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There is a growing risk that a looming crisis in the private credit market, fueled by rising redemptions and defaults, could spill over into Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets, according to analysts.Key takeaways:The $2 trillion private credit sector faces a crisis from defaults, redemptions, and limited oversight.A liquidity crunch may force investors to sell readily accessible assets, like Bitcoin, first.Historical crises show Fed interventions often lead to strong Bitcoin price rallies as a hedge against money supply expansion. The private credit ticking time bomb?The private credit sector, the non-bank lending sector that has grown to over $2 trillion from $500…
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An initiative to ban the U.S. Federal Reserve from issuing a government-run digital dollar has been approved in an overwhelmingly bipartisan 89-10 vote in the Senate, but it’s tucked inside a housing bill that may run into headwinds in the U.S. House of Representatives.The effort to outlaw a central bank digital currency (CBDC) has long been a favorite of Republican lawmakers, though the U.S. government has never advanced beyond the research stage for establishing a government token that could compete with privately issued stablecoins (and rival other CBDCs pursued by China and other jurisdictions). The 21st Century ROAD to Housing…
Ethereum’s price has risen for four consecutive days and is now hovering around the crucial support level of $2,000, as BlackRock launches its first staking ETF today, March 12. Summary BlackRock will launch ETHB today, its first staking Ethereum ETF. ETHB will have an expense ratio of 0.25%, making it a better option than ETHA. Ethereum has formed a bearish flag pattern, pointing to a retreat. Ethereum (ETH), the second-biggest cryptocurrency, trades at $2,056, inside a range it has remained in in the past 30 days. This price is nearly 60% below its all-time high. A major catalyst for ETH…
Crypto analyst Leshka has explained why it is unlikely that the Bitcoin price has bottomed even as it continues to attempt a recovery above $70,000. His analysis also aligns with predictions from analysts such as Doctor Profit, who predict that BTC could still drop to $40,000. Analyst Explains Why Bitcoin Price Hasn’t Bottomed In an X post, Leshka noted that the Bitcoin price has never bottomed after a drawdown of just 47%. He further remarked that every bear market in history saw at least 78% drawdown from the top. BTC notably saw drawdowns of around 87%; 84%; and 73% in…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Following the incredible recovery of the Solana price from less than $10 in 2022 to almost $300 by 2025, it has been pitched as a possible replacement for Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. This was further fueled by the fact that it seemed the majority of the decentralized finance (DeFi) volume had moved from Ethereum to Solana due to the advent of the SOL meme coin season. This flippening has yet to happen, though, with the Solana price crashing below $100 again, and Ethereum retaining…
Bitcoin Sports Network (BSN) will host the 3rd Annual Bitcoin Golf Championship on April 26, 2026, at Bali Hai Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event is scheduled alongside the Bitcoin Vegas Conference at the Venetian, which starts on the 27th of April. Whale Pass holders for the Bitcoin Vegas 2026 conference get a 10% off the 3rd Annual Bitcoin Golf Championship as well! With code WHALE26 at checkout. The announcement follows the 2nd Max & Stacy Invitational, which BSN organized in January at El Encanto Country Club in La Libertad, El Salvador, in partnership with Max Keiser and…
Bitcoin (BTC) circled $70,000 into Thursday’s Wall Street open after US jobs data matched expectations.Key points:Bitcoin shrugs off more US macro data as jobless claims copy flat CPI numbers.Oil stays volatile, while markets ignore almost any chance of a March interest-rate cut.BTC price action stays indecisive around the $70,000 mark.Bitcoin surfs new US jobless claims releaseData from TradingView showed ongoing BTC price compression on the day, with BTC/USD acting in an increasingly narrow range.BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewUS initial jobless claims were 213,000 for the week through March 7, just 1,000 below the previous week’s print and 2,000 below market…
In crypto’s latest infrastructure race, blockchains are competing to host perpetual futures exchanges. Many are now launching or incubating decentralized derivatives markets themselves, even as centralized platforms continue to dominate.Derivatives make up most of today’s crypto trading activity, often accounting for the majority of total volume. On Tuesday, Bitcoin (BTC) spot trading volume across centralized exchanges reached about 55,230 BTC while derivatives volume totaled more than 506,600 BTC, according to CryptoQuant.Bitcoin’s derivatives volume consistently exceeds spot volume. Source: CryptoQuantPerpetual decentralized exchanges, or perp DEXs, now act as core infrastructure as they give traders, market makers and institutional participants access to…
After the first wave of spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds launched without staking, BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB), one of the industry’s most anticipated versions, begins trading on Nasdaq on Thursday.The fund marks the asset manager’s third crypto ETF and the first from BlackRock to incorporate staking. ETHB will hold spot ether and stake a portion of those holdings on the Ethereum network, allowing investors to potentially earn rewards while benefiting from price movements.The new vehicle expands BlackRock’s existing digital asset lineup, which includes the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and the iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA). Those funds have…