South Korea’s Hana Financial Group has signed a strategic partnership with 
Standard Chartered Group to collaborate on global banking operations and 
emerging digital asset businesses, including stablecoins. Hana 
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Markets According to the Korea Herald and several other local reports, the 
memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed March […]

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ends, even as crude stays above $100 and crypto trades through the turmoil. 
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A small pricing error in wstETH collateral caused $27 million in Aave 
liquidations, highlighting the critical role of price oracles and automated 
risk systems in DeFi.

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Every few years, a chart pattern resurfaces in the Bitcoin market that 
commands serious attention because it has repeated itself with near-mechanical 
consistency across every major US midterm election cycle since Bitcoin first 
started trading. Bitcoin’s price history shows that these election-year 
corrections often happen near the end of major bull cycles before eventually 
giving way to another powerful expansion phase. Now, with the 2026 midterm 
cycle underway and Bitcoin already more than 50% off its all-time high, the 
coming months could include both a deeper correction and a much larger long- 
term rally. Bitcoin’s History With Mid-Term Election Years A recent chart 
analysis shared by crypto analyst Crypto Patel on the social media platform X 
examined how Bitcoin has behaved during past US midterm election years to 
create a recurring pattern of price movement. Particularly, Bitcoin posted 
steep losses in each of the three completed midterm election years on record. 
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The first example appeared in 2014, when Bitcoin dropped by about 86% from its 
previous all-time high during the election year period. A similar development 
occurred in 2018, when the Bitcoin price action recorded another deep bear 
market, with Bitcoin falling about 84% from its peak. The pattern appeared 
again in 2022, when Bitcoin declined roughly 77% from its previous cycle high. 
Each of these corrections took place around the same stage of the four-year 
market cycle that coincided with US midterm elections. As shown in the chart 
below, each of the previous cycles had bottomed one or two months after the 
midterm elections. Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @CryptoPatel On X What The 
2026 Cycle Could Mean For Bitcoin Bitcoin reached its most recent peak in 
October 2025, and the price action has since moved into a notable correction 
phase. Price data shows Bitcoin currently trading around $73,600, placing it 
roughly 42% below that all-time high. The lowest point of the decline so far 
came in February, when Bitcoin briefly dropped to about $63,000, which makes a 
correction of about 52% from the peak. If the historical election cycle 
pattern repeats in a similar fashion, then Bitcoin&#8217;s price could still see one 
final phase of downside before the beginning of the next long-term recovery 
phase. Related Reading: Pundit Shares What The XRP Float Is Likely To Be For 
Global Settlement The projection presented by analyst Crypto Patel places a 
potential bottom in the $35,000 to $40,000 range, possibly occurring between 
November 2026 and February 2027. The more consequential argument in Crypto 
Patel&#8217;s analysis is not the projected drawdown but what might follow the 
bottom. A review of price action that followed previous US midterm election 
years shows that Bitcoin recorded an average rally of about 54% before a minor 
pullback. That temporary pullback was later followed by a stronger rally that 
carried the price to new highs ahead of the next election cycle. Based on this 
historical sequence, the next major move after the 2026 midterm elections 
could eventually carry the Bitcoin price above $400,000 in the long term. 
Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com

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Crypto exchange Bithumb will have to pay a fine of 36.8 billion won, about 
$24.5 million, after it was found to be in violation of South Korea’s Anti- 
Money Laundering rules. According to a local media report, South Korea’s 
Financial Intelligence…

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