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Why Venice Token (VVV) Is Rallying While the Broader Crypto Market Falls

The crypto market has slipped nearly 1% over the past 24 hours, with all top 10 assets posting losses. Despite the downturn, Venice Token (VVV) jumped more than 20% to an intraday high of $6.78 and was trading at $6.57, its highest level since February 2025; it ranked

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South Korea Orders Review After Tax Office Seed Phrase Leak

Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol has ordered a cross-agency review of how the government and public institutions handle seized digital assets after the National Tax Service accidentally exposed a wallet seed phrase in a press release photo. The NTS published an image of a hardware wallet showing the full mnemonic

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Bitcoin Price Prediction: What To Expect From BTC In March 2026

Bitcoin enters March bruised after close to 15% losses in February and five consecutive red months since October 2025. The seasonal backdrop offers little comfort — the median March return is −1.31% — and the 30-day rolling correlation with the S&P 500 sits at 0.55, up from about

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Gold's Safe-Haven Rally Spills Into Crypto Markets

Physical gold prices climbed to a one-month high as safe-haven demand surged following US and Israeli strikes on Iran. On March 2 gold rose 2%, peaking at $5,394 per ounce before settling at $5,363.7, and has gained roughly 65% so far in 2025. The move into bullion

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BackStrategy raises STRC dividend to 11.50% as Bitcoin drawdown continues

BackStrategy, formerly MicroStrategy, raised its STRC preferred stock dividend by 25 basis points for March 2026, citing continued pressure from Bitcoin’s drawdown. The STRC dividend rate is set monthly to keep shares trading near their $100 par value and limit price volatility. Bitcoin’s decline has weighed on both

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Hayes: Fed could ease policy to finance Iran conflict, boosting crypto

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said the US Federal Reserve could ease its hawkish monetary policy to help finance the country's conflict with Iran, a move he expects would boost crypto markets. In a blog post he argued every US president since 1985 has launched military action in the

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Five U.S. economic reports that could move Bitcoin this week

Bitcoin is trading around $66,000, down modestly amid fragile sentiment, thin liquidity and a geopolitical overhang. After the weakest start to a year on record, traders are watching a heavy slate of U.S. data that could reshape expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts and steer crypto market direction.

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XRP Faces $650M Selling Pressure as Geopolitical Tensions Rise

On-chain data shows 472 million XRP, worth about $652 million, moved to Binance over the past week as holders adopt a defensive stance amid rising tensions between the United States, Israel and Iran. The sharp rise in exchange inflows suggests investors are positioning for greater volatility, which raises the risk

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3 Token Unlocks to Watch in the First Week of March 2026

Crypto tokens worth more than $572 million will enter the market over the next seven days. Three major ecosystems — Hyperliquid (HYPE), Ethena (ENA) and RedStone (RED) — will release new supply in early March 2026, a move that could inject fresh liquidity and prompt short-term price volatility. Hyperliquid will unlock 9.

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Bitcoin logs third-worst Q1, Ethereum falls 32%

Bitcoin fell 23.21% in Q1 2026, marking its third-worst first-quarter performance since 2013. Ethereum dropped 32.17%, also its third-worst Q1. The losses extend a downturn that began after October 2025's market peak and produced two consecutive losing quarters. Bitcoin's historical Q1 average of 45.

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Magic Eden Shifts Focus From NFTs to Casino Platform

Solana-based marketplace Magic Eden is winding down several NFT and crypto services to concentrate on its casino platform, Dicey. The company will end support for its Ethereum Virtual Machine and Bitcoin-based Runes and Ordinals marketplaces on March 9, close its Bitcoin API on March 27, stop its crypto wallet on

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Arthur Hayes: Iran conflict could prompt Fed easing and lift Bitcoin

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes argued in a March 2 essay titled "iOS Warfare" that prolonged US military engagement with Iran would increase the likelihood of Federal Reserve rate cuts and money printing, a dynamic he believes would push Bitcoin higher. Hayes traces the pattern back four decades, saying

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Bitcoin market bottom may be nearing when measured against gold

