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Pundit Reveals The One Thing That XRP Holders Are Missing

Crypto pundit Nick argues that XRP holders are overly focused on price action and are missing the significant adoption wave the altcoin is experiencing. He states that despite continuous positive developments—including protocol upgrades, the introduction of a permissioned DEX for institutional use, and AI integration—investors remain dissatisfied until the price rises. Nick is extremely bullish, believing these accumulated advancements are building pressure" behind the scenes and will eventually lead to a major price surge. Supporting this, on-chain data shows the XRP Ledger reached a record 7.7 million non-empty wallets and saw a 5-week high in active addresses, with daily transactions surging nearly 300% since mid-2025. XRP is currently trading around $1.53, up over 3% in 24 hours.

bitcoinist03/18 00:02

Pundit Reveals The One Thing That XRP Holders Are Missing

bitcoinist03/18 00:02

Ex-Ripple Exec Shares What Burning XRP Means, But Does It Influence Price?

Former Ripple CTO David Schwartz has challenged the common belief within the XRP community that burning tokens directly and immediately impacts the asset's price. This discussion arose after a community member questioned Ripple's recent $750 million share buyback, suggesting the company should instead burn the XRP held in escrow to benefit holders. To support his argument, Schwartz shared a price chart of Stellar (XLM), which burned half of its supply in 2019, showing no immediate price surge from the event. He asserted that while burns can have indirect market effects, they do not directly cause price rallies. The debate then expanded to question whether Ripple's other initiatives, such as its upcoming stablecoin RLUSD and Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, would provide any direct benefit to XRP's price if burns do not.

bitcoinist03/17 21:00

Ex-Ripple Exec Shares What Burning XRP Means, But Does It Influence Price?

bitcoinist03/17 21:00

Cardano Founder Praises ShieldUSD Milestone On Midnight

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson highlights the significance of privacy-preserving stablecoins, particularly praising the recent deployment of a minimum-viable ShieldUSD contract on Midnight's preview environment. Developed by W3i, ShieldUSD is a private stablecoin designed for confidential financial use cases like payroll and institutional DeFi, while supporting regulatory compliance through selective disclosure. This aligns with Midnight's core vision of a privacy-first blockchain using zero-knowledge proofs. Hoskinson's endorsement echoes his previous support for Moneta's USDM stablecoin, positioning ShieldUSD as an extension of regulated, privacy-focused digital dollars. The project remains in development, serving as an early proof-of-concept for Midnight's upcoming production phase.

bitcoinist03/17 18:02

Cardano Founder Praises ShieldUSD Milestone On Midnight

bitcoinist03/17 18:02

Top 8 crypto presales taking place in March 2026

The crypto market has reached a $2.4-$2.5 trillion valuation by early 2026, with presales offering early access point to new projects. This article highlights eight notable presales in March 2026: Escapehub, an AI-powered virtual workspace on Ethereum; Dogemind, an AI-driven meme coin; Pepeto, a meme token with its own no-fee DEX; Blazpay, an AI-based DeFi trading platform; SpyDoge, a spy-themed memecoin; TRD Network, combining AI and DePIN for blockchain scalability; Dogeball Token, a Layer-2 GameFi project; and Remittix, a crypto-fiat bridge for payments. The piece reminds readers that presales carry inherent risks and require thorough research.

ambcrypto03/17 17:02

Top 8 crypto presales taking place in March 2026

ambcrypto03/17 17:02

Top 9 decentralised exchanges to trade on in March 2026

For a long time, crypto trading relied on centralized exchanges, requiring users to trust third parties with their assets. Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) emerged to eliminate intermediaries, allowing users to trade directly from their wallets using smart contracts and on-chain liquidity pools. Here are the top 9 DEXs in March 2026: 1. **Aster**: A multi-chain platform (Ethereum, BNB, Solana, Arbitrum) offering spot and perpetual trading with up to 1001x leverage and low fees. 2. **SushiSwap**: An automated market maker (AMM) operating on 40+ chains, featuring token swaps, limit orders, and cross-chain functionality. 3. **Ostium**: A perpetuals DEX on Arbitrum providing synthetic exposure to forex, commodities, and equities alongside crypto, with up to 200x leverage. 4. **Extended**: A Starknet-based perpetual futures DEX with 75+ markets, off-chain order matching, and on-chain settlement, offering up to 100x leverage. 5. **Reya**: Uses a central limit order book for derivatives trading on Arbitrum Orbit, with portfolio margin and up to 100x leverage. 6. **PancakeSwap**: A multi-chain AMM with 5000+ pairs, supporting spot swaps, limit orders, and perpetual futures via Aster integration. 7. **Curve**: Specializes in low-slippage stablecoin swaps across multiple chains, with deep DeFi integration and governance via CRV. 8. **Ethereal**: A perpetual DEX built around yield-earning USDe collateral, offering up to 50x leverage on its EVM-based appchain. 9. **Aerodrome**: Base network’s leading AMM using a ve(3,3) model to incentivize liquidity provision and reward distribution. DEXs now cater to diverse needs, from simple swaps to leveraged derivatives and synthetic assets. Users should research and start with small positions.

ambcrypto03/17 16:21

Top 9 decentralised exchanges to trade on in March 2026

ambcrypto03/17 16:21

Aster Chain Launch: Defining a New Era for Onchain Privacy and Transparency

Aster, a privacy-focused trading ecosystem backed by YZi Labs, has officially launched its Layer 1 blockchain, Aster Chain Mainnet. Designed to address the "transparency trap" in DeFi, it provides institutional-grade privacy and centralized exchange (CEX)-level performance for traders. The platform eliminates "position hunting"—where traders exploit visible onchain data to force liquidations—by making privacy the default, not an opt-in feature. Aster integrates encryption directly into its execution layer using a ZK-verifiable encrypted architecture and stealth address mechanisms, ensuring that trading activity and wallet identities remain untraceable. It also allows selective disclosure for compliance and sharing via "Viewer Pass" links. The chain achieves over 100,000 TPS with 50ms block times and no gas fees, matching CEX speeds while supporting self-custody and decentralization. The mainnet launch begins a phased expansion, including a staking program for early supporters. Aster aims to combine CEX efficiency with DEX principles, offering perpetual and spot trading across multiple asset classes.

