FTX payout, U.S. jobs: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting March 30.
Markets
The Bitcoin market remains boring. Investors chasing yields may be partly to blame
Yield hungry investors seem to have influenced market flows such that they limit price swings.
Bitcoin recovers to $67,400 after dipping below $65,200 as Houthis enter Iran war
The conflict’s fifth week brought its widest expansion yet, with Iran-backed forces opening a new front and U.S. ground troops arriving in the region.
Hyperliquid traders in Tokyo get 200-millisecond edge, Glassnode research shows
Hyperliquid’s validators cluster in AWS Tokyo alongside Binance, BitMEX and KuCoin, giving nearby traders a latency advantage, Glassnode data shows
Strategy may have paused bitcoin accumulation last week, ending a thirteen week buying streak
The company seemed to have skipped it’s weekly bitcoin purchase announcement for the first time since late december.
Bitcoin bullish bets hit a 28-month high on Bitfinex, and that’s music to bears’ ears
Historically, spikes in Bitfinex BTC/USD longs have acted as a contrary indicator.
Crypto’s CLARITY Act could be a headwind for DeFi tokens ring-fencing yield, analyst says
The proposed restriction on yield would shift value toward regulated players and away from decentralized finance’ tokens, 10x Research’s Markus Thielen said.
Markets move to price in rate hikes as inflation fears and geopolitics reshape Fed expectations
Middle East tensions have driven divergences across asset markets as oil stays elevated and traditional safe havens falter.
XRP tests $1.33 as rising leverage and weak price action create unstable setup
Funding spikes and liquidations point to positioning build-up, with direction hinging on whether buyers can defend support.
Kalshi secures license to offer margin trading to institutional investors
Margin feature is a departure from traditional prediction markets, which typically require fully collateralized positions, and comes as the industry sees growing trading volumes and investment.