Bitcoin (BTC) holds $70K after U.S. strikes Iran, posts 4.2% weekly gain with $1.9B ETF inflows. Key resistance at $73K-$74K tested four times ahead of Fed meeting. The post Bitcoin (BTC) Price: Stabilizes at $70K Following Iran Strike as ETF Inflows Surge Past $1.9B appeared first on Blockonomi.

XRP price sits at $1.42 despite record ledger activity. Daily payments hit 2.7M, tokenized assets surge 35%, while analysts watch key support levels. The post XRP Network Activity Surges While Token Price Searches for Macro Bottom appeared first on Blockonomi.

Ethereum (ETH) shows bullish on-chain signals with 32% rise in accumulation wallets, record staking, $152M whale buy, and strong ETF inflows at $2,080 level. The post Ethereum (ETH) Price: Strong On-Chain Signals Emerge as Whales Accumulate and Staking Reaches New Heights appeared first on Blockonomi.

TLDR: Altcoin dominance breakout nears confirmation after five years of downtrend compression and strengthening higher-low structure across the macro chart.  A bullish MACD crossover on the higher timeframe reflects improving momentum conditions previously seen before major altcoin expansion cycles.  ALTS token price jumped to $0.00001147 after a sudden spike, stabilizing above earlier consolidation near $0.00001002. [...] The post Altcoin Dominance Breakout Nears After Five-Year Downtrend Compr

More than $246 million in crypto futures positions were wiped out in a single day as Bitcoin reversed sharply on Thursday, punishing traders who had bet against the market. The leading cryptocurrency climbed back to around $73,300 — a gain of roughly 4.5% over 24 hours — after a stretch of selling had dragged prices into the high $60,000 range. Related Reading: Cardano’s DeFi Boom: TVL Spikes 23% In Less Than 2 Weeks The move carried the hallmarks of a short squeeze. Funding rates had gone deepl

TLDR: Meta plans to cut over 20% of its 79,000-person workforce, potentially eliminating around 16,000 jobs. Meta’s Avocado model has missed its deadline three times and now trails Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic on benchmarks. Meta is reportedly exploring a temporary deal to license Google’s Gemini to power its own AI products. Meta has committed up [...] The post Meta’s $135 Billion AI Push Is Stumbling: Layoffs Loom as Flagship Model Trails Rivals appeared first on Blockonomi.

Venture capitalists will re-evaluate opportunities due to heightened geopolitical risk, analysts say.

The largest cryptocurrency is up 4.2% on the week despite Friday's reversal, with attention now turning to the Fed meeting on March 17-18 and whether oil above $100 forces a shift in rate expectations.

BTC has remained relatively stable for now, but it tends to react once the futures and legacy markets open.

TLDR: Bitcoin saw macro relief as the PCE inflation print came in at ~2.8% YoY, matching expectations and easing pressure on risk assets. A U.S. 30-day oil sanction waiver cooled energy markets, reducing inflation fears and boosting investor risk appetite. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded multiple consecutive inflow days, with BlackRock’s IBIT leading institutional demand signals. [...] The post Why Bitcoin Just Bounced Back to $70K: Key Factors Behind the Move appeared first on Blockonomi.

TLDR: A wallet swapped $50M in aEthUSDT but received only $36K in AAVE due to extreme slippage losses. MEV bots and Titan Builder collectively extracted nearly $44M from the single swap transaction. On-chain analysts linked 13 wallets to one entity, all funded via Binance on February 16 and 20. The suspected trader sold $543M in [...] The post $50M AAVE Swap: Trading Blunder or Calculated Money-Washing Strategy? appeared first on Blockonomi.

Goldman Sachs has quietly built one of the largest known institutional positions in XRP, holding close to $154 million through various exchange-traded fund products — a figure that places the Wall Street giant ahead of hedge funds and trading firms that have also begun staking out exposure to the digital asset. Related Reading: Ghana’s Crypto Push Begins As 11 Companies Enter SEC Sandbox Institutions Move In As Retail Pulls Coins Off Exchanges The Goldman position was disclosed alongside smaller

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.

TLDR: ISO formally published blockchain interoperability standard 82098 after nearly a decade of international collaboration. Quant CEO Gilbert Verdian chaired Working Group 7, the ISO committee that developed the interoperability framework. The standard uses a multi-gateway architecture, enabling any DLT to connect with another without protocol changes. Quant’s Overledger platform was built on the same [...] The post ISO Publishes Blockchain Interoperability Standard After a Decade of Global Ef

XRP on Flare hits $200 million, and the network's cofounder, Hugo Philion, now predicts a $1 billion target for the XRPFi market.