Syscoin to Undergo Hard Fork on April 8th

GMX will host a community call on March 31st from 13:30 to 15:00 UTC. The session will feature the presentations of proposals by potential bridging and messaging partners for GMX Multichain.

GMX Info

GMX is a decentralized spot and perpetual exchange that supports low swap fees and zero price impact trades.

Trading is supported by a unique multi-asset pool that earns liquidity providers fees from market making, swap fees, leverage trading (spreads, funding fees & liquidations) and asset rebalancing.

Dynamic pricing is supported by Chainlink Oracles along with TWAP pricing from leading volume DEXs.

Arbitrum will host a panel discussion on the intersection of AI and Blockchain on April 10th in Tokyo. The event aims to connect with the local community of developers and discuss advancements in technology.

ARB Info

Arbitrum is a layer 2 scaling solution designed for the Ethereum network. Its goal is to increase the scalability of Ethereum while preserving its decentralization and security.

Arbitrum operates by batching many transactions together off-chain and then submitting a single, combined proof of all these transactions to the Ethereum base layer. This greatly reduces the amount of computation and storage that the Ethereum network has to handle, allowing it to support a much higher throughput of transactions.

Top Stories of The Week

Market is underestimating how quickly Bitcoin will hit new ATH: Analyst

Bitcoin will break past its $109,000 all-time high sooner than expected despite recent volatile US macroeconomic conditions, according to a crypto analyst.

The market may be underestimating how quickly Bitcoin could surge potentially hitting new all-time highs before Q2 is out, Real Vision chief crypto analyst Jamie Coutts told Cointelegraph.

He said this forecast stands regardless of whether or not there is more clarity on US President Donald Trumps tariffs and potential recession concerns.

Trump pardons 3 BitMEX co-founders Report

US President Donald Trump reportedly issued pardons to three co-founders of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, who had pleaded guilty to felony charges.

According to a March 28 CNBC report, Trump granted pardons to Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed, who were facing a range of criminal charges related to money laundering or violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.

Hayes and Delo pleaded guilty in February 2022, admitting they willfully fail[ed] to establish, implement and maintain an Anti-Money Laundering program at BitMEX, while Reed entered a plea a few weeks later.

Ex-FTX CEO moved to transit facility after interview

Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons have moved former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to a transit facility days after political commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed him.

As of March 27, the bureaus website showed Bankman-Fried was being housed at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City, suggesting he may be moved from the facility where he was incarcerated while awaiting trial and then moving forward with an appeal of his conviction.

Carlson remotely interviewed Bankman-Fried, commonly known as SBF, from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, on March 5 a reportedly unsanctioned event that resulted in the former FTX CEO being sent to solitary confinement.

UAE expects digital dirham rollout in Q4 2025

The United Arab Emirates expects its digital dirham central bank digital currency to roll out in the fourth quarter of 2025.

According to a report in the Khaleej Times, Central Bank of the UAE Governor Khaled Mohamed Balama said that the blockchain-based currency could improve financial stability and help combat financial crime. According to the report, the retail sector could expect the issuance of a digital dirham in the last quarter of 2025.

It [digital dirham] will further enable the development of innovative digital products, services, and new business models while reducing cost and increasing access to international markets, Balama said.

Onchain sleuth ZachXBT accuses Crypto.com of CRO supply manipulation

Crypto.com is facing criticism from the crypto community after reissuing 70 billion Cronos tokens burned in 2021. Critics said the move undermines the principles of decentralization and transparency in the cryptocurrency space.

The controversy erupted on March 25 after pseudonymous onchain investigator ZachXBT posted on X, accusing Crypto.com of reissuing Cronos tokens that had been declared permanently removed from circulation. CRO is no different from a scam, ZachXBT said, claiming the reissued amount represented 70% of the total supply and contradicted the communitys expectations.

Your team just reissued 70B CRO a week ago that was previously burned forever in 2021 (70% total supply) and went against the community wishes as you control majority of the supply, he added.

Winners and Losers

At the end of the week, Bitcoin (BTC) is at $84,437, Ether (ETH) at $1,907 and XRP at $2.21. The total market cap is at $2.74 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap.

Among the biggest 100 cryptocurrencies, the top three altcoin gainers of the week are Berachain (BERA) at 32.97%, Cronos (CRO) at 30.01% and ZCash (ZEC) at 20.12%.

The top three altcoin losers of the week are PancakeSwap (CAKE) at 22.63%, Pi (PI) at 19.15% and Hyperliquid (HYPE) at 14.59%. For more info on crypto prices, make sure to read Cointelegraphs market analysis.

Most Memorable Quotations

They used every tool available to attempt to stifle us, restricting access to banking, auditors, investors, and beyond. It was a calculated attempt to put an end to the industry.

Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto.com

Hyperliquid may be on track to become FTX 2.0.

Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget

After a year of fighting, this threat to digital ownership rights has finally been put to rest.

Robbie Ferguson, co-founder of Immutable

I bet $BTC hits $110k before it retests $76.5k. Y? The Fed is going from QT to QE for treasuries. And tariffs dont matter cause of transitory inflation.

Arthur Hayes, co-founder and former CEO of BitMEX

Ethereum’s holders have now brought the available supply on exchanges down to 8.97M, the lowest amount in nearly 10 years (November, 2015).

Santiment

Its super fun seeing people love images in ChatGPT but our GPUs are melting. We are going to temporarily introduce some rate limits while we work on making it more efficient.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI

Prediction of The Week

XRP price may drop another 40% as Trump tariffs spook risk traders

The XRP market is flashing warning signs as a bearish technical pattern emerges on its weekly chart, coinciding with macroeconomic pressures from anticipated US tariffs in April.

