Why is the crypto market down today?

The cryptocurrency market is down on March 21, with the total market capitalization dropping by 2.5% to about $2.75 trillion.  24-hour performance of large-cap cryptocurrencies. Source: Coin360 Several factors have contributed to the latest drop in crypto prices, including: Over $230 million was wiped off the crypto market in 24 hours after Bitcoin failed to…

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Traditional financial markets won’t survive without RWA tokenization

Opinion by: Abdul Rafay Gadit, co-founder of ZIGChain America’s tariff regime has apparently fueled a global trade war, forcing investors to explore stable, yield-generating alternatives. A closer look reveals that illiquidity, opacity and scalability challenges have plagued global financial markets for long. They weren’t in great shape anyway, trade war or no trade war. Tokenized…

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Nasdaq files to list Grayscale Polkadot ETF

US securities exchange Nasdaq has requested to list a Grayscale exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding the Polkadot network’s native token, DOT (DOT), filings showed. If approved, the Grayscale Polkadot Trust would add to the asset manager’s expanding suite of publicly traded crypto funds.  The filing adds to the litany of applications with the US Securities and Exchange…

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Tornado mixer dropped from US blacklist

The US Treasury Department has dropped cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash from its sanctions list, the agency said on March 21.  The removal follows a January ruling by a US appeals court, which said the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) cannot sanction Tornado’s smart contracts because they are not the property of any foreign…

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Tornado mixer dropped from US blacklist

The US Treasury Department has dropped cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash from its sanctions list, the agency said on March 21.  The removal follows a January ruling by a US appeals court, which said the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) cannot sanction Tornado’s smart contracts because they are not the property of any foreign…

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SEC’s XRP reversal marks crypto industry victory ahead of SOL futures ETF launch: Finance Redefined

Crypto investors rejoiced this week after the US Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed one of the crypto industry’s most controversial lawsuits — one that resulted in an over four-year legal battle with Ripple Labs. In another significant regulatory development, Solana-based futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have debuted in the US, a move that may signal the…

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Litecoin (LTC) price rallies while Bitcoin and the wider crypto market crash

Litecoin (LTC) demonstrated a V-shaped recovery of 20% after dropping to $106 on Feb. 25. After a brief decline below the 50-day and 100-day exponential moving averages (EMAs), the altcoin has regained a bullish position and is currently outperforming a majority of assets within the crypto market. Litecoin 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Litecoin has “one…

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SEC’s XRP reversal marks crypto industry victory ahead of SOL futures ETF launch: Finance Redefined

Crypto investors rejoiced this week after the US Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed one of the crypto industry’s most controversial lawsuits — one that resulted in an over four-year legal battle with Ripple Labs. In another significant regulatory development, Solana-based futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have debuted in the US, a move that may signal the…

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