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Ethereum is pressing into a key resistance area again, and the chart setup is starting to matter more. If buyers break through this zone, the next move could shift attention toward the CME gap overhead. Ethereum Tests $2,150 Again as Resistance Zone Faces New Pressure Ethereum is making another move toward the $2,150 area, which has acted as a firm resistance zone on the daily chart. The setup shows price recovering from the recent drop and pushing back into a level that previously blocked upside progress. Because this area lines up with the upper part of the recent range, it…

The derivatives market on leading digital assets exchange Binance is doing more than five times the business of spot, hinting at volatile market conditions. The futures-to-spot volume ratio on the exchange has risen to approximately 5.1, its highest level since mid-2023, CryptoQuant data shows. The ratio is an indicator of the type of market participants are trading in. When derivatives dominate at this scale, price discovery is increasingly driven by leveraged positioning rather than outright buying and selling. That doesn’t make the moves less real, but it does make them more reactive. The result is a market that can see…

Key Takeaways Nuclear fusion combines light hydrogen atoms to release energy, similar to the sun’s processes. Fusion reactors are inherently safe as they cannot melt down, unlike fission reactors. Achieving commercial fusion could usher in an era of energy abundance. Fusion is the process that powers the universe and is crucial for energy production. Currently, nuclear fusion is not actively used to generate electricity on Earth. The fusion process involves combining lightweight nuclei to release energy through a mass defect. Fission involves breaking apart heavy nuclei, releasing energy similarly to fusion. Advanced civilizations are likely to be powered by fusion…

Leading prediction market platform Polymarket has acquired Brahma, a provider of DeFi asset management tools and services, to enhance its platform and scale its DeFi offerings. The companies did not reveal the terms of the agreement. https://t.co/m0NRLSts3Y — Brahma (@BrahmaFi) March 18, 2026 Brahma, founded in 2021, has processed more than $1B in transactions through its unified on-chain smart account system, which automates complex crypto operations and bridges traditional finance with DeFi payment rails. As part of the acquisition, Brahma’s products will sunset in 30 days with full fund access retained, and its team and technology will now focus on…

Key takeaways Natural resource wealth does not automatically translate to public prosperity. Venezuela’s rapid economic decline was fueled by volatile oil prices and poor policy decisions. Chávez’s nationalization and control policies led to economic downfall. Concentration of wealth in the government left citizens vulnerable when oil prices dropped. Venezuela has untapped potential for economic diversification beyond oil. Oil price volatility has caused economic unpredictability in Venezuela since the 1980s. The fixed exchange rate system in Venezuela worked until the 1983 crisis. Constitutional changes under Chávez eroded checks and balances, concentrating power. The erosion of rights turned Venezuela from a democracy…

Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) has issued a market alert against Kucoin Exchange, and Phoenixfin PTe Ltd MEK Global Limited, as well as Peken Global Limited, commercially advertising as Kucoin, given that Kucoin has been offering Dubai residents virtual asset services without being regulated in the country. VARA noted that Kucoin has been providing these services without the necessary regulatory approvals and misrepresenting its licensing status. As a result, the company has been instructed to cease and desist from all unlicensed virtual asset and crypto activities. Dubai piles on EU prohibition for Kucoin VARA has also noted that Kucoin…

Key Highlights: CryptoQuant posted on X that Binance’s Futures/Spot Ratio has reached its highest in 1.5 years. Traders are using more futures contracts in Bitcoin and Ethereum. The dispute between Binance and The Wall Street Journal added new attention. Trading activity on Binance, world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has increased. According to data that was shared by CryptoQuant on X today, March 12, 2026, the exchange’s Future/Spot Ratio has climbed to its highest level in the last 1.5 years. Binance Futures/Spot Ratio Hits 1.5-Year High “It reflects structural growth in derivatives trading, with futures volume expanding significantly while spot volume has…

A few days after the supply cap manipulation attack that saw an attacker borrow over $14.9 million from the DeFi platform Venus Protocol, the value of $THE, the native token of another DeFi platform, Thena, which was used in the attack, continues to drop. Thena has insisted that its own smart contracts were never affected, but this has not been sufficient to change market sentiments, as THE has dropped by over 44% since March 15. The token has gone from $0.27 following the incident to $0.15 as of the time of writing. Its trading volume has also contracted by more…

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) trading in the US recorded a total net outflow of $104.99 million. This movement indicated a return to outflows after just one trading day of net inflows. The biggest outflow of the day was seen in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT. IBIT experienced a net outflow of $119.8 million, while Bitwise’s BITB fund saw an outflow of $10.29 million, and Ark Invest’s ARKB fund saw an outflow of $8.31 million. Grayscale’s GBTC fund also experienced a net outflow of $8.45 million. On the other hand, some funds showed a limited but positive divergence. Fidelity’s FBTC…

A series of unusually timed prediction market bets placed just hours before U.S. strikes on Iran has triggered fresh accusations of insider profiteering, with Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) warning that individuals with advance knowledge of military decisions may have made money wagering on war. “The Iran war is fueling a new kind of corruption: White House officials secretly profiting off war,” Murphy said in a video posted to X. “It’s disgusting. We need to ban it.” “It looks like those six big accounts that were set up on Friday made a profit of a million dollars off of us going…