Author: 行政
When Vanity Fair published “Crypto’s True Believers Demand to Be Taken Seriously” on Mar. 17, the backlash arrived within hours.Hayden Adams said he had passed on the shoot after being asked to pose in a bathrobe in a sauna. Camila Russo called the framing “so off.” Nic Carter compared the group photograph to the Alliance of Magicians from Arrested Development.Dennison Bertram, a former fashion photographer and Tally co-founder, went further. He dissected the lighting and angles as a deliberate composition designed to diminish rather than document.The industry’s first instinct was to call it a hit job, while the reactions on…
Forward Industries is repurchasing ~6.16M shares using a US$40M (AU$56.40M) loan backed by its Solana holdings. The structure lets the company raise liquidity without selling crypto, while continuing to earn staking yield. The move is aimed at improving per-share exposure to SOL and tightening costs during a weaker market. Forward Industries has moved to buy back approximately 6.16 million shares for US$27.4 million (AU$38.63 million), as it restructures its balance sheet around a Solana-focused treasury model. The deal, conducted with an institutional investor, is expected to reduce total shares outstanding by about 7%. This forms part of an ongoing buyback…
The Fed kept rates unchanged at 3.50%-3.75% on Mar. 18, lifted its 2026 inflation projections to 2.7% for both headline and core PCE, and held to a median year-end fed-funds path of 3.4%.Chair Jerome Powell said higher energy prices will push up overall inflation in the near term and that the implications of events in the Middle East are uncertain.One day later, the ECB held its deposit rate at 2.00% but revised its 2026 inflation forecast to 2.6% from 1.9%, with officials believing that the baseline is already outdated by the energy shock, with rate-hike discussions potentially starting at the…
Major League Baseball has struck a deal with Polymarket that will boost the prediction market’s marketing efforts and grant it official data access, alongside an agreement to coordinate with the competition and federal regulators to safeguard the sport’s integrity. The partnership aims to limit high-risk betting markets and prevent manipulation as concerns grow around prop betting and player influence. Polygon-based platform Polymarket has become the official ‘prediction market exchange’ of the North American Major League Baseball (MLB) competition alongside a new MLB agreement with the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) to maintain the game’s integrity. One US outlet cited sources…
A last-minute floor amendment to Kentucky’s HB380 requires hardware wallet providers to assist users in resetting passwords, PINs, and seed phrases. The provision contradicts Kentucky’s own HB701, enacted unanimously in 2025, which explicitly protects self-custody rights and independent control of private keys. HB380 passed the Kentucky House 85-0 on March 13 and now sits in the Senate, where lawmakers can still revise or remove the controversial amendment before a final vote. A provision added to Kentucky’s crypto ATM bill has triggered massive criticism from digital rights advocates, who say it could make self-custody hardware wallets unworkable by requiring manufacturers to…
The FBI’s New York Field Office warned that fraudulent tokens bearing the agency’s name are being airdropped to Tron wallets, threatening recipients with “a total block” on assets, unless they submit personal data through phishing sites. At least 728 wallets hold the fake token, created approximately eight days before the FBI’s March 19 warning, with several targeted wallets containing over US$1 million in USDT. Impersonation scams surged 1,400% year-over-year in 2025 according to Chainalysis, contributing to an estimated US$17 billion in total crypto fraud losses. On March 19, the FBI’s New York Field Office warned crypto users about fake FBI-themed…
Glassnode data shows Bitcoin has entered a thinly accumulated range between US$72K and US$82K where on-chain resistance is minimal. Only about 60% of Bitcoin’s supply is in profit, a level historically linked to first-bounce exhaustion at cycle bottoms rather than confirmed bull market transitions. Institutional ETF holders maintained positions through a 50% drawdown, but short-term holders are taking profits at US$18.4 million per hour, and March ETF inflows have dropped 73% from February’s peak. Bitcoin (BTC) rose back above US$74K (AU$104K), moving into a price range with relatively little on-chain supply, according to Glassnode. The on-chain platform said the US$72K…
XRP dropped 10.5% over three days to US$1.44 but is retesting its bull flag breakout support at the 20-day EMA, with analysts targeting US$1.70–US$1.72 if support holds. Upbit processed over 30 million XRP withdrawals in one week while Coinone reserves fell 15% in 24 hours, matching patterns that preceded a 500% rally in 2021–2023. Whale flow averages turned positive for the first time since November 2025, though 60% of circulating supply remains at a loss, creating potential sell pressure if the US$1.50 resistance fails. Heavy withdrawals from South Korea’s biggest crypto exchanges have shifted the view of XRP’s recent selloff,…
Long-term Bitcoin holders transferred over US$117.87 million (AU$166.20 million) to exchanges, indicating renewed selling pressure. The moves coincide with Middle East conflict driving energy prices higher and worsening inflation concerns. A hawkish Federal Reserve outlook has reduced appetite for risk assets, contributing to Bitcoin’s decline. Bitcoin markets have come under pressure as long-term holders moved over US$117.87 million (AU$166.20 million) in BTC to exchanges, signalling renewed selling activity during a period of heightened global uncertainty. The transactions reflect a shift among early adopters towards profit-taking as macroeconomic and geopolitical risks build. Among the largest transfers, a wallet holding Bitcoin for…
Retail investors became the main force behind gold-fund buying over the past six months, helping extend bullion’s rise even as some institutional money started to step back.At the same time, fresh inflows into US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) show part of Wall Street rebuilding crypto exposure through the regulated ETF channel, setting up a split in how investors are responding to the same backdrop of war, inflation pressure, and shifting rate expectations.The divergence offers a clearer view of investor behavior than either market does alone. Essentially, households have leaned on gold as the traditional store of value, while professional…