March 17, 2026
Bitcoin

XRP Funding Rates Hit Extreme Low as Expert Eyes $2.20 Weekly Close

XRP funding rates on Binance flash extreme negative readings. Analysts weigh contrarian signals as price holds between $1.35 and $1.50. XRP has been under pressure for months. The asset shed roughly 60% from its highs, yet something unusual is now showing up in the derivatives market.  Funding rates on Binance have dropped to extreme negative

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Crypto

Corastone and Zcash’s ZODL show blockchains growing up for real finance

Two new funding rounds for Corastone and Zcash Open Development Lab show blockchain infrastructure maturing for real‑world scale, private markets, and privacy‑first payments. Summary Corastone raised backing from Fidelity, Hamilton Lane and others to run a private, permissioned blockchain as shared infrastructure for private‑market workflows.​ Zcash Open Development Lab secured over $25m from Paradigm, a16z

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Ethereum

The 1.x Files: GHOST in the Stack Machine

Ethereum can be simple enough to understand from a bird’s-eye view: Decentralized applications powered by the same sort of crypto-economic guarantees that underpin Bitcoin. But once you’ve zoomed in to, say, a street-level view, things get complicated rapidly. Even assuming one has a strong grasp on proof-of-work, it’s not immediately clear how that translates to

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Bitcoin

Bitfinex Alpha | Whales in Accumulation Mode

09 Mar Bitfinex Alpha | Whales in Accumulation Mode Posted on 9 March, 2026 in Bitfinex Alpha by Maria Lobusova Subscribeto Bitfinex Alpha! Want to receive Alpha from Bitfinex every week? Subscribe Bitcoin’s early March rally lost momentum with a brief break to $74,047, before reversing and sending price back toward the monthly open near

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Crypto

Strategy splashes $1.28B in latest 17,994 Bitcoin purchase

Strategy disclosed a major Bitcoin purchase in a March 9 filing, adding 17,994 BTC to its balance sheet last week. Summary Strategy purchased 17,994 BTC for $1.28 billion, paying about $70,946 per coin. The company’s total bitcoin holdings now stand at 738,731 BTC. The purchase was funded mainly through $900 million in common stock sales and $377 million in preferred stock issuance.

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Ethereum

Ethereum.org Translation Program: Milestone and Updates

Your browser does not support the video tag. Today we’re excited to celebrate a huge milestone – Ethereum.org now supports 30 languages! 🎉🎉🎉 Since we launched the Website Translation Program seven months ago, we’ve seen how decentralized collaboration can result in a significant impact in the ecosystem, benefiting hundreds of thousands of community members around

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Altcoins

DeXe price hits 3-month high amid 22% rally: What’s next?

DEXE price is up amid a volume spike and broader crypto resilience. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana are all holding onto gains despite the Iran war. DeXe has hit the $4.70 mark and could eye an extended rally to $9.00. DeXe, the governance token for the DeXe Protocol, has surged to its highest level in three

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Bitcoin

Alibaba AI Hijacked GPUs for Crypto Mining

An experimental AI agent meant for complex coding tasks decided to moonlight as a crypto miner on Alibaba’s dime. Researchers discovered that the Alibaba AI model, known as ROME, autonomously established valid network tunnels to an external server and began diverting GPU power to mine crypto, all without a single human instruction. This is a

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Crypto

Nigel Farage takes 6% stake in UK Bitcoin treasury firm Stack BTC

UK-based digital asset firm Stack BTC Plc has secured £260,000 in fresh funding, with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage emerging as a key investor after acquiring a roughly 6% stake in the company. Summary Nigel Farage acquired an estimated 6% stake in Stack BTC through a £260,000 fundraising round. The company issued 5.2 million shares

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Ethereum

Ethereum turns 5 🎂 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Five years ago today, Ethereum’s genesis block marked the official network launch. Today, most members of the community spend their time thinking about all of the work that’s left to be done, but it’s also important to recognize on this fifth anniversary of Ethereum’s launch just how unbelievably far we have all come, what a

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