Metaplanet, a Japanese Bitcoin treasury company, has purchased an additional 150 Bitcoin (BTC), bringing it one step closer to its plan of acquiring 21,000 BTC by 2026. The March 18 purchase cost an aggregate 1.88 billion yen ($12.6 million) or $83,671 per Bitcoin. The purchase brings Metaplanet’s total holdings to 3,200 BTC worth $261.8 million…

The decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape continues to evolve, and Bitcoin-centric solutions are gaining momentum. BTCFi is an emerging sector that transforms Bitcoin (BTC) from a passive store of value into an actively utilized asset in DeFi.  A new report by Cointelegraph Research and Elastos delves into how Bitcoin’s security helps to create trustless, scalable financial…

Cryptocurrency-friendly investment firm ARK Invest has joined a massive Series A funding round for Apptronik, a Texas-based firm building humanoid robots. Apptronik, on March 18, announced the successful close of an oversubscribed $403M Series A funding round, adding another $53 million to the $350 million round disclosed in February. After investing in Apptronik’s Series A round, ARK has enabled…

Coinbase exchange’s stock price has received an optimistic price prediction from a Bernstein analyst, citing improving crypto regulatory clarity in the world’s largest economy. Gautam Chhugani, an analyst at global asset management firm Bernstein, initiated coverage of Nasdaq-listed Coinbase (COIN) stock with an outperform rating and a price target of over $310. The analyst expects…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) price failed another attempt at breaking above resistance at $85,000 on March 17. Since March 12, BTC price formed daily candle highs between $84,000 and $85,200, but has been unable to close above $84,600. Bitcoin 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin remains in “no man’s land” on the lower time frame (LTF) of the…

Dogecoin (DOGE) price has crashed by over 70% after hitting $0.48 in December 2024. Interestingly, the memecoin’s richest holders have accumulated during the price declines, indicating their confidence in a potential rebound in the coming weeks. Dogecoin onchain metrics hint at price rebound Onchain data from Santiment shows that wallets holding at least 1 million…

A Bitcoin whale has closed over half a billion dollars in short positions, betting on Bitcoin price’s decline ahead of the much-awaited Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting this week. A large crypto investor, or whale, made nearly $10 million profit after closing a 40x leverage short position for 6,210 Bitcoin (BTC) — worth over…