Month: March 2025

What’s Next for Markets as $3 Billion in Crypto Options Expire Today?

Around 29,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, March. 7, and they have a notional value of roughly $2.5 billion. This week’s event is much smaller than last week’s end-of-month expiry, but a mammoth end-of-quarter contract expiry is due on March 28. The impact on spot markets is...
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Ethereum’s TVL drops 30% in February as staking demand fades

Ethereum’s total value locked dropped 27% to $97 billion in February, as the broader decentralized finance sector fell from $217 billion to $168 billion amid liquidity outflows. Decentralized finance‘s total value locked fell by nearly 23% in February, dropping from…...
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XRP, DOGE, ADA Slump 9% as Trump Douses Bullish Crypto Reserve Hopes

Major tokens XRP, dogecoin (DOGE) and Cardano (ADA) plummeted as much as 9% in the past 24 hours after President Donald Trump dashed hopes of a diversified U.S. strategic crypto reserve. Late Thursday, Trump directed his administration to establish a Bitcoin Strategic Reserve to hold bitcoin (BTC) previously seized...
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Santiment Analytics – BTC, ETH, XRP & SOL On-chain Data

Santiment Analytics – BTC, ETH, XRP & SOL On-chain Data Today we’re joined by Brian from Santiment, a cryptocurrency market analytics platform full of on-chain, social & developer data from 1000+ cryptocurrencies. We discuss a range of Santiment’s most useful metrics, such as whale & shark holdings, social volumes,...
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Ripple Investors Beware: Key Warning as XRP Rebounds From 8% Drop

TL;DR CryptoQuant warned that leverage positions are a big driver behind XRP’s price movements, which has increased the asset’s open interest. This comes amid significant volatility that hit Ripple earlier today after President Trump signed an executive order focusing only on Bitcoin. XRPUSD. Source: TradingView Recall the massive wave...
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