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The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following US-Israeli strikes on Iran has triggered an unprecedented energy supply crisis, with Asian economies bearing the heaviest burden as tanker traffic through the world’s most critical oil chokepoint grinds to a halt.Japan and South Korea face the greatest risk, with both nations being overwhelmingly dependent on fossil fuel imports that transit the Strait.Tanker Traffic at a StandstillThe cost of hiring a supertanker to ship oil from the Middle East to China surged to an all-time high of over $423,000 per day on Monday, doubling from Friday’s levels, according to LSEG data.…

Hidden Road, now Ripple Prime, has been added to the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) directory.The development has fueled optimism within the XRP community. Many suggest that it marks a major milestone for XRPL’s institutional adoption.Hidden Road Listed in NSCC MPIDs A notice from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) confirmed Hidden Road Partners CIV US LLC was included in the NSCC Market Participant Identifiers (MPIDs) Directory as of March 2, 2026.Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happensRipple first announced its intent to acquire Hidden Road, a global prime brokerage platform, in April 2025.…

Aayush Jindal, a luminary in the world of financial markets, whose expertise spans over 15 illustrious years in the realms of Forex and cryptocurrency trading. Renowned for his unparalleled proficiency in providing technical analysis, Aayush is a trusted advisor and senior market expert to investors worldwide, guiding them through the intricate landscapes of modern finance with his keen insights and astute chart analysis. From a young age, Aayush exhibited a natural aptitude for deciphering complex systems and unraveling patterns. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity for understanding market dynamics, he embarked on a journey that would lead him to become one…

The problem is: you’re still participating in the market the wrong way. Price drops, prolonged periods of volatility, and increasingly shorter rebounds—if you’re still trying to make money by “guessing the direction,” you’ve completely surrendered your fate to market sentiment. Reality is harsh: when the market is good, everyone seems like an expert; when the market is bad, 90% of people lose money. What truly differentiates us isn’t judgment ability, but the profit structure itself. Why do most people lose control in a bear market? Because their profit model is only one: Prices must rise to make money. Once the…

Bitmine has 3,040,483 staked ETH, representing $6.0 billion at $1,976 per ETH; MAVAN staking solution on track to launch Q1 2026 Bitmine now owns 3.71% of the ETH token supply, over 74% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 8 months Bitmine recently closed on initial $200 million investment into Beast Industries Bitmine Crypto + Total Cash Holdings + “Moonshots” total $9.9 billion, including 4.474 million ETH tokens, total cash of $868 million, and other crypto holdings Bitmine leads crypto treasury peers by both the velocity of raising crypto NAV per share and by the high trading…

A brief Sunday rally didn’t survive contact with Monday.Bitcoin slid to $66,702 in early Monday trading, down 1.1% over the past 24 hours, as traditional markets reopened and began pricing the U.S.-Iran conflict that crypto had been trading in isolation since Saturday. Sunday’s bounce to $68,000 on the Khamenei confirmation has now been mostly unwound, with the market settling back into the mid-$66,000 range that preceded the strikes.The broader crypto picture was mixed. Ether fell 2.5% to $1,967, solana dropped 4.1% to $84, and XRP lost 3.6% to $1.36. The weekly numbers paint the real damage, with solana down 8.1%…

The U.S.-listed spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have seen record outflows over the past four months, confirming that a full-blown crypto market is underway.Investors have pulled $6.39 billion from bitcoin ETFs over four straight months of outflows, the longest monthly losing streak since the funds launched in January 2024, according to data source SoSoValue data.Ether ETFs have also fallen out of favor, bleeding $2.76 billion over the past 4 months.These huge outflows indicate that institutional appetite for digital assets has collapsed, which explains the price losses in the two tokens. Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market value, peaked…

Bitcoin could benefit if artificial intelligence disrupts labor markets or creates volatility that prompts central banks to ease monetary policy, according to Greg Cipolaro, research lead at crypto services firm NYDIG.Cipolaro said in a research note on Friday that AI may prove to be a “general-purpose technology” such as electricity, and the macroeconomic effects it would have on employment, economic growth and risk appetite will affect Bitcoin (BTC).“If AI-driven growth occurs alongside expanding liquidity and contained real rates, that backdrop can be supportive for Bitcoin,” Cipolaro said. “But if stronger growth lifts real yields, tightens policy, and reduces the need…

Bitcoin saw its price crash toward $60,000 last week, and naturally, investor sentiment took a plunge with it. Now, while the sentiment has been in a decline for the better part of five months, what stands out this time is how low the score on the Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index has gotten. In fact, the sentiment surrounding the crypto market has dropped so low that it has gotten to a point that has only been hit twice in the history of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Crashes To 9 Since hitting its all-time high of $126,000 back in August…

Lighter reported that its upgraded liquidity pool system successfully limited ADL losses to a pre-determined threshold. On February 26, Lighter, a decentralized crypto exchange, announced that its upgraded liquidity pool system successfully resisted a $50 million ARC perpetual long squeeze attempt. This occurred after approximately 600 traders reversed a whale’s position, resulting in an $8.2 million loss, and the episode tested Lighter’s newly launched LLP Strategies, capping the downside risk for liquidity providers at just $75,000. LLP Strategies Face First Stress Event In a February 17 post on X, Lighter announced changes to its LLP infrastructure, splitting liquidity into separate…