Bitcoin (BTC 1.63%) is famous for its huge surges and sudden plunges. But in the long term, it's been a terrific investment for patient investors.

Were whales or leveraged longs behind BTC's latest relief rally?

David Sacks, a renowned venture capitalist and early PayPal executive, has officially joined the White House job as the Crypto and AI Czar. Interestingly, he made headlines just before joining for selling $200M worth of crypto holdings, including Bitcoin.

The cryptocurrency market has kicked off the weekend on a positive note. The market cap of the business has climbed by 2.74%, reaching $2.75 trillion. In the meantime, daily trading volumes cooled off, dropping 14.82% to $76 billion. Talking about, market sentiments, investors remain cautious as the Fear & Greed Index holds steady at 22.

After teasing below $79k earlier this week, Bitcoin (BTC) price has attempted to regain bullish sentiment. The flagship coin surged 3 percent in the last 24 hours to trade at about $84,233 on Saturday, March 15, 2025.

The widely followed cryptocurrency analyst Benjamin Cowen says Bitcoin's (BTC) bull cycle would likely be over if it enters one key level. In a new video, Cowen tells his 886,000 YouTube subscribers that Bitcoin may be repeating a similar pattern from 2017, when it tested the prior year high.

Key U.S oversight committee plans to scrutinise President Trump's BTC reserve creation and any potential conflict of interest.

XRP surges as SEC settlement speculation grows. Will Ripple secure better terms and push XRP to new highs?

10x Research's head crypto researcher isn't ruling out Bitcoin repeating its 2024 price action, where it spent much of the year consolidating after hitting all-time highs early on.“Very possible,” Markus Thielen told Cointelegraph when asked what the chances of Bitcoin (BTC) repeating a similar market movement to 2024, where it reached an all-time high of $73,679 in March before entering a consolidation phase, swinging within a range of around $20,000 up until Donald Trump was elected as US president in November.

Ripple & XRP have been grabbing the mainstream attention offlet with their advancements related to the lawsuit and their achievements. Recently, the rounds of the SEC ending the lawsuit against Ripple made huge noise. Ripple also acquired a license in Dubai to become the first blockchain-based payment provider.

March 15, 2025 05:01:30 UTC Ripple News : Private SEC Settlement Could End XRP Lawsuit Jeremy Hogan just dropped a bombshell on $XRP. According to Hogan, a private settlement with the SEC could resolve Ripple's ongoing lawsuit without resorting to a lengthy court battle—no appeals, no delays, just clear resolution.

The crypto market today (March 15) showcased notable rising trajectories, igniting investor optimism globally. Bitcoin (BTC) price regained a break above $84K intraday, while Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and XRP prices also pumped considerably.

Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped over 29% from its January all-time high of $109,000, reflecting the broader market correction that has affected both crypto and U.S. stocks.

Connolly urges the Treasury to stop Trump's cryptocurrency reserve, calling it a conflict of interest benefiting Trump's business ventures.

Tim Draper envisions a future where bitcoin dominates, fiat crumbles, and people scramble to convert dollars before they become worthless, calling BTC the ultimate global currency.

Could low sentiment set the stage for ETH/BTC's sharp recovery?

Minnesota is the latest American state to consider legislation concerning cryptocurrency. The Minnesota Bitcoin Act is somewhat deceptively titled, however, as the bill refers to “Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies” throughout.

U.S. Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican hailing from Kentucky, has recently disclosed that he received more than $261,000 in contributions to his campaign. This week, the staunch advocate for fiscal responsibility, currently engaged in a spirited political clash with President Donald Trump, announced that his campaign is now welcoming bitcoin as a form of support.

Recent reports revealed that another member of the US House of Representatives will introduce a new bill on March 14 to codify US President Donald Trump's executive order for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR). This move follows recent efforts by several US lawmakers to formalize and protect Trump's crypto plan.

Sources disclose that U.S. Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) plans to introduce legislation on March 14, 2025, to permanently establish President Donald Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile, aiming to shield the initiative from reversal by future administrations. U.S.

Crypto companies at SXSW 2025 shifted focus toward education, online security, and blockchain utility. A record-breaking Bitcoin logo drone show, Coinbase's fraud panel, and Web3 social media discussions marked the event. Gemini, Coinbase, and Calaxy highlighted crypto's evolving role in tech and finance. The post SXSW 2025: Crypto Targets Mainstream With Educational Panels and Record-Breaking Bitcoin Logo appeared first on Cryptonews.

According to reports, Ark Invest has added 997 Bitcoin (BTC) to its holdings in two separate transactions. The asset management firm, led by Cathie Wood, made the purchases on March 13, 2025, through Coinbase.

The UK court system has issued a final ruling preventing James Howells from searching a landfill where he believes his hard drive containing the Bitcoin was dumped.

