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Bitcoin options worth $15 billion expire Friday—just as a Trump-Iran diplomatic deadline runs out. Should traders expect greater volatility?

Bitcoin’s relationship with the Federal Reserve has gone through a real transformation over the past several years, and the shift now looks clear enough to treat as a market structure development rather than a passing observation. A familiar version of the idea shows up as a quick market stat. Bitcoin often falls after Fed meetings. […] The post Bitcoin traders dump coins within 48 hours of Fed meetings as new data reveals systematic FOMC weakness appeared first on CryptoSlate.

As gold hits a 100-year losing streak, Bitcoin holds $70k. Analysis of the BTC/Gold ratio and the new Bitcoin Hyper Layer 2 raising $32M. The post BTC USD Price Outlook: Bitcoin Resurgence and Gold Losing Streak appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitrue claims XRP should be $10, but technicals show resistance at $1.51. Meanwhile, Bitcoin Hyper raises $32M for BTC Layer 2. The post XRP Price Prediction: Is $10 Plausible? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Now in testing, the platform aims to enable programmable payments and simplify blockchain adoption for financial institutions.

Bitcoin charts point to a possible rally to $80,000, but spot volumes need to increase in order for the rally to hold. Bitcoin (BTC) is testing the $71,500 pivot, a key level across multiple timeframes and analysts noted that price action is tilted toward a possible rally to $80,000. As traders remain split between futures-driven speculation and weak spot demand, Bitcoin has tested the $71,500 inflection point four times in the past seven days. A positive is that the price has held above the 50-period exponential moving average (EMA) on the four-hour chart, but the 50-day EMA on the daily chart continues to act as a level of resistance. Crypto trader Skew described the position as a “compression zone,” where the tightening price range and trading may lead to a strong directional move. Read more

Available initially to non-US investors, the funds will offer onchain exposure to equities, bonds and gold through crypto wallets. Franklin Templeton is teaming with Ondo Finance to bring tokenized versions of its exchange-traded funds onchain, allowing investors to access them through crypto wallets. The partnership opens a new distribution channel beyond brokerage accounts as asset managers experiment with blockchain-based delivery and 24/7 market access. The tie-up was first reported by Bloomberg and later confirmed by Ondo on X. The products will initially be available across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Latin America, with US access dependent on regulatory clarity. Read more

Reigning Formula 1 champion McLaren will join Google, FedEx, IBM, and other firms in helping to guide Hedera’s growth.

Traders on Kalshi are currently pricing in a Bitcoin low of $48,000, matching Ted Pillows' projected floor almost exactly.

Analysts argued that Circle's selloff was overblown after shares fell Tuesday amid crypto bill developments and a stablecoin rival's moves.

Bitcoin bulls are attempting to seize control of the market, but they are expected to face strong resistance in the $72,000 to $74,500 zone. Bitcoin (BTC) continues to face significant resistance at the $72,000 level, but the bulls have kept up the pressure. Trader Daan Crypto Trades said in a post on X that BTC will have to cross and stay above the $72,000 resistance area to “test the $80Ks again.” Markets tend to hate uncertainty, but BTC’s resilience since the start of the US and Israel-Iran war shows that traders are not keen to sell at lower levels. CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said in a post on X that March has mostly recorded BTC outflows from crypto exchanges. Although the demand is not sufficient to start a new uptrend, it does signal accumulation by investors. One of the reasons for accumulation could be that investors believe BTC is in value territory. Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards said in a post on X that BTC is in deep value when the BTC Yardstick metric is considered. In February,...

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, Ryan Kirkley writes on how crypto prediction markets can risk incentivizing manipulation and amplify misinformation at scale.

TRM Labs has added an AI agent to the services the blockchain analytics firm offers law enforcement agencies.

CoinShares filed for three Bitcoin volatility ETFs: a base, leveraged, and inverse fund. The funds could begin trading in early June 2026.

Only nine non-stable tokens sit closer to ATH than Bitcoin as the market’s damage stays concentrated elsewhere Bitcoin is still 43.26% below its all-time high. On the surface, that figure reads as a reminder of unfinished recovery. In relative terms, it places Bitcoin in a stronger position than most of the market. A live CryptoSlate […] The post Only these 9 crypto tokens are closer to their all-time high than Bitcoin right now appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Five Franklin Templeton ETFs will be tokenized via Ondo Finance as the firms seek to broaden access to traditional assets on-chain.

A U.S. House of Representatives hearing reviewed tokenization, with a broad agreement that securities traded via token need the same treatment as regular trading.

XRP's current price action is considered noise within a larger bearish plan, according to an analyst.

The council, co-chaired by White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks and science advisor Michael Kratsios, include Mark Zuckberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang. US President Donald Trump announced the appointment of 13 members from the crypto, blockchain, AI, and technology industries to his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, re-established by executive order in January 2025. In a Wednesday notice, the White House said that the council would include Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Oracle chief technology officer Larry Ellison, and others from major tech companies. According to the White House, the council could have up to 24 members, many of whom “will be appointed in the near future.” Read more

The MAVAN platform extends Bitmine’s staking operations to external clients as institutional demand for validator infrastructure accelerates. Bitmine Immersion Technologies has launched MAVAN, an institutional-grade Ethereum staking platform that will run validator infrastructure for its own holdings and external clients. Staking involves locking up Ether to help validate transactions on the network in exchange for rewards. The rollout takes advantage of Bitmine’s position as the largest public company holder of Ether (ETH), with more than 3.1 million ETH already staked. MAVAN, or Made in America Validator Network, is the company’s proprietary Ethereum staking platform. Read more