Solana defies overall market trend to hit new all-time high market cap
Solana (SOL) broke new ground on March 15 after an 11% rally brought its market capitalization to a new all-time high of $82.5 billion at a price of $186.77 per token despite the overall downtrend, which saw the market contract by 4%. This achievement surpasses its prior peak market cap of approximately $77.9 billion — […]
Binance Labs spun-off into independent entity outside the Binance group umbrella
Binance spun off its $10 billion venture capital arm, Binance Labs, into an independent entity that will no longer be under the group’s purview weeks ago. Bloomberg drew attention to the silent change in a March 15 report, which revealed that Binance Labs had added a disclaimer about the change on its website earlier in […]
Vanguard CEO says Bitcoin ETFs do not ‘belong in a long-term portfolio’
Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley said Bitcoin needs to “change as an asset class” for the investment firm to consider it as a viable option and has no intention of changing its mind about spot Bitcoin ETFs until that happens. Buckley made the statement in a preview clip of an upcoming webcast posted on March 15. […]
Grayscale amends Ethereum ETF filing, says investors ‘want and deserve’ the fund
Grayscale amended a regulatory filing through which it intends to convert its Ethereum Trust to a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF). The company’s March 15 amendment strengthens its earlier filing in multiple ways. The update supports the argument that surveillance sharing within the CME ETH market is sufficient to protect against fraud and manipulation in the […]
US prosecutors want SBF to serve at least four decades in prison
Federal prosecutors have requested a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) following his conviction for conducting one of the most significant financial frauds in recent times through the misappropriation of over $8 billion of customer funds. The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York filed […]
El Salvador receives Bitcoin donation after revealing on-chain address
El Salvador received Bitcoin donations after President Nayib Bukele shared the Central American country’s digital wallet address with the public. In a March 14 post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Bukele revealed that the country transferred “a big chunk of our Bitcoin to a cold wallet and stored that cold wallet in a […]
Bitcoin’s sudden price correction wipes out over $666 million from long traders in 24 hours
Bitcoin experienced a heavy price correction during Asian trading hours, dipping to a multi-week low of under $66,000, which resulted in significant losses for traders betting on further price increases. Over the past weeks, the flagship digital asset, fueled by the buzz surrounding the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), had been on an upward trend […]