March 18, 2026
Altcoins

$704,000,000 in Bitcoin and Crypto Liquidated As BTC Price Plunges To $74,600

Traders using leverage to bet on a Bitcoin and crypto price rebound are getting wrecked. In the last 24 hours, $704 million in leveraged crypto bets have been liquidated, according to the market data tracker CoinGlass. The vast majority hit traders going long, with $556 million in longs liquidated, and $157 million in shorts liquidated.

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Bitcoin

Epstein Wanted Less Ripple & Stellar? DOJ Files Drop Jaw-Dropping 2014 Message – CTO Schwartz: “No Meetings, No Connections!”

A 2014 email, unearthed by the DOJ, shows Austin Hill pleading with Jeffrey Epstein to sell off Ripple and Stellar. The chief technology officer of Ripple claims that the company has no connections with Epstein. Ripple’s CTO, David Schwartz, addressed the allegations. In his answer on X following the release of the DOJ documents, he

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Crypto

Singapore Gulf Bank announces regulated fiat-stablecoin interoperability service

Singapore Gulf Bank has announced a new service that lets institutions mint, trade and convert stablecoins to fiat within a single regulated platform. Summary Singapore Gulf Bank has introduced a stablecoin interoperability service allowing institutions to mint, convert, and trade USDC and USDT across Solana, Ethereum, and Arbitrum. The bank expects to launch the service

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Bitcoin

What is Hyperliquid (HYPE)? – Bitfinex blog

04 Sep What is Hyperliquid (HYPE)? Posted at 15:11h in Education, Token by ricardom Hyperliquid is a decentralised perpetual futures exchange built on its own Layer-1 blockchain, HyperEVM, optimised for speed and trading performance. It features a fully on-chain order book, sub-second finality, and advanced tools such as leverage and perpetual contracts, all without requiring

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Crypto

Solana price breaks below $100 as price hits 10-month low

Solana price has broken below the $100 level for the first time in ten months, putting the market’s focus squarely on whether the next layer of support can hold. Summary Solana fell to $98, its lowest price since April 2025, extending a sharp multi-week downtrend. Weak volume, falling open interest, and oversold indicators suggest capitulation

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Bitcoin

Solana validator count slips again as network votes drop 40%

Solana’s validator count has stayed below 800, and the network is now recording far fewer validator votes each day. As this trend settled in, SOL grew by about 4%, adding to concerns about how the network holds up under pressure. All of this is happening during Solana’s memecoin-heavy phase, when traffic stays high and pushes

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Crypto

Will MSTR stock price dip as Strategy’s BTC loss hits $900M?

MSTR stock price is under fresh pressure as Bitcoin’s slide below $75,000 pushes Strategy’s holdings into a $900 million unrealized loss. Summary Bitcoin’s decline has dragged Strategy’s holdings back into the red. MSTR shares remain highly sensitive due to equity-funded BTC purchases. Technical signals show weakness despite short-term stabilization. Strategy’s growing unrealized Bitcoin loss is

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Crypto

Crypto prices today (Feb. 2): BTC dips below $75K, XRP, LINK, XMR slide amid market crash

Crypto prices today are under pressure as Bitcoin and major altcoins extended losses amid forced liquidations and weak liquidity. The total crypto market capitalization fell 2.8% to about $2.6 trillion. Bitcoin was trading at $75,501 at press time, down 5.2%… Source link

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin holds below $80,000 as January prediction contracts miss liquidation-driven slide: Asia Morning Briefing

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. Bitcoin’s latest slide exposed a familiar pattern in crypto markets: probability gauges

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Crypto

Bitcoin price risks drop to $65k, weekly trend turns bearish

Bitcoin price is losing its weekly structure after a sharp rejection at channel resistance, raising the probability of a deeper corrective move toward $65,000 support. Summary Bitcoin was rejected at channel high resistance, triggering downside momentum. The range midpoint has been lost on a weekly closing basis. $65,000 channel low and the 200-week moving average

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