Ether Risks $1.7K Retest As Traders Fail To Overcome Key Resistance Zone

Ether (ETH) price may be at risk of a correction to new year-to-date lows, especially if the bulls fail to secure daily candle closes above the $2,150 to $2,400 range. Ether’s price action continues to be driven by US and global macroeconomic events, along with investors’ appetite for risk assets during the US and Israel-Iran war. As data shows more than $1 billion in futures-driven sell pressure, the chance of Ether falling below $1,800 rises. Ether’s main challenge sits at $2,400 Repeat rejections near $2,150 continue to cap Ether rallies,…

Pundit Predicts How Long It Will Take For The XRP Price To Reach $20

The XRP price reaching $20 may take several years, according to a market pundit who recently outlined a long-range roadmap for the digital asset. His projection places the milestone near the end of the decade while suggesting the current market phase could still present opportunities before the next major expansion begins. XRP Price Path To $20 By 2030 Outlined In Multi-Year Forecast Crypto analyst ChartNerd recently argued that a $20 target for XRP by 2030 closely aligns with his broader outlook for the asset. In a post shared on March…

SoFi Rolls Out Institutional Platform Combining Fiat and Crypto Rails

Digital banking platform SoFi Technologies has launched Big Business Banking, a platform that allows companies to manage fiat and crypto transactions within a single regulated system. According to Thursday’s announcement, the offering enables companies to hold deposits, move funds and settle transactions around the clock using either traditional currencies or digital assets, consolidating functions that have typically been split across banks, custodians and crypto service providers. It also introduces support for issuing and redeeming the company’s stablecoin, SoFiUSD, allowing businesses to convert between fiat and onchain assets while keeping reserves…

Soluna Announces $53M Acquisition of Wind Farm for AI Facility

Soluna Holdings, a publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) mining and AI infrastructure company focused on renewable energy, announced on Thursday that it closed a $53 million deal to acquire a wind farm to power its upcoming Project Dorothy 3 AI data center campus. The Briscoe Wind Farm, located in Briscoe County, Texas, has a potential capacity of up to 300 megawatts (MW), according to the company’s announcement. The company forecasts that the facility will generate annualized revenue between $20 million and $24.4 million.  Shares of Soluna are up by about 7.6%…

Bitcoin Down While Oil Climbs After Trump Signals Continued Iran Strikes

They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that’s not just a metaphor, it’s a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits take a more mechanical (and sometimes philosophical) turn. Christian’s journey with the written word began long before the age of Bitcoin. In the hallowed halls of academia, he honed his craft as a feature writer…

DeFi Is Optimizing For gas, Not For Markets

Opinion by: João Garcia, DevReal lead at Cartesi.Decentralized finance presents itself as a transparent alternative to Wall Street. Yet, what it has largely reconstructed is a simplified version of finance, engineered less around market resilience than around the constraints of gas fees. That trade-off, once treated as a technical footnote, is increasingly shaping the limits of what DeFi can become. So long as computational minimalism remains the overriding priority, financial robustness will remain secondary, and periods of market stress will continue to expose that imbalance. When markets move faster than…

StakeStone (STO) Price Surges Over 500% In One Week, What’s Driving This Altcoin?

The StakeStone (STO) price has surged by over 500% in the past week, drawing attention to the token’s ecosystem. The altcoin’s rally comes ahead of a significant token unlock, which could put selling pressure on the token and drive its price down.  Why The StakeStone (STO) Price Is Surging The StakeStone (STO) price has surged by over 500% in the last week amid bullish fundamentals in its ecosystem, as noted by market analyst Neel. One of these developments includes StakeStone’s launch of version 2.0 of its protocol earlier this year.…

Bitcoin Stays Weak on Oil Woes as Analyst Queries Return to $10,000

Bitcoin (BTC) gained a $10,000 price warning as stocks took a fresh hit over oil-supply fears at Thursday’s Wall Street open. Key points: $10,000 BTC prices may return as the market struggles to hold ground, says new analysis. Bitcoin and US stocks take a further beating as markets discount the odds of the Strait of Hormuz returning to “normal.” Oil spikes to $114 per barrel in a volatile Wall Street open. BTC price “may be reverting” to $10,000 Data from TradingView tracked BTC price action as it dipped below $66,000…

Analyst Says Bitcoin Closing 6 Red Monthly Candles Isn’t Bearish, What To Expect

Bitcoin’s recent price structure has not been easy to sit through. The price action has spent months moving sideways to lower, printing a series of bearish monthly closes since October that have placed the crypto sentiment in fear. That kind of slow pressure tends to feel worse than sharp sell-offs. According to a crypto analyst, instead of treating the recent stretch as a warning sign of more declines to come, history shows that the Bitcoin price is much closer to a turning point than most participants realize. The 2018 Parallel:…

AI agents will kill the web as we know it: Animoca’s Yat Siu

Animoca founder Yat Siu says the rise of AI agents will bring about a radical shift in how information and value will be distributed online. Instead of the web being a place where humans interact with web pages and apps, the primary actors on the internet will be intelligent agents searching, negotiating, transacting and collaborating. This will cause a seismic shift in how the web is built and monetized.  Siu at WEF 2026 (Yat Siu) Instead of push-based emails and attention-grabbing ads, the model moves to pull-based, where agents find…