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⚖️ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged 17 employees of the financial pyramid CryptoFX. The amount of damage totaled $300 million. CryptoFX deceived 40,000 investors in ten U.S. states and two other countries.

📊 Santiment Activity Indicator (top activity growth over the last 3 months): Active addresses: #CVC, #KNC, #LRC; network growth: #CVC, #KNC, #LRC; whale transactions: #CVC, #CVX, #KNC; accumulation in wallets (cohort: $100K - $1M): #CVC, #CVX, #USDT; social dominance: #LRC, #ZRX, #DOGE; withdrawals from exchanges: #BTC, #LRC, #DAI average age of investments in $: #ZRX, #CVC, #RPL; consumption age: #Z

📊 19% of American voters (one in five), who will be voting in the upcoming presidential elections, have already invested in cryptocurrency. The percentages are roughly the same across all political views.

The owner of the dog in a hat, which spawned the memecoin Dogwifhat, has put the original photo up for sale as an NFT. The auction will last three days, the NFT price is 6.9 ETH (~$25,000). Currently, WIF ranks 49th in market capitalization.

👀According to CEO JAN3, Samson Mow, Bitcoin will reach $1 million "if not this year, then the next." Key factors: high demand ahead of the halving and capital inflows into ETFs. On the night of March 17th, the first cryptocurrency dropped below $65,000. In the last 24 hours, the liquidation volume reached $620 million, of which $532 million were long positions.

📊Traders anticipate continuation of bullish trend despite BTC decline BTC dropped to $65,000, but traders anticipate the positive trend to continue. Bitcoin experienced a rise to $69,000 but failed to hold onto the new highs. Observers consider the correction normal and point to a healthy market.

⚖️ The prosecution has requested a sentence of 40 to 50 years in prison for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Sentencing is scheduled for March 28th. Damian Williams, the prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, noted SBF's refusal to admit guilt in what he called "likely the largest fraud of the last decade." He also compared the defendant to Bernie Madoff, who was sentenced to 150 years in prison in 2009 for a financial scheme.

⚡️Bitcoin fell below $66,000 In the last 24 hours, 247,335 traders were liquidated, with a total liquidation amount of $808.85 million (long - $667.48 million, short - $141.38 million). The largest single liquidation order occurred on OKX - BTC-USDT-SWAP for $13.30 million.

🐋Asset manager Cetera Financial Group, with $190 billion in capital, has approved the addition of spot Bitcoin ETFs from BlackRock, Fidelity, Invesco, and Franklin Templeton to client portfolios.

Analyst Rekt Capital has reported that in four days, Bitcoin potentially enters a historically "dangerous" zone ahead of the halving. In 2020, the correction was 20%, in 2016, it was 40%. Commenters noted improvements in market liquidity and strong demand, making a significant correction unlikely. If it does occur, it could present an excellent buying opportunity.

⚙️Decentralized exchange PancakeSwap has announced the launch of the fourth version of the platform in the third quarter of this year. As part of the DEX update, it will reduce gas consumption, optimize trading through liquidity pool customization, and introduce limit orders. Among other features is Singleton, which will allow pooling pools into one contract to reduce deployment costs by 99%, and Flash-accounting for collective transaction accounting.

🚀The Bloomberg Crypto 100 index increased by 70% in 2024. Bitcoin rose to $72,881, and its market capitalization increased by 2.9% to $1.42 trillion. Ethereum reached $4,031, while Binance Coin and Solana showed strong growth. The net capital inflow into crypto ETF funds is approaching $10 billion. Institutional interest in Bitcoin is strengthening, with 1,500 new whale wallets emerging.

📊Commission fees on the Ethereum network approached $200 million for the past week amid frenzy surrounding meme cryptocurrencies. Thanks to the fee-burning mechanism, the supply of ETH for this period decreased by 33,000 ETH (~$125 million). Trading volume on decentralized Ethereum exchanges surged by 40% to $20 billion.

🪙Since the last bull cycle, there has been asset diversification in the stablecoin segment. According to Kaiko, the share of USDT on centralized exchanges has decreased from over 95% at the end of 2020 to the current 71%. The main winner is Binance-backed FDUSD, whose share has grown to 21%.

🤯CryptoPunk sold for a record $16 million... CryptoPunk #3100, known as the "alien punk," was sold for 4500 ETH, which is approximately $16.03 million. This sale became the second most valuable in the history of the CryptoPunks NFT collection in both dollars and Ether. The previous transaction consisted of an offer of 4250 ETH, or approximately $14.56 million, which was placed on March 1st. However, the seller surpassed this offer and set a new record. Now CryptoPunk #3100 ranks second in value on the marketplace. According to The Block, sales of CryptoPunks totaled $8.25 million just last week.

📈CEO of CryptoQuant, Ki Young Ju, predicts a liquidity crisis on the Bitcoin sellers' side. According to him, bears have no chance of prevailing against active purchases by cryptocurrency ETF funds. Additionally, a significant portion of the supply is concentrated among other players - CEX and miners. #CryptoQuant

🐋On March 10, a group of 80 wallets, inactive for over eight years, transferred 2,352.62 BTC worth over $163 million. Most of the bitcoins came from wallets created between August and December 2015. During this period, the first cryptocurrency experienced a prolonged decline after the peak prices of 2013 (when 1 BTC was ~$238, the balance was valued at $560,000). Since then, investments have grown by over 29,000%. Today, 150,000 ETH worth $600 million, purchased over 5 years ago, were also deposited on Coinbase.

📊Financial Times: Telegram valued at $30 billion ahead of potential IPO. TON reacts with a growth of over 10%.

⛏ In February, Bitcoin miners consumed a record-breaking 19.6 GW of electricity compared to 12.1 GW for the same period the year before. According to Bloomberg, the recovery in the price of the primary cryptocurrency prompted digital asset mining companies to spend over $1 billion on new equipment since February 2023.

📈BNB surpassed the $500 level for the first time since January 2022. The project's market capitalization is $77 billion.