Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin slides below $70k as energy‑price worries spark $1.8B in liquidations
Bitcoin fell under $70,000 amid heightened energy‑price uncertainty linked to U.S.–Iran tensions. The dip triggered roughly $1.8 billion in crypto liquidations, while institutional investors pulled more than $4.2 billion from digital‑asset positions.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
Yellow Launches Trading Platform, $YELLOW Token
Yellow announced the launch of its proprietary, non‑custodial cross‑chain trading platform, accompanied by the native $YELLOW utility token. The platform leverages state‑channel technology to execute orders off‑chain with instant peer‑to‑peer matching, while settlement occurs on‑chain for finality. Collateral is cryptographically verified before matching, removing un‑backed liquidity and protecting retail users from counter‑party risk. $YELLOW will be used for transaction fees, clearing costs, gasless execution and broader ecosystem incentives.
BTC Fills CME Gaps 95% of Time—Will It This Time
Historically, #BTC has filled its CME gap in 95% of cases. Will it close it this time? https://t.co/XkCluFm0gV
Bitcoin Drops Fast, Recovers Slowly—HODLing Is Tough
Bitcoin generally follows: “Stairs down, elevator up” ie quick drops but slow recoveries up. So, HODLing feels easy on paper but is actually very hard. Very well explained by @dotkrueger. A must read:
Cango Inc (CANG) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Canaan Inc. reported Q4 2025 revenue of $196 million, a 30% quarter‑over‑quarter increase and 121% year‑over‑year growth, marking its highest quarterly revenue in three years. Product sales surged 39% QoQ to $165 million, driven by a large North American order that pushed...
Mobile $50M Swap Vanishes in One Transaction
When I swap $50 million on my mobile device in one swap and it disappears https://t.co/BhJoaTLayt
On‑chain Contracts Ensure Verifiable Execution and Native Finance
And these contracts will be built and executed onchain, with verifiable execution and financial flows natively integrated.
Gaming Clans Become Growth Engine for Playnance Ecosystem
Playnance announced a strategic partnership with KGeN, linking its Web3 entertainment platform to KGeN’s network of over 53 million verified gamers. The collaboration taps more than 30,000 gaming clans spread across 60 countries, giving Playnance direct access to tightly‑connected community leaders. Through...
Bitcoin Chart Sparks Bullish‑Bearish Debate for Week
Lots of conflicting bullish and bearish arguments on #Bitcoin weekly/monthly chart. Should make for some fun analysis this week.
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CRYPTO IN THE SKY: SAA Passengers Get Another Way to Pay for Flights — Bitcoin
South African Airways (SAA) has become the first major African carrier to embed Bitcoin payments directly into its booking platform, partnering with fintech Ozow and crypto‑bridge MoneyBadger. The checkout generates a Lightning Network QR code, instantly converting the digital asset...
Venus Protocol Exploited for $3.7M Through Supply Cap Manipulation: On-Chain Analysis
Venus Protocol on BNB Chain suffered a $3.7 million exploit that manipulated its supply‑cap controls. The attacker leveraged Thena (THE) tokens to bypass maximum supply limits and borrow multiple assets, likely using flash‑loan or price‑manipulation techniques. In response, Venus paused borrowing...
TechDev Newsletter - Market Update Issue #90
The TechDev Market Update newsletter argues Bitcoin is completing the final corrective leg of wave 2, positioning the market at a cycle bottom rather than a peak. It cites macro indicators—business‑cycle trough and un‑peaked liquidity cycle—to support this view. The issue...
Profit‑Taking on TAO Fuels Rebalance Into SEI, EIGEN
I've taken profits on $TAO in my #Altcoin portfolio The markets are waking up, which means that it's time to start trading the portfolio actively. The portfolio is up from $35,000 to $45,000. Nowhere near profits, but we see a good start...
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Exploring What Sets Apart Blockchain and Bitcoin ETFs
Blockchain exchange‑traded funds (ETFs) give investors exposure to companies that develop or use distributed‑ledger technology, while Bitcoin ETFs provide direct or futures‑based exposure to the cryptocurrency itself. The first Bitcoin futures ETF launched in October 2021 and spot‑based Bitcoin ETFs...
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How to Short Ether (ETH) for Potential Gains
Investors can short Ethereum by borrowing ETH on margin‑enabled crypto exchanges or by selling shares of ETH futures and inverse ETFs. The process involves selling borrowed ETH, then repurchasing at a lower price, with leverage amplifying both gains and losses....
The Illusion of Movement: How Coinbase’s 800,000 BTC Migration Exposes the Flaw in Raw Bitcoin Age Metrics
Coinbase announced a planned migration of nearly 800,000 BTC from legacy to new internal wallets, representing about 4% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply. The on‑chain movement reset the age of those coins, causing raw HODL Waves and Coin Days Destroyed charts...
