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Bitcoin’s five-year compound annual growth rate has slipped below gold’s for the second time in its history, according to Fidelity Digital Assets, marking an unusual moment for an asset long defined by its outsized long-term returns. For markets, the signal is not just about relative performance against gold, but about what a slower growth profile may say about Bitcoin’s current market cycle. In a new Chart Chatter segment posted on X, Fidelity Digital Assets research analyst Zack Wainwright said Bitcoin’s five-year CAGR has been trending lower over time as the asset’s price has risen. That dynamic, he argued, has now produced a rare crossover. “What we are seeing now in early 2026 is Bitcoin’s CAGR falling below Gold’s 5-year CAGR for just the second time in Bitcoin...

Centralized exchange Crypto.com has partnered with KG Inicis, South Korea’s largest payment gateway and value added network (VAN) provider, to offer crypto payment options to foreign visitors in Korea. Related Reading: Crypto-Linked Crime Jumps In Basque Country — But What Does It Mean For Traders? A New Korean Alliance Crypto.com announced today that this partnership with KG Inicis aims to “scale the digital asset payments ecosystem by enabling digital asset payments for foreign travelers”. This will be achieved by the creation of Crypto.com Pay, an app that will allow said travelers to spend digital assets on everyday goods and services at Korean merchants and K‑commerce platforms plugged into KG Inicis. https://t.co/vCNztATkNg is partnering with KG Inicis, the lar...

With the prices of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu crashing down, the rest of the meme coin market has followed, and coins in this category have suffered greatly for it. However, there continues to be hope of a renewed meme coin season where these cryptocurrencies will surge again. A number of meme coins continue to show promise, but three coins are looking prepped for when the bulls reclaim control. USELESS Coin Still A Good Meme Coin Buy? USELESS is one of the coins that dominated 2025, with an impressive rally that saw it reach over $400 million market cap at its peak. Since then, though, the meme coin has retraced, falling by more than 90% from its all-time high. While this crash has created dissent among its investors, crypto analyst Altcoin Sherpa has suggested that thi...

On-chain data shows the Bitcoin short-term holders have responded to the latest price rally by participating in profit realization. Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Have Shown A Realized Profit Spike In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has talked about the latest trend in the Realized Profit for the Bitcoin short-term holders. The Realized Profit here refers to an indicator that measures, as its name suggests, the total amount of profit being harvested by BTC investors through their transactions. The metric works by going through the transfer history of each coin being moved on the network to see what price it was transacted at prior to this. If the previous selling price was less than the latest spot price for any token, then that particular coin’s curre...

Bitcoin (BTC) is currently hovering above the recently breached $74,000 resistance, positioning to reclaim price levels not seen since the fourth quarter of last year. However, this week’s activity is set to be turbulent, with market expert Virtual Bacon predicting it could be the “most volatile week in Bitcoin all year.” Bear Market Prevails In a report shared on social media platform X, Virtual Bacon noted that, although the current Bitcoin price uptrend is optimistic, significant challenges remain.  The critical 200-day simple moving average (SMA) sits at $93,000, while the 50-week SMA is around $98,000. The last lower high resistance is pegged at $94,000, creating a confluence of resistance in the $93,000 to $98,000 range. Related Reading: Bitcoin Returns To Full...

Dogecoin corrected some gains and traded below $0.1010 against the US Dollar. DOGE is now holding the $0.0980 support and might aim for a fresh increase. DOGE price started a fresh downside correction below $0.1020. The price is trading above the $0.0980 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $0.0968 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could aim for a fresh increase if it remains stable above $0.0950. Dogecoin Price Trims Gains Dogecoin price started a downside correction after it failed to stay above $0.1025, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. DOGE declined below the $0.1020 and $0.1010 levels. There was a move below the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from ...

Mastercard is set to acquire stablecoin infrastructure firm BVNK in a deal worth up to around $1.8 billion, pushing deeper into crypto rails and 24/7 payments. Related Reading: Crypto-Linked Crime Jumps In Basque Country — But What Does It Mean For Traders? A Multi-Billion Crypto Purchase TradFi continues to demonstrate that they don’t want out of the crypto rails, and stablecoins appear to be the safest pathway they have found to adapt to the times. Bloomberg reported this Tuesday afternoon that the purchase of the London‑based fintech startup also includes $300 million in contingent payments. This deal follows four months of a failed $2 billion between BVNK and Coinbase Global Inc. This acquisition is Mastercard’s most recent push into tokenized bank deposits and s...

XRP price started a strong increase above $1.520. The price is now consolidating gains and might aim for more gains if it stays above the $1.50 zone. XRP price started a fresh increase above the $1.50 zone. The price is now trading above $1.50 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break above a declining channel with resistance at $1.5250 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could continue to move up if it settles above $1.5550. XRP Price Corrects Gains XRP price started a major upward move above $1.40 and $1.50, beating Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price gained pace for a clear move above the $1.5250 resistance. The bulls even pumped the price above the $1.550 zone. A high was formed at $1.6068 and the price starte...

Despite a recent resurgence in prices, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), the two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, are not expected to achieve new all-time highs this year, according to analysts at Citigroup.  The company significantly revised its forecasts for both cryptocurrencies on Tuesday, reflecting concerns about the slow pace of legislative progress in the United States, which limits the potential for regulatory catalysts that could drive increased demand from institutional investors and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Bitcoin And Ethereum Price Targets Revised Downward In their latest update, Citigroup lowered its 12-month price target for Bitcoin from $143,000 to $112,000, while Ethereum’s forecast was reduced from $4,304 to $3,175.  This sug...

XRP may be flashing the kind of multi-factor bottom setup that has only appeared a handful of times before, according to analyst Will Taylor (@CryptoinsightUK), who argued in a video published Tuesday that the token is showing rare high-timeframe signals associated with prior cycle lows. Taylor’s thesis is not built on a single chart. Instead, he pointed to a cluster of technical and positioning indicators across XRP/USD, XRP/BTC, XRP dominance, XRP versus gold, and broader altcoin market structure, arguing that “there’s going to be a move in altcoins” and that XRP could be among the main beneficiaries if crypto volatility resolves to the upside. Why The XRP Bottom Could Be In On the weekly XRP chart, Taylor said his broader view has not changed. In his reading, XRP ...