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• Microsoft warns of new remote access trojan targeting crypto wallets

  18-03-2025 07:05 via cointelegraph.com
  Tech giant Microsoft has discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) that targets crypto held in 20 cryptocurrency wallet extensions for the Google Chrome browser. Microsoft’s Incident Response Team said in a March 17 blog post that it first discovered the malware StilachiRAT last November and found it can steal information such as credentials stored in the browser, digital wallet information and data stored in the clipboard. After deployment, the bad actors can use StilachiRAT t
  
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• Bitcoin stalls under $85K— Key BTC price levels to watch ahead of FOMC

  18-03-2025 13:05 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin’s (BTC) price failed another attempt at breaking above resistance at $85,000 on March 17. Since March 12, BTC price formed daily candle highs between $84,000 and $85,200, but has been unable to close above $84,600.Bitcoin 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewBitcoin remains in “no man’s land” on the lower time frame (LTF) of the 1-hour chart. This term in trading markets is defined as a price range where movements are characterized by uncertainty, signif
  
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• Bitcoin Accumulation Resumes After 3 Months Of Distribution – Analyst

  18-03-2025 13:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  Bitcoin (BTC) continues to trade below the $85K level, fueling fears of further downside as the bearish trend remains intact. Bulls are losing momentum, failing to reclaim key resistance levels and hold lower demand zones, raising concerns about a potential continuation of the correction.Macroeconomic uncertainty and volatility remain key drivers of price action, with erratic policy decisions from U.S. President Donald Trump adding to the turbulence in both crypto and traditional markets. The gl
  
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• Bitcoin ETFs Reverse Outflow Trend, Pulls in $274 Million

  18-03-2025 12:43 via crypto-news.net
  The 11 Bitcoin ETFs reversed their recurring trend of outflows yesterday, recording no outflow. The Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $274 million, highlighting a resurgence in investor interest. According to SoSoValue’s analysis, the figures marked a significant turnaround from the prior week’s outflows, totaling around $870.4 million.  This significantly means a renewed appetite among institutional and retail…
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• US SEC Acting Chair Uyeda Proposes Reexamination of Crypto Custody Rule

  18-03-2025 12:37 via crypto-news.net
  The Acting Chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Mark T. Uyeda, has proposed reexamining the Crypto Custody rule initiated by the Gary Gensler-led Commission.  Uyeda said commentators criticized the rule, which requires registered investment advisers to keep crypto with a qualified custodian and requires those custodians to abide by certain requirements. Speaking…
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• Dogecoin millionaires are buying dips as DOGE price eyes 30% rally

  18-03-2025 12:26 via cointelegraph.com
  Dogecoin (DOGE) price has crashed by over 70% after hitting $0.48 in December 2024. Interestingly, the memecoin’s richest holders have accumulated during the price declines, indicating their confidence in a potential rebound in the coming weeks.Dogecoin onchain metrics hint at price rebound Onchain data from Santiment shows that wallets holding at least 1 million DOGE have increased by 1.24% since early February, despite declining prices. Meanwhile, active addresses have surged to a four-m
  
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• Gemini Appoints New CFO as the Exchange Prepares for an IPO

  18-03-2025 12:21 via crypto-news.net
  
  Crypto Exchange Gemini, founded by the Winklevoss Twins, appointed Dan Chen as the new Chief Financial Officer as it prepares for an Initial public offering.  Dan Chen previously worked at Affirm, MetLife Investments, and Morgan Stanley and will manage the exchange’s financial department.  The New CFO announced his appointment on his X page, sharing his…
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• BingX Levels Up Trading Experience with CScalp’s Advanced Features & Fee Discounts

  18-03-2025 12:19 via crypto-news.net
  
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• Bitcoin beats global assets post-Trump election, despite BTC correction

  18-03-2025 11:59 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin managed to outperform the other major global assets, such as the stock market, equities, treasuries and precious metals, despite the recent crypto market correction coinciding with the two-month debt suspension period in the United States.Bitcoin’s (BTC) price is currently down 23% from its all-time high of over $109,000 recorded on Jan. 20, on the day of US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Cointelegraph Markets Pro data shows.Despite the recent decline, Bitcoin still o
  
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• Bitcoin Bull Run ‘Is Over’: CryptoQuant CEO Sounds The Alarm

  18-03-2025 11:30 via newsbtc.com
  CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju announced today that Bitcoin’s bull cycle “is over” and warned investors to brace for “6–12 months of bearish or sideways price action.” This development comes after the on-chain analytics veteran had previously urged caution but maintained a measured outlook on the market as recently as two weeks ago.
  Is The Bitcoin Bull Run Over?
  In a post shared today via X, Ki stated:“Bitcoin bull cycle is over, expecting 6–12 months
  
