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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.
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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.
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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
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.
FTX payout, U.S. jobs: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting March 30.
Polymarket trader exploits UFC blunder, turns $676 into $67,000 in under a minute

The episode underscores how quickly prediction market prices can whipsaw on live-event errors.
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Ethereum Foundation stakes additional $42 million of ether

About 20,470 ETH, or roughly $42 million, flowed from Ethereum Foundation-linked wallets into the Beacon Chain in a series of coordinated deposits Monday, marking one of the largest visible batches in its ongoing staking rollout.
Bitcoin steadies, altcoins jump in liquidity-driven relief rally

Bitcoin and ether tick higher while altcoins surge on oversold bounce, but weak liquidity and macro tensions keep the broader trend fragile.
Coinbase survey finds over half of customers don’t understand crypto tax

The 2026 Crypto Tax Readiness Report, done with Cointracker, found that only 49% correctly understand that crypto is taxable anytime it is sold.
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Midas raises $50 million to tackle pain point for tokenized asset investors

The funding will support the introduction of an instant redemption system for onchain funds, a key hurdle for broader institutional adoption.
Bitcoin, ether bounce is running low on fuel

Your day-ahead look for March 30, 2026
Bitcoin jumps as Trump says U.S. in talks with 'new regime' in Iran, threatens oil infrastructure if deal fails

Trump said "great progress" had been made toward ending the war but warned the U.S. would "obliterate" Iran's power plants, oil wells, and Kharg Island if a deal isn't reached shortly.
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Rate hike bets are building for the Fed – and now the Bank of Japan too

A weakening yen, rising bond yields, and the risk of a carry trade unwind pose a headwind to risk assets, including bitcoin.
Aave rolls out v4 on Ethereum, aiming to expand DeFi into real-world credit markets

The upgrade has been in development for about two years and is designed to make it easier to use Aave for a wider range of lending and borrowing activities.
CoinDesk 20 performance update: Ethereum (ETH) price rises 4.2% over weekend

Chainlink (LINK) joined Ethereum (ETH) as a top performer, up 4.1% since Friday.
Lido DAO proposes $20 million LDO buyback to boost price after 95% slide

A proposed treasury buyback of up to 10,000 stETH for LDO highlights how thin DeFi governance token liquidity has become, forcing the DAO to route through centralized exchanges.
Charles Hoskinson’s $200 million bet: Midnight goes live to tackle crypto’s biggest flaws

The Cardano founder argues crypto is too public, complex and risky for mainstream use and is backing a privacy-focused network to change that.
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Nearly half of all circulating bitcoin is underwater as long-term holders sell at a loss

Nearly half of all bitcoin is now trading at a loss, with the Bitcoin Impact Index surging to 57.4, indicating high stress levels.
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Zcash upside hinges on repricing financial privacy in an AI-driven world, Grayscale says

The crypto asset manager argued rising surveillance and AI could elevate demand for private digital money, positioning Zcash as a mispriced bet on confidentiality.
Bernstein says the 60% crash in crypto stocks is a rare chance to buy the dip at a 'big' discount

The broker said crypto equities trading at steep discounts are approaching a floor into weak first-quarter results, revising price targets on Coinbase, Robinhood and Figure.
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Bitmine makes biggest ether purchase in 2026 while other digital asset treasuries pull back

Tom Lee's Ethereum treasury bought more than 71,000 ETH over the past week, remaining the sole large corporate crypto buyer as Strategy broke its 13-week bitcoin purchase streak.