Author: NBTC

Ethereum ($ETH) price is trading above $2,000 as March prepares to close with its first green monthly candle since August 2025, potentially snapping a six-month losing streak. However, how March closes could set the tone for April and even the rest of 2026. Historically, April has been a solid month for $ETH with average gains of 18% and a median of roughly 9%. Yet the 3-day chart, on-chain conviction, and whale behavior all suggest the path into April carries more risk than seasonality would imply. A Six-Month Red Streak May End, but the 3-Day Chart Warns Ethereum price has not…

Strategy Inc.’s Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (STRC) went live on the popular platform Trading 212 on March 30, 2026. It gives UK retail investors direct access to a Bitcoin-backed yield product that pays roughly 11.5% annually. However, buying it directly may cost significantly more in tax than most buyers realize. Why UK Investors Face a Hidden Tax Problem in MicroStrategy’s High-Yield Stock MicroStrategy’s STRC trades near its $100 par value and pays variable monthly cash distributions, currently yielding around 11.5% annualized. Over the past 30 days, $STRC has been less volatile than every company in the S&P…

On Tuesday, March 19, the SEC issued joint guidance with the CFTC to “finally” provide clarity about how the securities laws apply to digital assets. On many issues, including staking and meme coins, the SEC’s new guidance is a welcome development and a marked improvement from the Gensler days. It also rightly acknowledges that the agency’s “regulation by enforcement” campaign under Chair Gensler had muddied compliance obligations and stifled the industry. But in important ways, the guidance stops short of the full course correction the crypto industry needs. The biggest shortcoming is the SEC’s articulation of the Howey test for…

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…