Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP gain slightly on Wednesday as traders gear for the U.S. FOMC rate decision at 2 PM ET. Unlike previous bear markets, traders are seeing shorter bear cycles followed by sharp price rallies.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse responded to a claim from Fox Business panelist and journalist Charles Gasparino that the US Securities and Exchange Commission believes XRP passes the “Ethereum decentralized test.” Garlinghouse said: “There is no Ethereum decentralization test at the SEC.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other top coins shot up alongside stocks after Fed Chair Jerome Powell gave a calming outlook on the U.S. economy.

Cryptocurrency markets are rallying as the Fed holds rates, but growth forecasts dip and inflation expectations rise. Cryptocurrency Price Gains +/- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $85,363.30 +4% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,032.89 +7.2% Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $132.66 +7% XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.48 +10.4% Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1740 +5.1% Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.00001281 +3.3% Notable Statistics: IntoTheBlock data shows large transaction volume decreasing by 0.01% and daily active addresses falling by 5.8%.

Volatility Shares is launching two Solana (SOL) futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the Volatility Shares Solana ETF (SOLZ) and the Volatility Shares 2X Solana ETF (SOLT), on March 20.According to the Securities and Exchange Commission filing, SOLZ will feature a management fee of 0.95% until June 30, 2026, when the management fee will increase to 1.15%. Volatility Shares' 2X Solana ETF gives investors twice the leverage and will feature a 1.85% management fee.

Solana has been struggling since late January, experiencing a sharp decline alongside the broader crypto market. SOL has lost over 60% of its value, with bulls now fighting to hold onto current price levels.

Ethereum (ETH) has plunged to roughly $2,100, a 2023 nadir among other variables like geopolitical risk, pessimistic sentiment, and diminishing institutional demand during the more general breakdown in the crypto market.

The products are a significant step forward for the approval of a spot Solana ETF.

Volatility Shares is set to launch the first-ever Solana (SOL) futures exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States. The Volatility Shares Solana ETF and Volatility Shares Solana 2x ETF will debut tomorrow, March 20, 2025, with ticker symbols SOLZ and SOLT.

Volatility Shares' ETFs tracking Solana futures are set to debut in the U.S. on the Nasdaq on Thursday, the company confirmed to Decrypt.

Volatility Shares is set to launch the first-ever Solana ETFs in the US, offering futures-based access to Solana through SOLZ and SOLT. The ETFs are expected to broaden crypto investment beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum. The post Volatility Shares to Launch First Solana ETFs in the US appeared first on Cryptonews.

Solana futures ETFs debut tomorrow, anticipating future spot ETF approval, reflecting anticipation for crypto innovation in the US. The post Solana futures ETFs go live tomorrow, bringing spot ETF one step closer appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Solana exchange-traded funds tracking futures will officially launch in the United States for the first time on Thursday, March 20, 2025, Bloomberg has reported.

Small asset manager Volatility Shares launching the first-ever Solana ETFs as of tomorrow as spot products await approvals.

Ethereum (ETH) has faced sustained bearish pressure in recent weeks, with its price struggling to gain upward momentum. Weak on-chain data and a lack of bullish sentiment have raised concerns among investors and analysts about the cryptocurrency's long-term trajectory.

Ethereum was deflationary not long ago, just last year. Now, its supply is increasing at almost the same levels as bitcoin.

With the SEC dropping its four-year lawsuit against Ripple, industry experts are examining whether Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP) could overtake Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) in market capitalization, a feat that would require overcoming significant market and structural challenges. What Happened: The legal resolution, confirmed by Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, has already driven XRP's price to $2.53, a 13% increase, according to data from CoinMarketCap, reflecting renewed investor confidence.

Volatility Shares will launch the first-ever Solana (SOL) futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the US on March 20, Bloomberg News reported on March 19. The issuer will introduce two products: the Volatility Shares Solana ETF (SOLZ) and the Volatility Shares 2X Solana ETF (SOLT).

Bitcoin (BTC) has been clinging to the 200-day simple moving average ($84,359), which suggests that the bulls have kept up the pressure. That improves the prospects of an upside breakout, signaling the corrective phase may be ending.

Volatility Shares LLC, a Florida-based investment firm, is set to introduce the first-ever Solana futures ETFs in the United States. These new financial products will provide investors with exposure to Solana, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, which is valued at approximately $67 billion.

Ethereum developers plan to sunset the network's largest testnet, Holesky, which will be replaced by a new trial environment called Hoodie.

Ethereum (ETH) rose 9% to reclaim $2,000, hitting an intraday high of $2,032.01. Ethereum spot ETFs saw $52.81 million in net withdrawals, marking a ten-day streak.

