Bitcoin quietly gained ground while gold crumbled. That contrast has become one of the more telling stories to emerge from weeks of escalating conflict in the Middle East, as the two assets — long compared as competing stores of value — have moved in sharply opposite directions since the US and Israel launched strikes on
Wall Street has spent months debating when the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. Now, traders are considering if the next move could be a hike. Two days past the Fed’s Mar. 18 decision to hold its target range at 3.50%-3.75%, markets moved in the opposite direction. Bloomberg-based pricing climbed above 60% odds of a
Bitcoin is still in recovery mode, but the pace has cooled as the price runs into a heavier resistance cluster in the low-to-mid $70,000s. The market has already bounced meaningfully from the February washout near $60,000, yet the latest price action shows that buyers are now being forced to prove they can do more than
While cryptocurrency markets continue their sideways trend amid global economic uncertainties and geopolitical tensions, on-chain data platform Santiment shared important signals regarding the market’s future. According to Santiment experts, Bitcoin has shown greater resilience compared to traditional markets during the fluctuations experienced since the beginning of March. While the S&P 500 index and gold experienced
The Taproot upgrade serves as one of the top technological improvements for the Bitcoin ecosystem. Activated on the 14th of November 2021, the upgrade aims to boost functionality, efficiency, and privacy without disrupting Bitcoin’s core principles. By merging multiple innovations, such as Schnorr signatures and alterations to the scripting mechanism of Bitcoin, Taproot assists in
Software firm turned Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has been buying $BTC for more than five years, pioneering the growing trend of publicly traded firms that are adding cryptocurrencies to their balance sheets. What started as a way to “maximize long-term value for shareholders” has transformed into an industry-shifting paradigm that has been further fueled by
Bitcoin is still facing resistance on its long term chart, with the 150 week moving average capping upside and $59,000 standing out as the next key support. At the same time, the $BTC Gold ratio has reclaimed its 50 day average, which suggests Bitcoin may be starting to regain relative strength. Bitcoin faces resistance at
Euclid Protocol just went live on Somnia Network. That means Somnia’s gaming-focused blockchain, which runs at one million transactions per second with sub-second finality, is now connected to Euclid’s unified liquidity layer across 40+ chains. Games, social apps, and DEXs on Somnia can tap into that liquidity without users touching a bridge or leaving the
Why Bitcoin Is Ignoring the Iran War Global markets are once again facing rising geopolitical tension. News surrounding Iran, the United States, and the Strait of Hormuz has triggered uncertainty across traditional financial markets. Yet despite these developments, the cryptocurrency market is showing unexpected stability. Bitcoin continues to hold key levels near the $70,000 range,
Bitcoin ($BTC) is trading near $70,725 on March 21, trapped between rising long-term holder accumulation and a sustained stretch of on-chain realized losses that signal weak demand absorption above $70,000. The tension between those two forces has compressed price action into a tight range for the better part of two weeks. The outcome of that