In a recent interview, Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier shared his unwavering belief in the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has warned about the risks facing the crypto market due to exposure to the U.S. Dollar and the regulatory risk in the U.S. financial system.

Bitcoin and Ether fell during Asian trading hours on Friday, along with most of the top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, with Binance’s BNB sustaining the biggest loss in the top 10. Most Asian equities strengthened, despite Wall Street’s overnight performance. Investor concerns over a banking crisis returned, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the government is not considering a “blanket insurance” on bank deposits.

Bitcoin's (BTC) 60% year-to-date surge may be only the first milestone in its upward journey, as miner revenues from transaction fees are rising.

Binance’s Bitcoin (BTC)  liquidity for its TrueUSD (TUSD) rose more than 250% on March 22 after it phased out its zero-fee trading for other stablecoins.

Ethereum's native token, Ether (ETH), continues its multi-month downtrend against Bitcoin (BTC) in March, rising 5.5% versus the latter's 19.5% gains on a month-to-date (MTD) timeframe.

Given everything that happened with SVB and other banking organizations, numerous prominent individuals, such as Bill Ackman and Elon Musk, suggested that the Fed should revert from its interest rate-hiking strategy. However, the country’s central bank didn’t follow their advice and increased the key interest rates by another 25 basis points.

Crypto traders had a whirlwind day after nearly 68,000 positions got liquidated in the past 24 hours. Total crypto liquidations surpassed the $257 million mark.

Bitcoin gradually moved to just under $28,000 on Thursday as traders digested the quarter-point interest rate raise Wednesday by U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), in line with expectations.

The SEC’s action on Coinbase has put pressure on the roaring crypto market. The Bitcoin (BTC) price is down by more than 3% and is currently trading at $27,395 and a market cap of $529 billion.