Vitalik Buterin Promotes an Update Simplifying Ethereum Node Software
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin submitted a pull request to merge the separate backend programs that power the Beacon Chain consensus client and the execution client into a single codebase. The consolidation would let node operators run one unified client, simplifying...
The Six Senators Who Voted Against the March Digital Dollar Ban: Johnson, Lee, Murphy, Scott, Tuberville, and Van Hollen
On March 2 the Senate invoked cloture 84‑6 to advance H.R. 6644, a broad housing and banking bill that embeds a provision barring the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency until the end of 2030. Only six...
Crypto Indexes Must Beat Bitcoin and Filter Startups Fast
In this interview, Dr. Efi Pylarinou speaks with Jessica Ellerm, co-founder of TheMelia, about the complexities of crypto indexing. They explore why traditional indexing models don't easily translate to the volatile crypto market, the challenges of filtering 50 million+ tokens,...
Bitcoin's Shift: From Retail Revolution to Institutional Dependence
I started interacting with the Bitcoin community (mostly protocol devs) as early as 2013. I fell in love with Bitcoin at the San Jose conference. It has changed a lot since then. For one, Bitcoin used to be this very...
Forensic Analysis Uncovers Draft of $5M Deal Tied to Milei’s Libra Promotion: Report
A forensic analysis of crypto lobbyist Mauricio Novelli’s iPhone revealed a draft $5 million payment plan tied to Argentine President Javier Milei’s promotion of the Libra token. The document, dated Feb. 11 2025, outlines three installments: an advance, a sum contingent on Milei naming...
AI Agents Are Quietly Rewriting Prediction Market Trading
AI agents are reshaping prediction‑market trading as Valory's Olas protocol powers autonomous bots like Polystrat on Polymarket. The agent, launched in February 2026, has executed over 4,200 trades and posted single‑trade returns up to 376%. Across the sector, total notional...
Money Flows Trump Fear Gauge in Crypto’s Q2 Pivot
The next 72 hours could define crypto's entire second quarter. NVIDIA's GTC keynote lands Monday. The Fed decision lands Wednesday. Bitcoin is sitting at $71,420 in Extreme Fear territory while institutions are quietly building the most aggressive long positions since...
Stablecoin Uncertainty Could Hurt Banks More than Crypto Firms: Expert
Colin Butler, EVP of capital markets at Mega Matrix, warns that regulatory uncertainty surrounding stablecoins could disadvantage traditional banks more than crypto firms. While banks such as JPMorgan, BNY Mellon and Citi have invested in blockchain and custody infrastructure, they...
Bitcoin Resumes Climb, Targeting $75‑80K After Weekend Risk‑off
The recent correction on Friday on #Bitcoin was essentially just risk-off appetite to not be having positions going into the weekend. Nothing else. Markets are turning back upwards again, probably we'll see a slight pullback later today for CME gap closing appetite,...
Altseason Is Dead, Expect Shorter Cycles and ‘Violent’ Rotations: Crypto Exec
Crypto market maker Andrei Grachev says the era of broad altcoin rallies – known as altseason – is over, replaced by shorter, more violent rotation cycles. He cites an explosion to over 37.8 million tokens, limited capital, and the rise of...
PXTrader 2.0 Merges Crypto, Trad Markets with 1:1000 Leverage
Macro: crypto and trad markets converge—PrimeXBT launches PXTrader 2.0. Key: crypto funding, TradingView, up to 1:1000 leverage. Risk: leverage magnifies losses. Trade: limit position size. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA. More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Ethereum Foundation Sells $10.2M Worth of ETH to BitMine in OTC Deal
The Ethereum Foundation completed an over‑the‑counter sale of 5,000 Ether to BitMine Immersion Technologies, valued at roughly $10.2 million at $2,042.96 per ETH. Proceeds will fund core operations, protocol research, ecosystem growth initiatives, and community grant programs. This transaction is the...
Bitcoin Whales Are Starting to Accumulate Again at $71K: Santiment
Large Bitcoin wallets—those holding 10 to 10,000 BTC—have resumed net accumulation as the cryptocurrency steadies near $71,000. Santiment’s on‑chain data shows these whales now control 68.17% of total supply, up slightly from a week earlier, which the firm interprets as...
Crypto's Promise Threatened by Toxic Meme Coin Culture
The last speaker @steipete references was yours truly😂where I made the point that crypto isn't all bad and that blockchain technology is incredibly important for a sovereign agentic future and he gracefully made the point that he found the technology...
Simplify Ethereum Nodes: Rethink Beacon/Execution Separation
We should be open to revisiting whole beacon/execution client separation thing. Running two daemons and getting them to talk to each other is far more difficult than running one daemon. Our goal is to make the self-sovereign way of using ethereum have...
