A gold-backed crypto token jumped from 453rd place to fifth among the most actively traded perpetual pairs on Binance — all within a matter of weeks. Related Reading XAUT: From Obscurity To The Top 5 Tether’s tokenized gold token, XAUT, recorded a daily perpetual futures trading volume of $6.40 billion on March 23, according to data highlighted by CryptoQuant analyst JA Maartunn. That figure dwarfs where it stood in December 2025, when daily volume barely crossed $1.50 million. The climb was fast and unrelenting. By January 2026, daily volume had moved…
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Coinbase Launches Crypto Mortgage Product Tied to Fannie Mae
Crypto exchange Coinbase Global has launched a mortgage structure with Better Home & Finance that lets qualified borrowers pledge digital assets held in Coinbase accounts to fund down payments on standard conforming mortgages designed in accordance with Fannie Mae guidelines. According to Coinbase, the structure enables borrowers to pledge digital assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) or USDC (USDC) as collateral for a separate loan used to fund the down payment, while the primary mortgage remains a standard, Fannie Mae–backed loan. Better will originate and service the mortgages. When rolled out,…
The Bitcoin Price Bottom Is Close, But There Is Still A Crash Below $60,000 Left
Bitcoin may be moving closer to the kind of long-term support zone that has characterized major bottoms in past cycles, but one technical analyst believes the market has not reached that moment just yet. An interesting technical analysis points to Bitcoin’s weekly moving averages as the clearest guide for where this decline could finally exhaust itself. That setup shows that the current price action may be narrowing to form a bottom, even though one more leg lower below $60,000 could still come first. Bitcoin Has Already Entered A Late-Stage Correction…
Bitcoin Shows No ‘Outright Stress’ at $70,000, Analysis Says
Bitcoin lost its grip on $70,000 amid inflation and recession talk as analysis suggested that BTC price action lacked “outright stress.” Bitcoin (BTC) daily losses approached 3% at Thursday’s Wall Street open as markets stayed on edge over fresh Iran tensions. Key points: Bitcoin slips from $70,000 as markets continue to observe Iran developments. Inflation and recession worries grow louder with no clear end to the conflict in sight. Bitcoin analysis avoids an outright bearish appraisal of BTC price action. Bitcoin wobbles as US inflation fears increase Data from TradingView…
MARA Sells $1.1B in Bitcoin to Cut Debt by 30%
MARA Holdings sold more than $1 billion of Bitcoin in March to repurchase convertible debt at a discount, using its BTC holdings to reduce leverage, the company said Thursday. In a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing, the largest listed US Bitcoin miner said it would buy back about $1 billion of zero-coupon convertible notes due 2030 and 2031 for roughly $913 million in cash, capturing about $88 million in savings, or close to a 9% discount to par. The company said it sold 15,133 Bitcoin (BTC) for around $1.1…
Dogecoin Could Offer Best Risk-Reward Since October 2023
A move into the $0.078 area could present Dogecoin’s most attractive risk-reward setup in more than two years. Will Taylor, who posts on X as @Cryptoinsightuk, said on March 25 that he is watching for exactly that kind of dip. “If DOGE heads to $0.078 I am buying a decent size. Best R/R we’ve seen since October 2023 imo,” he wrote alongside charts showing Dogecoin pressing into the lower end of a multiyear structure. Dogecoin At $0.078 Would Be A Major Opportunity The setup Taylor is describing is conditional rather…
Agent wastes 14 hours of scammers’ time, LLMs ‘poisoned’ by Iran: AI Eye
A Redditor claims he prompted his AI agent to become a “world class time waster,” and managed to tie up a scammer for 14 hours who was trying to extract a $500 gift card. The Redditor claims the agent spent four hours stringing the scammer along, pretending to drive to Target, providing dumb status updates like “I’m at the red light now” and “I forgot my purse, going back home. Wait, this isn’t my house.” It even convinced the man to perform a CAPTCHA test for it, claiming its “eyes…
How a Seed Phrase Leak Led to a $176M Bitcoin Theft Case
Code is not the weakest point in crypto thefts In crypto, security is usually regarded as a technical issue. You are asked to safeguard your private keys, rely on a hardware wallet and steer clear of phishing links. Yet a prominent case in the UK reveals that the real vulnerability in this case might have had nothing to do with code. The UK High Court is currently reviewing a case involving the alleged theft of 2,323 Bitcoin (BTC), worth about $176 million. The theft did not stem from hacking or…
Ethereum Accumulation Map Reveals Price Roadmap To $20,000
Crypto analyst Crypto Patel has revealed an Ethereum accumulation roadmap indicating the altcoin could rally as high as $20,000. This comes as ETH continues to struggle around the $2,000 level amid the U.S.-Iran war, which has dragged on for almost a month now. Analyst Reveals Ethereum Accumulation Roadmap With $20,000 Price Target In an X post, Crypto Patel revealed Ethereum’s accumulation roadmap, in which he described the $1,800 to $1,400 range as the best accumulation zone. He highlighted $4,700 as the major resistance and breakout level. Meanwhile, the targets for…
Circle Leads Tazapay Extension as Total Series B Reaches $36M
Cross-border payment infrastructure provider Tazapay said it closed an extension to its Series B funding round led by Circle Ventures, bringing the total raised to $36 million. The round included participation from Coinbase Ventures, CMT Digital, Peak XV Partners and Ripple. Tazapay said on Thursday that the funding will be used to • expand its digital settlement technology for cross-border payments, secure additional licenses, expand across Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and the Americas, and build infrastructure for so-called “agentic payments.” Tazapay said it serves over 1,000 enterprises and…