Month: March 2025

Meet Chun Wang, the Maltese maestro of Bitcoin, originally from China. This fella’s founded F2Pool, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pools, and Stakefish, an Ethereum staking pool provider. Wang and his trusty sidekicks lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the ungodly hour of 1:46 am UTC on April 1 (no foolin’! 🙃), aboard SpaceX’s trusty Crew Dragon spacecraft. This joyride’s expected to last between three to five days – just enough time to get a might comfy in them space seats. 😊

It’s a tale as old as time: a wealthy benefactor, a Swiss project, and a whole lotta ETH. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has once again made headlines with a generous donation to the Zuitzerland project, a Web3 research initiative led by Isla. The 274 ETH, equivalent to a cool half-million bucks, was gifted to Isla, and the blockchain monitoring site Onchain Lens was there to track the transaction. 🤑

And so, it begins. Another day, another token launch on Binance Megadrop. Forgive me, dear reader, for I am but a humble observer of the cryptocurrency world, where the only constant is change and the only truth is that it’s all just a wild ride 🎢.

But then April waltzed in like a hero in a rom-com. ETH popped 3% on Day 1, and suddenly everyone’s like, “OMG, is this the comeback we’ve been waiting for?” 🚀

Opinion by: Dr. Michael Tabone, senior economist for CryptoMoon

Bitcoin (BTC), the king of the crypto jungle, took a tumble to a lowly $81,432 but rallied to reclaim its throne at $83,000. It even dared to dance with the stars, reaching a high of $83,755. But alas, it couldn’t hold on to its glory and dropped to $82,299. Ethereum (ETH), the queen bee, also had a wild ride, falling to $1,782 before soaring back to $1,850. Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), Dogecoin (DOGE), Cardano (ADA), and other altcoins joined the party, registering gains that would make a lottery winner blush.

Enter Andrei Grachev, the knight in shining armor from DWF Labs. This guy’s like the fire department for crypto catastrophes, ready to save the day when things go up in flames. 🔥🚒

What, you ask, has caused this calamity? Well, it appears that the weak manufacturing PMI and JOLTS data have cast a shadow darker than a moonless night over our digital currencies. The March PMI data, bless its heart, dropped to a dismal 49, trailing behind the expected 49.5 and far from the glorious 50 of February. It’s as if the economy decided to take a long nap, leaving us all in a state of bewilderment.

First up, the ISM Manufacturing PMI report for March. Will it be a feast or famine for the US manufacturing sector? Analysts predict a slight uptick from 50.3 to 50.6, but don’t let those numbers fool you – it’s still a contraction. 🙃 If the mighty greenback falters, Bitcoin and friends might just find themselves in the spotlight. 💡