Bitcoin Poised to Close Week up 10%
NEW: Bitcoin is on track to end the week up exactly 10% Steady 🤝 https://t.co/wreEvkxajk
Crypto Strength: Hedge or Rising Risk Appetite?
Do you think all this relative strength in crypto means those conspiracy theories about it being a hedge against bad things are actually true? Or is this just evidence of risk appetite and the start of the next leg higher...
Daily BTC Chart Appears Bullish, yet I'm Still Confused
The daily $BTC chart actually looks bullish today. I’m also at the pool and have no idea what I’m looking at. https://t.co/OWJyhQkrlS
TAO Tests Resistance; Break Above Signals Positive Trend
$TAO Back to broken support. Testing as resistance. If it can flip above this could actually be a really positive sign for this chart. https://t.co/FLUyU9LRDF
Freedom Means Choosing, Not Labeling Coins as Trash
If you truly believe in freedom and self-sovereignity, you shouldn't be calling anything a shitcoin. Don't like it? Don't hold it. No reason to shit on it.
Tokenized Oil Hits $1.3B, Still Under 0.1% of Market
The play is tokenized Oil Trading volumes surged to over $1.3 billion in 24-hour volume Tokenized volume remains a tiny fraction of the total $6 trillion global oil market. Tokenization is crypto.
Blockchain Empowers People, Demands Transparency From Power
Tokenization and Blockchain technology are for the people There are privacy layers that can be added for the average person but large entities like traditional finance and politicians should be transparent. https://t.co/uU8uNff15x
BTC $5K Dip Could Trigger $3.4B Long Liquidations
Over $3.4B worth of crypto longs will be liquidated if #BTC drops by $5,000 from here. https://t.co/kA9fM99t6u
DeFi Primitives Power Nonstop AI Company Finance
Every DeFi primitive makes sense for AI companies: AMMs = instant liquidity for agent trades Lending = programmatic capital allocation Oracles = real-time data feeds Smart contracts = trustless execution It's the perfect financial stack for entities that never sleep
Altcoins Poised for 20‑40% Upside Before Resistance
I've provided this update before, but there's still a lot of upside on #Altcoins to come. Depending on your narrative, there's a lot of profits to be made on the long side, as the total market capitalization for #Altcoins can run...
Kiyosaki Warns Tradfi Crash, Piles Into Bitcoin
💥UPDATE ROBERT KIYOSAKI SAYS THE TRADFI "CRASH ACCELERATES" AND IS BUYING MORE BITCOIN He said private credit funds are "panicked" and some big banks "are in trouble" In preparation, Kiyosaki says he is buying Bitcoin, Ethereum, Gold, Silver and Oil https://t.co/aU4OoxpJA6
Zoom Out: Macro Indicators Now on Gemini Markets
Staring at the 5 minute chart again? Try zooming out. Macro indicators now streaming on @GeminiMarkets
Crypto Claims Legitimacy While Ignoring Terror Financing
I am always perplexed by 1) what the crypto industry SAYS about its desire for legitimacy and then 2) what it DOES in direct contradiction to that: "WSJ reported that crypto exchange shut down internal investigation into transactions funding terror groups..."
Tom Lee’s Fund Acquires 5,000 ETH for $10 M
Your size is not size. Tommy Lee of Funstrat buys 5000 Ethereum. $10,000 is programmed
BTC Faces Tight Liquidity Between $69k‑$73k
#BTC currently has liquidity on both sides. Upside liquidity sits around $72-73k, while downside liquidity rests between $71-69k. https://t.co/W55VsSqHrA
Ethereum Set to Outpace Bitcoin in Coming Years
My biggest bet for the coming years is the $ETH ecosystem. I think it will significantly outperform #Bitcoin. Why? Watch the update here: https://t.co/vrAsqKZwsY
ETH Poised to Break Resistance, Targeting $2.4‑2.5k
Magnificent markets should be on the road. Why? $ETH is about to break upwards here, as it's facing a crucial resistance zone, again. If that breaks, we'll start to accelerate and I would assume we'll start to see a rally to $2,400-2,500....
Bitcoin Survives Massive Cable Cuts, but Five Hosts Threaten It
Bitcoin can survive 72% of the world's submarine cables being cut, but a targeted attack on five hosting providers could cripple it https://t.co/y1Mhj6d3BR #bitcoins #CryptoSafety #crypto #internet #submarine #underseacable
Spot Bitcoin ETF Inflows Stall After March Surge
Inflows into spot #BTC ETFs have paused after rising since the beginning of March, according to Farside. https://t.co/LH3OxayBoc
Bitcoin Spikes in War, Crashes in Peace
$BTCUSD: -45% on no war $BTCUSD: +4.3% on war: The chaos hedge is working perfectly https://t.co/xUYlRbhtuw