Bitcoin ETFs continued their positive momentum on March 18, with a $209  million inflow, primarily driven by Blackrock's IBIT. In contrast, Ether ETFs faced a $53  million outflow, marking the tenth consecutive day of withdrawals.

Ethereum's price has now found itself stuck below $2,000 in the past seven days, and it looks like it will continue here into the next few days with little sign of a significant recovery. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has struggled under downward pressure since early March, with sellers dominating the wider crypto market.

ETH has outperformed BTC and many other leading cryptocurrencies in terms of a daily gain.

Ethereum price has returned to a critical psychological support. We discuss its probability of staying on the upside.

The price of Tron has risen by 2.5% in the past 24 hours, with the altcoin's move to $0.2301 coming after founder Justin Sun announced that the token will soon be available on Solana. The post Is Tron About to Become the Next Big Token? Billionaire Justin Sun Teases Solana Integration appeared first on Cryptonews.

A hacker exploited AI crypto bot AIXBT's dashboard to steal 55.5 ETH ($106,200), prompting server migrations and security upgrades. Core systems remained unaffected, but the breach highlights risks in AI-integrated crypto tools. The post Hacker Exploits AI Crypto Bot AIXBT, Steals 55 ETH appeared first on Cryptonews.

As Ethereum hangs in the balance, its biggest concern may not be the bearish market backdrop, but growing doubts about its dominance. The post Could Ethereum Be Entering a Death Spiral? ETH Risks Critical 5-year Support appeared first on Cryptonews.

A week ago, a death cross appeared on Solana's (SOL) one-day chart, signaling a growing bearish momentum.

TL;DR “Address Poisoning” attacks have led to losses of $1.2 million in March, highlighting the growing problem of phishing scams in cryptocurrencies. This type of fraud involves sending small transactions to victims with addresses similar to those they frequently use, tricking them into transferring funds to scammers.

The deprecation plan comes after Holesky fell offline due to a faulty test of Ethereum's upcoming Pectra update.

Most of the coins are bouncing off today, according to CoinStats.

Curetopia has secured $1.77 million in funding to expedite treatments for rare diseases through a decentralized biotech model leveraging Solana.

TL;DR Ethereum will end support for the Holesky testnet in September 2025 due to its limitations for future testing. The Hoodi testnet will be activated on March 26, 2025, and will be used to validate the Pectra upgrade. Holesky will remain temporarily operational for internal testing, but node validation must be conducted on Hoodi.

A third and hopefully final Ethereum testnet has gone live to test out Pectra, Ethereum's long-awaited hard fork that's been beset by delays. Deployed on March 17, Hoodi is intended to emulate the Ethereum mainnet as closely as possible, particularly in terms of its validator set.

The Holesky testnet will no longer be supported by Ethereum developers after September 2025. Along with Sepolia, Holesky, which came out in September 2023, is one of Ethereum's two main testnets.

The Interchain Foundation has funded the open-sourcing of evmOS—now branded Cosmos EVM—as the standard Ethereum Virtual Machine framework for the Cosmos ecosystem.

Assessing why Cardano could outperform Solana and Ethereum in a market-wide recovery.

Xandeum has launched pNodes, or Provider Nodes, in its devnet to address Solana's storage limitations. These nodes will provide a scalable, decentralized file system designed to support data-heavy Web3 applications, according to a note shared with crypto.news.

The crypto markets remained flat on Tuesday, with the market cap registering a marginal increase and moving to $2.72 trillion. Prices have remained relatively muted as markets wait for the FOMC meeting and clarity on interest rate cuts.

Taiko, the first based rollup scaling Ethereum, hosted the inaugural Based Rollup Summit, bringing together leaders, developers, and enthusiasts from the Ethereum community to discuss and debate the role of based rollup development in allowing the next generation of Ethereum growth.

Raydium fights back against Pump.fun with LaunchLab, boosting its token and reshaping Solana's DeFi landscape

ETH Bucharest , the largest event dedicated to the Ethereum ecosystem in Eastern Europe, returns from April 2-5, 2025, with two components: a competitive hackathon and a large-scale Web3 conference. The event will take place at the National Library of Romania (the 2nd largest building in the country) and aims to bring together developers, entrepreneurs, and blockchain technology enthusiasts from around the world.

Ethereum Foundation has announced plans to phase out the Holesky testnet by September 2025 due to recurring issues that have hindered testing for the upcoming Pectra upgrade. In a statement released on March 19, the network confirmed that a new testnet, Hoodi, would take over Pectra-related testing.

These figures might be scary for equity or currency traders but do not represent a major deviation from the normal in the crypto market.

The multinational bank has slashed its 2025 price target for ETH, citing profit taking on the part of the crypto exchange.