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View More NewsBitcoin (BTC) price support could “fail” by the weekly close in a major blow to Bitcoin bulls, analysis warns.Key points:BTC price downside versus local highs at $76,000 nears 10%.Bitcoin brings its 200-week trend line back into focus, but little hope remains that it will rescue price.A trader warns of “months” of ranging at current levels.200-week BTC price trend line “unreliable”In his latest X update on Thursday, crypto trader and analyst Rekt Capital brought a long-term BTC price trend line back into focus.The 200-week exponential moving average (EMA) for BTC/USD, currently at around $68,300, is coming in for its first retest…
Amman, March 19, 2026 –– The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that at least three journalists were assaulted, and two of them detained, by Israeli security forces outside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque on March 17 while covering worshippers attempting to pray at the holy site that authorities have closed under emergency measures during the Iran war. “This attack is the latest in a pattern of restrictions on journalists in Jerusalem, where many reporters have been prevented from documenting events in and around Al-Aqsa Mosque”, said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah. “Israeli authorities must end the use of violence…
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In 2022, James Cameron brought audiences the sequel to his 2009 sci-fi epic Avatar. In Avatar: The Way of Water, Cameron continues the story of protagonist Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). In the first film, Sully is a crippled marine living on a dying future Earth. He travels to the alien world of Pandora to help the militaristic Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) and corporate overseer Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi) move the natives, the Na’vi, off their land so the humans can mine it. But then he falls in love with a native woman, her people, and their world, helps them…
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Canada’s financial intelligence unit has revoked the registrations of 50 money services businesses (MSBs) so far this year, with 47 related to crypto, and…
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Update (March 18 at 6:52 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a response from Cynthia Lummis beginning in the eighth paragraph.Wyoming…
In brief Tempo, incubated by crypto VC Paradigm and private payments firm Stripe, launched its mainnet on Wednesday. The network is purpose-built for payments,…
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark fed funds rate range steady at 3.50%-3.75% on Wednesday, as expected.Down nearly 4% ahead of the anticipated decision…
Additional reporting by Turner Wright.The FTX Recovery Trust, which oversees the distribution of funds to creditors and former customers of the failed crypto exchange,…
In brief A fake site is impersonating the newly launched Pudgy World game. The attack mimics real crypto wallet interfaces to steal passwords. Phishing…
After officers of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shot and killed two American citizens in January, Democratic lawmakers threatened to let the department’s…
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Key takeaways:Spot market demand through US-listed ETFs and Strategy buying BTC supports Bitcoin’s bullish momentum.Low leverage among Bitcoin bulls reduces the risk of cascading…