Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

The crypto market maker Wintermute posted on social media that as the Middle East situation enters its third week of escalation, Brent crude oil has risen 26% this week, and markets have now scaled back expectations for 2026 rate cuts to just one. Against this backdrop, the crypto market has outperf...

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), Abraxas Capital opened a 10x leveraged short position on crude oil (CL) over the past 13 hours on the decentralized perpetuals platform Hyperliquid, involving 146,601 contracts with a notional value of approximately $13.98 million....

In accordance with Announcement, KuCoin has temporarily closed deposit services for Planck (PLANCK) and Sidekick (K) due to essential maintenance. The exchange apologizes for any inconvenience and states it will not issue a further announcement regarding the restoration of these services.

As per Announcement, KuCoin has launched a New Copy Lucky Draw campaign from March 16, 2026, to March 31, 2026 (UTC). Users can participate by engaging in lead or copy trading to enter the draw for prizes such as Mac mini, MacBook Neo, MacBook Air, ChatGPT Pro, BTC, ETH, USDT, Trial Funds, and coupo...

In accordance with the Announcement, KuCoin will delist 18 projects and their associated tokens at 08:00:00 on March 18, 2026 (UTC). Withdrawal services for these tokens will be closed on April 17, 2026 (UTC), and deposit services will remain closed. Users are advised to withdraw their tokens before...

BlockBeats news: On March 17, as the crypto market rebounded, Korean investors began returning to the crypto space from the stock market. According to CoinGecko data, Upbit, Korea’s largest crypto CEX, recorded a 24-hour trading volume of $25.43 billion, a daily surge of 81.7%.Data shows that XRP re...

Odaily Planet Daily report: According to data from msx.com, pre-market trading for U.S. crypto-related stocks was mixed. UPXI rose 2.78% to $1.11 pre-market; BMNR fell 0.34% to $23.31 pre-market; SBET increased 0.24% to $8.22 pre-market; ALTS declined 0.73% to $1.36 pre-market.MSX.com is a decentral...

The popular Solana-based memecoin Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is drawing the attention of crypto enthusiasts due to its strong performance over the past week. Today, following a 12% price surge, the memecoin hit a level that could potentially open the door for a massive upside move.At press time, PENGU h...

Bitcoin’s price climbed to a six-week peak earlier this morning, touching $76,000 after it broke above $70,000 last week. Despite retracing by nearly two grand since then, the asset is still up by $11,000 since its February 28 low when it plummeted immediately after the strikes in the Middle East be...

ChainThink reports that on March 17, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Bhutanese government sent 20.5 BTC (valued at $1.52 million) to QCP Capital and 1.02 BTC ($75,900) to a new wallet, with further transfers likely.

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Royal Government of Bhutan recently transferred 20.5 BTC, valued at approximately $1.52 million, to QCP Capital, and an additional 1.02 BTC, valued at approximately $75,900, to a new wallet address.

ChainCatcher report: The cryptocurrency podcast series The Rollup recently published an article stating that sources have revealed Stripe and Paradigm’s new public blockchain, Tempo, is expected to launch its mainnet by the end of March, with simultaneous launches for both enterprise and retail segm...

BlockBeats news, on March 17, Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi stated that the U.S. economic outlook will continue to deteriorate as long as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to oil tankers, despite the United States currently producing roughly the same amount of oil and natural gas ...

Odaily Planet Daily reports: The cryptocurrency podcast series The Rollup posted on X, stating that sources have informed them that Tempo, the new public blockchain developed jointly by Stripe and Paradigm, is expected to launch its mainnet by the end of March, with simultaneous launches for enterpr...

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Dune data, the graduation rate of Meme tokens on Pump.fun rose to 2.01% last week (March 9–15). Meanwhile, since the last week of February, the weekly graduation rate of Meme tokens on Pump.fun has rebounded above 1%.