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Bitcoin jumped 4% within minutes after US President Donald Trump said he aimed to temporarily de-escalate the Iran conflict and seek negotiations, but derivatives data still showed traders avoiding aggressive long exposure. On Monday, BTC’s 2-month futures annualized premium sat near 2% versus spot and Deribit pricing implied about a 20% chance of $80,000 by April 24, suggesting skepticism around the $68,000 area.

Analyst Ali Martinez says Bitcoin's historical four-year rhythm could set up a "golden entry" period between October 6 and October 16, 2026. He argues an on-chain fractal suggests a "final discount" phase and outlines potential buy zones at $41,500 to $45,000 versus around $70,800 at the time of his post.

Dogecoin rose 4.78% over the past 24 hours to $0.09489, while its monthly performance shows a nearly 4.61% decline amid broader risk-off conditions tied to the West Asia crisis. Between March 18 and March 21, 2026, whale wallets accumulated 470 million DOGE, as derivatives data shows a slightly bearish tilt with key liquidation clusters at $0.0892 and $0.0928.

Bitcoin has slipped into a sideways phase as market participants weigh uncertainty that extends beyond macro factors to U.S. politics. BTC remains stuck below the $70,500–$71,000 area with support near $68,000, while analysts on X point to a coming "pivot" on the 25th and a key retest of the 200-week EMA.

Bitcoin climbed above $71,600 at the US market open and briefly traded over $71,700, but spot activity on Binance stayed unusually weak. Analysts flagged March Binance spot volume near $52 billion versus $88 billion in September 2023, while the rally coincided with heavy short liquidations and falling futures open interest.

BlackRock opened the week of March 23 with more than $77 million in net withdrawals across its two spot crypto ETFs. On Monday, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) posted a 658 BTC outflow (about $46 million), while iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHE) recorded a 14,802 ETH outflow worth roughly $31.74 million.

Ethereum (ETH) traded in the low-$2,000s as spot Ethereum ETFs recorded about $138.2 million in net inflows in the latest session. Separately, Bitmine was reported to have staked roughly 94,670 ETH, while an inactive whale allegedly bought around 50,706 ETH (about $111 million) via two wallets. Traders are watching $2,100–$2,200 as a key zone, with mid-$2,400s framed as an upside reclaim level.

On March 23, 2026, Jim Cramer said market momentum had shifted to bulls as Bitcoin reversed sharply and pushed above $71,000. The move set off a broad short squeeze, with liquidations reaching $810.75 million over 24 hours and more than $300 million in BTC shorts in four hours. Bitcoin and Ethereum instruments each accounted for roughly $253 million in liquidations.

Digital asset investment products took in $230 million in net inflows for the week ended March 21, after tallying $635 million in the first two days. Midweek, flows flipped as markets read the FOMC meeting as a "hawkish pause," leading to $405 million of outflows. Bitcoin products captured most activity with $219 million of inflows, while Ethereum funds saw $27.5 million of outflows.

Ethereum climbed more than 4% and briefly moved above $2,170 after President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US would pause strikes on Iran for five days. Earlier, an OG wallet transferred and sold 15,002 ETH for about $30.97 million via Coinbase, while ETH continued to trade within the $2,000–$2,200 range.