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Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sparked backlash in the crypto community with a March 2026 Daily Mail opinion column calling Bitcoin a “giant Ponzi scheme.” Johnson recounted a friend’s alleged £20,000 loss over 3.5 years to a promoter promising Bitcoin gains but delivering only fees, arguing the asset relies on belief without intrinsic value—less practical than Pokémon cards, he …

XRP has reclaimed the No. 4 spot among cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, overtaking BNB with a valuation of approximately $93.4 billion as of March 17, 2026. The Ripple-linked token surged to $1.53 (up 11% weekly and ~3% daily), breaking through $1.50 resistance on a 125% spike in trading volume to $3.22 billion, per CoinDesk and FXStreet reports. Simultaneously, derivatives open …

Global markets are grappling with heightened uncertainty following President Donald Trump’s March 12, 2026, Truth Social post demanding the Federal Reserve slash interest rates “IMMEDIATELY.” Labeling Chair Jerome Powell “Too Late,” Trump argued lower rates would spur growth, aid businesses and consumers, and restore confidence amid economic headwinds. This echoes his ongoing pressure, including plans to replace Powell with a …

Global banking giant Citigroup has downgraded its 12-month Bitcoin price forecast to **$112,000** from **$143,000**, as reported on March 17, 2026. The bank also reduced its Ethereum target to **$3,175** from **$4,304**. Analysts, led by strategist Alex Saunders, attribute the revision primarily to stalled progress on U.S. crypto legislation. Delays in market structure reforms and Senate disputes over stablecoin rules …

Swiss crypto investment firm 21Shares has announced a key update to the reference pricing methodology for four of its major exchange-traded products (ETPs), effective March 26, 2026. The change appoints FTSE International Limited as an additional index administrator and transitions from CCIX Bitcoin/Ethereum USD references to FTSE’s regulated indices: the FTSE Bitcoin Index (1HR 1700 CET) for Bitcoin-linked products and …