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Digital gold quickly reversed the drop<\/a>, rebounding above $70,000. The move came amid falling oil quotes and rising equity indices.<\/p>\n Analysts noted that in a period of instability bitcoin held up markedly better than traditional assets.<\/p>\n An attempt to extend the uptrend with a test of $74,000 ended with a pullback to around $71,500.<\/p>\n Over the week the coin gained almost 6.5%.<\/p>\n Amid the sideways price action, spot BTC-ETF<\/a>s posted net inflows for five straight trading days for the first time this year. Cumulative inflows reached $767.3 million.<\/p>\n Some large altcoins outpaced the flagship by performance. Ethereum, up 7.6%, held above $2000. Solana rose 7.1%, Dogecoin 7.7%.<\/p>\n As of March 15 the total market capitalisation of digital assets is $2.5 trillion. Bitcoin dominance stands at 57%, Ethereum at 10%.<\/p>\n The crypto fear and greed index<\/a> remains at an extreme low of 15 points.<\/p>\n On March 9 the amount of unminted coins in the first cryptocurrency hit<\/a> 1 million.<\/p>\n Today more than 95% of the maximum 21 million BTC supply is available. The blockchain continues to run on a fixed issuance schedule:<\/p>\n The reward for a mined block halves every 210,000 blocks. Halving<\/a> occurs about once every four years. After such an event in 2024<\/a> the reward is 3.125 BTC per block.<\/p>\n The network crossed the 20 million mark in just over 17 years; producing the final million coins will take nearly 114 years.<\/p>\n Meanwhile miners continue to diversify into serving the AI market, VanEck noted<\/a>. Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets, believes miners\u2019 access to increasingly scarce electricity makes their shares among the most attractive assets.<\/p>\n Analysts at Hashrate Index warned<\/a> of the negative impact of the war in Iran on bitcoin miners\u2019 businesses. In their view, the consequences of the international conflict will hit less through higher electricity prices from a spike in oil prices than through the cryptocurrency\u2019s own volatility.<\/p>\n Wintermute said<\/a> the traditional business model of miners is no longer relevant. To survive, firms will either have to pivot to AI hosting or learn to manage BTC reserves as working capital, the company argued.<\/p>\n The US Treasury sent<\/a> a report to Congress recognising the legality of using crypto mixers to protect financial privacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n In 2022 and 2023 the department labelled mixers money-laundering hubs and imposed sanctions on Tornado Cash<\/a>. It now notes that law-abiding users need these platforms to hide data on personal savings, business payments or donations.<\/p>\n Criminal use of such services remains a problem. According to the Treasury, from January 2024 to September 2025 hackers linked to North Korea stole $2.8 billion in cryptocurrency. Of that, $1.5 billion came from the hack of the Bybit exchange<\/a>. Criminals regularly use mixers to obfuscate trails.<\/p>\n The Treasury divided such platforms into custodial and non-custodial. The former must register with FinCEN<\/span>. They can provide authorities with data on clients and their transactions.<\/p>\n For the second category the department did not recommend new restrictions. The regulator continues to seek a balance between illicit-finance risks and citizens\u2019 right to privacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Treasury asked Congress to pass several new laws to ensure:<\/p>\n On March 12 trading began<\/a> on Nasdaq in a yield-bearing Ethereum-ETF<\/a> from BlackRock.\u00a0<\/p>\n Turnover during the debut session reached $15.5 million. Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart called the result \u201cquite respectable for the first day\u201d.<\/p>\n The new instrument differs from other BlackRock exchange-traded funds that simply track the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency. ETHB generates yield via staking<\/a>, locking 70% to 95% of holdings depending on market conditions.<\/p>\n By the end of the first week, assets in the product totalled $154.7 million. The corresponding figure for BlackRock\u2019s flagship ETHA exceeds $6.7 billion. The fund dominates the spot Ethereum-ETF segment, whose combined capitalisation is $12.3 billion.<\/p>\n Also on ForkLog:<\/strong><\/p>\n Cumulative perpetuals trading volume on Hyperliquid<\/a> has surpassed $4 trillion. It took<\/a> the project three years to reach this milestone.<\/p>\n Growth has accelerated. The first trillion dollars took 733 days, the second 141 days, the third just 88 days, and the fourth 141 days.<\/p>\n Reflexivity Research analysts note the effectiveness of the platform\u2019s cyclical tokenomics: rising trading activity generates more fees, which are used for buybacks and burns. That steadily reduces the market supply of HYPE.<\/p>\n At the start of the week, daily volume in oil perpetuals (CL-USDC) on the exchange jumped<\/a> from $21 million to $1.2 billion. The instrument displaced Ethereum from second place by popularity on Hyperliquid.<\/p>\n Open interest in the asset reached $183 million. The trading surge came amid sharp price moves and high volatility in commodity markets. As a result, the platform forcibly closed traders\u2019 short positions worth about $75 million in a day.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hyperliquid developers launched the HIP-4 protocol on testnet, whose main innovation is prediction markets. In the first stage, users have access to binary options on HyperCore base prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n We explored why educational institutions are a \u201cfiat\u201d system of knowledge\u2014and how to regain sovereignty over your own mind.<\/p>\n Examined<\/a> the state of the latest round of the AI-technology race in graphics processors.<\/p>\n![\"image\"](\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c1566bdb278339c0-8805114080867263-1024x311.jpeg\")
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Fewer than 1 million bitcoins remain to be mined<\/h2>\n
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US authorities recognise mixer users\u2019 right to privacy<\/h2>\n
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BlackRock launches an Ethereum ETF with staking<\/h2>\n
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Hyperliquid passes $4 trillion and opens prediction-market testing<\/h2>\n
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