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Ahead of the November midterm elections, backers are lining up behind a new hybrid political action committee that allows contributions directly to candidates. Update (March 30 at 9:25 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a response from Anchorage Digital in the third paragraph. Seven months ahead of the November midterm elections, Chainlink Labs and Anchorage Digital announced that they were the founding contributors to a political action committee (PAC) “to support candidates working to advance digital asset and blockchain policy in the United States.” In a Monday announcement, the two crypto companies said they were supporting the Blockchain Leadership Fund, a hybrid PAC that allows contributions directly to candidates as well as independent expenditures, such as media buys. Read more

Block-owned payment processor Square has shifted Bitcoin acceptance from opt-in to opt-out for eligible sellers.

Bernstein sees a buying opportunity in crypto stocks trading ~60% off their 2025 peaks, even as Q1 earnings look weak.

Onchain data shows inflows to accumulation addresses topping 67,000 BTC, while total outflows from Bitcoin miners fell to levels not seen since 2024. Bitcoin (BTC) demand from long-term holders increased by 48.5% over the past seven days. This rise in accumulation coincided with a sharp decline in Bitcoin miners’ selling activity, as the Miners’ Position Index (MPI) dropped to levels last seen in 2024. The development highlights a phase where long-term participants are steadily absorbing Bitcoin, while selling from the miners continues to decrease. CryptoQuant data shows that the demand from accumulator addresses lifted holdings to roughly 205,000 BTC on March 30 from 138,000 BTC on March 23. The increase follows a drawdown from a March peak near 210,000 BTC, marking a renewed phase of demand from long-term participants. Read more

In a Cointelegraph interview, Ran Neuner ponders Bitcoin’s identity crisis, market risks and the growing impact of macro trends. In this Cointelegraph interview, Ran Neuner, a longtime voice in the crypto space, openly questions Bitcoin’s core narrative— as he admits he struggles to answer one simple question: why should people buy it? “I don’t know how to answer that question. That’s the problem.” Once pitched as peer-to-peer money and later reframed as digital gold, Bitcoin’s identity has become harder to define in practice, he argues, especially after failing to move in tandem with traditional store-of-value assets like gold in the last cycle. Read more

Bluesky's new AI tool Attie drew swift backlash from users wary of automation—a very different vibe than on Elon Musk's X.

The new rollout converts BTC to dollars by default for small businesses, aiming to embed bitcoin into everyday commerce without added friction.

For the first time in 13 weeks, the biggest public Bitcoin treasury company skipped a weekly purchase of the cryptocurrency without any word from Michael Saylor. Strategy, the largest public Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company, reported no additional purchases of the cryptocurrency last week as many entities are pivoting into alternative methods for revenue. In a Monday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Michael Saylor-led Strategy reported that it did not purchase any Bitcoin between March 23 and March 29, nor did the company sell any shares. Strategy reported holding 762,099 BTC as of Sunday, worth more than $51 billion at the time of publication. Typically, Strategy funds its BTC purchases through the sale of its common stock. However, the company reported it “did not sell any shares under its at-the-market offering program and did not purchase any Bitcoin.” Read more

Bitcoin trades at $69,438 on March 26 after a brief recovery to $71,299. Can geopolitical de-escalation between Trump and Iran push BTC back above $76,190? Full technical analysis and key levels inside. The post BTC USD Price Recovers: Are Trump and Iran Nearing a Peace Deal? appeared first on Cryptonews.

TRX trades at $0.3221, up 2.2%, as Tron Inc. accumulates 680M tokens and analysts target $0.332. Full price analysis, key levels, and what's next for TRON. The post Tron Crypto Prediction: TRX USD Stable as Market Recover appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum funds took the biggest hit as Clarity Act fears and macro headwinds pushed crypto outflows to $414 million for the week.

Washington is building a cleaner lane for digital dollars, and the consequence for Bitcoin is becoming easier to map. Over the past year, U.S. lawmakers, regulators, and the White House have moved in the same direction. The GENIUS Act framework advanced in the Senate with language built around payment stablecoins, reserve backing, consumer protection, and […] The post Congress aims to make digital dollars easier to use than Bitcoin solidifying the ‘digital gold’ narrative appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The platform aims to help businesses issue stablecoin-funded cards is aimed at using digital dollar balances at the point of sale using existing card networks. Global payments infrastructure provider Nium has launched a platform that allows businesses to issue stablecoin-funded cards through Visa and Mastercard, in the latest development enabling digital dollar balances to be spent at merchants using existing card networks. Nium said the system converts stablecoin balances into fiat at the point of sale and handles settlement, compliance and card network integration through a single integration. The tech company said it expects to be able to shorten the time required to launch stablecoin card programs from months to days by consolidating conversion, settlement and compliance into a single integration layer. Read more

Bitcoin's latest SMA crossover mirrors past cycle bottoms, which means that a potential final drop could occur within days.

Bitcoin $65,200 Floor Holds as Houthis Enter Iran Conflict The post Bitcoin Geopolitical Floor: How the $65,200 Level Held as Houthis Entered the Iran War appeared first on Cryptonews.

Satoshis per share climbs past 660, reinforcing rapid treasury expansion since Nasdaq debut.

The Trump brothers' Bitcoin mining firm, American Bitcoin, now holds over 7,000 BTC—but shares are down 94% from the post-IPO peak.

Gnosis and Zisk proposed a framework for aligning infrastructure within the Ethereum ecosystem, specifically layer-2 scaling networks.

BitGo broadens its Canton Coin offering beyond custody, reflecting efforts to build end-to-end infrastructure as tokenized assets move closer to real-world use cases. Digital asset infrastructure provider BitGo has expanded support for Canton Coin, adding trading and settlement services to its existing custody offering, in a move that aligns with a wider industry push to develop trading and settlement rails for tokenized financial assets. In a Monday announcement, BitGo said it has become one of the first US-based regulated providers to offer custody, over-the-counter (OTC) trading and settlement for Canton Coin within a single platform, although similar bundled services have begun emerging across the digital asset sector. BitGo initially began supporting the asset in October through custody services, allowing institutions to hold Canton Coin with a qualified custodian.  Read more

Technical indicators hinted at a possible reversal in XRP’s price, as traders watch whether key support levels can hold. XRP (XRP) price has been sealed in an eight-month downtrend, with the momentum indicators and the XRP/BTC ratio at levels that previously marked cycle bottoms. Key takeaways: XRP price trades at $1.35 on Monday as multiple indicators hint at a cycle bottom. Read more