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Bitcoin traded mostly unchanged on Wednesday after a short-lived rally in the prior session, as traders adopted a cautious stance ahead of a highly anticipated U.S. Federal Reserve policy announcement and commentary from Chair Jerome Powell. The cryptocurrency edged up modestly to $74,207.9, while concerns about rising crude prices and new regulato…
Aster, backed by YZi Labs, has launched Aster Chain Mainnet, a Layer 1 blockchain that makes trading privacy the default by integrating ZK-verifiable encrypted orders and stealth address routing. The network aims to prevent onchain position hunting, deliver CEX-level throughput and latency without gas, and support a phased ecosystem rollout includi…
GSR announced a $57 million acquisition of Autonomous and Architech, combining launch operations, treasury and advisory services with GSR’s institutional trading, liquidity and asset management functions. Autonomous will retain its brand within the GSR group to continue providing operational and financial infrastructure for tokenized organizations,…
Bybit has introduced the "Queen of P2P: March Referral Extravaganza," a referral campaign aimed at expanding its peer-to-peer trading network across Southeast Asia. Running through April 13, 2026, the promotion offers qualified participants chances to win up to 100 USDT in a Lucky Draw and tiered USDT awards for users who recruit multiple verified …
Bybit has launched a refreshed On-Chain Earn experience intended to simplify discovery and management of decentralized finance yield strategies directly from users' Bybit accounts. The upgraded interface groups earning options into four categories - Vault, Hold to Earn, Stake to Earn, and Alpha Farm - and adds enhanced asset management capabilities…
A 2025 index compiled by 1Token indicates that Bybit Institutional’s venue characteristics and execution quality produced materially better risk-adjusted outcomes for neutral crypto quant strategies during a year of pronounced macro volatility and liquidity disruption. The report benchmarks results from 25 professional trading teams and more than 5…
Bitcoin traded largely flat near $74,000 on Tuesday after earlier approaching $76,000, as traders balanced technical short covering and spot ETF inflows against renewed geopolitical risk tied to the U.S., Israel, and Iran and the upcoming Federal Reserve policy meeting. Oil's rebound above $100 per barrel and persistent inflation concerns kept mark…
Bitcoin showed tentative stabilization on Sunday, trading around $71,520.2 as investors weighed geopolitical tensions and broader risk-off sentiment. Traders are watching the $73,000 to $75,000 range as critical resistance, while institutional cooperation with regulators is cited as a structural backstop. Market indicators remain in 'fear' territor…
A BCA Research report finds that stablecoins are transitioning from a niche cryptocurrency instrument to a financial layer that connects global payment flows with U.S. dollar liquidity and the short end of the Treasury market. Rapid expansion in issuance, reserve management practices and adoption outside trading contexts could make stablecoins a gr…
Stablecoin issuer Tether announced a change in its investment leadership: Richard Heathcote is leaving the chief investment officer role to concentrate on personal and family priorities and will remain as a non-executive advisor. His deputy, Zachary Lyons, will step into the CIO position and oversee the company’s investments in technology and infra…
Bitcoin extended gains on Friday, rising to just over $71,500 as U.S. regulatory cooperation boosted market sentiment. The rally pushed the token toward a weekly gain despite ongoing volatility linked to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and the potential inflationary impact on oil markets. Major altcoins also advanced alongside Bitcoin.
<p>Bybit has rolled out a rebuilt Rewards Hub that consolidates incentives into a single, adaptive interface. The redesign centers on two modes that change with user progression: a seven-day New User Exclusive Mode offering an immediate welcome gift and staged beginner activities, and a Pro Mode that provides personalized, recurring, and surprise r…
Banana Gun, a Telegram-based automated crypto trading bot, has surpassed $8 billion in annualized trading volume. Since launching in 2023 the service has processed $16.09 billion in cumulative volume across 25.3 million trades, supported by a global user base of 1.3 million. Average trade sizes and per-user activity levels align with retail brokera…
Bybit EU, authorized under the EU's MiCAR regime and headquartered in Vienna, will serve as Lead Sponsor of Paris Blockchain Week 2026, scheduled for April 15-16 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. Co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou will appear on conference stages alongside Ambroise Helaine and Robert Macdonald to take part in panels addressing market d…
BYDFi has integrated its perpetual futures market data into TradingView, allowing traders to view real-time prices, volume and market-structure signals from BYDFi within TradingView charts. The move aims to reduce context switching for active derivatives traders by making BYDFi futures data directly available alongside TradingView's analytical tool…
Ontology has released its 2026 roadmap, shifting focus from infrastructure construction to unifying products and driving real-world value. The plan centralises identity, reputation, and privacy functionality in ONTO Wallet, advances ONT ID upgrades for Real World Asset (RWA) demand, and links verified, user-consented data to artificial intelligence…
Bitcoin fell marginally below the $70,000 mark in Asian trading as investors monitored ongoing conflict in the Middle East and awaited U.S. consumer price index data. The largest cryptocurrency traded about 0.5% lower around $69,583.5 by 01:55 ET (05:55 GMT), after recovering from an earlier dip toward the mid-$60,000s. Market participants are also…
<p>Mantle, an Ethereum Layer 2 positioned as a distribution layer for real-world finance, recorded two simultaneous all-time highs on March 10th, 2026: DeFi Total Value Locked (TVL) surpassed $1 billion, reaching $1.006 billion, and the network's stablecoin market capitalization climbed to $980 million. Both figures are reported by DefiLlama. The m…
Bitcoin rose back above the $70,000 mark in Asian trading after U.S. President Donald Trump said the war involving Iran could end soon. The cryptocurrency traded higher alongside a pullback in oil prices and a rebound in Asian equity markets, while investors await U.S. inflation data later in the week.
Tessera, led by Chan Ahn, plans to bring private equity exposures onto the Solana blockchain by acquiring shares in private companies, placing them into special purpose vehicles (SPVs), and issuing tokens that can be traded on decentralized exchanges with instant settlement. The tokens are structured as loan participation rights rather than equity,…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc. reported $10.3 billion in combined cryptocurrency and cash holdings as of March 8, including 4.534 million ETH, $1.2 billion in cash and a mix of other digital and equity investments. A substantial portion of its Ethereum is staked, producing annualized staking revenues the company pegs at $174 million, and manag…
Walbi has launched a no-code environment that lets retail crypto traders create, test, and deploy AI-driven trading agents without programming. Agents draw on portfolio data, technical indicators, macro signals and liquidation metrics, and were trialed in a 14-week closed beta with over 1,000 participants who created more than 9,500 agents and gene…
Bitcoin traded essentially flat in Asian hours on Monday after a weekend slide, holding around $67,226.8 by 23:53 ET (03:53 GMT) following an earlier dip below $66,000. A sharp rise in oil driven by intensifying military exchanges involving the U.S., Israel and Iran prompted renewed inflation concerns and broader risk-off moves across equity market…
A federal judge in the Southern District of New York has dismissed all claims against Binance in a lawsuit alleging the exchange provided material support for terrorist attacks, ruling plaintiffs failed to substantiate key elements under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The court granted plaintiffs 60 days to file an amended complaint following a recent app…
<p>OmniPact announced a $50 million private financing to advance its decentralized protocol that uses smart contracts, algorithmic custody and decentralized arbitration to facilitate intermediary-free transactions of physical and digital assets. The capital will be allocated to final development, security audits, a forthcoming testnet and expansion…
