Из жизни альткоинов

Один из крупнейших майнеров в мире, занимающаяся продажей автомобилей шанхайская компания Cango за первый полный год добычи биткоинов зафиксировала чистый убыток $452,8 млн. Компания уже начала продавать накопленную криптовалюту.

A bitter domestic dispute has spilled into the UK High Court after a man claimed a massive Bitcoin holding vanished from his control under unusual circumstances inside his own home.

Ping Fai Yuen has accused his estranged wife Fun Yung Li of secretly recording the recovery phrase to his hardware wallet and using it to access funds now valued at about $176 million. The claim centers on a 24-word seed phrase, which acts as the master key to a private crypto wallet.

Bitcoin Split Across 71 Wallets In Alleged $176M Transfer Scheme

According to court filings, the Bitcoin was moved into 71 separate wallet addresses shortly after the alleged access took place. The claimant, Yuen, believes the transfer was deliberate and designed to spread the funds in a way that would make tracing and recovery harder.

He also told the court that recording devices had been set up inside the home, initially over concerns raised by a child. Audio gathered from those devices is said to include conversations involving Li about moving money without triggering alerts from banks or authorities.

Police later searched properties connected to Li and seized several items, including cold wallets and high-value watches. She was arrested and released on bail while inquiries were carried out. Investigators have since indicated that no further action will be taken unless new evidence surfaces.

Judge Sees Strong Chance Of Success

The High Court has signaled that the case may move quickly. A judge reviewing the material said the claimant appears to have a strong case and suggested an expedited trial due to the size of the assets and the risks tied to their security.

An application has been made to freeze assets believed to be linked to the defendant and her sister. The goal is to prevent any movement while the dispute is still being decided. The court reviewed transcripts and materials gathered during searches when considering the strength of the claim.

Another issue that concerned the judge was how easily digital assets could be transferred between jurisdictions, which could pose a problem if the case is not settled quickly.

Legal Limits And Questions About Conversion

This case is also attracting attention because of the legal issues that have been raised. Experts say that this case could put to the test how conventional laws governing property apply to cryptocurrencies, especially when recovering assets that exist only virtually.

One of the issues being discussed is whether conventional legal remedies available for stolen property can apply to Bitcoin. Early indications suggest that some of those routes may not fit neatly with digital assets.

Parts of the claim have already been narrowed as the court examines which arguments can proceed. That process is expected to shape how similar cases are handled in the future.

Featured image from Secureye, chart from TradingView

Покупатели биткоинов возвращаются на крупнейшие криптобиржи Binance и Coinbase после двух месяцев господства продавцов, заявил аналитик платформы CryptoQuant под псевдонимом Darkfost.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed narrowing Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11 so that it applies only to equity securities, a technical change that could carry outsized significance for crypto market structure. For digital assets, the proposal signals a more tailored regulatory approach after years of trying to force crypto into frameworks built for traditional securities.

In a press release issued March 16, the SEC said Rule 15c2-11 has historically focused on preventing manipulative and fraudulent schemes in over-the-counter equity markets. The proposed amendment would revise the rule so it refers only to equity securities, rather than leaving room for broader application to other asset classes.

Quiet But Meaningful Win For Crypto

That matters because Rule 15c2-11 governs certain information gathering and review requirements for broker-dealers that publish quotations for, or maintain a continuous quoted market in, securities in the OTC market. By explicitly tying the rule to equities, the SEC appears to be drawing a cleaner line around where those obligations begin and end.

SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins framed the move as a matter of regulatory fit rather than ideology. “Regulations should be appropriately tailored to fit the asset class to which they apply,” Atkins said. “This proposal would clarify regulatory obligations when publishing quotations and affirm what was always understood: Rule 15c2-11 applies to equity securities.”

For crypto market participants, the proposal reads as more than a drafting cleanup. Marty Bent, writing on X (@TFTC), argued that the shift quietly reverses the posture that defined much of the prior SEC era. “The SEC just proposed excluding crypto assets from OTC market rules that govern broker-dealer quotations. These are regulations originally designed for penny stocks and thinly traded equities.”

He went further, casting the amendment as a subtle but meaningful break from the agency’s past playbook. “This is a quiet but meaningful shift. Instead of forcing Bitcoin and crypto into existing securities frameworks, the SEC is explicitly carving it out. The rules being amended (Rule 15c2-11) dictate how broker-dealers can publish quotes for securities. By clarifying that crypto doesn’t fall under these requirements, the SEC is signaling it doesn’t view these assets through the same lens as traditional equities.”

