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The stablecoin market has surpassed $311 billion in total capitalization. Here's a breakdown of the ten largest USD-pegged stablecoins — from undisputed leaders Tether and Circle to ambitious newcomers.
Total open interest on Hyperliquid's HIP-3 hit a record $1.43 billion on March 14, growing over 100x in just six months since launch.
Druk Holding and Investments transferred 973 BTC worth approximately $72.32M to external addresses on March 17–18. Bhutan has sold over $110M in Bitcoin since the start of 2026.
Backed by YZi Labs, Aster has launched Aster Chain mainnet — a Layer 1 blockchain designed for perpetual futures trading with built-in ZK privacy and claimed throughput of 100,000 transactions per second.
Visa's analytics dashboard shows TRON lost over 20 percentage points of stablecoin transaction market share in one year, while USDC now consistently exceeds USDT in adjusted volumes.
The number of non-empty wallets on XRP Ledger has hit an all-time high above 7.7 million, while the token's price surged 14% in 48 hours driven by South Korean retail investors and spot ETF inflows.
Bitcoin surged to $75,900 on March 17, reaching levels not seen since early February. Ethereum outpaced BTC with a 13.5% weekly gain amid returning institutional demand.
NFT marketplace OpenSea has delayed the SEA token generation event originally scheduled for March 30. CEO Devin Finzer attributed the decision to challenging crypto market conditions and the need to refine the ecosystem.
Strategy acquired 22,337 BTC for $1.57 billion between March 9-15, bringing its total holdings to 761,068 BTC. Meanwhile, Metaplanet raised $255M and BitMine now controls 3.81% of Ethereum's supply.
Over 32,060 BTC have left crypto exchanges in the past month, pushing exchange balances to just 2.44 million BTC — a multi-year low. Analysts see this as a strong bullish signal pointing toward $80,000.
BinanceMarketETH is outperforming BTC with a 14.1% weekly gain versus 9.6%. Major crypto figures like Erik Voorhees are accumulating Ethereum aggressively while Vitalik Buterin proposes simplifying node setup.
BTC broke through the $74,000 resistance level, climbing 3.2% in 24 hours. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $767 million in net inflows over the past week.
Less than 1 million bitcoins remain to be mined, the US Treasury reversed its stance on crypto mixers to support privacy rights, and Hyperliquid crossed $4 trillion in cumulative trading volume.
Santiment reports that large Bitcoin holders have increased their combined share above 68% of market supply. While this signals bullish momentum, persistent retail optimism adds uncertainty to the outlook.
CircleMarketCircle's USDC has surpassed Tether's USDT in adjusted transaction volume since the start of 2026, reaching $2.2 trillion. Circle also became the largest provider of tokenized U.S. Treasuries.
CryptoQuant analysts have identified a growing disconnect between Ethereum's record-high network activity and its price, which has dropped over 50% from last autumn's peaks. A continued bearish trend could push ETH to $1,500.
An anonymous trader swapped 50.43 million USDT for AAVE tokens via CoW Protocol and SushiSwap but received only 327 tokens worth roughly $36,000. An MEV bot profited $9.9 million from the transaction.
Bitcoin consolidates near $70,000 after a volatility spike. Options market participants are increasingly positioning for a rally to $80,000 by early summer, despite macroeconomic headwinds.
BTC surged to $71,000 amid falling oil prices, while Bloomberg strategist Mike McGlone maintained his $10,000 crash prediction. Market participants remain sharply divided on Bitcoin's outlook.
The tokenized equities market on-chain has crossed the $1 billion mark, surging 2,900% year-over-year. Ondo and xStocks together command over 80% of the segment.
CryptoQuant analysts have identified a stark divergence between Ethereum's record-breaking network activity and ETH's price decline of over 50% from recent peaks.
Multicoin Capital's investment partner Shayon Sengupta outlined a vision for Internet Labor Markets (ILM) — decentralized networks where a billion people will earn their first crypto by completing tasks, not buying tokens.
A misconfiguration in Aave's Correlated Asset Price Oracle (CAPO) caused erroneous liquidations of wstETH positions worth approximately $26 million. The team is preparing a compensation plan for affected users.
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