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Crypto cycles trap retail in speculation. Savings layers with capital preservation and prize incentives rewrite participation for consistent gains. Opinion by: Ilya Tarutov, founder of Tramplin Crypto hasn’t struggled because the technology was flawed. Instead, it faltered as a result of the incentive structures the industry created, which have quietly turned it into something that works against the very people it was supposed to serve. Since 2017, every crypto market cycle has followed the same pattern. Each cycle started with excitement, followed by retail inflows, a velocity trap and catastrophic drawdowns, and ended in an erosion of trust that takes months, if not years, to rebuild. Each cycle begins with optimism, peaks at overconfidence and concludes with panic and despair. Read more

Tomorrow will mark the first month since the war against Iran began, but there's no evident conclusion in sight.

Bitcoin is moving deeper into US household finance as homebuyers squeezed by high borrowing costs and limited supply look for new ways to fund a down payment without selling their digital assets. On March 26, Better Home & Finance and Coinbase launched a structure that lets eligible borrowers pledge Bitcoin or USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin […] The post Homebuyers can now borrow against Bitcoin to get a mortgage without selling or liquidation risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin joined a risk-asset rout as oil-supply nerves sparked major US inflation warnings, with $70,000 in place as new BTC price resistance. Bitcoin (BTC) neared $66,000 at Friday’s Wall Street open as analysis called US inflation trends “objectively unsustainable.” Key points: Bitcoin drops further on oil-supply woes as Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz. Read more

ICE completed a new $600 million investment in Polymarket, advancing its $2 billion funding deal as prediction markets face growing scrutiny. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), said Friday it completed a new $600 million direct cash investment in Polymarket, deepening its bet on prediction markets as a new area of growth for exchange operators. The company also said it expects to purchase up to $40 million of Polymarket securities from existing holders, adding to its previously announced investment commitment made in October 2025. In that earlier deal, ICE said it would invest up to $2 billion in Polymarket, marking one of the largest institutional moves into the prediction market sector. The latest transaction advances that arrangement, though terms for the new investment, including valuation, were not disclosed. Read more

The model could significantly heighten cybersecurity risks by rapidly finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities, potentially accelerating a cyber arms race.

An ECB working paper found DeFi governance remains highly concentrated, complicating efforts to identify who should fall under MiCA oversight. The European Central Bank published a working paper on March 26, finding that governance in four major DeFi protocols was heavily concentrated. The staff paper looks at Aave, MakerDAO, Ampleforth and Uniswap, and finds that while governance tokens are held across tens of thousands of addresses, the top 100 holders control more than 80% of the supply in each protocol. Based on holdings snapshots from November 2022 and May 2023, the authors found that a large share of governance tokens could be linked either to the protocols themselves or to centralized and decentralized exchanges, with Binance the largest identified centralized exchange holder across the four protocols. Read more

If betting markets are to be believed, the chances of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried getting a presidential pardon this year aren’t looking good. The chances of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried getting a pardon didn’t seem great this year, and a recent downtick on prediction markets shows that they aren’t getting any better.  Both major prediction markets in the United States, Polymarket and Kalshi, have the likelihood of Bankman-Fried receiving a presidential pardon this year at 11% and 9%, respectively.  Chances of a pardon have decreased 1% on Kalshi and 2% on Polymarket after a CNN interview on March 21 with Bankman-Fried’s parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried. In the interview, both explained why they’re challenging their son’s fraud conviction.  Read more

Markets are yet to fully price in three major catalysts for XRP, while big Bitcoin traders are just waiting for the war to end. Trade Secrets

Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 0.8% from Thursday, was the only gainer.

Bitcoin fell below $67k on war concerns, while Fannie Mae is finally allowing crypto in the mortgage process.

Bitcoin grabbed downside liquidity as oil-supply pressure sent BTC price action below $66,500 to its lowest levels since March 9. Bitcoin (BTC) neared three-week lows into Friday’s Wall Street open amid reports of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz oil route. Key points: Bitcoin reacts badly to fresh oil-supply threats ahead of Friday’s Wall Street open. Read more

Bitcoin fell back toward $65,000 on Friday as investors cut exposure to risk assets after another round of Middle East tensions kept oil prices elevated, pushed Treasury yields to their highest levels in months, and lifted the dollar. According to CryptoSlate's data, BTC dumped nearly 5% to around $66,484, its lowest price since the beginning […] The post Bitcoin drops toward $65k after new Trump Iran delay sends oil higher, triggering $200M wipeout appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin long-term holders continued to expand their holdings, while increased withdrawal from exchanges flashed a classic supply shock warning. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped toward $67,000 during the European trading session on Friday despite an increase in long-term buying. Exchange withdrawals also increased to 16-month highs, suggesting reduced “immediate selling pressure,” a new analysis said. Key takeaways: Bitcoin withdrawals from exchanges increases, reducing BTC available for sale. Read more

TRX trades at $0.310 as Anchorage Digital launches institutional custody for TRON. Analyst targets reach $0.342 by March 29. Full price analysis and key levels inside. The post TRON Price Prediction: Anchorage Digital Open US Institutional Access appeared first on Cryptonews.

Many community members continue to face the same issued they had even before the process began.

Polymarket receives a $600 million investment from the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange.

AI deepfakes make trust crypto’s scarcest asset. Proof-of-humanity can become the currency powering finance, governance and markets in the imitation economy. Opinion by: Kirill Avery, founder and CEO of Alien AI-generated voices are already being used in ransom scams. Synthetic agents now trade, vote and interact on blockchain networks. In this environment, the greatest threat to crypto is no longer scalability or regulation; it is the collapse of trust. As deepfakes, bots and synthetic agents saturate every corner of the internet and as scams increased by 1,400% in 2025, authenticity is becoming a scarce resource. Read more

The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange is cementing its bet on the future of prediction markets, bringing its total commitment to nearly $2 billion.

Bitcoin dropped to a two-week low under $67,000 amid geopolitical uncertainty, rising Treasury yields, and heavy leveraged positioning.