That interpretation is likely to resonate because Rule 15c2-11 was never designed with digital assets in mind. Its original function was tied to OTC equities, particularly the kind of thinly traded names that have historically been vulnerable to quote manipulation and fraud. In that context, the SEC’s proposal does not create a bespoke crypto regime, but it does something nearly as important: it narrows the set of legacy securities rules that might otherwise be stretched to cover crypto by default.

Bent also contrasted the proposal with the enforcement-heavy approach associated with former Chair Gary Gensler. “Under Gensler, the approach was the opposite, force everything into existing rules, then sue when companies couldn’t comply. This is the regulatory posture flipping from ‘prove you’re not a security’ to ‘these rules weren’t built for you.’”

The proposal is now headed to the standard public process. The SEC said the release will be published on SEC.gov and later in the Federal Register, with a 60-day comment period beginning after Federal Register publication. That leaves room for revisions, but the message is already clear enough: the agency is increasingly willing to distinguish crypto from the infrastructure and assumptions of legacy equity markets.

At press time, the total crypto market cap stood at $2.51 trillion.

Суд Центрального округа Калифорнии приговорил бывшего заместителя шерифа округа Лос-Анджелес 44-летнего Майкла Дэвида Коберга (Michael David Coberg) к 63 месяцам тюрьмы за пособничество в вымогательстве криптовалют. Суд также обязал мужчину выплатить компенсацию $127 000.

Сооснователь крупнейшего маркетплейса невзаимозаменяемых токенов OpenSea Девин Финзер (Devin Finzer) объявил, что запуск собственного токена SEA, запланированный на 30 марта, переносится. Компания хочет дождаться более благоприятных условий на крипторынке.

Predictions for when the Dogecoin price will cross $1 continue to flood the crypto community despite the meme coin struggling to hold above $0.1. The poor performance over the last few years has not done much damage to the bullish expectations among DOGE investors, suggesting a longer-term bullish outlook. As for when the Dogecoin price can climb above $1 and reach as high as $1.70, a crypto analyst has shared their own views and expectations.

Dogecoin Price To Reach $1.7 In Q4 2026

In an X (formerly Twitter) post, crypto analyst Celal Kucuker shared a very simple outlook for the Dogecoin price. This outlook takes into account the previous performances and then shares the expectations for when the cryptocurrency will move upward again.

Out of the six price points shared, the first three highlighted major price levels that Dogecoin has already surpassed. This included the $0.12, $0.3, and then the $0.7 target that was met back in 2021. This then leaves three other price targets, which the crypto analyst believes will be hit in 2026.

The next target on the list is $0.2, which would be the start of another recovery trend. From the current level that Dogecoin is trading at the time of this writing, the meme coin would have to complete an over 100% increase in price to reach this target.

Next comes the crash to $0.05 that would seemingly send the Dogecoin price toward its next bottom. Hitting this level would mean setting a new 5-year low as Dogecoin price hasn’t been this low since 2020. However, according to the analyst, it’s part of the trend.

Then the last move is the one expected to send Dogecoin to new all-time highs, triggering an over 2,000% increase in price. The top of the target is placed as high as $1.70, and the relatively short timeframe that the crypto analyst believes this is going to play out is by December 2026.

DOGE $DOGE 0.12$ 0.30$ 0.07$ 0.20$ 0.05$ 1.70$ (2026 Dec) pic.twitter.com/MLZqMdA3W0

— Celal Kucuker (@CelalKucuker) March 14, 2026

Another analyst, Javon Marks, has previously also called out a similar upward trend, predicting that the Dogecoin price will eventually rise as high as $1.80, but putting it sometime around 2027.

Основатель и генеральный директор 10x Research Маркус Тилен (Markus Thielen) заявил, что рост биткоина связан с закрытием позиций, рассчитанных на снижение цены, которые трейдеры открывали во время февральской коррекции.

Бывший технический директор компании Ripple Дэвид Шварц (David Schwartz) признался, что на старте бизнеса руководство компании считало собственную криптовалюту XRP малоперспективной, а инвесторы Ripple предпочитали получать доли в компании, а не токены.

С начала конфликта вокруг Ирана криптовалюты оказались в числе лидеров роста среди других классов активов. Биткоин и другие цифровые валюты стали «оазисом спокойствия» на фоне волатильности акций, золота и нефти, сообщает Bloomberg.

Житель Великобритании обвинил супругу в хищении 2323 BTC на сумму около $172 млн. По его версии, она получила доступ к криптокошельку, записав сид-фразу с помощью камер видеонаблюдения в доме.

Global crypto funds attracted a remarkable $1 billion in inflows last week, marking their third consecutive week of positive net flows and best performance in two months, while underscoring resilience amid geopolitical challenges.

