum’s off‑exchange custody platform, Sygnum Protect, has crossed the $1 billion asset threshold, reflecting a 900% year‑on‑year surge driven by institutional appetite for secure crypto exposure. Launched with Binance and later expanded to Deribit and Bybit, the service links users to...
Ripple Focuses on Brazilian Markets with Expanded Payments Offering
Ripple is deepening its footprint in Brazil by launching a broader suite of enterprise blockchain solutions and seeking a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) licence from the Central Bank. The move adds major banks and fintechs such as Banco Genial,...
Crypto Gaming Awaits Infrastructure, Like Early Online Gaming
I’ll take the other side. Crypto gaming and metaverses were mostly “too early”. Need much better infrastructure. But it’s a strong clear use case once the tech is there. It’s like trying to sell computer games...
Robinhood Shares Plunge 51% as Crypto Revenue Slumps, Raising Retail Market Concerns
Robinhood Markets' stock slid more than 50% from its October high, driven by a 38% drop in crypto transaction revenue to $221 million in Q4 2025. The decline threatens the broker’s position as a primary gateway for retail crypto investors.
Earn Rebates by Placing Limit Orders on Predictions
Introducing Maker Rebates, a program that pays for setting the market If your order gets filled, you earn a rebate 🪙 How it works: 1. Place a limit order on eligible Predictions 2. Your trade rests on the order book, helping set the market 3....
APEX Network and AltSchool Africa Launch One of Nigeria’s Largest Crypto Literacy Scholarship —1,000 Fully Funded Spots Available
APEX Network and AltSchool Africa have launched a joint scholarship offering 1,000 fully funded spots in AltSchool's Crypto Course for Nigerians. The initiative aims to bridge the gap between Nigeria’s high crypto adoption rates and the lack of structured financial...
Stablecoin Use Surges
Stablecoin transaction volume more than doubled in the past year, climbing from $668 billion in February 2025 to $1.78 trillion last month, according to Macquarie Group. The market capitalization of the 13 largest stablecoins rose to $311.81 billion, up from $196.61 billion a year earlier....
Why CoinDesk PitchFest Matters Heading Into Miami
CoinDesk PitchFest, a showcase within the Consensus conference, provides early‑stage Web3 founders structured exposure to leading investors and operators. Recent cohorts such as Rise, TransCrypts and zkMe leveraged the platform to secure seed funding and expand product capabilities. The upcoming...
BTC - The 2 Paths Are Clear
Paul Webborn’s March 20, 2026 blog outlines a forthcoming paid‑subscriber video that breaks down Bitcoin across weekly, daily and 4‑hour timeframes. He revisits the “two paths” scenario first presented in February, detailing an Elliott Wave count and potential price trajectories. The post...
Africa's Crypto Market Matures, Fraud Rate Drops 28%
Africa’s crypto ecosystem is entering a phase of regulated maturity, with platforms prioritising verification accuracy over onboarding speed. Fraud rates fell 28% year‑on‑year to 2.6% in 2025, while average verification time dropped from 25 to 18 seconds. Mobile‑first KYC solutions...
Crypto Will Become the Backbone of All Value
Crypto IS NOT just DeFi So far in crypto, the one area that found most product-market fit is DeFi -- decentralized financial applications for borrowing, investing, swapping, leveraging and predicting prices of assets. It won’t stay this way. Just like the internet's...
Qian Zhimin: China's Fraudulent Bitcoin Queen
British police seized 61,000 bitcoin from Chinese fraudster Qian Zhimin, valued at about £3.2 billion, marking the largest crypto seizure ever. Qian, who ran a pyramid scheme that defrauded investors of over 40 billion yuan, was sentenced to 11 years and her...
9 Most Trusted Crypto Cloud Mining Platforms in 2026 (Beginner-Friendly & Passive Income)
Crypto cloud mining platforms have surged in 2026, offering users the ability to mine Bitcoin without owning physical hardware. Providers such as AngelBTC, NiceHash, BitDeer, GoMining, Compass Mining, Hashing24, Kryptex, BitFuFu and Binance Mining Pool present diverse models—from renewable‑energy contracts...
Robinhood Shares Slide 51% From $150 Peak, Threatening Crypto Trading Hub
Robinhood Markets' stock has tumbled more than 51% from its October peak of over $150, eroding the valuation of one of the largest retail crypto trading venues. The decline follows a 38% drop in crypto transaction revenue to $221 million in...
Is Altcoin Season Finally Back?
Altcoin enthusiasm is resurging as the CoinShares Altcoins ETF (DIME) climbed more than 5% in the past month, signaling investor confidence in higher‑quality altcoins. At the same time, Bitcoin's market dominance is slipping, prompting a rotation from the flagship coin...
