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Ethereum price trades near $1,950 as the Binance buy/sell ratio hints at a potential shift in derivatives positioning. Summary Ethereum price sits near the lower end of its weekly range after a sharp monthly decline. Binance Taker Buy/Sell Ratio has climbed toward neutral after weeks of sell-side pressure. A move above $2,200 is needed to challenge the current downtrend structure. Ethereum ($ETH) trades at $1,947 at press time, down 4% in the past 24 hours. Price is sitting near the bottom of its seven-day range of $1,815.54 to $2,099.16. Over the last month, $ETH has fallen 35%, and it is…

Israeli markets achieved record peaks on March 2, 2026, bucking a global downturn despite the onset of a joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran. Markets Reach New Peaks Israeli financial markets surged Monday, March 2, 2026, just two days after the launch of a joint military operation with the United States against Iran. While global markets retreated under the shadow of a widening regional conflict, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) saw record-breaking gains, and the shekel strengthened significantly against both the dollar and the euro. The benchmark TA-35 index climbed 4.61% to reach a new all-time high of 4,318.50…

Voters in North Carolina, Texas and Arkansas will decide on some of the first candidates for the 2026 midterm elections in the United States as primary season kicks off, potentially influencing the future of Congress and crypto legislation. In Texas, Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett is running for Republican John Cornyn’s US Senate seat for Texas. Crockett, a member of the House of Representatives since 2023, voted for the stablecoin payments bill GENIUS Act in July and FIT21, the previous version of the digital asset market structure bill before the CLARITY Act, which she voted against. Crockett came under scrutiny in…

In a significant move for digital asset accessibility, European crypto investment firm CoinShares has launched a first-of-its-kind Exchange-Traded Product (ETP) for Binance Coin ($BNB) that directly incorporates staking rewards. The firm announced this $BNB ETP launch via its official communication channels on February 21, 2025, marking a pivotal moment for institutional and retail crypto exposure in regulated European markets. This product, trading under the ticker CBNB on the prestigious SIX Swiss Exchange, uniquely blends the tradability of an exchange-listed security with the yield-generating potential of blockchain staking. The Mechanics of the New $BNB ETP CoinShares designed its $BNB ETP to…

The average cost of mining one Bitcoin has climbed above $70,000, marking a sharp increase from the $67,704 recorded earlier this year. Ki Young Ju, founder of CryptoQuant, highlighted the rising production cost, citing recent filings from MARA Holdings. Notably, the surge in Bitcoin mining costs is primarily due to rising energy prices, which have steadily increased since last year. Key Points The average mining cost for Bitcoin has climbed to $70,027 per $BTC. With Bitcoin trading above $72,000, MARA Holdings and other miners remain profitable despite tighter margins. MARA has updated its treasury policy to allow the sale of…

Blockchain infrastructure company Alchemy has launched a system that allows autonomous AI agents to buy compute credits and access its blockchain data services using onchain wallets and $USDC on Base. According to the company’s announcement, the initial release allows AI agents to directly query blockchain networks, check nonfungible token (NFT) ownership, view wallet balances across multiple chains and access live token price data, with additional networks and services planned. If an agent exhausts its prepaid compute credits, Alchemy issues a payment request that can be automatically settled in $USDC ($USDC) on Base, allowing the agent to continue operating without human…

Decentralized finance has long promised open financial markets that anyone can access without intermediaries. Despite the rapid growth of crypto infrastructure, large financial institutions have remained cautious. According to Henry Zhang, founder and CEO of DigiFT, the barrier is not the technology itself. It is trust. In an interview with TheStreet Roundtable, Zhang explained how institutions evaluate DeFi. What does “institutional grade” mean? “Institutional grade sounds like one phrase, but it actually means many things,” Zhang said. “It includes the quality of the underlying assets, the legal structure, the governance, the risk management, and the disclosure.” Those requirements are familiar…

Vitalik Buterin has outlined Ethereum upgrades linked to its upcoming Glamsterdam hardfork. The developments generally aim to increase scalability, security and user experience on the blockchain. ETH has fallen below $2K following wider market events. Ethereum creator and co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined 8 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) that comprise the upcoming Glamsterdam hardfork scheduled for the first half of 2026. Ethereum: 2026 Glamsterdam hardfork The proposals follow Ethereum’s three-track roadmap enshrined in its 2025 “predictable engineering delivery model” and comprising: Scalability. Improved user experience. Heightened security, censorship-resistance, and quantum-resistance. More specifically, block building will now take place directly on…

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi publicly disavowed a cryptocurrency bearing her name and likeness. The token crashed 58% within hours, and regulators moved to investigate the issuer. The episode is the latest in a string of political memecoins that have burned retail investors worldwide. PM’s Denial Triggers Crash Takaichi is Japan’s first female prime minister and one of its most popular in decades. Her LDP won 316 seats in the Feb. 8 general election, a supermajority, and her cabinet approval rating sits near 70%. SANAE TOKEN launched on the Solana blockchain on Feb. 25 without the prime minister’s knowledge. Serial…

CleanSpark (CLSK), a U.S.-based bitcoin $BTC$72,578.05 mining company that operates large-scale data centers, sold almost all the bitcoin it produced last month to generate cash for an expansion into artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). The Nasdaq-listed miner produced 568 $BTC in February and sold 553 $BTC, roughly 97%, according to its latest operational update. The sales generated about $36.65 million in proceeds at an average price of $66,279 per bitcoin, one of the highest production-to-sales ratios the company has reported. The sale reflects a broader trend among bitcoin miners pivoting toward AI and HPC, with companies increasingly selling…