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Министр энергетики Московской области Сергей Воропанов предложил запретить добычу криптовалют в Москве и Подмосковье. С этой инициативой чиновник выступил на форуме «Энергопром-2026» в Казани.

Крупнейшая в Латинской Америке площадка электронной коммерции Mercado Libre перестанет выпускать токен Mercado Coin, эмиссия которого началась почти четыре года назад в рамках клиентской программы лояльности. Токен должен перестать функционировать 17 апреля.

Over the years, the rivalry between Ethereum, Solana, and XRP has grown tougher, with investors staking their claims with their favorites. After the last bull run, though, Solana seemed to come out ahead, hitting new all-time highs before Ethereum, and completely outpacing XRP that never hit new peaks. But now, after the bull run is done and prices have begun to fall again, we take a look at which of these three have held up their value better.

Ethereum Holds Up Similarly To Bitcoin

Ethereum only briefly made a new peak of $4,953 last year, and this was very short-lived. As the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, it is the digital asset that has most mirrored the Bitcoin performance during the decline, returning with similar numbers.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, the Ethereum price is down around 59% since 2025, not far off from Bitcoin’s 47% in the same time period. In a similar fashion, the daily trading volume is down more than 65% from its all-time high, mirroring the same pattern. Interestingly, the Ethereum price is up 6% on a year-to-date basis.

XRP’s Failure To Hit All-Time Highs Shows Weakness

Between 2024 and 2025, the XRP price was able to rally by around 600%, hitting about $3.5. However, even this major rally could not propel the altcoin price well enough to hit a new all-time high and break the 2017 $3.8 record. The price eventually peaked in 2025, and it has been downhill ever since.

With the XRP price trading below $1.5, this means that the altcoin is now more than 65% below its all-time high levels. On a year-to-date basis, the XRP price is down 37%, despite major developments such as the XRP Vs. SEC lawsuit coming to an end, and the advent of Vanguard allowing ETFs on its platform, among others.

Solana Rallied The Strongest, But Struggles The Most

The Solana price hit multiple new peaks during the last bull run, outperforming both XRP and Ethereum. But the decline has been just as strong as its rally. CoinMarketCap data shows that Solana is currently trading more than 71% below its $294 all-time high that was set in 2025.

Over the last year, the Solana price has crashed more than 35%, and this decline has seen it crash below $100 for the first time since 2024. Meme coin activity, which was the primary driver of the Solana price, has died down significantly, and this decline in activity has contributed to the bearish pressure.

Going by the data, the Ethereum price has held up the best, with XRP coming in second. The Solana price has suffered the most during this time, emerging the worse-off out of the three.

Сооснователь Эфириума Виталик Бутерин продал новую партию пожертвованных ему мемкоинов, выручив 14,5 ETH на сумму около $30 000, сообщила платформа аналитики Onchain Lens со ссылкой на данные Arkham Intelligence.

В марте крупные криптопроекты потеряли $52 млн из-за взломов. Это почти вдвое больше, чем месяцем ранее: в феврале ущерб составил около $26,5 млн, сообщили аналитики работающей в сфере кибербезопасности компании PeckShieldAlert.

Data shows the transfer fees on the Bitcoin network has dropped to its lowest in 15 years, a sign of significant reduction in blockchain usage.

30-Day SMA Of Bitcoin Transaction Fees Has Seen A Massive Decline

In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has discussed the latest trend in the Bitcoin Total Transaction Fees. This indicator measures, as its name suggests, the daily total amount of fees that senders are paying to the network every day.

Users attach transfer fees with their moves as compensation for the miners who handle them. The average amount of fees that senders opt for is usually related to the activity that’s occurring on the network.

The Bitcoin blockchain only has a limited capacity to process transactions, so whenever there is a high amount of transfer activity, the mempool can become clogged. When that happens, transfers can sometimes end up stuck in waiting for long.

Users who don’t want to wait for congestion to clear up can simply opt to pay a higher-than-average fee, incentivizing miners to prioritize their moves. As senders compete in this manner, the Total Transaction Fees can blow up.

In contrast, users have no need to attach any significant amount of fees with their transactions during periods of little activity, as the miners will quickly process their transfers regardless.

