The much-anticipated White House Crypto Summit on Friday ended with a whimper rather than a bang for cryptocurrency traders, sending altcoins like XRP, Cardano’s ADA, and Solana’s SOL into steeper declines than market leader bitcoin (BTC). Investors had pinned high hopes on President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto stance, expecting bold announcements about a U.S. strategic crypto…
Strategy founder Michael Saylor has proposed that the United States government aims to acquire up to 25% of Bitcoin’s total supply over the next decade for its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. “Acquire 5-25% of the Bitcoin network in trust for the nation through consistent, programmatic daily purchases between 2025 and 2035, when 99% of all BTC…
A $150 million theft targeting Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen has been traced back to a security lapse involving the password manager LastPass, according to a forfeiture complaint filed by U.S. law enforcement on March 6 flagged by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT. ZachXBT shared that the complaint detailed how Larsen’s private keys — or code to access…
As of March 8, XRP (XRP) faces mounting technical and fundamental pressures that suggest a possible 20% price decline in the near future. Drawing from recent market analyses and historical patterns, investors should watch three key signals. XRP price chart hints at 20% drop ahead XRP/USD is currently forming a symmetrical triangle on its weekly…
Volatility Shares, an asset manager known for launching innovative exchange-traded funds (ETFs), has filed for three new products centered on XRP. These include a spot XRP ETF, a 2x leveraged XRP ETF and an inverse -1x XRP ETF. The spot XRP ETF is designed to track the price of the cryptocurrency directly, while the 2x…
Brazil’s state-owned postal service, Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos, has launched a pre-selection process for companies and specialists in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop solutions for its logistics and operational management. The tender, published in the country’s official journal Diário Oficial da União on Friday, seeks proposals that support the digital transformation…
Network economist Timothy Peterson warns that if the US Federal Reserve holds off on rate cuts in 2025, it may cause a broader market downturn, potentially dragging Bitcoin back toward $70,000. “What it needs is a trigger. I think that trigger may be as simple as the Fed not cutting rates at all this year,”…
Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor shared a comprehensive cryptocurrency strategy at the White House Digital Assets Summit, arguing that the U.S. can unlock up to $100 trillion in economic value over the next decade by establishing a clear regulatory framework, removing barriers to innovation, and strategically acquiring bitcoin. Saylor outlined a structured approach to these assets,…
Blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence has launched a new tagging system on its platform, allowing users to track cryptocurrency transactions of influential figures in the cryptocurrency space. The feature, announced via a post on X, applies to those with more than 100,000 followers on the microblogging platform, labeling them as “key opinion leaders” or KOLs…
US President Donald Trump has placed cryptocurrency at the center of his economic strategy, marking a major policy shift for the US blockchain industry, according to Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek. Trump hosted a White House Crypto Summit on March 7, signaling that he intends to make crypto policy a national priority and make the US…