Crypto Funds’ Positive Streak Extends

According to the latest CoinShares data, crypto funds drew $1.06 billion in inflows last week, continuing their positive net flows run for the third consecutive week and extending their best performance since the year started.

Notably, crypto Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) had a five-week run of negative net flows from January 19 to February 20 amid market weakness and broader negative sentiment. The investment products had cumulative outflows of $4 billion, registering their worst performance since the October 10 crash.

The US market experienced most of the negative net flows during this period, while Bitcoin-based ETPs saw the weakest performance among major cryptocurrencies, with over $3.80 billion in outflows.

However, US investors’ renewed demand for digital asset investment products since the end of February, particularly Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), has reduced the prior one-month outflows streak, bringing the three-week run of inflows to $2.62 billion.

Regionally, 96% of the inflows originated from the US, with Canada and Switzerland following with $19.4 million and $10.4 million, respectively. Hong Kong also attracted $23.1 million in inflows, marking the best performance since August 2025. In contrast, Germany recorded outflows of $17.1 million, its first negative net flows in 2026, according to CoinShares’ data.

Funds based on the flagship cryptocurrency showed the strongest performance this week, with $793 million in inflows. This accounts for 75% of total inflows, bringing BTC’s three-week inflows to $2.2 billion.

The report noted that short Bitcoin investment products also attracted $8.1 million in inflows last week, highlighting that market opinion remains somewhat polarized.

Meanwhile, Ethereum funds also saw meaningful inflows worth $315 million, partially driven by BlackRock’s debut of its staked Ether ETF in the US. This brings the category’s year-to-date (YTD) flows, which are on a net outflow position, near a net-neutral position.

Digital Assets, Bitcoin’s ‘Safe Haven’ Narrative Reinforced

James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, highlighted crypto funds’ strong performance despite the increasing Middle East tensions, explaining that “significant geopolitical disruption has reinforced digital assets, particularly Bitcoin, as a relative safe haven compared with other asset classes.”

Since the beginning of the Iran crisis, total assets under management (AuM) in crypto ETPs have risen by 9.4% to $140 billion, Butterfill noted on Monday. Notably, Nate Geraci, co-founder of the ETF Institute, recently affirmed that ETF investors have “largely displayed diamond hands” since the October correction began.

The expert emphasized that 50% drawdowns “are a walk in the park for long-time BTC investors,” but observed that newer ETF investors also appear unfazed by the recent market volatility.

Bloomberg Intelligence Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas also shared a similar perspective on the performance of spot Bitcoin ETFs, calling the investment products’ resilience “absurd” amid the market conditions.

The latest QCP Market Colour highlighted that crypto is rallying and institutional liquidity is also returning, while equities and gold remain under pressure. According to the Monday analysis, recent price actions suggest a resurgence of Bitcoin’s narrative as a “digital safe haven” or “geopolitical hedge,” with “markets stress-testing that thesis in real time.”

“If this pattern persists, it would be a late-quarter plot twist, given crypto’s underdog status and its familiar habit of correlating with traditional assets mostly on the way down,” the report stated.

Техасская компания Beba и фонд DeFi Education Fund (DEF) отозвали иск против Комиссии по ценным бумагам и биржам США (SEC), связанный с эйрдропом токенов BEBA.

Тема биткоина как «тихой гавани» вновь вышла на первый план — рынок проверяет этот тезис в режиме реального времени, заявили аналитики трейдинговой компании QCP Capital.

Bitcoin treasury firm Strategy has just revealed a new acquisition involving 22,337 BTC, making it the fifth-largest purchase ever by the company.

Strategy Has Expanded Bitcoin Treasury With Another $1.57 Billion Buy

In a new post on X, Strategy co-founder and chairman Michael Saylor has shared the details related to the latest Bitcoin acquisition completed by the treasury company. This buy saw the addition of 22,337 BTC to Strategy’s reserves, which is one of the largest purchases ever made by the firm.

The last time that the company made a larger buy was all the way back in November 2024, when it added 55,500 BTC in one swoop. That same month actually also saw two other purchases larger than the latest one, involving 51,780 and 27,200 tokens. Finally, there was also a larger acquisition of 29,646 BTC in 2020, meaning that the new buy is the fifth largest on record.

In US dollar terms, the purchase cost Strategy $70,194 per token or $1.57 billion in total. While its the fifth largest buy in BTC denomination, it’s only the ninth largest in the USD. The difference is due to the company having to spend more on some smaller stacks as a consequence of a higher BTCUSD rate at the time.