Since its late 2024 rally, the XRP price chart has been forming a potential triangle pattern on its weekly chart, characterized by a flat support level mixed with a downward-sloping resistance line.

A descending triangle pattern forming after a strong uptrend is seen as a bearish reversal indicator. As a rule, the setup resolves when the price breaks below the flat support level and falls by as much as the triangles maximum height.

As of March 28, XRP was testing the triangles support for a potential breakdown move. In this case, the price may fall toward the downside target at around $1.32 by April, down 40% from current price levels.

FUD of The Week

Lazarus Groups 2024 pause was repositioning for $1.4B Bybit hack

North Korea-affiliated hackers may have scaled back their operations in the second half of 2024 while preparing for what became the largest crypto hack in history.

The crypto industry was rocked by the enormous hack on Feb. 21 when Bybit lost over $1.4 billion to the infamous North Korean Lazarus Group, which seems to have prepared the attack months in advance.

According to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, illicit activity tied to North Korean cyber actors sharply declined after July 1, 2024, despite a surge in attacks earlier that year.

The slowdown in crypto hacks by North Korean agents had raised significant red flags, according to Eric Jardine, Chainalysis cybercrimes research lead.

Coffeezilla shouldnt duck Logan Paul suit over CryptoZoo claims: Judge

Influencer Logan Paul should be allowed to continue a lawsuit accusing YouTuber Stephen Findeisen, also known as Coffeezilla, of making defamatory remarks about Pauls failed CryptoZoo project, a Texas magistrate judge said.

In a March 26 report filed in a San Antonio federal court, Magistrate Judge Henry Bemporad recommended that Federal Judge Orlando Garcia, overseeing the case, deny Findeisens bid to toss Pauls lawsuit, as Findeisen presented his claims more akin to facts than mere opinion.

At the pleading stage, Plaintiff [Paul] has sufficiently alleged that the statements at issue in this case are reasonably capable of defamatory meaning and are not unactionable opinions, Bemporad wrote.

Darkweb actors claim to have over 100K of Gemini, Binance user info

Darkweb threat actors claim to have hundreds of thousands of user records including names, passwords and location data of Gemini and Binance users, putting the apparent lists up for sale on the internet.

The Dark Web Informer, a Darkweb cyber news site, said in a March 27 blog post that the latest sale is from a threat actor operating under the handle AKM69, who purportedly has an extensive list of private user information from users of crypto exchange Gemini.

The database for sale reportedly includes 100,000 records, each containing full names, emails, phone numbers, and location data of individuals from the United States and a few entries from Singapore and the UK, the Dark Web Informer said.

Top Magazine Stories of The Week

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Despite reports to the contrary, Arbitrum doesnt sound as if it will embrace based or native rollups any time soon, according to co-founder Steven Goldfeder.

Chernobyl needed to wake people to AI risks, Studio Ghibli memes: AI Eye

A Chernobyl-level event might alert humans to the risks of AGI, humanoid robots tested in homes, and Indian call centers get an American accent makeover with AI.

Bitcoiner sex trap extortion? BTS firms blockchain disaster: Asia Express

Viral crypto influencers Bitcoin seduction campaign draws heat, BTS firms embarrassing blockchain flop shuttered, and more.

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A crypto analyst predicts that the popular meme coin, Dogecoin, could be up for a potential price surge, seeing the token reach $1.

Market expert Henry said the meme coin could be gearing up for a possible “huge breakout” as shown in recent chart patterns.

Breakout Might Be Coming

Henry declared in an X post that Dogecoin could experience a price rally any time soon after the analyst examined the meme coin’s price movement.

There is so much uncertainty and negative sentiment in the broader cryptocurrency market today, but many investors have maintained their positive outlook on the coin as it showed some flashes of strength this week.

Henry

@LordOfAlts

$DOGE huge breakout starting imo.

Last time It did similar thing was at Sep 24.

50¢ next, then $1.00

Trust the cycle pic.twitter.com/q7oiQTkOjg

Mar 26, 2025

The crypto analyst forecasts that recent chart patterns revealed that the popular meme coin is up for a potential surge. “$DOGE huge breakout starting,” Henry said in a post, a prediction that can bring a great deal of excitement among traders. The analyst added that the last time Doge was in a similar situation was on September 24.

Dogecoin Could Hit $1

Henry presented a chart in a post that illustrates the price movement of Dogecoin, saying that the meme coin could be heading for a huge breakout.

According to the crypto analyst, if investors would look closely in the chart, they will observe that DOGE has broken out of a triangle flag pattern on the daily candle chart, noting that the meme coin has been locked in the triangle flag pattern since December 2024.

Henry interpreted this pattern as an indication that Dogecoin could be up for a price increase, saying that the coin might be moving towards the $0.50 mark.

The crypto analyst suggested that after DOGE reaches the $0.50 mark, the meme coin could surge further to hit the all-time high of $1, noting that the coin needs to hold above the top of the pattern to achieve this milestone.

At the time of writing, Dogecoin is traded at $0.173 per coin, down by 4.6% in the last 24 hours. It seems the meme coin could be retesting this pattern.A Similar Pattern In September

The crypto analyst said that historically, DOGE experienced a similar price action in September 2024, noting that it broke out of an extended correction that started in March 2024.

Henry emphasized that investors saw during the September 2024 breakout over a 400% surge in the coin’s price that it went above $0.48.

For DOGE to hit $1, it needs to have a 450% increase.

Featured image from Gemini Imagen, chart from TradingView