TheNewsCrypto03/17 13:58

Aster Chain Launch: Defining a New Era for Onchain Privacy and Transparency

TheNewsCrypto03/17 13:58

Ocean Network Launches Beta for Affordable P2P GPU Orchestration

Ocean Network has launched the Beta of its decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) GPU orchestration layer, creating a liquid on-demand compute market without centralized control. It enables data scientists and developers to run code directly, bypassing traditional cloud bottlenecks. The platform sources high-performance GPUs, including NVIDIA H200s and A100s, from partners like Aethir to ensure reliability. Its Orchestrator integrates with popular IDEs like VS Code, allowing custom hardware selection, one-click job deployment, and real-time monitoring. Ocean uses a Pay-Per-Use Escrow on Base L2, charging only for actual resource consumption, not idle time. It also employs Compute-to-Data (C2D) for secure processing of sensitive data without moving it. The network plans to soon allow node operators to monetize idle GPUs, expanding into a full P2P ecosystem.

TheNewsCrypto03/17 12:12

Ocean Network Launches Beta for Affordable P2P GPU Orchestration

TheNewsCrypto03/17 12:12

$SEA token delayed: OpenSea chooses market timing over a rushed launch

OpenSea has delayed the launch of its $SEA token, citing challenging market conditions across the crypto sector. CEO Devin Finzer emphasized that the token "only launches once," and the company prefers to wait for a more favorable environment rather than rushing the release during a period of weak market sentiment. To maintain user engagement, OpenSea is implementing several interim measures: cutting trading fees to 0% for 60 days, offering fee refunds to eligible users (who must forfeit earned "Treasures" points), and discontinuing its "Waves" rewards system in favor of a clearer timeline from the OpenSea Foundation. The decision reflects the current state of the NFT market, which, despite some recent growth, remains significantly smaller and less liquid than during its 2021 peak. With the broader crypto market also experiencing a slowdown—evidenced by the Fear and Greed Index lingering in the "fear" zone—OpenSea aims to launch $SEA only when both platform and market conditions improve.

ambcrypto03/17 10:44

$SEA token delayed: OpenSea chooses market timing over a rushed launch

ambcrypto03/17 10:44

Pump.fun Joins the Billion-Dollar Club: How Much Business Does the 'MEME ATM' Have Left?

Pump.fun, a leading token launch platform on Solana, has surpassed $1 billion in cumulative revenue, becoming the first on the chain to reach this milestone. Despite a broader downturn in the MEME sector, the platform has strengthened its dominance, accounting for over 99% of token creations and 93% of daily trading volume on Solana as of mid-March. While its daily metrics remain robust—averaging around 29.7K new tokens, 157.7K active wallets, and $93.65M in trading volume—most of its revenue is distributed to creators and LPs or used for token buybacks, which hasn't prevented its native token PUMP from falling 76% from its peak. Other platforms show varied trajectories. GMGN saw a fivefold revenue increase in Q1 2026, largely driven by activity on BSC, though growth may be inflated by previous data gaps. Four.meme, BSC’s main MEME platform, has seen revenue drop significantly from its peak. Axiom’s revenue continues to decline sharply from earlier highs, while Photon, BullX, and BONKbot have experienced steep, sustained decreases in earnings. The overall MEME sector is not disappearing but consolidating, with clear leaders like Pump.fun emerging. Platforms that have built full ecosystems for launching, trading, and providing liquidity are best positioned to capture future growth when the market rebounds.

marsbit03/17 07:38

Pump.fun Joins the Billion-Dollar Club: How Much Business Does the 'MEME ATM' Have Left?

marsbit03/17 07:38

Cango Releases 2025 Financial Report: Advancing Towards AI Infrastructure

Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) released its unaudited financial results for Q4 and full year 2025, highlighting its transition into a Bitcoin mining company and its strategic pivot toward AI infrastructure. In 2025, the company reported total revenue of $688.1 million, with Bitcoin mining contributing $675.5 million. A total of 6,594.6 Bitcoin were mined throughout the year. However, the company reported a net loss from continuing operations of $452.8 million, influenced by one-time transition costs and fair value adjustments on Bitcoin-collateralized receivables. Adjusted EBITDA for the year was $24.5 million. In Q4, revenue was $179.5 million, with a net loss of $285 million and negative EBITDA of $156.3 million. The company ended the year with $41.2 million in cash and equivalents, $663 million in non-current Bitcoin receivables, and $557.6 million in related-party long-term debt. To reduce leverage, the company sold 4,451 Bitcoin in February 2026. CEO Paul Yu emphasized 2025 as a foundational year, noting the completion of structural adjustments and the establishment of a global mining network. The company is now advancing its transformation into an AI infrastructure provider through its EcoHash platform, aiming to offer flexible and cost-efficient AI inference services. CFO Michael Zhang highlighted efforts to optimize the balance sheet and secure new capital to support growth in high-potential areas like AI.

marsbit03/17 06:38

Cango Releases 2025 Financial Report: Advancing Towards AI Infrastructure