Now, here is the chart shared by Glassnode that shows the trend in the 30-day simple moving average (SMA) of the Bitcoin Total Transaction Fees over the history of the cryptocurrency:

As displayed in the above graph, the BTC-denominated Total Transaction Fees has witnessed its 30-day SMA go through a downtrend since the peak at the start of 2024. Interestingly, the decline maintained even as BTC observed multiple bull rallies to new all-time highs (ATHs).

This would imply that even the bullish price action was unable to attract network demand. A potential reason behind this could be the launch of the spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States. The spot ETFs are investment vehicles that allow for an off-chain route of investment into the cryptocurrency.

These funds were approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) back in January 2024, which is when the Total Transaction Fees topped out. Considering the timing, it’s possible that the presence of the spot ETFs had a role to play in the decline in on-chain activity.

Today, the 30-day SMA of the Bitcoin Total Transaction Fees is sitting at 2.5 BTC per day, which is the lowest value since March 2011. “Fee compression of this magnitude reflects a significant reduction in on-chain demand for block space, consistent with subdued network,” noted the analytics firm.

BTC Price

Bitcoin has retraced its recent recovery as its price has dropped to the $67,900 mark.

Полиция Западной Бенгалии в Индии арестовала основателя и председателя правления крупной промышленной корпорации Ruia Group Павана Кумара Руиа (Pawan Kumar Ruia). Бизнесмена подозревают в причастности к мошенничеству, связанному с отмыванием денег через криптовалюты.

На криптовалютном рынке сформировались условия, характерные для «финальной стадии капитуляции», заявили аналитики ончейн-платформы CryptoQuant.

Основатель проектов DeGods и y00ts Рохун Вор (Rohun Vora), известный под псевдонимом Frank, заявил, что главной причиной кризиса рынка мемкоинов стало отсутствие новых покупателей.

Due to growing political tension and ongoing talks between the banking and cryptocurrency industries, TD Cowen has drastically lowered its estimate of the likelihood that the long-awaited CLARITY Act, the proposed US crypto market-structure bill, will become law this year. 

The investment bank’s managing director, Jaret Seiberg, now places the probability of Senate passage and subsequent House approval at roughly one‑in‑three, a markedly more pessimistic assessment than earlier expectations.

Coinbase And Banks Spar Over Stablecoin Yield 

Senators are reportedly preparing to circulate a revised draft of the CLARITY Act as soon as this week. The bill is intended to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets, but one of its most consequential provisions would broadly prohibit platforms from providing yield “directly or indirectly” on stablecoins.

That restriction has prompted strong objections from major crypto firms and complicated talks with banking interests. Coinbase’s global head of investment research said last week the industry is coordinating a counterproposal.

Seiberg argues the proposed stablecoin restriction is fraught with tradeoffs. “The problem is that this would discourage investors from using stablecoins as a way to invest excess liquidity, which is why platforms like Coinbase would object,” he wrote. 

From the banks’ perspective, limiting stablecoin yield is also beneficial because it reduces the incentive for crypto platforms to use stablecoins for everyday payments — an outcome banks view as a threat to core deposits.

Beyond stablecoin yield, several other complex and unresolved subjects remain likely to shape final negotiations: safeguards for decentralized finance (DeFi), token classification, and rules for tokenizing real‑world assets (RWAs). 

Those issues have proven difficult to reconcile across the political and industrial divides, and they are keeping lawmakers and industry groups locked in detailed bargaining.

Senators Temper Optimism On Crypto Bill

TD Cowen’s Managing Director also noted that even lawmakers who had previously expressed confidence about passage are tempering expectations. 

Politico reported that Senator Mark Warner reduced his estimate for passage to between 50% and 60%, down from earlier forecasts near 80%. “The signs are not pointing to success,” Seiberg observed.

Seiberg expects the most likely window for action to be in late July, arguing that the threat of the recess could force senators toward compromise. “We see the prospects as lower. To us, there is a one‑in‑three probability for the Senate to advance a version of the CLARITY Act that the House will pass,” he wrote. 

He added that the only plausible route to enactment, in his view, would be for Congress to push through a compromise despite objections from both Coinbase and the banking sector — a scenario he described as possible but unlikely, since Congress usually only takes that course intermittently.

For now, uncertainty persists around whether the bill’s language can be adjusted to satisfy both sides. A key procedural milestone to watch is the markup date for the Senate Banking Committee, which will signal whether negotiators are ready to move from drafting to formal consideration.

Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com 

Bitget x ArbitrageScanner Pre-Party — это закрытый сайд-ивент, приуроченный к конференции Blockchain Life 2026. Мероприятие пройдет в пространстве «Дымзавод» и будет посвящено нетворкингу и взаимодействию между участниками крипторынка.

Платформа для торговли невзаимозаменяемыми токенами Magic Eden объявила о прекращении поддержки собственного криптокошелька. С 1 апреля он перешел в режим «Только для экспорта»: новые транзакции и другие операции недоступны.

Бывший гендиректор криптобиржи Binance Чанпэн Чжао (Changpeng Zhao) призвал не паниковать из-за квантовых угроз и предложил возможный сценарий действий с биткоинами Сатоси Накамото, чтобы они не достались злоумышленникам в случае успешной атаки.

Bitcoin is struggling below $70,000. The market is uncertain. And the players with the most to lose have quietly stopped selling.

Top analyst Darkfost has published an assessment that reframes the current consolidation in a way the price chart alone does not permit. Bitcoin is holding a range between $62,000 and $75,000 — a level that represents approximately 47% of the all-time high reached in October. That number deserves to sit with the reader for a moment. Nearly half the value created at the cycle peak has been erased. The market that produced that peak is not the market that exists today.

And yet, Darkfost identifies a behavioral shift that cuts directly against the bearish price narrative. Whale selling activity on Binance has been declining clearly and consistently. The large players — the ones whose selling pressure helped drive the correction from the October highs — appear to be stepping back. The distribution phase that defined the first quarter of 2026 is showing signs of exhaustion.

That does not make $70,000 a floor. It does not guarantee a recovery. What it means is that the overhead selling pressure that has capped every rally attempt is quietly losing its fuel — and that changes the market’s sensitivity to any new wave of demand.

The Selling Had a Peak. That Peak Has Passed.

Darkfost’s data places the whale behavior in a precise historical context. As Bitcoin approached the $60,000 level, large holders on Binance became acutely active — the kind of activity that signals distribution rather than accumulation.

The peak arrived on February 4th: more than 11,800 BTC sent to Binance in a single day, the highest single-session whale deposit recorded in the period under review. That number did not arrive in isolation. It was the culmination of an escalating trend that pushed the 30-day moving average of daily BTC inflows from approximately 1,000 BTC to nearly 4,000 BTC by the end of February — a fourfold increase in selling infrastructure in less than a month.

What has happened since is the development the report identifies as significant. Whale deposits have declined sharply. The 30-day moving average now sits at approximately 1,600 BTC per day — still above the pre-February baseline, but less than half the peak reading. The pipeline of large-holder selling that defined February has contracted considerably.

Darkfost’s interpretation is measured and should remain so. A decline in whale deposits is not a bullish signal. It is the removal of a bearish one. Large players appear to have shifted to a wait-and-see posture — neither aggressively distributing nor aggressively accumulating. In an uncertain market, that stillness is itself information.

The pressure from above is easing. The support from below has not yet appeared to replace it.

Bitcoin Holds $66K as Downtrend Structure Remains Intact

Bitcoin is trading around the $66,000–$67,000 range, stabilizing after a sharp breakdown that defined February’s price action. The chart shows a clear transition from distribution near the $90,000–$100,000 region into a strong impulsive move lower, followed by a period of consolidation between roughly $63,000 and $70,000.

Despite this stabilization, the broader structure remains bearish. BTC continues to trade below the 50-day and 100-day moving averages, both trending downward and acting as dynamic resistance. Each recent attempt to push higher has been rejected near the $70,000–$72,000 zone, reinforcing this level as a key ceiling in the current range.

Volume dynamics support this interpretation. The largest spike occurred during the capitulation phase in February, indicating forced selling or liquidations. Since then, volume has normalized, suggesting the market is in a reaccumulation or pause phase, but without clear bullish confirmation.

Importantly, price is now compressing toward the lower half of the range. Repeated tests of the $65,000–$66,000 area suggest demand is present, but not strong enough to drive expansion.

A break above $72,000 would shift short-term momentum, while losing $63,000 could trigger another leg down, potentially targeting lower liquidity zones.

Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com 

Управляющий партнер SkyBridge Capital Энтони Скарамуччи (Anthony Scaramucci) заявил, что законопроект о структуре крипторынка CLARITY вряд ли будет принят, поскольку в Сенате США не удастся собрать необходимое число голосов.

Рублевый стейблкоин A7A5, зарегистрированный в Кыргызстане в феврале прошлого года, по итогам первого года занял около 43% рынка стабильных токенов, не привязанных к доллару США. Об этом говорится в мартовском отчете аналитиков компании Dune.

Top Senate Democrats have questioned the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its recent enforcement actions against President Donald Trump-linked crypto businesses and the sudden departure of the federal agency’s enforcement chief.

SEC Scrutinized Over Crypto Enforcement Actions

On Monday, US Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to the SEC’s Chairman, Paul Atkins, requesting answers about the Commission’s alleged preferential treatment of crypto businesses and entities linked to President Trump against the advice of senior staff.

The letter follows recent reports that the Division of Enforcement Director, Margaret Ryan, left the agency after allegedly facing pressure from Trump officials to drop fraud charges against Tron’s founder, Justin Sun.

Blumenthal expressed concerns about Ryan’s sudden departure, as reports suggest that senior leadership may have intervened to prevent the division from investigating individuals close to President Trump.

The Senator highlighted that earlier this month, the agency dismissed fraud charges against Sun and several of his companies in a settlement that involved a $10 million civil penalty. He pointed out that “Sun has sought to curry favor with President Trump by buying into Trump family cryptocurrency ventures,” particularly the TRUMP memecoin and World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token.

“This is a clear example of how President Trump’s blatant crypto corruption creates back doors for his family’s business partners, creating a pay-to-play enforcement regime that turns a blind eye to grave threats to national security and consumer protection,” Blumenthal affirmed.

He requested that the SEC provide the records and communications related to enforcement decisions involving crypto firms, including companies linked to Justin Sun and Binance’s co-founder Changpeng Zhao.

Senator Blumenthal also asked for all records and communications between the Office of the Chairman and any member of the Trump or Witkoff families regarding WLFI or TRUMP, and a list of any other enforcement cases where the Director of the Division of Enforcement’s recommendations were overruled by Atkin’s Office or other SEC senior leaders.

Senators Question SEC Enforcement Chief’s Departure

Crypto-skeptic democratic Senator and Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, Elizabeth Warren, also pressed the SEC’s Chairman on Monday, with a letter seeking answers about the sudden departure of the agency’s top enforcement official.

Warren also cited a recent Reuters report claiming that Ryan had clashed with agency leaders over the direction of its enforcement program, particularly the cases linked to President Trump and his family.

The SEC’s enforcement director resigned on March 16 after only six months on the job. According to people familiar with the matter, Ryan allegedly “wanted to be more aggressive in pursuing charges for fraud and other misconduct, including in cases that touched the president’s circle, but faced resistance from SEC chair Paul Atkins and other top Republican political appointees.”

In the letter, Warren noted Ryan’s unusually short term at the agency, calling it “deeply troubling” after the reported circumstances of her departure and the lack of a reason or successor.

“Typically, ‘S.E.C. enforcement chiefs serve for years.’ But on March 16, 2026, approximately six months into her tenure as Director, the Commission announced Judge Ryan’s resignation from the agency. The press release announcing her departure did not include a reason or name a successor. But news reports suggest that Judge Ryan may have been stymied in her efforts to enforce the law,” stated Warren.

Ultimately, the crypto-skeptic lawmaker expressed her concerns that the change in leadership under the Trump administration would hinder the Division of Enforcement’s ability to fulfill its mission.

Министерство юстиции США предъявило обвинения трем гражданам России, а также семи фигурантам, связанным с криптовалютными компаниями Gotbit, Vortex, Antier и Contrarian. По версии следствия, они участвовали в масштабной схеме фиктивной торговли, направленной на искусственное завышение цен и объемов торгов токенами.

В текущем рыночном цикле падение биткоина составило около 50%, что заметно меньше, чем в предыдущие периоды, заявили аналитики компании Fidelity Digital Assets.

Центральный банк Кубы разрешил десяти компаниям использовать криптовалюты для международных расчетов. Речь идет об организациях из сфер технологий, общественного питания и транспорта.