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• Whale closes $516M 40x Bitcoin short, pockets $9.4M profit in 8 days

  18-03-2025 10:48 via cointelegraph.com
  A Bitcoin whale has closed over half a billion in short positions, betting on Bitcoin price’s decline ahead of the much-awaited Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this week.A large crypto investor, or whale, made nearly $10 million profit after closing a 40x leverage short position for 6,210 Bitcoin (BTC) — worth over $516 million — which functions as a de facto bet on Bitcoin’s price fall.Leveraged positions use borrowed money to increase the size of an investm
  
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• HTX Ventures: Striking a Balance between Compliance and Innovation in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape

  18-03-2025 10:32 via crypto-news.net
  
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• The case against Pavel Durov and why it's important for crypto

  18-03-2025 10:31 via cointelegraph.com
  Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been allowed to leave France temporarily, but the preliminary charges against him raise significant questions for the crypto community. On March 13, a French court gave the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging app Telegram permission to leave for Dubai, where he had previously resided. Durov had been in France since August 2024, when he was arrested at the Le Bourget airport in Paris. Durov was part of an investigation containing allegations of neglige
  
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• All but 1 US spot Bitcoin ETF in the red this March

  18-03-2025 10:10 via cointelegraph.com
  Nearly all United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) had net negative performances in March as analysts expect a bearish Bitcoin trend of up to 12 months. Farside Investors data showed that spot Bitcoin ETFs struggled in March, with net outflows surpassing their monthly net inflows. Asset manager BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) suffered the most, with outflows reaching $552 million and inflows of only $84.6 million. According to the data, Fidelity&rsquo
  
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• BNB Ready To Breakout? New ATH Coming ‘In No Time’ If This Resistance Breaks

  18-03-2025 10:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  BNB is among today’s market leaders after seeing a 5% surge in the past 24 hours. Amid its recent performance, the token is retesting key levels, leading some market watchers to forecast new highs could be around the corner.BNB Retest Key Resistance Levels
  On Monday, BNB crowned itself as one of the best-performing tokens among the top 100 cryptocurrencies after climbing back to a key level, attempting to break from its downtrend.
  The token has retraced around 20% since hitting its all-tim
  
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• Crypto and money laundering: What you need to know

  18-03-2025 09:35 via cointelegraph.com
  What is crypto money laundering?Crypto money laundering involves concealing illegally obtained funds by funneling them through cryptocurrency transactions to obscure their origin. Criminals may operate offchain but move funds onchain to facilitate laundering.Traditionally, illicit money was moved using couriers or informal networks like Hawala. However, with the rise of digital assets, bad actors now exploit blockchain technology to transfer large amounts of money. With evolving techniques and i
  
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• TokenPicks Launches Reward System to Incentivize Crypto Education

  18-03-2025 08:55 via crypto-news.net
  
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• Aptos Movemaker Launches US$2 Million Grant Program and Exclusive Co-Working Space for Builders in Hong Kong

  18-03-2025 08:31 via crypto-news.net
  
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• Bitcoin Miner Selling Still Elevated, On-Chain Data Shows

  18-03-2025 08:30 via newsbtc.com
  On-chain data shows the Bitcoin miners have continued to make large deposits to exchanges recently, a sign that could be bearish for BTC’s price.
  Bitcoin Miner Exchange Netflow Has Been Seeing Positive Spikes
  In a new post on X, CryptoQuant author IT Tech has discussed about the latest trend in the Bitcoin Miner to Exchange Flow vs. Exchange To Miner Flow metric. This indicator measures, as its name suggests, the netflow happening between miner-associated wallets and centralized exchanges.
  
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• MEXC Launches DEX+: One-Stop Platform For Seamless On-Chain and Off-Chain Trading

  18-03-2025 07:48 via crypto-news.net
  
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• Historical Pattern From 2020 Hints Ethereum Could Be Poised For A Parabolic Rally, Analysts Explain

  18-03-2025 07:00 via newsbtc.com
  
  According to an X post by crypto analyst Mister Crypto, Ethereum (ETH) could be on the verge of a massive rally. The analyst highlighted similarities between the current ETH price action and that of 2020, following the COVID market crash.
  Ethereum On The Cusp Of Trend Reversal?
  Ethereum’s subdued price action may soon come to an end, as multiple analysts point toward a potential trend reversal for the second-largest cryptocurrency by reported market cap. Analyst Mister Crypto shared the fo
  
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• Canary Capital proposes first Sui ETF in US SEC filing

