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By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)The crypto market started the week on a positive note, but further gains may be limited as signs of fresh capital inflows remain weak.Ether (ETH) and solana (SOL) prices have risen over 3% since midnight UTC, with BTC up nearly 2% and XRP lagging at 1.5%. The CoinDesk 20 Index has gained 2% to 1,941 points.The demand side, however, appears weak. The 11 U.S.-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered a net outflow of $296.18 million, snapping a four-week streak of inflows, according to data source SoSoValue. Ether ETFs bled over $200…

A new app from the US government has sparked concerns among users and researchers over potential location-tracking features, security vulnerabilities and data collection.The White House launched the app on Friday as a way for users to get a “direct line to the White House,” including receiving breaking news alerts on major government announcements, watching livestreams and keeping up to date on “policy breakthroughs.”However, users on X have raised concerns about the permissions required to use the app, including access to the device’s location, shared storage and network activity, though these claims have not been independently verified.While many apps often request…

LDO Price Prediction Summary • Short-term target (1 week): $0.33-0.35 • Medium-term forecast (1 month): $0.35-0.40 range• Bullish breakout level: $0.33 • Critical support: $0.28 What Crypto Analysts Are Saying About Lido DAO While specific analyst predictions for March 2026 are limited, recent forecasts provide context for our LDO price prediction. According to earlier analysis from CoinCodex in December 2025, Lido DAO was predicted to reach $0.651700 by early January 2026. Blockchain.News had suggested potential upside of 16-23% to the $0.66-$0.70 range within their forecasting period. However, current market conditions show LDO trading significantly below those projections at $0.31, indicating…

Since Bitcoin’s all-time high of $127,000 in October 2025, the first quarter of 2026 has gotten off to a shaky start, with Bitcoin crashing to a $60,000 floor in under five months. While this whiplash may be painful, it looks worse than it really is: the market is actually doing exactly what it needs to do to build a stronger cycle ahead.Crypto tends to bear the brunt of the selloff when macro conditions, geopolitical tensions and traditional markets turn south. Several converging factors are currently driving immense pressure on crypto markets: elevated counterparty risk, global liquidity tightening, weak technical trends,…

Canada’s federal government has proposed a total ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties, citing concerns that foreign entities could exploit the technology to interfere in elections.Known as the Strong and Free Elections Act, the bill was introduced on Thursday and proposed to amend the Canada Elections Act to prohibit political parties and third parties involved in the election process from accepting donations in crypto, money orders and prepaid cards to prevent anonymous and “hard to trace contributions.”The bill’s sponsor, Steven MacKinnon, the leader of the government in the House of Commons, said in an X statement on Thursday that…

AAVE Price Prediction Summary • Short-term target (1 week): $102-105 • Medium-term forecast (1 month): $96-108 range• Bullish breakout level: $110.63 (SMA 20) • Critical support: $96.20 What Crypto Analysts Are Saying About Aave While specific analyst predictions are limited for the current period, on-chain metrics suggest Aave is approaching oversold territory. According to technical data from major exchanges, AAVE’s current positioning near the lower Bollinger Band indicates potential for a short-term bounce. Market sentiment data shows mixed signals, with the token experiencing increased volatility as evidenced by the daily ATR of $6.57. This elevated volatility often precedes significant price…

The bitcoin mining industry is undergoing the most fundamental transformation in its history, and the clearest sign isn’t the hashrate or the difficulty adjustments. It’s the balance sheets.CoinShares’ Q1 2026 mining report, published this week, reveals that the weighted average cash cost to produce one bitcoin among publicly listed miners rose to approximately $79,995 in Q4 2025. Bitcoin has traded in the $68,000 to $70,000 band, with a CoinDesk report last week estimating losses of $19,000 per BTC mined.These numbers aren’t sustainable, and the industry knows it. The response has been a wholesale pivot toward artificial intelligence infrastructure that is…

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday, expanding rules to curb public servants and those close to them from benefiting from insider trading on prediction markets tied to political or economic events they can influence or are privy to.The order prohibits “gubernatorial appointees,” public officials appointed to office by the governor of the state, from using “confidential or non-public information” gleaned from performing their duties to profit from related prediction markets.Newsom’s executive order also extends the prohibition to include spouses, family members or former business partners of the appointed officials from using non-public information to profit. “Public…

LangChain has published a detailed agent evaluation readiness checklist aimed at developers struggling to test AI agents before production deployment. The framework, authored by Victor Moreira from LangChain’s deployed engineering team, addresses a persistent gap between traditional software testing and the unique challenges of evaluating non-deterministic AI systems.The core message? Start simple. “A few end-to-end evals that test whether your agent completes its core tasks will give you a baseline immediately, even if your architecture is still changing,” the guide states.The Pre-Evaluation FoundationBefore writing a single line of evaluation code, developers should manually review 20-50 real agent traces. This hands-on…

White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks is changing titles and joining the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology as co-chair, he announced Thursday. Sacks, who was named U.S. President Donald Trump’s crypto and AI czar before Trump retook office last January, has overseen the White House’s early work on crypto initiatives, including the passage of the stablecoin-focused GENIUS Act and more recently, work around the crypto market structure bill. “PCAST is the principal body of external advisors tasked with shaping science, technology, and innovation policy for the President and the White House,” he said in a…