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BlackRock launched a staked Ether exchange-traded fund on Thursday, expanding its crypto offerings beyond its flagship spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs that launched in 2024. BlackRock’s digital assets head, Robert Mitchnick, said the $14 trillion asset manager won’t get too creative with the types of crypto exchange-traded funds it offers, even as it launched a staking-focused Ether ETF on Thursday. Speaking on CNBC’s Crypto World segment on Friday, Mitchnick acknowledged that some of the crypto ETF structures that other asset managers are experimenting with may appeal to certain investors, but said BlackRock will continue to take a more measured approach: "Will we see some more exotic structures coming into the space? I think no question,” Mitchnick said. “Some of those will be interesting. Some of them will resonate with investors.” Read more

Lawmakers said they will oversee the investigation to ensure authorities hold Binance accountable if sanctions violations are confirmed.

A Cambridge study spanning 11 years and 68 verified cable failures found that Bitcoin's physical infrastructure is far more resilient than previously understood, with TOR adoption actually strengthening the network.

Stanley Druckenmiller said stablecoins are more efficient, faster and cheaper than fiat running on traditional banking infrastructure. Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller said blockchain and stablecoins may only be a decade away from powering the global payments system — though he isn’t sold on the idea of crypto functioning as a store of value. In an interview with Morgan Stanley recorded on Jan. 30 and released on Friday, the former hedge fund manager said blockchain-based tokens — particularly stablecoins — boost productivity in the payments space: "Blockchain and the use of stablecoins, if you want to throw crypto into that, tokens, incredibly useful in terms of productivity," Druckenmiller said. Read more

Bitcoin showed remarkable strength throughout the week, but BTC’s correlation to tech stocks and its reactive spot ETF flows suggest the bear market isn’t over yet. Key takeaways: Bitcoin sits above $71,000 as weak US economic data and the US and Israel-Iran war drive investors toward scarce assets. Tech stocks’ correlation to BTC and rising oil prices suggest that the 5-month correction from $126,000 might not be over. Read more

One judge sided with Custodia Bank, stating that a master account is “indispensable” for a bank’s day-to-day operations and being denied one is “akin to a death sentence.” A US federal court has rejected Custodia Bank’s final attempt to challenge the Federal Reserve’s authority over granting master accounts — effectively ending the crypto-focused bank’s five-year-long battle for direct access to the central bank’s payment system. The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said in a filing on Friday that it wouldn’t hear Custodia's final appeal on that point in a 7-3 vote. Custodia first applied for a master account in October 2020, which allows financial institutions to hold reserves directly at the Federal Reserve and access its payment rails, enabling them to settle transactions without relying on intermediary banks. Read more

Daily payments on XRPL surged to 2.7 million, AMM pools exploded to 27,000, and tokenized asset value jumped 35% in 30 days. XRP is down 26% this year.

Ripple is betting the next crypto wave comes from the CFO office, and XRP is coiling inside a triangle signaling bullish price prediction. The post XRP Price Prediction: Ripple Says Big Companies May Start Using Crypto for Payroll and Payments – Is XRP About to Explode? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Solana price just put up a 5% move in 24 hours, and the on-chain data behind it is hard to ignore.The bounce is not just price action noise. The 20-period and 50-period EMAs crossed bullish on the 8-hour chart, the same setup that triggered a 12% rally when it appeared around March 4. Since the […] The post Solana Price Prediction: Buying Pressure Just Doubled — Is SOL About to Explode Past $100? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The price of crypto titan Bitcoin is hovering around $73,000, a clear sign that markets may be moving independently of war news.At the same time, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are aligning their regulatory approach to digital assets. This coordination signals the CLARITY Act could soon pass the […] The post Crypto Price Prediction Today 13 March – XRP, Pi Coin, TRUMP appeared first on Cryptonews.

Global market volatility persists, yet when Alibaba’s AI models are fed a carefully engineered prompt, they reveal strikingly optimistic forecasts for XRP, Bitcoin, and Ethereum heading into the latter part of 2026.Bolstering the broader crypto outlook, a recent agreement between the SEC and CFTC to align their regulatory strategies signals that comprehensive U.S. cryptocurrency legislation […] The post China’s Alibaba AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum by The End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Binance suing the Wall Street Journal is not a new kind of signal, as the exchange has fought what it considered hostile coverage before. However, this time the market may read the move differently. In earlier cycles, a Binance-versus-media clash fit neatly into a larger story of regulatory danger. Now, after a softer US enforcement […] The post Why Binance suddenly isn’t afraid of negative press anymore appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Everyone was looking at the Middle East. Bitcoin price was looking at $72,000.BTC just hit a weekly high near $72,000, pushing back above the $70,000 psychological level that the market had been watching closely. This happened while US-Iran tensions were rattling global markets and oil prices were adding pressure to an already fragile macro environment.The […] The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Hits Weekly High Despite US–Iran War Fears — What Do Bulls Know? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum Price Prediction: BlackRock Just Launched a Staked ETH ETF — Is Wall Street About to Pile In? The post Ethereum Price Prediction: BlackRock Just Launched a Staked ETH ETF — Is Wall Street About to Pile In? appeared first on Cryptonews.

DOJ and Europol Dismantle Crypto Proxy Network The post DOJ and Europol Dismantle Crypto-Linked Proxy Network SocksEscort in Joint Action appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says large political efforts to regulate artificial intelligence could backfire.

Just days after the Federal Reserve granted a limited master account to Kraken, crypto bank Custodia's years-long court battle with the Fed concludes in a loss.

The Bitcoin Policy Institute said the bipartisan support for a de minimis tax exemption for smaller Bitcoin transactions is "encouraging." The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), an industry advocacy group, is eyeing a target window between March and August 2026 to pass a de minimis tax exemption for Bitcoin through Congress, warning that time to pass meaningful legislation is running out. BPI said it has engaged with 19 Congressional offices in both the House and Senate over the last three months to pitch US lawmakers on a tax exemption for Bitcoin (BTC) transactions below a certain threshold. Expanding the de minimis tax exemptions beyond dollar-pegged stablecoins has bipartisan support, but the BPI warned that the “window is narrowing” for Bitcoin tax legislation. The BPI said: Read more

Analysts at the investment company said the change was significant because the stablecoin “winner” will be the one people use for everyday transactions. Japanese investment bank Mizuho reported that stablecoin issuer Circle’s USDC overtook Tether’s USDt in transaction volume for the first time since 2019. In a research note released on Friday, Mizuho said it had raised its price target for Circle stock from $100 to $120 after comparing transaction volumes between the two major stablecoins. According to Mizuho, USDC (USDC) had about $2.2 trillion in adjusted transaction volume for the year to date, compared with USDt (USDT) at $1.3 trillion. “The data shows USDC vs. USDT volumes at 64% market share,” said Mizuho. This is a reversal in a long-term trend of USDT volumes surpassing USDC in 2019-2025.” Read more

Ether bulls appear to be targeting $2,800 as their next stop, but ETH futures data shows a divided market with limited odds for a sustained 33% rally. After reaching a monthly high of $2,209 on Friday, Ether (ETH) price fell back below a key monthly resistance, which has been tested five times since February. While onchain data highlights a large cluster of investors near $2,800, Ether’s futures market data shows traders are scaling back positions after this week’s rally. Data from Glassnode indicated that ETH’s cost-basis distribution heatmap shows a heavy accumulation near $2,800, where more than 3 million ETH were previously purchased. Read more