The global crypto market cap is currently $2.86tn, back to the levels of early march after having dropped over 11.7% between March 8 and March 11.
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has launched its first Bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) in Europe, the iShares Bitcoin ETP, as of today.
Bitcoin price retraced towards $86,400 earlier today, hours after hitting a 17-day peak of $88,700. The pullback mirrored the global financial markets’ downtrend after US President Donald Trump issued an order to impose 25% tariffs on any nation purchasing oil and gas from Venezuela in what he called “secondary tariffs.” Bitcoin has now recovered and currently trades at around $88,000.
Bitcoin US spot ETFs recorded $84 million in inflows on Monday, marking seven consecutive days of inflows.
According to a CoinShares report, digital asset investment products broke a five-week streak of outflows last week, totalling $644m in weekly inflows. Bitcoin led the recovery, attracting $724m in inflows and ending a five-week outflow streak that had totalled $5.4bn. Ethereum recorded the highest outflows, with $86m exiting the asset, while Solana recorded $6.4m in inflows.
In the past 24 hours, total crypto liquidations came in at $164.89m, 58% of them being long positions. Over the past 5 days, liquidations amounts have been relatively low (below $300m) compared to two weeks ago.
On March 25, 2025, Circle became the first stablecoin issuer to secure regulatory approval in Japan for USDC.
Standard Chartered introduced a modified version of the "Magnificent 7" tech index, naming it "Mag 7B", replacing Tesla with Bitcoin.
Binance announced they have suspended an employee following an internal investigation that uncovered insider trading related to a token generation event.
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced its plans to launch USD1, a stablecoin redeemable 1:1 for the US Dollar. According to them, WLFI’s USD1 will be 100% backed by short-term US government treasuries, US Dollar deposits, and other cash equivalents.
Coinbase is in advanced talks to acquire Deribit for $4–5 billion according to a Bloomberg report, aiming to expand its global derivatives presence by taking over the Dubai-licensed options platform for Bitcoin and Ethereum.
The US Treasury has officially lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash, the Ethereum-based privacy protocol, following multiple legal defeats and mounting policy challenges as courts ultimately ruled that its decentralized smart contracts couldn’t be sanctioned. Initially sanctioned in 2022 for allegedly facilitating over $7 billion in illicit transactions, including funds tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Tornado Cash became the center of a legal battle backed by Coinbase.
The Tokyo-based investment firm Metaplanet announced on Mar 21 the appointment of Eric Trump to its Strategic Board of Advisors to strengthen bitcoin adoption. Yesterday Marc 24, they bought 150 BTC worth around $12.9 million, bringing their holdings to 3,350 BTC.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT revealed the identity of the trader who made millions betting with leverage is William Parker, a convicted fraudster that stole $1 million from two casinos in 2023. His on-chain analysis showed that the wallet in question had interacted with several crypto casinos.
Strategy purchased another 6,911 BTC for approximately $584.1 million in cash at an average price of $84,529 per bitcoin, now holding a total of 506,137 BTC.
