Sentiment in Bitcoin BTC$69,951.35 the market has turned bullish and traders are betting on a rally above $80,000, with traders positioning for a rally above $80,000. That’s the message from a decentralized exchange offering on-chain trading of crypto futures and options. “Current options pricing shows a ~35% chance that BTC will reach over $80,000 by […]
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Since the emergence of ChatGPT and chatbots, the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved into “agent payments,” touted as the next wave of internet commerce in which humans will not transact. These will be AI agents paying each other: The idea is simple: create automated payment rails using AI agents that traditional businesses like
Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced a bill that would ban predictive market contracts linked to terrorism, war, assassinations, and death, directly challenging market regulator CFTC’s move toward looser regulation of event-driven trading. The bill, called the DEATH BETS Act, would strip the agency of any discretion over whether to authorize such contracts and write explicit
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Next week could prove crucial for markets, including Bitcoin, as seven major central banks, including the powerful Federal Reserve, announce rate decisions amid a war-induced surge in oil prices that threatens to reignite inflation in the global economy. The week’s busy economic calendar includes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate decision on March 17,
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XRP drifted lower in quiet trading, as falling volume and repeated rejections near $1.44 kept the token stuck in a tightening range. News context XRP continues to move largely in line with broader crypto sentiment, without any major token-specific catalysts driving recent price action. The token has spent much of the past week consolidating between
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Ripple announced plans to obtain an Australian financial services license through the proposed acquisition of BC Payments Australia Pty Ltd on Wednesday, according to a statement shared with CoinDesk. The acquisition, which is not yet finalized, would allow Ripple to offer its full payments suite in Australia, covering onboarding, compliance, financing, foreign exchange, liquidity management
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Bitcoin touched $71,612 late Tuesday before returning to $70,036 during Wednesday’s Asian session, as a change in the energy situation brought back risk appetite in global markets. A key catalyst was a Wall Street Journal report that the International Energy Agency had proposed the largest release of crude reserves in its history, surpassing the 182
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Ethereum’s network activity has reached all-time highs on several metrics, but the growth has failed to increase the price of ether or increase fee generation at the base layer. A weekly report from analytics firm CryptoQuant released on March 10 found that daily active addresses on Ethereum approached 2 million in February 2026, surpassing highs
Bitcoin BTC$69,633.54 The recent drop sparked heavy trading activity, with nearly 600,000 BTC changing hands in the $60,000 to $70,000 range, according to blockchain data tracked by Glassnode. In other words, traders went bargain hunting and scooped up almost 600,000 BTC ($42.48 billion) in this price range during the correction. Of these, over 200,000 BTC
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By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless otherwise noted) The stablecoin market is expanding again, led by USDC and bitcoin. BTC$69,725.98 the rally is gaining momentum. Panic over the war in Iran has eased in the past 24 hours after President Donald Trump said the conflict could soon end. Result: Bitcoin, which resisted the crisis,
