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Canton Chain Integrates LayerZero for Cross-Chain Access The post Goldman Sachs-Backed Canton Crypto Chain Adds LayerZero Interoperability appeared first on Cryptonews.

ETH drops 4.70% to $2,064 with bearish MACD and a key trend line capping at $2,135. Can Ethereum hold $2,020 support, or is $1,880 next? Full technical analysis. The post Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Faces Pressure, Risks Falling Below $2,000 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Coinbase Powers First Crypto-Backed Conforming Mortgages The post Coinbase Powers First Crypto-Backed Conforming Mortgages appeared first on Cryptonews.

Tether has reportedly hired KPMG for its first full independent audit of USDT’s reserves and brought in PwC to help, as the stablecoin giant eyes a multibillion-dollar equity raise. The Financial Times reported on Friday that Tether has hired KPMG to conduct its first full audit of USDT’s financial statements and brought in PwC to help prepare its internal systems, citing people familiar with the matter. The reported mandate follows Tether’s Tuesday announcement that it had formally engaged a Big Four firm for an inaugural financial statement audit, without naming the provider, and comes after years of pledges to deliver a full review of its books while relying instead on periodic reserve attestations from BDO Italia, the Italian member firm of the BDO global accounting network that has been producing USDt (USDT) assurance reports since 2022. The move comes as Tether (USDT) weighs a major equity raise and a push into the US under the new federal stablecoin framework created by the Guiding and Establishing Nat...

In addition, the majority of retail investors have flipped to a more bearish mood, according to Santiment.

Bitcoin's price stability during gold's pullback is raising questions about whether investor behavior is beginning to change.

David Sacks exits his crypto czar role after hitting the 130-day SGE cap. Bitcoin trades at $68,580, down 3.09%, with Fear & Greed at Extreme Fear 10. Full price analysis inside. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: David Sacks Is No Longer Crypto Czar appeared first on Cryptonews.

ONDO trades at $0.26 as a Franklin Templeton $1.7T partnership hits. Key resistance at $0.2733, support at $0.2535. Full price analysis and week-ahead targets. The post ONDO Price Prediction: Franklin Templeton’s $1.7 Trillion Weight to Carry appeared first on Cryptonews.

The product lets borrowers use BTC as collateral without selling, avoiding triggering taxable events but still accessing home financing.

Torg Grabber Malware Targets 728 Crypto Wallets The post New ‘Torg Grabber’ Malware Targets 728 Crypto Wallets appeared first on Cryptonews.

Startale Group Raises $63M Series A from SBI and Sony The post Startale Group Raises $63 Million Series A Backed by SBI and Sony appeared first on Cryptonews.

Coinbase Rejects Updated Clarity Act Draft The post Coinbase Just Pulled Support for the Crypto Clarity Act Again — Is an $800 Million Revenue Line on the Line? appeared first on Cryptonews.

ETFs show institutional demand for bitcoin is cooling after a strong start to the month.

Not all whales have been accumulating; two moved tens of millions of dollars to exchanges on March 19 as Bitcoin fell amid an escalation of the Iran conflict. Large Bitcoin holders accumulated 61,568 more Bitcoin over the past month against the backdrop of escalating conflict in the Middle East and macroeconomic uncertainty.  Whales and sharks, defined as those holding between 10 and 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC), have increased their holdings by 0.45%, while wallets with under 0.01 Bitcoin have added 0.42%, or 213 BTC, over the past month, Santiment said in an X post Thursday. The figures support recent data showing that Bitcoin exchange outflows have persisted throughout March, indicating that Bitcoin holders are accumulating rather than looking to sell.  Read more

Ukraine’s disruption of Russian oil flows has added fresh uncertainty to already strained energy markets, complicating inflation outlooks and keeping pressure on risk assets including bitcoin.

The CBI said the man lured Indians with fake job offers before funneling them into crypto scam compounds in Myanmar's Myawaddy region.

It’s estimated that Xinbi processed more than $19.9 billion in illicit flows between 2021 and 2025 and that the platform is deeply interconnected with a range of other illicit services. The UK government is cracking down on a $20 billion Chinese-language crypto guarantee marketplace, with sweeping sanctions aimed at cutting the platform off from crypto access. The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said in a statement Thursday that Xinbi provides crypto-based services, scam-enabling tools and other illicit services to bad actors and plays a central role in scam centers operating across Southeast Asia. “The UK’s sanctions will isolate the platform from the legitimate crypto ecosystem, significantly disrupting its operations by affecting its ability to send and receive cryptocurrency transactions,” the agency said. Read more

The end of the week, month, and first quarter of the year has arrived, and with it, a massive batch of Bitcoin and Ether options contracts will be expiring. 

Kalshi has already listed specific markets that ARK Invest is interested in, such as non-farm payroll markets and deficit-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio markets. Tech-focused asset manager ARK Invest said it will start using Kalshi’s prediction market data to improve how it makes its investment decisions, one of the latest cases demonstrating the broader value of prediction market data beyond trading. According to a statement from Kalshi, ARK will use prediction market data to gauge real-time expectations and guide its existing market-based research, in addition to analyzing performance indicators such as trading volume, regulatory approvals and technological milestones. ARK will also use the data for risk management and hedging strategies. “Bringing prediction markets into institutional workflows is a natural next step for innovation in financial research,” ARK Invest founder and CEO Cathie Wood said Thursday, while the company’s research director, Nick Grous, said prediction markets “offer some of th...

Oil-driven inflation fears and rising bond yields are tightening financial conditions and steering equities and cryptocurrencies.