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Ethereum Foundation accelerates 70,000 ETH staking plan after BitMine sale

The Ethereum Foundation deployed $46.2 million in ETH across 11 deposits as it accelerates a 70,000 ETH staking plan.

Ethereum Foundation stakes record $46 million worth of ETH: onchain data

The nonprofit organization began staking portions of its ether treasury last month to earn additional yield on its holdings.

Latest data shows retail Bitcoin wallets can no longer control short-term BTC price moves

Bitcoin’s Price Is Being Set Further Away From Bitcoin Holders Bitcoin spent the end of March in a range that looked calm on the surface and unusually crowded underneath. By Monday, Bitcoin's price wa...

Three Reasons Why Circle’s Stock Is Under Pressure

A yield ban, a rival's audit, and an unresolved legislative clock have left Circle's stock in limbo for the past week.

Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $290M as ‘Risk-Off’ Mood Deepens

Analysts attribute last week's BTC ETF outflows to geopolitical tensions, fading ceasefire hopes, and end-of-quarter rebalancing.

Hyperliquid traders in Tokyo get 200-millisecond edge, Glassnode research shows

Hyperliquid’s validators cluster in AWS Tokyo alongside Binance, BitMEX and KuCoin, giving nearby traders a latency advantage, Glassnode data shows

Bitcoin recovers to $67,400 after dipping below $65,200 as Houthis enter Iran war

The conflict's fifth week brought its widest expansion yet, with Iran-backed forces opening a new front and U.S. ground troops arriving in the region.

The Bitcoin market remains boring. Investors chasing yields may be partly to blame

Yield hungry investors seem to have influenced market flows such that they limit price swings.

Lido DAO proposes $20M LDO buyback to reverse historic price fall

The LDO token is down 95.9% from its all-time high, with a $255 million market cap, even as Lido’s staking protocol still accounts for the largest share of staked Ether at 23.2%.

Prediction market txs surge on geopolitical bets, media coverage

Monthly notional trading volume for prediction markets has reached roughly $23.7 billion so far in March, up sharply from $1.9 billion at the same time last year.

Fed's Warsh hearing could come as soon as April 13 week: Punchbowl

The Senate Banking Committee hearing for the Fed chair nominee is expected around mid-April. Senator Elizabeth Warren has pushed back against the proposed Fed appointment.

DeFi lending giant Aave launches on OKX's Ethereum L2, X Layer

OKX’s X Layer is the 21st blockchain to integrate Aave, which recently surpassed the $1 trillion mark in cumulative lending volume.

Polymarket trader makes $67K after UFC announcer briefly mixes up winner

The Polymarket trader quickly bought $676 worth of one-cent shares in Tyrell Fortune winning the fight after he realized the UFC announcer called out the wrong winner.

‘More room to fall’: Bitcoin trades near $67,000 as US-Iran deadlock persists

Analysts said the prolonged U.S.-Iran conflict keeps inflation fears elevated, weighing on crypto investor sentiment.

Aave goes live on X Layer, enabling onchain lending for OKX Wallet users

OKX Wallet users can supply assets, including USDT0, xBTC, and xETH, to earn yield that compounds automatically without giving up custody.

Crypto's CLARITY Act could be a headwind for DeFi tokens ring-fencing yield, analyst says

The proposed restriction on yield would shift value toward regulated players and away from decentralized finance' tokens, 10x Research's Markus Thielen said.

Bitcoin bullish bets hit a 28-month high on Bitfinex, and that's music to bears' ears

Historically, spikes in Bitfinex BTC/USD longs have acted as a contrary indicator.

No one is 100% happy with the stablecoin yield agreement: State of Crypto

The crypto and banking industries saw Senators Alsobrooks and Tillis' agreement-in-principle for stablecoin yield.

Strategy may have paused bitcoin accumulation last week, ending a thirteen week buying streak

The company seemed to have skipped it's weekly bitcoin purchase announcement for the first time since late december.

Stablecoin payments go 'invisible' in Southeast Asia as crypto card business surges

StraitsX, a Singapore-based company, has seen rapid growth in its stablecoin card program, with a 40x surge in transaction volume and an 83x increase in card issuance between 2024 and 2025.