Make Bitcoin Quantum‑Ready Now to Preserve Trust
Quantum computers pose two threats to Bitcoin: Threat 1: A quantum computer will be built and used to break Bitcoin's cryptography. Threat 2: Even before a QC is built, delaying the preparations to ensure Bitcoin is quantum ready will lead to people...
Coinbase Introduces Stock Perpetual Futures Contracts for non-U.S. Customers
Coinbase has launched perpetual stock futures for eligible non‑U.S. retail and institutional clients, expanding its derivatives suite into U.S. equities. The contracts cover the Magnificent 7 stocks and ETFs such as SPY and QQQ, trade 24/7, and settle in USDC. Leverage...
BTC‑Gold Engulfing Pattern Historically Marks Bear Market Lows
The valuation of $BTC vs. Gold provides a monthly engulfing and shows strong signs. It doesn't mean that we immediately go up from here, as this has also happened in 2022. In that period in 2022, another drop happened, only due to...
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) - Elliott Wave Analysis
The Elliott Wave analysis of Fetch.ai (FET) indicates that the token has finished a large‑degree expanded flat correction (A‑B‑C) and is poised to enter a fresh impulsive phase. Wave A manifested as a five‑wave impulsive decline to the 2022‑2023 trough,...
Bittensor (TAO) Jumps 44% in a Week as AI‑Crypto Interest Swells
Bittensor’s native token TAO surged 44% over the past week, reaching roughly $270 and pushing its market value to about $2.6 billion. The rally coincides with growing demand for AI services on its decentralized marketplace and a pending Grayscale ETF filing...
Up 44% in 7 Days, Is This Cryptocurrency for AI a Buy With $500?
Bittensor (TAO) surged 44% in the past week, trading near $270 and giving the project a $2.6 billion market cap. The platform functions as a decentralized marketplace where contributors earn TAO for providing AI compute and model outputs. Its tokenomics mimic...
AI Economy Shifts to Token‑Based Usage Pricing
The AI economy may end up running on tokens. Jensen Huang is pointing toward a model where output becomes measurable, priced and traded, shifting from subscriptions to usage tied directly to what AI produces. That changes how value is created and...
BTC Poised for Breakout; Waiting Outside Middle Range
This chart is fairly simple, you'll buy at the lower bounds of the range, and you'll sell at the upper bound. Currently it's in the middle, and that's no trade territory for my trading style on $BTC. Matter of time this breaks...
Tagus Bytes (19.03.26)
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index slipped back to an “Extreme Fear” reading of 11 on March 20, 2026, after briefly moving into “Fear” territory earlier in the week. This decline signals heightened risk aversion even as some analysts posted...
PayPal Expands PYUSD Stablecoin to 70 Countries, Paying Creators
PayPal Scales PYUSD Stablecoin to Reach 70 Countries | https://t.co/ApQ8VoYEl2 https://t.co/RGyJzshUXi YouTube creators can get paid in PYUSD (rolled out for US users)
Dormant Wallet Moves 2,100 BTC, Now Worth $148 M
TODAY: A 13-year dormant Bitcoin wallet moved 2,100 $BTC ($147.7M) for the first time since July 4, 2012, when the same amount was worth just $13,685. https://t.co/EXAEn2jHLO
Matrixport Rebrands as BIT in Strategic Repositioning
Matrixport has rebranded as BIT, signaling its evolution in digital‑asset financial infrastructure. The firm released a BIT 2026 Trust Whitepaper that details its governance, risk‑management and operational frameworks amid growing institutional demand. BIT, a Singapore‑headquartered unicorn valued over $1 billion, manages...
Banned? I Created a Free Live Streaming Platform
"They Banned Me, So I Built A Live Streaming Platform For Us All" - @stephenrbell_ @solstake_tv https://t.co/R33PeqOjVf
TAO: Must‑Have Crypto, Buy the Dip, Target $500
I think that $TAO is one of the biggest assets within the #Crypto ecosystem. For me; it's a must-have. And it's in buy-the-dip season. My targets? I think short-term $500, but longterm significantly higher than that. Read my analysis (in Dutch) here at...
Bitcoin Holds Crucial Weekly Support Amid Market Panic
With all the long liquidations and doom and gloom on the timeline you'd never know that #Bitcoin is actually sitting right at a very important support on weekly time frame. https://t.co/AYkZsVgVPW
Stablecoins Remain Niche, Fit Only Specific Markets
Stablecoin market fit depends on the market https://t.co/wMsS3MtMEO "Takeaway: Stablecoins are today a niche product for a narrow population." https://t.co/xdseacqiH9
Crypto Hype Sells Thrills, Real Trading Delivers Profit
Crypto Twitter sells excitement. It’s marketing. Big leverage. Big PNL screenshots. Big risk. Looks great. Blows up accounts. Real trading is boring. One gets likes. The other makes money.
