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Bitcoin’s recent rebound reflects a strengthening base of long-term holders as ETF inflows and corporate treasury buying reshape the asset’s ownership structure, Bernstein said in a Monday research note shared with Cointelegraph.Bernstein said Bitcoin outperformed gold and major equity indexes over the past week despite heightened conflict in the Middle East, with Bitcoin (BTC) up around 7% and Ether (ETH) up about 9% over the period.Analysts attributed the shift partly to continued US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows and the steady accumulation of corporate buyers such as Strategy, which they say are gradually strengthening Bitcoin’s long-term holder base, contributing…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed down -0.61%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.62%.  March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26) fell -0.60%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH26) fell -0.66%.Stocks gave up an early advance on Friday and retreated, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials falling to 3.5-month lows.  Stocks fell after crude oil prices recovered from early losses and rallied more than +3%, as the war in Iran shows no signs of abating. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the US is moving a…

Traditional altcoin cycles, which featured broad market rallies called “altseason,” are now a relic of the past as new crypto market dynamics set in, according to Andrei Grachev, Managing Partner of DWF Labs, a crypto market maker and investment firm.Too many tokens competing for limited capital and mindshare, a smaller number of market participants, and crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) altering market dynamics by trapping liquidity are driving factors of the disruption, Grachev told Cointelegraph.An institutional focus on large-cap digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) is also diverting capital and attention away from altcoins, he…

DJIA38904.04 307.06S&P 5005204.34 57.13NASDAQ16248.52 199.44Russell 20002060.10 8.70German DAX18163.94 -238.49FTSE 1007911.16 -64.73CAC 408061.31 -90.24EuroStoxx 505013.35 -57.20Nikkei 22538992.08 -781.06Hang Seng16723.92 -1.18Shanghai Comp3069.30 -5.66KOSPI2714.21 -27.79Bloomberg Comm IDX102.90 0.64WTI Crude-fut91.17 0.01Brent Crude-fut86.57 1.15Natural Gas1.79 0.00Gasoline-fut2.79 -0.01Gold-fut2345.40 33.50Silver-fut27.50 0.46Platinum-fut940.60 -5.50Palladium-fut1007.40 -23.60Copper-fut423.60 1.85Aluminum-spot1815.00 0.00Coffee-fut212.50 5.75Soybeans-fut1185.00 5.00Wheat-fut567.25 11.00Bitcoin67976.00 304.00Ethereum USD3328.10 56.27Litecoin98.71 0.69Dogecoin0.18 0.00EUR/USD1.0862 0.0007USD/JPY151.72 -0.02GBP/USD1.2678 0.0016USD/CHF0.9044 -0.0014USD IDX104.28 0.08US 10-Yr TR4.4 0.091GER 10-Yr TR2.406 0.007UK 10-Yr TR4.064 -0.005JAP 10-Yr TR0.771 -0.004Fed Funds5.5 0SOFR5.32 0

Soybeans are showing slight losses on Friday’s midday, as they bounce off the early lows. March expires at the close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 1/4 cent at $11.52 1/4. Soymeal futures are up $1 to $3 at midday, with Soy Oil futures are steady to 3 points higher. Crude oil is bouncing off early lows and up $1.19 at midday.USDA Export Sales data has soybean export commitments at 36.49 MMT by 3/5, a 19% drop from the same period last year. That is now 85% of USDA’s estimate for 2025/26 and behind the 93% average sales pace. Shipments are…

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged their first five-day inflow streak of 2026, bringing in roughly $767.32 million this week.The funds recorded $180.33 million in net inflows on Friday, extending the run of positive flows that began earlier in the week. The strongest day of the streak came on Tuesday, when spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs attracted $250.92 million, according to data from SoSoValue.The last time the funds saw a comparable streak was in late November 2025, when spot Bitcoin ETFs logged five consecutive days of net inflows from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2, bringing in a combined $284.61 million.Spot…

Live cattle futures closed Thursday with contracts up 87 cents to $1.30. Cash trade has been mostly $372 dressed as well as a few live sales of $235-236. The Thursday morning Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed sales of $235.50 on 447 of the 1,656 head offered, with other bids of $231-235. Feeder cattle futures were down 30 to 50 cents in the front months, with other contracts up a dime to 75 cents. Open interest was up 1,130 contracts. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down another $3.83 to $360.97 on March 11. The weekly APHIS update on New World…

AI has quickly moved from innovation narrative to market-moving force, particularly in wealth management, where investors are reassessing business models, margins, and competitive moats. Recent volatility in publicly traded wealth and advice platforms suggests concern that AI-native competitors could compress fees or displace traditional workflows.   David Benskin, Founder & CEO of Wealth Access and a former Merrill Lynch advisor, built his company after firsthand experience navigating disconnected banking, brokerage, trust, and retirement systems. Benskin offers a perspective on whether AI is an existential threat, a margin enhancer, or simply the next infrastructure upgrade for wealth management.  CM: You started Wealth Access after your own…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Wednesday fell -0.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) fell -0.61%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) rose +0.03%.  March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26) fell -0.15%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH26) fell -0.07%.Stocks were undercut by Wednesday’s +6 bp rise in the 10-year T-note yield and the +4.6% rally in WTI crude oil prices.  Crude oil prices rallied despite the IEA members’ decision to release 400 million barrels from emergency oil stockpiles. Join 200K+ Subscribers: Find out why the midday Barchart Brief newsletter is a must-read for thousands daily.   Stocks saw downward pressure…

New Zealand’s financial regulator has ruled that a local currency-tied stablecoin, NZDD, isn’t a financial product, a move a local law firm says is an important step toward regulatory clarity.The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) said on Wednesday that the new designation for the stablecoin pegged to the New Zealand dollar resulted directly from a financial technology sandbox pilot the regulator is running.“The economic substance of the NZDD stablecoin is that it is not a debt security, as the NZDD stablecoin is not an investment, and no income, interest or other gain is paid to the NZDD stablecoin holder,” the FMA…