The price of the traditional safe-haven asset has soared recently, but bitcoin is the real “hot sauce,” says analyst Eric Balchunas.

Are traders using this as an accumulation sign before re-entry?

Early in 2025, there was a significant surge in the stablecoin market, with a $20 billion increase in total supply. With a 10% increase from January, the total supply now stands at almost $205 billion.

It's not a good idea to thoughtlessly follow in the footsteps of a big player when it announces that it's going to be buying, selling, or holding an asset, especially when it comes to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC 4.73%). But there is one player in particular that's so large that it's simply not advisable to ignore when it commits to something.

Apparent demand for Bitcoin (BTC) has hit the lowest level in 2025, dropping down into negative territory, as traders and investors take a cautious approach to risk-on assets due to macroeconomic uncertainty. According to CryptoQuant's Bitcoin Apparent Demand metric, demand for Bitcoin has dropped down to a negative 142 on March 13.

Other major cryptos rose well into positive territory along with major equity indexes.

Fundstrat's Tom Lee has predicted that Bitcoin will outperform gold this year during a recent podcast appearance. In fact, Lee is convinced that Bitcoin will become the best-performing asset class of the year despite its underwhelming performance in the first quarter of the year.

Retail investors can now access bitcoin-backed corporate bonds through a groundbreaking ETF, offering exposure to companies using convertible debt to integrate bitcoin into their financial strategy.

The agency responsible for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales announced that a National Crime Agency (NCA) officer was due to be charged with the alleged theft of Bitcoin worth roughly $75,000 in 2017.In a March 14 notice, the Crown Prosecution Service said it had authorized the Merseyside Police to charge NCA officer Paul Chowles with 15 offenses related to the alleged Bitcoin (BTC) theft “during an investigation into online organized crime.” Authorities said Chowles could face one count of theft, 11 charges for concealing, disguising, or converting criminal property and three counts for acquiring, using or possessing criminal property.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Is A Strategic Asset, Not XRP The U.S. government should ignore proposals requesting that it conceptualize XRP as a strategic asset, as bitcoin is the only strategic asset in the crypto space. This post Bitcoin Is A Strategic Asset, Not XRP first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Frank Corva.

The cryptocurrency market is starting to recover due to an overall increase in buying from traders. This boost follows a positive consumer price report and ease in global tensions. As a result, Bitcoin's price is on its way to hitting $90K after getting past some key hurdles.

Will Coinbase get the green light to offer tokenized securities? It's something the company has wanted to do since before it went public in 2021.

Bitcoin's tight correlation with global M2 has returned to the spotlight, suggesting that broader monetary conditions remain a key force behind the cryptocurrency's market trajectory. Recent price action shows Bitcoin converging with M2's downward drift—mirroring roughly a 70-day lag.

Bitcoin could see a bounce on the charts as traders begin buying.

The crypto market showed resilience today, March 14, 2025. Most of the top digital assets recorded slight gains amidst a backdrop of macroeconomic shifts and regulatory developments. It includes resilient performances by Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Chainlink (LINK), Hyperliquid (HYPE).

Senior Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone is warning investors that Bitcoin (BTC) could crater nearly 90% from its current price due to the conditions of the gold and stock markets.

Cryptocurrency analyst and trader Ali Martinez is warning that Bitcoin (BTC) could go down by double-digit percentage points if it loses support at a key price level.

When bitcoin slipped beneath the $80,000 mark last Thursday, a cluster of 13 long-dormant wallets from 2013 suddenly sprang to life, shifting 325 BTC—now worth $27.4 million—into motion.

As of March 12, the U.S. government controls 195,234 Bitcoin, valued at more than $16 billion, according to a new Nansen report. The government's crypto portfolio also includes $4.

Modeled after Solana's Pump.fun, ODIN-FUN leverages Dfinity's Internet Computer and the Runes protocol while inheriting Bitcoin's security.

Crypto markets are surging into the weekend, sparking speculation on whether Bitcoin's break above $84,000 could fuel further upside. Cryptocurrency Price Gains +/- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $84,793.95 +5% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $1,939.46 +4.6% Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $134.25 +9.2% XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.35 +4.3% Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1713 +4.2% Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001265 +5.7% Notable Statistics: IntoTheBlock data shows large transaction volume decreasing by 15.5% and daily active addresses up by 3.6%.

UK NCA officer Paul Chowles is charged with stealing 50 BTC in 2017. Chowles will appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on April 25, 2025.

Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, urged the US Treasury Department to abandon plans to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve and the digital asset stockpile.

A new report from Copper.co, a Swiss-based digital asset service provider, highlights a significant alignment between Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and the S&P 500. What Happened: The report notes that both cryptocurrencies have achieved an 83% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) since their 2020 lows, compared to the S&P 500's 20% CAGR over the same period.