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Crypto markets are tanking on Thursday morning following the latest speech from the US President threatening more violence in the Middle East. Bitcoin prices fell below $67,000 on Thursday morning, dropping to $66,770 following Donald Trump’s latest update on the war with Iran. “We are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly,” the President said at the White House on Wednesday. “We’re going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” he added. The POTUS said that the US imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait and will not be…

In brief Volatility Shares debuted leveraged ETFs for Cardano, Stellar, and Chainlink. The offerings dovetail with others offered by the firm that established the first leveraged crypto ETF in the U.S. in 2023. Volatility Shares filed for 3x and 5x leveraged ETFs last year, which covered cryptocurrencies and firms like Coinbase. Volatility Shares debuted three exchange-traded funds that amplify price swings for cryptocurrencies on Wednesday, adding to the growing list of vehicles enabling traders to speculate on the digital assets with leverage.The ETFs offer 2x exposure to Cardano, Stellar, and Chainlink, representing some of the largest altcoins in the cryptocurrency…

Crypto’s biggest liquidation event this week wasn’t about crypto.Tokenized Brent oil futures on Hyperliquid accounted for $46.6 million of the $403 million in total liquidations over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGlass data, making oil the third-largest liquidated asset behind ether at $104.5 million and bitcoin at $98.3 million. Solana came in fourth at roughly $24.7 million.The single largest liquidation across all assets was a $17.17 million Brent oil position on Hyperliquid, not a bitcoin or ether trade. That is the second time in under 30 days that oil has produced the largest individual liquidation on a crypto venue.The…

The past four weeks have been brutal for bitcoin BTC$68,686.69 traders as prices keep chasing comments by President Donald Trump, who can’t make up his mind about Iran.One day, he talks peace and BTC and risk assets go up while oil drops, the next day he talks hawkish again, sending BTC down and oil up. Meanwhile, Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz is “closed forever,” and analysts throw out wildly bullish and bearish oil targets. It’s nearly impossible to navigate this choppy environment.Traders may be better off focusing on the following real indicators that actually matter. These, unfortunately, do not…

In brief Connecticut has suspended Bitcoin Depot’s state money transfer license, without which it cannot run its kiosks. Regulators said some users were overcharged, while those that fell to scams weren’t fully refunded. Observers said the order could mark a tougher compliance test for the wider Bitcoin ATM industry. Bitcoin Depot, the world’s largest Bitcoin ATM operator, has had its money-transmission licence summarily suspended by Connecticut regulators over alleged violations tied to kiosk fees, disclosures, and fraud-related refunds.State regulators said Bitcoin Depot charged some kiosk users fees above the state’s 15% cap, failed to give some fraud victims full refunds,…

Bitcoin (BTC) is currently hovering above the recently breached $74,000 resistance, positioning to reclaim price levels not seen since the fourth quarter of last year. However, this week’s activity is set to be turbulent, with market expert Virtual Bacon predicting it could be the “most volatile week in Bitcoin all year.” Bear Market Prevails In a report shared on social media platform X, Virtual Bacon noted that, although the current Bitcoin price uptrend is optimistic, significant challenges remain.  The critical 200-day simple moving average (SMA) sits at $93,000, while the 50-week SMA is around $98,000. The last lower high resistance…

In brief The joint committee called crypto donations an “unnecessary and unacceptably high risk” and wants a binding moratorium written into the Representation of the People Bill. The report demands a new national Political Finance Enforcement Unit inside the National Crime Agency and tighter rules on overseas donors. An expert told Decrypt that KYC-based bans would create “a massive honeypot” for adversaries by forcing parties to centralize donor data. A UK parliamentary committee has urged an immediate ban on crypto donations to political parties, but at least one industry expert warns the move could backfire, creating new cybersecurity risks even…

XRP (XRP) is trading just above a level heavily targeted by derivative traders, making it a critical zone for near-term price action.The payments-focused cryptocurrency changed hands at around $1.50 at press time, placing just above a notable concentration of options activity at $1.40 on crypto exchange Deribit. XRP is used by Ripple to facilitate cross-border transactions. Options are derivatives contracts whose value is derived from an underlying asset, in this case XRP. They give traders the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell XRP at a specific price (known as the strike) before a set expiry date. Call…

Centralized crypto exchanges recorded a spike in Bitcoin hourly inflows on Monday as the crypto market rallied, with one analyst warning it could signal selling pressure. Hourly Bitcoin flows into exchanges spiked to 6,100 BTC on March 16, the highest since Feb. 20, reported head of research at CryptoQuant, Julio Moreno, on Tuesday. He added that the share of large inflows reached 63% of total inflows, which is the highest since mid-October 2025. It comes as Bitcoin has rallied around 12% so far this month, hitting a six-week high of around $76,000 on March 17.Traders often send Bitcoin (BTC) to exchanges in preparation…

The number of whale wallets holding more than one million of US President Donald Trump’s memecoin has surged to a five-month high after announcing a luncheon at his Florida home for top holders last week. There are now 83 wallets holding more than 1 million TRUMP (TRUMP) (equating to $3.7 million), making it the highest showing for the memecoin since Oct. 8 last year, Santiment said in an X post on Monday. The luncheon with Trump is set for April 25 at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, according to the Trump team. The top 297 token holders are invited, with the…