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Binance will unveil 24/7 perpetual futures trading in WTI crude (CLUSDT), Brent crude (BZUSDT), and natural gas (NATGASUSDT) on April 1. The three contracts, all USD-margined and settled in $USDT, will each have up to 100x leverage. The first two will represent 1,000 barrels of crude oil each, while the last will represent 10,000 MMBtu (Million British Thermal Units). Source: Binance Binance joins Hyperliquid in oil trading Binance will now join Hyperliquid, which has predominantly traded oil for about 5 months following the activation of HIP-3 (Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 3). Hyperliquid currently ranks as the leading decentralized perpetual exchange, with…

Charles Hoskinson, founder of the Cardano and Midnight blockchains, said crypto has spent more than a decade solving the wrong problems and failing to break into the real-world economy. “The question I’ve been asking for eight years is: why didn’t the revolution happen?” Hoskinson asked. His answer is Midnight, a project in which he invested roughly $200 million. The network went live on Monday, Midnight told CoinDesk. Midnight is a blockchain built within the Cardano ecosystem, designed to fix what Hoskinson described as crypto’s core design flaws by making it private, simple and safer to use. Rather than competing with…

Ethereum price reclaimed the $2,000 level on Monday as investors priced in hopes of potential de-escalation in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price rose 2.5% to an intraday high of $2,058 at the last check on Monday, March 30. Ethereum price jumped as news emerged of potential peace talks between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad. These talks, hosted by Pakistan, aim to bring a swift and permanent end to the war between the two nations that has left the Middle East in a state of high tension. A potential de-escalation…

Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) faced a difficult week, with bitcoin and ether posting heavy outflows. Smaller assets showed mixed resilience, with $XRP attracting modest inflows. Crypto ETFs Slide as Bitcoin, Ether Post Heavy Weekly Losses The last full trading week of March began with promise, but it did not end that way. What started as a brief recovery in bitcoin ETFs quickly gave way to sustained selling pressure, setting the tone for a week defined by caution, rotation, and selective conviction. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net outflows of $296.18 million for the week, reversing recent momentum. The early inflow on…

U.S. Senate candidate John E. Deaton raised concerns about regulatory uncertainty in the United States, saying that financial markets can’t endure another enforcement-driven approach. In a post on X, he highlighted remarks by Brad Garlinghouse during an interview with Maria Bartiromo, in which the Ripple CEO stressed that only legislation can prevent a return to past regulatory practices. “American companies and our financial markets cannot afford to experience Gensler 2.0. And the only way to guarantee that we don’t – is by passing legislation,” Deaton noted. Deaton stated that the existing regulatory guidance is tenuous without formal laws. He cited…

The crypto market has been under pressure for months. The selling has been relentless. And the world outside the chart is not making it easier. Top analyst Darkfost has published an assessment that places the current market environment in its full context: the geopolitical situation is deteriorating, not stabilizing. Despite announcements from the Trump administration suggesting a path toward de-escalation, the attacks and bombings have not stopped. The conflict is escalating. The consequences are spreading across every asset class without exception. The damage is not limited to crypto. The 60-40 portfolio — the stocks-and-bonds allocation that has defined institutional risk…

Trilitech, a London-based development company focused on the Tezos ecosystem, launched Metals.io on Monday, a new platform for trading tokenized commodities including uranium and gold, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. The platform expands a commodities push that Trilitech and the broader Tezos ecosystem began with Uranium.io, a retail-facing uranium marketplace launched in December 2024 on Etherlink, Tezos’ Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible layer 2. At launch, Metals.io is set to offer xU3O8 tokenized uranium, tokenized gold and Noemon Tech’s RARE token. Uranium.io describes xU3O8 as a tokenized physical uranium product, while RareTech materials describe RARE as a basket of strategic…

Ethereum ($ETH) remains the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, but it faces the risk of losing this status. Because Polymarket states that there is a 54% probability that $ETH will lose value in 2026. With more talk of a decline in the Ethereum market, this is reflected in Polymarket data. Accordingly, in Polymarket’s response to the question “What price will Ethereum reach in 2026?”, bearish predictions are prominent. “The most dominant scenario is that it will rise above $1,500, with a 72% probability priced in.” The possibility of the price rising above $3,500 is priced in with a 32% probability.…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a striking warning about the impact of the war launched against Iran in the Middle East on the global economy. A blog post published by the institution’s chief economists stated that the conflicts that began with the US and Israeli attacks on February 28 have weakened the outlook for many economies that were already in a recovery phase. According to the IMF, war creates an “asymmetric shock” on a global scale, causing serious economic disruptions, especially in countries directly affected by the conflict, and leading to a tightening of financial conditions. Iran’s closure…

The CLARITY Act is moving again, and this time the timeline looks real. A recent update reveals that the CLARITY Act is all set to make headlines again, with Coinbase hinting at a possible Senate markup in the second half of April and potential passage by May. According to Coinbase’s internal market view, lawmakers had already reached an agreement in principle on March 20, followed by a new compromise on March 24 that proposes banning passive stablecoin yield while still allowing limited, activity-based rewards. The Stablecoin Flashpoint The biggest sticking point is stablecoin yield. The latest proposal aims to ban…