Bitcoin has slipped below the critical $70,000 level, falling more than $5,000 within 24 hours and erasing recent gains in a sharp move that has caught traders off guard. The decline in Bitcoin is not being driven by a single catalyst. Rather, a convergence of macroeconomic pressures is reshaping global risk appetite. A Macro-Driven Bitcoin
A survey of more than 1,000 global finance executives has found that digital assets are no longer a speculative interest for the financial industry but an operational imperative, with nearly three quarters of respondents saying institutions that fail to offer digital asset solutions risk losing their competitive position entirely. The survey, conducted by Ripple at
Ancient Bitcoin holders moved tens of millions of dollars to exchanges as Bitcoin fell and energy prices jumped after attacks on Gulf oil and gas infrastructure deepened the conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States. Ancient whale “bc1ql” sent 1,000 Bitcoin ($BTC), worth around $71 million at current prices, to Binance on Wednesday, according
NVIDIA (NVDA) shares fell 1.37% to $177.93 on March 19, dragging semiconductor stocks lower despite Jensen Huang’s bullish GTC keynote just days earlier. The selloff follows Micron Technology’s (MU) after-hours drop and surging oil prices tied to the escalating Iran war, adding fresh headwinds to a chip sector already struggling with “sell the news” fatigue.
A new protocol launching this week aims to finally bring actual decentralized finance directly onto Bitcoin’s base layer, allowing trading, token issuance, and other applications to run through standard Bitcoin transactions. According to the project’s founders, the goal is to make Bitcoin itself the home for DeFi rather than routing liquidity through sidechains, bridges, or
Bitcoin’s path is not linear. It moves up, corrects, and moves again, often within the same cycle. That idea gained attention after Geoff Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, said in a BeInCrypto Expert Council discussion that dips below $60,000 look attractive. However, he warned that Bitcoin could still fall toward
Crypto and stocks plunged following the two-day policy meeting, where the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady. The Fed’s decision to keep rates unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%, combined with escalating Middle East tensions and inflation risks, sent Bitcoin tumbling by over 4% to an intraday low of $69,537, according to CoinGecko
Apex Group’s Tokeny and Polygon Labs are launching T-REX Ledger, a compliance-focused blockchain designed to help regulated tokenized assets move across networks without repeating investor checks and transfer restrictions. In a Thursday release shared with Cointelegraph, the project said it targets a key friction point in tokenized markets. ERC-3643 is an Ethereum-based token standard for
Three leading artificial intelligence models, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok, reached different conclusions today when asked which of Bitcoin, gold, or silver is most likely to surge before March 31. The exercise highlights how the same market condition can produce different forecasts depending on which factors an analyst weighs most heavily. Where the Markets Stand Bitcoin
Bitcoin traded near a critical inflection point this week as price hovered between firm support and heavy resistance, while macro pressure and whale activity clouded short-term direction. The four-hour structure shows a market attempting a breakout after a prolonged consolidation phase. Price Structure Signals Imminent Break Bitcoin recently shifted from a downtrend into a short-term