Author: Isabella Taylor
The price of XRP is stabilizing near a key technical level even as institutional flows weaken, raising questions about the token’s next move. Summary XRP spot ETFs recorded about $6.08 million in daily net outflows, signaling softer institutional demand. The token is trading around $1.41, consolidating after falling from highs near $1.90 earlier this year. Momentum indicators such as the RSI near 50 and a rising Awesome Oscillator suggest bearish pressure may be fading. The Ripple token (XRP) was trading around $1.41 on March 13, gaining roughly 2.4% on the day, according to data from Crypto.News. The token has been…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has clarified the circumstances surrounding his massive 2021 crypto donation to the Future of Life Institute, while distancing himself from some of the group’s more recent policy approaches toward artificial intelligence. Summary Vitalik Buterin clarified that his massive donation to the Future of Life Institute came from SHIB tokens sent to him during the 2021 memecoin boom. The institute reportedly converted roughly $500 million worth of SHIB despite Buterin expecting only a small portion could be sold. Buterin warned that centralized AI safety policies and large-scale lobbying efforts could create geopolitical tensions and unintended consequences. Vitalik…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Every smart contract platform has a fee asset baked in. For example, Ethereum (ETH) has ETH, Solana (SOL) has SOL, but with Bitcoin (BTC), however, things get messy. If you want expressive apps, you usually end up adopting a second network’s economics. Summary Bitcoin doesn’t price computation, only block space. Unlike Ethereum or Solana, BTC’s fee market is built around sat/vB for transaction inclusion, not metering smart contract execution. Execution can move off-chain while settlement stays on…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on a network accused of helping North Korea generate illicit revenue through overseas information technology workers and cryptocurrency transactions. Summary The U.S. Treasury sanctioned individuals and entities tied to a North Korean IT worker fraud network. The scheme allegedly used stolen identities and remote IT jobs to generate funds. Officials say cryptocurrency was used to launder and transfer proceeds linked to Pyongyang’s weapons programs. U.S. blacklists facilitators of DPRK scheme that used crypto to move illicit earnings In a statement, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the targeted…
Cointelegraph Brasil has reappeared in Google’s index after a period of disappearance, highlighting the fragile control crypto publishers have over search-driven visibility amid global algorithm updates. After spotting Cointelegraph Brasil content in Top Stories and reviewing the site’s technical setup, we found signs that the Brazilian edition is once again interacting normally with Google’s crawlers. Monitoring soon showed other language editions returning as well. When we at Outset PR first started digging into Cointelegraph’s disappearance from Google, the story was simple enough: the collapse itself. One of the biggest crypto news publishers had suddenly slipped out of the search results…
Bitcoin’s brief jump above $73k shows bulls still in control, but Iran war risks, oil shocks and crowded leverage leave BTC vulnerable to a violent flush. Summary Bitcoin price reclaimed the $73k area as global risk assets bounced despite ongoing Iran war headlines and oil market stress. Derivatives data show rising funding, packed longs and whale leverage on BTC and ETH, primed for cascade liquidations if momentum stalls. With Iran threatening shipping and higher oil, traders are shifting to tighter stops, staged profit‑taking and options hedges into late‑cycle volatility. Bitcoin (BTC) price briefly cleared the $73,000 mark in the last…
Ethereum price surges as derivatives open interest jumped nearly 9% to above $30b, concentrating leverage on Binance, Gate, Bybit and OKX and priming Ethereum for sharper liquidations. Summary Ethereum derivatives open interest climbed about 9% in 24 hours to roughly $30.4b, tracking Ethereum above $2,180. Binance, Gate, Bybit and OKX now hold most ETH OI, raising spillover risk if one venue sees a funding squeeze or outage. Rising OI with higher prices signals a reflexive setup: further gains could richen funding, while any stall may trigger fast deleveraging. Ethereum (ETH) derivatives just lit up. Here’s a clean crypto.news-style piece on…
The Official Trump token surged on heavy trading after news spread that large holders could receive invitations to a private event at Mar-a-Lago. Summary TRUMP price jumped more than 50% after the project announced a Mar-a-Lago luncheon for top token holders. Trading volume and derivatives activity spiked as traders rushed into the market. On the chart, the token broke above key resistance levels after months of decline. At press time, The Official Trump (TRUMP) traded at $4.28, up about 52% in the past 24 hours. The token is now close to the top of its weekly range, which sits between…
A Matrixport‑linked whale holds about $300m in leveraged Ethereum and Bitcoin longs with roughly $26m in unrealized profit, concentrating risk and raising liquidation shock potential. Summary On‑chain and derivatives data flag a whale long roughly 120,000 ETH and about 700 BTC across major venues, with notional exposure above $300m. Earlier tracking showed this Matrixport‑linked address up over $22m on 120,000 ETH and 650 BTC; the latest rally has pushed unrealized gains closer to $26m. Double‑digit leverage and high margin utilization mean a few percent drawdown in ETH or BTC could flip this winner into forced de‑leveraging and broader market stress.…
Trend Research is again moving size through Binance, pulling 27,000 ETH off‑exchange while wiring in about $150m USDC, signaling fresh positioning after its brutal ETH unwind. Summary An address tied to Trend Research withdrew 27,000 ETH from Binance, then sent roughly $150.47m in USDC back to the exchange in recent hours. Earlier this year the same firm dumped over 700m worth of ETH to Binance to repay Aave loans, realizing an estimated $700m‑plus loss on a looped long. The new pattern of ETH out and USDC in suggests Trend Research is rotating into fresh ETH strategies rather than simply de‑risking,…