Rony Szuster, Head of Research at Mercado Bitcoin, says bitcoin’s path to a market bottom could come as soon as next month if measured against gold. Historically, bitcoin bear markets have lasted 12-13 months, which suggests a potential downturn into late 2026 if priced in U.S. dollars; the

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Bitcoin Holds Up as Asian Markets Reel From Iran Strikes

Asian markets plunged as the fallout from US and Israeli military strikes on Iran sent oil surging, stocks tumbling and investors seeking safe havens. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut and Brent crude up as much as 13%, Bitcoin held up better than expected, trading around $66,500 after

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CZ’s Unpublished Memoir Draws Scrutiny, Sparks Memecoin Surge

A nearly 300-page draft of Changpeng Zhao’s unpublished memoir, Freedom of Money, was obtained and recounts secret negotiations with the US Department of Justice, his four-month prison sentence, and a long rivalry with Sam Bankman-Fried. Prosecutors initially sought $6.8 billion from Binance; the exchange countered with $500 million

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OCC proposal leaves stablecoin yield rules ambiguous

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published a notice of proposed rulemaking under the GENIUS Act to govern stablecoins. Most of the 376-page proposal covers expected items like custody controls and capital requirements, but its sections on yield stand out as unclear and potentially controversial. One proposed provision

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Vitalik Buterin Targets Ethereum’s Core Bottlenecks with Bold Overhaul

Vitalik Buterin has shifted the scaling conversation away from Layer 2 and back to Ethereum’s core, arguing that the network’s state tree and virtual machine are the biggest long-term constraints. He says those two components account for more than 80% of proving costs and identifies them as the

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Hyperliquid Traders Face $28.9 Million Short Liquidation Risk

Hyperliquid has staged a partial recovery in recent sessions and has not fully lost bullish momentum, but futures positioning keeps the token vulnerable to abrupt moves. A concentrated cluster of $28.9 million in short liquidations sits above the $35 level, reflecting heavy short exposure among derivatives traders and persistent

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Strategy lifts STRC dividend to 11.5%

Led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, Strategy raised the annualized dividend on its widely-followed STRC ("Stretch") preferred series by 25 basis points, lifting the payout to 11.5%. While STRC has performed as hoped — trading in a tight range close to $100 — the company's common stock,

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Solana Price Prepares For Volatility Explosion

Solana has been rangebound for nearly four weeks, trading within a tight horizontal structure between $77 and $88. The altcoin has repeatedly tested both support and resistance without establishing a decisive trend, compressing volatility and leaving investor behavior to determine the next move. On-chain metrics show daily new addresses rose

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Pi Coin outlook for March 2026

Pi Coin is attempting a recovery after forming a new all-time low earlier this month, showing modest strength while holding key short-term support. Broader technical indicators and historical patterns suggest that any rebound may face significant resistance throughout March 2026. March has been a volatile month for Pi Coin in

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Institutional crypto interest rebounds as Bitcoin falls 25%

Ron Biscardi, CEO of iConnections, said the mood around digital assets has shifted among the world’s largest allocators. His platform, which represents over $55 trillion in assets and tracks thousands of meetings each year, showed interest stabilised after the rough years following the 2022 FTX collapse and that this

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Solana ETF Flows and On-Chain Activity Highlight Valuation Gap

SOL is trading well below its October 2025 level and remains 72% under its $295 all-time high. Spot SOL ETFs, which launched in late October 2025 and initially drew over $100 million in average net inflows during their first five weeks, have seen weekly inflows ease to about $20–$25

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Polymarket Hits $478M as Kalshi Khamenei Market Draws Backlash

Polymarket recorded a single-day notional trading volume of $478 million, with the politics category accounting for $220 million — 46.2% of the platform’s activity. The spike coincided with coordinated strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran and highlighted the market’s ability to price geopolitical events faster

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How an Oil Shock Could Trigger Bitcoin’s Next Liquidity Selloff

Rising tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are pushing oil risk higher, with roughly 20% of the world’s daily oil flow passing between Iran and Oman. Escalating military activity has sharply lifted war-risk insurance: premiums on oil tankers have surged more than 50%, and insurance for a $100 million