Bitcoin Difficulty Increases for Third Time in Six Weeks, Miners Remain Undeterred With High Hashrate

On March 23, 2023, bitcoin experienced another difficulty increase, following two previous rises in the last month, jumping 7.56% higher. Currently, bitcoin miners have not been deterred by the increases, as the... Read more »

Bitcoin bulls remain bullish, but macro and crypto-specific hurdles have BTC pinned below $30K

On March 23, Bitcoin (BTC) price recovered the $28,000 support after a brief correction below $27,000. The movement closely tracked the traditional financial sector, particularly the tech-heavy Nasdaq Index, which gained 2.1%... Read more »

Huobi believes SEC impact is over

Ad Justin Sun said in a series of tweets on March 24 that Huobi believes the effects of recent charges against his other projects have come to an end. On March 22,... Read more »

80 Crypto Firms Interested in Establishing Presence in Hong Kong, Official Says

Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services and Treasury has revealed that more than 80 crypto companies have expressed interest in establishing a presence in Hong Kong. They include companies across mainland China,... Read more »

Mastercard opens network to USDC, OKX departs Canada, Bitcoin climbs

Take, for example, the recent issues that Circle-issued USD Coin (USDC) faced when it depegged from the U.S. dollar following Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse. Two weeks later, Mastercard boldly integrated the stablecoin... Read more »

Crypto twitter turns Greenpeace’s attempt to vilify BTC via art piece into meme

Ad Greenpeace USA published an art piece called the “Skull of Satoshi” to depict the “ravenous consumption of fossil fuels” by the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC). The piece involves shadowy coders under... Read more »

BTC price centers on $28K as Deutsche Bank shares follow Credit Suisse

Bitcoin (BTC) diced with $28,000 at the March 24 Wall Street open as fresh banking woes failed to provide a further boost to crypto. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Binance). Source: TradingView Traders... Read more »

Airdrop claims help Arbitrum process twice Ethereum’s transaction in 24 hours

Ad Network activity on layer-2 network Arbitrum (ARB) reached a new all-time high of 2.7 million transactions on March 23 — doubling that of the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet. According to Dune analytics... Read more »

Bitcoin erases Fed losses as traders eye $40K BTC price target

Bitcoin (BTC) returned to near $29,000 on March 23 as bulls ignored news of a fresh United States regulatory crackdown. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin shrugs off Coinbase, Do... Read more »

Bitcoin corrects on Fed rate hike, but bulls are prepared for Friday’s $1.2B options expiry

Bitcoin’s (BTC) 17.5% rally between March 16 and March 22 surprised options traders betting on price levels below $26,000. The movement resulted from investors seeking protection against persistent inflation and the ongoing... Read more »