Solana rallies 8% as crypto markets recover — Is there room for more SOL upside?
Solana’s native token, SOL (SOL), rose 8% on March 19 as investors turned to riskier assets ahead of US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks. While interest rates are expected to stay unchanged, analysts anticipate a softer inflation outlook for 2025. Meanwhile, key onchain and derivatives metrics for Solana suggest further upside for SOL price. […]
Crypto regulation must go through Congress for lasting change — Wiley Nickel
Crypto regulations must be enacted through an act of Congress to become permanent and meaningful pieces of legislation, according to former Congressman Wiley Nickel. In an exclusive video interview with Cointelegraph’s Turner Wright, Nickel urged bipartisan collaboration to push through comprehensive crypto regulations. The former Congressman added: “I think it’s really important for anybody who […]
Volatility Shares launching Solana futures ETFs March 20
Volatility Shares is launching two Solana (SOL) futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the Volatility Shares Solana ETF (SOLZ) and the Volatility Shares 2X Solana ETF (SOLT), on March 20. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission filing, SOLZ will feature a management fee of 0.95% until June 30, 2026, when the management fee will increase to […]
Bitcoin runs toward $86K after Fed maintains course, projecting two rate cuts in 2025
Bitcoin (BTC) price action turned bullish on March. 19 as markets grew anxious for the release of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes and a press conference from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. BTC/USDT 1-day chart. Source: TradingView Generally, traders keep a close eye on FOMC minutes, along with Powell’s comments, to obtain direct […]
Congress on track for stablecoin, market structure bills by August: Blockchain Association
United States lawmakers are on track to pass legislation setting rules for stablecoins and cryptocurrency market structure by as soon as August, Kristin Smith, CEO of industry advocacy group the Blockchain Association, said during Blockworks’ 2025 Digital Asset Summit in New York. Smith’s timeline echoes a similar forecast by Bo Hines, the executive director of […]
SEC’s XRP reversal a ‘victory for the industry’: Ripple CEO
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s dismissal of its years-long lawsuit against Ripple Labs, the developer of the XRP Ledger blockchain network, is a “victory for the industry,” Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said at Blockworks’ 2025 Digital Asset Summit in New York. Earlier on March 19, Garlinghouse revealed that the SEC would dismiss its legal […]
Cardano (ADA) on verge of 20% breakout as social sentiment indicator hits 4 month high
Cardano’s (ADA) price has managed a steady 13.5% in March after experiencing a 32% dip in February. The altcoin is still down 15% in Q1, but technical data is beginning to point to the continuation of the recent positive price action. Cardano 1-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Despite ADA price moving sideways between $0.78 and $0.70 […]
Hive doubles down on BTC hodl strategy amid miner equity dilution, debt reliance
Data center infrastructure provider Hive Digital is doubling down on its long-term Bitcoin treasury strategy and is using the recent market sell-off to expand its mining capacity and acquisition targets, signaling a growing shift among public miners to retain their mined assets. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Hive Digital’s chief financial officer, Darcy Daubaras, said […]
US needs competitive moat around tokenized RWA — Sergey Nazarov
The United States needs to establish a competitive moat around highly secure tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) to remain competitive in the age of borderless, permissionless finance, according to Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov. In an interview with Cointelegraph’s Turner Wright at the Digital Asset Summit in New York, Nazarov said that blockchain is a global phenomenon […]
Crypto payments for small businesses: Benefits, risks and how to get started
Key takeaways Accepting crypto payments reduces transaction fees, eliminates chargebacks, and enables seamless global transactions. Businesses of all sizes, from e-commerce to real estate, are integrating cryptocurrency payments to attract new customers. Risks like price volatility and regulatory compliance can be managed with trusted payment processors like BitPay, CoinsPaid and Coinbase Commerce. Setting up crypto […]