Monthly Archives: March 2025

Bitwise Asset Management has made its first institutional decentralized finance (DeFi) allocation, depositing into Maple Finance’s overcollateralized Bitcoin loans, Maple told Cointelegraph on March 6.  Maple did not disclose the size of the investment but confirmed that Bitwise’s allocation is represented in Dune Analytics total value locked (TVL) figures for Maple’s “blue chip secured” strategy.  […]

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele raised eyebrows among industry observers on March 4 when he said that his government’s Bitcoin purchases won’t stop, despite a requirement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). El Salvador struck a $1.4 billion loan deal with the IMF in January on the condition that it walk back Bitcoin (BTC) adoption and […]

Understanding liquidity crises A liquidity crisis occurs when an organization lacks sufficient liquid assets, such as cash or assets readily convertible to cash, to meet its short-term financial obligations. Major hacks in the cryptocurrency exchange sector can trigger liquidity crises in several ways. The immediate depletion of assets, especially from compromised hot wallets, can severely […]

Bitcoin (BTC) tapped $92,700 during the early Asian hours on March 6, 19% above the Feb. 28 low of $78,200 as sentiment improved across the board. The recent rejection at $94,500, however, raises questions about whether the BTC price could drop further over the next few days. BTC/USD hourly chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView White House Crypto […]

A pair of posts by President Donald Trump about his plans for a US crypto reserve “triggered a marketwide rebound” in cryptocurrencies on March 2, with global market capitalization increasing nearly 7% to $3.04 trillion, Cointelegraph reported. Still, on closer examination, a crypto strategic reserve — presumably along the lines of the US Strategic Petroleum […]

The decentralized finance (DeFi) platform linked to US President Donald Trump significantly increased its Ether holdings over the past week as the cryptocurrency’s price briefly dipped below $2,000. Trump’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) DeFi platform has tripled its Ether (ETH) holdings over the past seven days as ETH fell below the $2,000 psychological mark, reversing […]

Emirates NBD, a Dubai government-owned bank, is offering new cryptocurrency services through its digital bank subsidiary Liv. Liv bank has enabled its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies on its Liv X app in collaboration with Aquanow, a licensed crypto asset service provider, the companies said in a joint announcement on March 6. Introduced […]

Bitcoin is predicted to “blast off” in three weeks as global liquidity trends turn in favor of crypto and risk assets. New X analysis from Andre Dragosch, European head of research at asset management firm Bitwise, predicts global money supply hitting new all-time highs. 3-week countdown to BTC price comeback A new Bitcoin (BTC) price […]

A network hoping to become a parallel internet for blockchains is planning for a public mainnet launch in the second half of 2025 after recently completing a $28 million funding round and testnet beta launch. The DoubleZero Network hopes to be an alternative to the public internet that allows network operators to contribute underutilized bandwidth […]