“We’re finishing the job, and I think within maybe two weeks, maybe a couple of days longer to do the job,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. President Donald Trump said the US could be wrapping up its war with Iran soon, and said this could happen within the next month. “I would say that within two weeks, maybe two weeks, maybe three,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. “We’ll leave because there’s no reason for us to do this.” The conflict in Iran has been escalating…
Month: March 2026
Mercado Libre Ends Mercado Coin Program, Cites No Official Reason – Crypto News Bitcoin News
Mercado Coin Is Being Discontinued The company notified users through the Mercado Pago digital wallet app and email. No public statement was issued. Mercado Libre introduced mercado coin in August 2022, starting in Brazil. The token was built as an ERC-20 asset on the Ethereum blockchain in partnership with crypto exchange Ripio and initially priced at roughly $0.10 per token. Users earned it as cashback on purchases through Mercado Libre’s marketplace and could either spend mercado coin on the platform or cash it out. The intent was to bring everyday…
Bitcoin Holds $67K As Fear Index Stays In Extreme Zone
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index currently exhibits “extreme fear” with a reading of 11, and the condition has held for 12 consecutive days. Although there was a brief recovery between March 17 and March 18, the index has stayed in “extreme fear” since Jan. 28. Traders use the index as a contrarian metric for monitoring investor sentiment as it is comprised of volatility, volume, social trend and market momentum data. With that view in mind, in previous bull and bear markets, traders interpreted “extreme fear” readings as dip-buying opportunities,…
DEEP VALUE for Bitcoin, XRP Price Chart and Altcoin Market, Bottom Building Signals on Big Timeframe
▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Blockchain Backer Newsletter – Blockchain Backer’s Technical Analysis Toolkit for Crypto – Blockchain Backer 702 Digital Art NFT Collection on XRP – Hi, I am the Blockchain Backer, bringing you the latest cryptocurrency news and analysis. The content of my channel primarily focuses on crypto news, motivation, and chart analysis on the XRP chart, Bitcoin chart, various Altcoin charts, and market cap charts. DISCLAIMER: I am not a financial adviser. Investing and trading is risky, and you can lose your money. The…
Texas Lt. Gov. Lists Crypto, Prediction Markets in Charges to Senate
The #2 Texas state official called on lawmakers to study “the sudden inundation of prediction market gambling“ as other jurisdictions take the platforms to court. Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate in Texas, has included a study of prediction markets and crypto and blockchain as part of legislative priorities for the state’s next legislative session, scheduled to begin in January. In a Friday announcement, the lieutenant governor’s office issued 2026 interim charges for Texas Senate committees to study in preparation for the next legislature. Patrick said that…
S&P Tokenizes Treasury Index On Canton Network
S&P Dow Jones Indices has tokenized its iBoxx US Treasuries Index on the Canton Network, making a major fixed-income benchmark available as a digital asset and signaling a shift toward onchain data infrastructure in traditional finance. In a Tuesday announcement, S&P said the index was brought onchain together with Kaiko, a provider of digital asset market data and infrastructure that supports the tokenization and onchain delivery of the index. The iBoxx US Treasuries Index is a widely used benchmark that tracks the performance of US government bonds across different maturities,…
Ripple Founder Pivots $1 Billion From XRP Fortune Into New Investment
Jed McCaleb, the founder of Ripple and Stellar (XLM), has announced plans to redirect a whopping $1 billion from his XRP fortune into a new investment outside the cryptocurrency space. The crypto founder and Silicon Valley billionaire is now turning his focus toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), aiming to build an AI system based on the human brain. Ripple Founder To Invest $1 Billion Into AI Research In an interview with Forbes, McCaleb disclosed plans to allocate approximately $1 billion from his estimated $3.9 billion in XRP holdings to fund…
Global Markets Rise as Trump and Iran Signal End to Military Operations – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Bitcoin, Stocks, and Gold Prices Jump The S&P 500 closed up approximately 2.4% near 6,496. The Nasdaq Composite gained roughly 3.3% to around 21,475. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added about 2.1% to close near 46,176, and the Russell 2000 moved higher across the same range. At one point intraday, the Nasdaq was up nearly 4%. About 77% of stocks advanced on the session. The catalyst stemmed from reporting that said President Trump signaled willingness to end U.S. military operations in Iran, even if the Strait of Hormuz stays partially…
Ethereum’s Fusaka Upgrade Broke Its Own Tokenomics — And Cardano Just Quietly Changed the Game
▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io YouTube Description: Ethereum’s December 2025 Fusaka upgrade was supposed to cut fees and drive L1 adoption. Instead, it collapsed fee revenue by ~90%, unleashed a wave of address poisoning attacks, and triggered a crisis in validator economics — while Vitalik Buterin started quietly selling his ETH. Meanwhile, Cardano just crossed $1.1B in TVL, launched LayerZero interoperability, and hit 1M+ TPS in stress tests. This is not your usual ETH vs. ADA debate. This is a technical, economic, and strategic deep-dive into what’s…
Bitcoin stalls below key resistance as technical signals skew bearish
Bitcoin trades in a tight mid‑$60k range beneath stacked moving‑average resistance, with extreme fear and weak momentum keeping any breakout on a short leash. Summary Bitcoin trades in a tight $66,037–$68,130 range, capped by layered moving average resistance. All major EMAs and SMAs sit above spot, with the 200‑day EMA near $85,095 reinforcing downside pressure. Momentum gauges remain neutral to weak, as sentiment hovers in “extreme fear” territory across crypto markets. Bitcoin (BTC) hovered around $66,597 on March 31, 2026, as the largest cryptocurrency by market value remained trapped in…