The closed-end Fundrise Innovation Fund holds stakes in private technology 
companies including Anthropic, Databricks and SpaceX, and came public earlier 
this month.

Tokenized platform xStocks brings new private shares fund on-chain

Saudi Arabia’s Petroline, the 1,200-kilometer crude pipeline connecting its 
eastern oil fields to the Red Sea, is now moving oil at its maximum rated 
capacity of 7 million barrels per day, offering a partial workaround to a 
Strait of Hormuz blockade that has cut normal traffic by an estimated 90 to 
95%. Hormuz Crisis Week […]

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AI agents are moving beyond chatbot duty and into a bigger role across the 
internet. As software starts researching, buying, coordinating, and completing 
tasks with limited supervision, a new question arises: how does a non-human 
user pay, prove who it is, and operate within clear rules? That question opens 
an unexpected lane for crypto, especially […]
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The crypto winners from AI may not be AI coins at all as agents start spending autonomously

A worst-case scenario is now on the table. Some analysts say Bitcoin could 
fall as low as $41,000 if a bear flag pattern currently forming on price 
charts plays out — a warning sign drawing attention as the cryptocurrency 
trades near $66,000, roughly half of what it was worth at its recent high. 
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Growth Geopolitical Shock Hits At A Bad Time The closure of the Strait of 
Hormuz sent oil prices surging this week, rattling global markets and pulling 
risk assets lower. Bitcoin was caught in the selloff. Prices slipped below 
$66,000 as traders weighed rising energy costs, stubborn US inflation, and 
fresh stress in the bond market. The timing of the geopolitical flare-up has 
made an already fragile price setup harder to defend. A bear flag pattern — a 
technical chart signal where prices briefly consolidate after a decline before 
continuing lower — is now visible on Bitcoin&#8217;s chart. Based on reports from 
market analysts, the pattern puts an initial downside target near $50,000, 
with the $41,000 level emerging as a deeper floor if selling pressure 
intensifies. Bitcoin is down 47% from its peak. That kind of drawdown might 
sound alarming, but analysts who track long-term crypto cycles say it fits a 
pattern that has shown up before. A Cycle That Has Played Out Before Data 
shows that Bitcoin tends to lose momentum in midterm years. Reports going back 
to 2014, 2018, and 2022 show a recurring sequence: prices start the year 
relatively stable, fade through late Q1 into early Q2, and then grind lower 
through the summer months. The 2026 price action has tracked this historical 
average closely. On average, around now is when #Bitcoin continues its decline 
in midterm years. pic.twitter.com/JZ7Rcx2wJY — Benjamin Cowen 
(@intocryptoverse) March 27, 2026 Analyst Benjamin Cowen, who has followed 
Bitcoin&#8217;s multi-year cycles, points to what he calls the mid-cycle dip zone — 
a phase that typically follows a major bull run and stretches across several 
quarters. According to Cowen, midterm years are not crash events. They are 
cooldown periods. Rallies lose steam. Volatility picks up. Corrections run 
longer than most investors expect. That description fits what is happening 
now. Following a strong run in 2025, Bitcoin&#8217;s year-to-date performance has 
tilted negative, matching the kind of softening seen in prior cycles. Related 
Reading: UK Slaps Sanctions On $20B Crypto Black Market Tied To Southeast Asia 
Scam Rings Patience May Be The Only Strategy Left For long-term Bitcoin 
holders, the message from analysts is straightforward: this has happened 
before, and it has always eventually ended. But the short-term picture offers 
little comfort. Macro pressures are stacking up at the same moment that 
Bitcoin&#8217;s chart structure is weakening, and there is no clear catalyst in 
sight to reverse the trend. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from 
TradingView

Bitcoin Faces Familiar Crossroads As Midterm Cycle Turns Bearish: Analyst

This past week, a federal judge in San Francisco blocked the Pentagon and the 
Trump administration from enforcing a national security designation against 
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) company that refused to remove 
safety restrictions from its Claude models. Court Halts Trump Administration’s 
Ban on Anthropic’s Claude AI for Federal Agencies U.S. District Judge Rita […]

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