The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has moved to translate the country’s first crypto bill for stablecoins, the GENIUS Act, into concrete regulatory guidance for banks and their fintech subsidiaries that wish to use or issue stablecoins. In a notice of proposed rulemaking approved by the FDIC Board, the agency lays out “a prudential framework”…
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Ethereum (ETH) Outlook: $2,500 Break Could Trigger Major Rally — Expert’s Price Scenarios
Ethereum (ETH) slid on Tuesday, trading just above $2,080 as the wider crypto market weakened — a level well shy of a critical threshold identified by expert Ali Martinez as the trigger for a sustained macro bull run. In a breakdown shared on social media platform X, Martinez argued that reclaiming a realized price near…
Bitcoin Sits 45% Below Its Peak As Short Sellers Absorb $276M In Losses
West Texas Intermediate crude has hit $115 a barrel, gasoline prices in the US are up nearly 40% since late February, and Bitcoin is still trying to break through a wall it has failed to climb six times now. That is the world Bitcoin finds itself in on Monday as it briefly touched $69,550 —…
Bitcoin Mood Sours To Levels Not Seen Since Late February
Bitcoin is sitting just below $70,000, but the sharper signal may be in the derivatives market: roughly $6 billion in short positions would be forced out if the price climbs to $72,500, according to data from Santiment. That comes as Bitcoin keeps testing the same ceiling again and again, with the market showing signs of…
XRP Wallet Count Tops 8 Million As Trading Volume Nears $4 Billion
More than 8 million wallets now hold XRP — a milestone that comes even as the token’s price sits well below where it stood less than a year ago. A Market Still Chasing Its Peak XRP traded at $1.35 on Monday, up roughly 4% on the day, but still more than 60% below the $3.65…
Crypto Trust Crisis — The “Kim Jong‑Un Test” Is Exposing Secret North Korean Moles
Amidst yet another big hack attributed to North Korea-linked operatives, some crypto builders have confessed they are passing tests during interviews to developers to make sure they are not North Korean agents. The Fool-Proof “Kim Jong‑Un Test” For Crypto Developers Once again, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is responsible for some action movie-sounding…
Strategy Signals Fresh Bitcoin Buy As Saylor Tweets ‘Back To Work’
With Bitcoin trading near $69,000, Strategy is sitting on an unrealized loss on its large cryptocurrency holdings, yet the company’s founder shows no sign of pulling back. Saylor’s Orange Dot Returns Michael Saylor posted what followers recognized immediately: the orange dot chart his company uses to signal a fresh round of Bitcoin buying. The post,…
XRP Eyes $8.30 Target As Rare Chart Pattern Emerges From Prolonged Decline
A drop to 83 cents could be the setup XRP investors have been waiting for. Crypto analyst Egrag Crypto has identified a falling wedge structure in XRP’s price chart that spans nearly nine months, with the token trading around $1.30 after a prolonged slide. Based on the analysis, XRP may fall further before any significant…
Senate Inquiry: Binance CEO Receives New Letter Amid Concerns Of Misrepresentations
Senator Richard Blumenthal has escalated his scrutiny of Binance, sending a follow‑up letter on April 1 to co‑CEO Richard Teng that presses the crypto exchange to explain apparent discrepancies between its testimony to the Senate and subsequent media reporting about transactions tied to Iran. The New Haven Democrat said he is concerned that Binance may…
Bitcoin ETFs Gaining Ground, Could Soon Surpass Gold—Analyst
Gold shed billions in March. Bitcoin quietly pulled in more than a billion. Flows Tell A Diverging Story US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted $1.32 billion in net inflows last month, even as US-based gold ETFs bled $2.92 billion in net outflows over the same period. The gap caught the attention of Bloomberg ETF analyst…