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Tempo launchs its mainnet with Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) for AAI agents
Tempo, the payments-focused blockchain incubated by Stripe and crypto venture firm Paradigm, has launched its mainnet, opening public developer endpoints. Also, the blockchain has co-authored the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), an open standard for autonomous agent-to-agent payments with Stripe. The mainnet’s launch follows a public testnet that went live in December 2025, and it comes […]Cryptopolitan
Wed, Mar 18
XRP $1.50 Breakout Was No Coincidence – Here’s What’s Happening Underneath The Move
After surging past key price levels, XRP, one of the leading cryptocurrency assets by market cap, is now entering the market spotlight. A lot of new data is starting to show that this sudden move is not by coincidence, pointing to growing strength underneath the surface. Behind The XRP’s Price Break...Bitcoinist
Wed, Mar 18
Bitcoin Monthly Timeframe Signals A Potential Market Shift
Bitcoin is starting to show intriguing signals on the monthly time frame, with long-term data hinting at a potential shift in market structure. While short-term price action often captures attention, it is the higher-time-frame trends that typically define the broader market direction, and those sig...NewsBTC
Wed, Mar 18
Ethereum Foundation deploys 3,400 ETH (approximately $7.6M) into Morpho
The Ethereum Foundation deployed 3,400 ETH tokens into Morpho in a move that seemed straightforward to some but left others wondering why Aave, the largest Ethereum DeFi protocol negvenever got the nod. In a thread posted on X today, March 18, 2025, the Ethereum Foundation announced that they transferred roughly $7.6 million worth of ETH […]Cryptopolitan
Wed, Mar 18
The conflicts in Iran and Ukraine are cutting oil deliveries to Europe
Europe is now clinched between two wars that are cutting off the Old Continent from oil, and the dire straits are raising tensions in its union of nation states. While the Iran conflict is disrupting supplies from the Persian Gulf region, the ongoing invasion of Ukraine is stopping the flow of Russian oil and making […]Cryptopolitan
Wed, Mar 18
Bitwise Found What’s Really Driving Ethereum Price, And It’s Not Fundamentals
Ethereum’s price has spent much of the past cycle lagging its own institutional and on-chain progress, and Bitwise says the reason is straightforward: ETH is still trading primarily as a Bitcoin proxy, not as a fundamentally valued network. In a new factor-model analysis, the asset manager found BTC...NewsBTC
Wed, Mar 18
Dogwifhat Jumpstarting The Solana Meme Coin Season: Analyst Predicts 750% Rally For WIF
The Solana meme coin season could be getting an early push from Dogwifhat (WIF) as an analyst outlines a potential recovery from prolonged downside pressure. Market technician John Carter has thrown his full weight behind WIF, laying out a technical case for a massive 750% price rally that could sur...Bitcoinist
Wed, Mar 18
XRP Liquidations Accelerate After $1.50 Breakout: Short Squeeze Unfolds
XRP has reclaimed the $1.50 level as market activity accelerates and bullish momentum begins to build after weeks of consolidation. The move higher suggests that buyers are regaining control, with traders closely watching whether XRP can sustain this breakout and establish a stronger uptrend. Relate...NewsBTC
Wed, Mar 18
Fourth Payout: FTX Recovery Trust Plans ~$2 Billion Distribution To Creditors At Month-End
FTX and its Recovery Trust have set March 31, 2026, as the start date for the fourth distribution to creditors, with approximately $2.2 billion slated to be paid to eligible claimants. FTX Details Payment Timeline Distributions under the plan began in February 2025, with the inaugural round targetin...Bitcoinist
Wed, Mar 18
Jane Street Is Trading Bitcoin Again: What You Should Know About This Major Player
Bitcoin is once again at the center of attention as a fresh wave of on-chain activity brings one of the most closely watched trading firms back into focus. Recent data shows that Jane Street has resumed moving Bitcoin, drawing renewed attention at a time when scrutiny around its past actions has not...Bitcoinist
Wed, Mar 18
Bitcoin Stuck At $74K As US Fed Sets the Stage For Explosive Move
Bitcoin (BTC) is hanging around $74k, still respecting the post‑shock range and struggling to clear recent highs. Bitcoin Range Holds Today’s QCP Market Colour reports that “the damage has been fairly contained”: the broader crypto market is soft compared with November–January, but continues to be u...NewsBTC
Wed, Mar 18
XYZ launches licensed S&P 500 perpetual contract on Hyperliquid with 24/7 trading
The world’s leading global index provider, S&P Dow Jones Indices, has licensed the S&P 500 to Trade[XYZ] (XYZ) in a move to offer a licensed perpetual derivative contract based on the index on the decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, Hyperliquid.Fxstreet
Wed, Mar 18
Crypto exchange Kraken freezes IPO plans, CoinDesk reports
March 18 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has put its multibillion-dollar initial public offering plan on hold, CoinDesk reported on Wednesday, citing two people with knowledge of the matterThe company is still weighing an IPO, but is unlikely to move ahead until market conditions improve,...Reuters
Wed, Mar 18
Bitcoin Whale Vs. Retail Activity Now Lags Relative To Altcoins: What This Means
Since breaking past the $70,000 price mark during the weekend, Bitcoin has been maintaining an upward trajectory in the past few days. Amid this renewed upside momentum, a subtle but key shift is unfolding in the market structure of Bitcoin, which is crucial in determining the next direction. Whale ...Bitcoinist
Wed, Mar 18
Pundit’s XRP Projection For Next Bull Cycle Shows When Rally To $100 Is Coming
Popular crypto pundit TARA has published a five-cycle Fibonacci roadmap for XRP on X, projecting that the crypto’s price will eventually surpass $100 in the long term. The projections, which are based on 0.618 extension targets applied to XRP’s 12-month candlestick chart, trace a sequenc...NewsBTC
Wed, Mar 18
THE drops over 40% after DeFi exploit tied to Venus Protocol shakes investor confidence
A few days after the supply cap manipulation attack that saw an attacker borrow over $14.9 million from the DeFi platform Venus Protocol, the value of $THE, the native token of another DeFi platform, Thena, which was used in the attack, continues to drop. Thena has insisted that its own smart contracts were never affected, but […]Cryptopolitan
Wed, Mar 18
Crypto exchange Kraken freezes IPO plans, CoinDesk reports
March 18 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has put its multibillion-dollar initial public offering plan on hold, CoinDesk reported on Wednesday, citing two people with knowledge of the matterThe company is still weighing an IPO, but is unlikely to move ahead until market conditions improve,...Reuters
Wed, Mar 18
