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March 17, 2025

Bitcoin sees 30% retracement as selling pressure increases — Bitfinex

March 17, 20250
Bitcoin (BTC) has undergone its second-largest correction of this bull run, according to analysts at crypto exchange Bitfinex. The correction, from the coin’s all-time high of $109,590 set on Jan. 20 to a low of $77,041 during the week of March 9-15, represents a 30% retracement triggered by selling pressure from short-term holders.In its report,...

Solana futures finish first trading day on CME

March 17, 20250
Solana (SOL) futures traded for the first time on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group’s US derivatives exchange on March 17 as the cryptocurrency’s mainstream adoption gains momentum. In February, CME tipped plans to list two types of SOL futures contracts: standard contracts representing 500 SOL and retail-friendly “micro” contracts representing 25 SOL each. They are...

Bitcoin price fails to go parabolic as the US Dollar Index (DXY) falls — Why?

March 17, 20250
Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen 12% since March 2, when it nearly reached $94,000. Interestingly, during the same period, the US dollar weakened against a basket of foreign currencies, which is usually seen as a positive sign for scarce assets like BTC. Investors are now puzzled as to why Bitcoin hasn’t reacted positively to the declining...

Hashdex amends S-1 for crypto index ETF, adds seven altcoins

March 17, 20250
Asset manager Hashdex has amended its S-1 regulatory filing for its cryptocurrency index exchange-traded fund (ETF) to include seven altcoins in addition to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), according to a March 14 filing. The revision proposes adding seven specific altcoins to the index ETF — Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), Avalanche (AVAX),...

Ethena Labs, Securitize launch blockchain for DeFi and tokenized assets

March 17, 20250
Stablecoin developer Ethena Labs and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization company Securitize are launching a new blockchain for retail and institutional investors seeking access to the DeFi and tokenization economies. According to a March 17 announcement, the forthcoming Converge blockchain is an Ethereum Virtual Machine that will provide retail investors with access to “standard DeFi applications.” It...

XRP’s role in US Digital Asset Stockpile raises questions on token utility — Does it belong?

March 17, 20250
Ripple’s XRP (XRP), the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, gained national recognition after President Donald Trump mentioned the “valuable cryptocurrency” alongside BTC, ETH, SOL, and ADA as part of a planned US strategic crypto reserve. Trump’s executive order on March 6 established a new structure for the altcoins — the Digital Asset Stockpile, managed by...

New BITCOIN Act would allow US reserve to exceed 1M: Law Decoded

March 17, 20250
The newly reintroduced Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through Optimized Investment Nationwide (BITCOIN) Act of 2025 by Senator Cynthia Lummis would allow the United States to potentially hold over 1 million Bitcoin (BTC) in its crypto reserves. The bill directs the government to buy 200,000 BTC annually over five years, to be paid for with existing...

Polymarket bettors say there’s a 100% chance the Fed ends QT before May

March 17, 20250
Betters on Polymarket believe it’s now a certainty that the US Federal Reserve will wind down its quantitative tightening (QT) program by May of this year, a move many analysts say could trigger the next leg of the crypto bull market. By March 14, Polymarket’s betting odds that the Fed would end QT by April 30...

NymVPN launches fully decentralized VPN amid privacy crackdown

March 17, 20250
Privacy protocol Nym has launched NymVPN, which it describes as the “world’s most secure VPN” and says will help protect users from government, corporate and AI surveillance.The release comes amid an increasingly hostile global environment for privacy-focused products — one that is seeing governments crack down on privacy projects and demand backdoors to encryption.The decentralized...

Standard Chartered drops 2025 ETH price estimate by 60% to $4K

March 17, 20250
Ethereum price is more than 52% down from its December 2024 high at $4,107 and data from TradingView shows ETH (ETH) down 42% since the start of 2025. Despite being one of the largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization and holding the dominant spot as the leader in Web3 and DeFi, many analysts believe that ETH’s price...
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