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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…

The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC ($70,355.00 · Live)), is struggling around $70,000 amid the uncertainty and tension created by the US-Iran conflict. The war between the two countries has driven up oil prices, indirectly increasing inflation concerns. Analysts worry that inflation, which the US Federal Reserve (FED) has long been trying to bring down to its 2 percent target, may come under renewed upward pressure with this increase in energy prices. While there is talk at this point that the Fed might even raise interest rates in the face of inflation risk, there are differing opinions and expectations regarding the…

The XRP funding rate has been on the decline after the price hit its 2025 peak above 2025, and this trend has continued into the new year. Between February and March 2026, the XRP funding rate spent most of the time in the negative, and this speaks to how investors are currently viewing the cryptocurrency. Analyst Cryptoinsightuk points this out in a recent X post, alluding to what this could mean for the digital asset going forward. XRP Funding Rate Hasn’t Been This Low Since 2022 Cryptoinsightuk’s post highlights the interesting XRP trend, showing that in the last 39 days, 31 of…

The Ethereum price is showing signs of stabilization as large investors accumulate significant amounts of ETH from major cryptocurrency exchanges. Summary Whale wallets withdrew over 74,000 ETH ($155M) from Binance and Kraken. Ethereum price is consolidating near $2,050 after February’s sharp correction. A breakout above $2,200 resistance could signal the next bullish move for ETH. According to blockchain analytics shared by Lookonchain, a newly created wallet withdrew 11,629 Ethereum (ETH) worth about $23.7 million from Binance over the past two days. In a separate transaction, another whale wallet identified as 0x8E34 removed 63,324 ETH valued at roughly $131.2 million from…

Data from STRC.live and market trackers indicate that Michael Saylor’s bitcoin‑focused firm, Strategy, has purchased an estimated 1,200 BTC so far today via its preferred equity issuance.  Yesterday, on March 10, Strategy’s Variable Rate Series A Preferred Stock (STRC) posted a record $409 million in daily trading volume, accompanied by 3% 30-day volatility and a one-month VWAP near $99.78, the highest sustained average since issuance.  According to on‑chain indicators and STRC.live X posts, over 2000 bitcoin were accumulated that day, marking one of the largest one‑day buying events since the instrument’s launch and surpassing prior highs. Strategy, the world’s largest…