As is tradition, Saylor teased the new buy in a Sunday X post, this time sharing the company’s Bitcoin portfolio tracker with the caption “Stretch the Orange Dots.”

According to the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Strategy funded this new acquisition using proceeds from its STRC and MSTR at-the-market (ATM) stock offerings. The purchase has now taken the firm’s total holdings to 761,068 BTC, equivalent to about 3.8% of the cryptocurrency’s supply in circulation.

Strategy spent a total of $57.61 billion on assembling this stack, but with its average cost basis at $75,696, the firm’s reserve is currently in the red, although the latest price recovery has reduced the degree of loss held by the company.

In related news, the largest Ethereum treasury company, Bitmine, has also announced a new purchase in a press release. Over the past week, the firm expanded its Ethereum reserves by 60,999 ETH, which is higher than the recent 45,000 to 50,000 tokens weekly average. “Bitmine has slightly increased the pace of ETH buys in each of the past two weeks, as our base case is ETH is in the final stages of the ‘mini-crypto winter,'” noted Thomas “Tom” Lee, Bitmine Chairman.

Bitmine now holds 4,595,562 ETH, representing a supply share of 3.81%. The company has set a target of 5% of the cryptocurrency’s total circulating supply, so it will still take some accumulation before it gets there.

BTC Price

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is floating around $73,400, up nearly 7% in the last seven days.

Автор книги о личных финансах Роберт Кийосаки (Robert Kiyosaki) сделал прогноз по ценам золота, серебра, биткоина и эфира в случае масштабного финансового кризиса.

Инвестиционный директор управляющей криптоактивами компании Bitwise Мэтт Хоуган (Matt Hougan) заявил, что крупные инвесторы оказались более устойчивыми держателями биткоина, чем ожидалось, несмотря на снижение рынка примерно на 50%.

As the Senate Banking Committee prepares for a new round of discussions this Tuesday, anticipation builds around the long-awaited crypto market structure bill, known as the CLARITY Act. Yet despite ongoing negotiations, there have been no major developments indicating imminent passage of the bill. 

With April fast approaching, the month is expected to be critical for the act’s prospects, as industry insiders warn that if it does not pass by the end of that month, the chances of it being approved this year will drop significantly.

Key Senators Work Towards Compromise

A Monday report from Crypto In America by journalist Eleanor Terret indicates that the committee chair, Senator Tim Scott, will kick off the event with a fireside chat. However, the schedule for this markup depends on finalizing the bill’s details, particularly around the contentious issue of stablecoin yield.

Negotiations have intensified around stablecoin rewards, a critical point in the ongoing discussions. Alex Thorn of Galaxy Digital’s Research team has emphasized that time is of the essence, suggesting that the odds of passing the bill this year will become “extremely low” if it fails to progress this month. 

However, Cody Carbone, CEO of the Digital Chamber, expressed optimism about the negotiations, saying the parties are moving closer to a resolution. 

The proposed settlement would ban yield on idle balances while allowing rewards for transactions. Carbone asserted, “They’re getting closer and closer to a deal, so I feel very confident we can reach a resolution in the next week.”

At the same time, Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks are emerging as influential figures. Both senators have shown sensitivity to concerns from the banking sector about the risk of deposit flight if crypto firms are permitted to offer high-yield options that could rival traditional savings accounts.

The report refers to Tillis and Alsobrooks as key gatekeepers. Once they are satisfied with the language of the legislation on both sides, the bill may proceed, clearing the way to address the remaining complexities around decentralized finance (DeFi) and token classifications. 

A spokesperson for Tillis recently said he continues to engage with stakeholders in pursuit of a compromise, even though the senator will not attend the summit this week. Alsobrooks, however, is slated to discuss efforts related to the yield debate during her speech on Wednesday.

Multiple Obstacles In Crypto Bill

While the focus is currently on solving the stablecoin rewards issue, Thorn cautioned that even if a compromise is reached, other hurdles may emerge. 

These could involve ongoing discussions about DeFi, investor protections, the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and even broader ethical considerations.

It’s worth noting that the Senate Banking Committee’s draft from January aimed at bipartisanship, yet ultimately received little direct input from Democratic members, reflecting existing partisan divides. 

As such, Thorn suggests that stablecoin rewards might not be the final obstacle, but rather a temporary flashpoint in what appears to be a more complex landscape of unresolved issues underlying the bill’s progression.

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Агентство финансовых услуг Японии (FSA) предложило ужесточить ответственность за нелицензированную торговлю криптовалютами и приравнять криптоактивы к традиционным финансовым инструментам — акциям, облигациям и деривативам.

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