  18-03-2025 06:58 via cointelegraph.com
  Canary Capital has filed its sixth proposed crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) with US regulators, this time for one tracking the spot price of the crypto token Sui.In a March 17 Form S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the crypto investment firm requested to list the Canary SUI ETF, which didn’t include information on what exchange it would trade on or the proposed ticker symbol.The ETF would directly hold Sui (SUI), the native token of the layer-1 blockchain used for fee
  
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• ‘Bitcoin bull cycle is over,' CryptoQuant CEO warns, citing onchain metrics

  18-03-2025 06:44 via cointelegraph.com
  CryptoQuant’s head chief says Bitcoin’s bull market could already be over — changing his stance from earlier in the month when he said the Bitcoin bull cycle will be slow but “is still intact.”“Bitcoin bull cycle is over, expecting 6-12 months of bearish or sideways price action,” CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju said in a March 17 X post.All signals are currently bearish, says JuJu said that all Bitcoin (BTC) onchain metrics indicate a bear marke
  
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• LIBRA memecoin orchestrators named as defendants in US class-action suit

  18-03-2025 06:20 via cointelegraph.com
  The Libra token scandal is set to be reviewed by the Supreme Court of New York after a newly filed class-action lawsuit accused its creators of misleading investors and siphoning over $100 million from one-sided liquidity pools.Burwick Law filed the suit on behalf of its clients against Kelsier Ventures, KIP Protocol and Meteora on March 17 for launching the Libra (LIBRA) token in a “deceptive, manipulative and fundamentally unfair” manner. The token was then promoted by Argentine Pr
  
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• Solana Marks 5-Year Journey – 400 Billion Transactions And Counting

  18-03-2025 05:30 via newsbtc.com
  
  A well-known cryptocurrency marks its anniversary by celebrating the milestones it has achieved over the years such as its incredible growth that made it one of the top digital assets in the space. In the last five years, Solana has attained nearly $1 trillion in DEX trading and processed more than 400 billion transactions.Five Successful Years
  Since Solana was created on March 16, 2020, the crypto has grown to become one of the top 10 digital assets today.
  In an X post, Solana shared what it ha
  
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• Musk says he found ‘magic money computers’ printing money ‘out of thin air’

  18-03-2025 05:20 via cointelegraph.com
  US government cost-cutting csar Elon Musk claims to have found at least 14 “magic money computers” in the federal government with the ability to send money from nothing.Musk said the computers, which exist in several federal departments, including the Treasury, Defense and Health and Human Services departments, can essentially issue payments and send money from nothing.“You may think that the government computers all talk to each other, they’re synchronized, they add up w
  
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• Solana deletes ‘cringe’ ad criticized for being ‘tone deaf’ on gender issues

  18-03-2025 04:38 via cointelegraph.com
  The team behind blockchain network Solana has deleted a controversial advertisement posted on its X account after immense backlash over political messaging around gender identity.The more than two-and-a-half-minute ad for the Solana Accelerate conference posted on March 17 with the caption “America is back. Time to Accelerate” depicted a man as “America” in a therapy session who said he was having thoughts “about innovation” such as crypto.The therapist respon
  
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• Bitcoin’s recent $12B open interest wipeout was essential, says analyst

  18-03-2025 04:26 via cointelegraph.com
  Bitcoin’s nearly $12 billion open interest shakeout earlier this month might be just the catalyst needed for the asset to regain its upward momentum, according to a crypto analyst.“This can be considered as a natural market reset, an essential phase for sustaining a bullish continuation,” CryptoQuant contributor DarkFost said in a March 17 markets report.“Looking at historical trends, each past deleveraging like this has provided good opportunities for the short to medium
  
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• Analyst Predicts Dogecoin And Altcoins’ Next Surge – Here’s The Timeline

  18-03-2025 04:00 via newsbtc.com
  In a series of posts shared on X, crypto analyst Kevin has mapped out a bullish scenario for Dogecoin and altcoins should the US Federal Reserve shift its monetary policy toward easing later this year. Pointing to both fundamental and technical indicators, Kevin contends that current Federal Reserve policies will define the exact moment altcoins begin to decisively outperform Bitcoin (BTC).
  Dogecoin Season Depends On The Fed
  In one of his updates, Kevin explained the crux of his position: &ldquo
  
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• Arbitrum devs launch incubator-style program ‘Onchain Labs’

  18-03-2025 03:26 via cointelegraph.com
  Offchain Labs, the developers of Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum, have announced a partnership with the Arbitrum Foundation to launch a new incubator-style program called Onchain Labs.According to a March 17 post by Offchain Labs, the new incubator is aimed at rapidly adding to Arbitrum’s existing decentralized application (DApp) offerings with a particular focus on supporting “innovative and experimental” projects. Offchain Labs said this support will primarily come in
  
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