T54 and Virtuals Enable AI Agent Commerce on XRPL
NEW: 🚨 t54 AI and Virtuals Protocol partner to bring autonomous agent commerce to the XRPL, enabling AI agents to transact, escrow jobs, verify outcomes, and pay natively with XRP and RLUSD https://t.co/zwczRB49fe
Bitcoin, Ethereum Z‑Scores Rebound as Other Assets Falter
Bitcoin has been very resilient in recent weeks, and we can see below how the 52-week Z-score has been recovering (along with ETH) while the rest of the asset class spectrum has been weakening. The outlier there of course...
DEXs Trade Commodities Faster Than Crypto, Offer 24/7 Access
On DEX exchanges, oil, gold, and silver are now traded even more than crypto. Many investors are moving to blockchain because it provides 24/7 market access, unlike traditional exchanges. https://t.co/j26rEbkkgH
Trust, Not DAO Debate, Is the Real Issue
Is the DAO debate a distraction? @YI_LON argues the real question is simpler: can token holders actually trust these teams? https://t.co/Pal3sWTREH
Betting Big on Crypto Over AI After $TAO Spotlight
This is exactly why I bet big on #Crypto AI. $TAO discussed on the highest stage. Smart.
Bitcoin Dips in Feb, Rebounds March, Wanes April
Bitcoin YTD ROI compared to the average of prior midterm years, with 1 standard deviation. While Bitcoin tends to find lows in February, and strength in March, weakness tends to show up again as April approaches https://t.co/AbF5bsnJLy
Hacker Sells $11.8M ETH, Still Break‑Even After Six Months
💥HACKER CAN'T TRADE The UXLink Exploiter sold $11.8 million of ETH into DAI The hacker has been using the stolen funds to trade over the past 6 months, and has not made any money The hacker's wallet remains at breakeven...
STRC Delivers 11.5% Yield with Low Volatility
$STRC is engineered for high yield (11.5%), low volatility (1.7%), an exceptional Sharpe ratio (4.60), and deep daily liquidity ($209M). Track these metrics daily at https://t.co/zwmL0kN9by. https://t.co/bsuz1rUARR
Bitcoin Poised to End Five‑month Red Streak in March
💥BITCOIN REVIVAL After 5 straight red months, March could end the losing streak and close green During the continued monthly bleed, Bitcoin has dropped over 52% https://t.co/tgOCc03hLA
Lummis: Stablecoin Yield Deal Near Completion, Crypto Talks Strong
LATEST: Senator Lummis says stablecoin yield negotiations tied to the Clarity Act are nearly complete, with broader crypto talks in a strong position. Source: Eleanor Terrett https://t.co/nOJrUtkTmS
Iceberging: Concealed Large Orders Drive Silent Market Moves
Iceberging Iceberging is placing large hidden orders that execute in small visible portions. The goal is to conceal true supply or demand. At resistance → silent selling. At support → silent buying. ↓ https://t.co/sUSNktvszp
Inside Tempo Mainnet & Machine Payments with Liam Horn
Exclusive chat with @tempo product lead @liamihorne We cover the Tempo mainnet and Machine Payments Protocol Search for the Tokenized Podcast @TokenizedPod and subscribe so you don't miss it Drops Monday 👇 https://t.co/vQE3be52gF
Blockchain Enables Peer-to-Peer Cash without Banks
A blockchain is a decentralised ledger - "A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash [allowing] online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution..." https://t.co/lC65xLNwXT
Perle Snapshot Done, Airdrop Checker Live, Coinbase Listing Near
🚨LATEST Perle Season 1 snapshot is complete and the $PRL airdrop checker is now live. Participants can now check points and rankings. $PRL is already on Coinbase’s roadmap with TGE approaching. Check below
Bitcoin Shouldn't Be a Sacred, Untouchable Currency
“Bitcoin must not be a “currency” that is too holy to be used” It's not a coincidence that Luke happens to be the most hard core religious Bitcoin Core developer.
Big Bitcoin Whales Keep Buying Amid Flat Prices
For the third month in a row, whales holding 100+ BTC in their wallets have continued to accumulate (the number of such wallets is increasing), even while BTC has been moving sideways, according to Santiment. https://t.co/2FYPo40Tkx
Blockchain Boosts Data Security for Modern Enterprises
How to Use #Blockchain for Enhanced #Data Security by @antgrasso #CyberSecurity #Infosec #IT #Technology https://t.co/3ayIWGHho2