Circle Internet Group ($CRCL) shares staged a modest rebound after a sharp sell-off early this week wiped roughly $5 billion from the company’s market capitalization, as investors weighed fresh U.S. regulatory headlines against an intensifying debate over the stablecoin issuer’s valuation and long-term earnings power. The stock slid about 20% from Monday’s high, falling from $126.64 to an intraday low of $101.17 on March 24 (UTC), before recovering toward the $104 level at the next open. Volatility persisted, however: $CRCL most recently finished at $98.27 after trading between $97.34 and...

Shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies ($BMNR) slid in Thursday’s session, even as the company rolled out a new institutional-grade Ethereum (ETH) staking platform aimed at turning its crypto treasury into a yield-generating infrastructure business. $BMNR fell roughly 5% to 7% on March 26, trading around $20–$21 after opening near the prior close of $21.24. The stock touched an intraday low of $19.98 before stabilizing near $20.14, with volume reported at about 19.5 million shares. The move came as weakness in Bitcoin (BTC) weighed broadly on crypto-linked equities, a segment that tends to...

Hong Kong authorities are enforcing a rule that compels individuals to unlock their phones and laptops during national security investigations. Refusing to comply is treated as a criminal offense. While this power originates from the National Security Law enacted in 2020, renewed public attention is raising serious alarms across the global cryptocurrency community. Under these provisions, police can seize and retain devices considered relevant to investigations, including at airports and border entry points. Critically, the law extends to foreign nationals and transit passengers alike, and...

XRP is showing increasing signs of bearish pressure as its price edges closer to a critical support zone near $1.20. This move does not appear to be a simple short-term fluctuation it reflects a broader downtrend that has been building over time. After failing to reclaim the 50 EMA, XRP resumed printing lower highs, a classic sign that bullish momentum has broken down. A recent recovery attempt was quickly rejected, reinforcing the view that buyers currently lack the strength to push prices higher. The rising support line that briefly stabilized the market is now being tested, and the...

Chainlink (LINK) is showing early signs of stabilization, but the broader market structure remains firmly bearish and that contradiction defines where the asset stands today. For several months, LINK has been locked in a sustained downtrend, consistently trading below its key moving averages while failing to hold any meaningful price recovery. The 50, 100, and 200 exponential moving averages (EMAs) all continue to slope downward, with price action remaining compressed beneath all three. This alignment keeps LINK in a bearish regime, where any upside movement is treated as a corrective bounce...

Bitcoins recent drop below $70,000 was not a surprise to traders who had been watching the charts closely. For weeks, BTC displayed clear signs of weakness forming lower highs, failing to reclaim key moving averages, and repeatedly stalling beneath the 50 EMA. That moving average acted as a firm ceiling on every attempted bounce, signaling that sellers remained firmly in control long before the breakdown materialized. Now trading below that critical threshold, Bitcoin is attempting to find a floor, but the price action remains unconvincing. The current consolidation is happening just under...

David Sacks, who served as the White Houses artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency czar under President Donald Trump, is transitioning into a new role as co-chair of the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, commonly known as PCAST. The move was confirmed Thursday via a post on X, formerly Twitter. Sacks had been a central figure in shaping the administrations early crypto policy, including contributing to the development of the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act and ongoing efforts around a broader crypto market structure bill. His original czar designation came with a...

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, is raising concerns about a landmark decision that granted crypto exchange Kraken a limited master account with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Waters argues the move raises consumer protection issues and questions surrounding the transparency of the approval process. In a letter addressed to Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid, Waters pointed out that neither existing federal statutes nor the Federal Reserve Boards Account Access Guidelines formally recognize a limited purpose account ...

Bitcoin recovered from session lows Thursday after President Donald Trump announced a 10-day extension on the pause of U.S. attacks targeting Iranian energy infrastructure, offering brief relief to rattled financial markets. Trump shared the update on Truth Social, stating the ceasefire extension came at Irans request while diplomatic negotiations remain active. The talks are ongoing and going very well, he wrote, signaling a temporary de-escalation in the Middle East conflict that had spooked global investors earlier in the day. Prior to the announcement, Bitcoin had slipped roughly 3% amid...

GameStops high-profile $420 million Bitcoin transfer earlier this year was not a sell-off but the gaming retailer is no longer holding its cryptocurrency in the traditional sense either. The companys latest annual report, filed this Tuesday, sheds light on what actually happened to its 4,710 BTC position and why the move raised so many eyebrows. It turns out that 4,709 of those Bitcoin were pledged to Coinbase as collateral for an over-the-counter covered-call options strategy. The January wallet activity that sparked widespread speculation about a potential exit was simply GameStop moving...