A potential US military strike on Iran&#8217;s main oil export terminal helped push 
Bitcoin to its highest price in over a month Monday, as traders poured money 
into crypto while pulling back from stocks. Related Reading: WLFI Holders Face 
New 6-Month Lockup Rule To Gain Voting Power Squeeze At The Top Reports show 
Bitcoin jumped from roughly $72,400 to $74,320 in under 30 minutes — a move 
sharp enough to wipe out $113 million in short positions within the hour. 
Based on data from CoinGlass, around 94,612 traders were liquidated in the 
last 24 hours, the total liquidations comes in at $385.48 million. Short 
sellers, who had bet on prices falling, were forced to buy back their 
positions as the price climbed, which pushed it even higher. By early 
afternoon, Bitcoin was trading near $73,900, up 2.7% on the day. War Fears, 
Oil Shocks, And A Crypto Bounce The backdrop was anything but calm. US 
President Donald Trump has been pushing allies — including Britain and Japan — 
to help form a coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has 
blocked. Reports indicate Trump is also weighing a military seizure of Kharg 
Island, the facility that handles roughly 90% of Iran&#8217;s crude oil exports. The 
threat rattled energy markets and sent oil prices climbing. But while stocks 
have shed trillions in value since the US-Iran conflict broke open on February 
28, crypto moved the other way. The total digital asset market cap has grown 
by more than $310 billion since then. Bitcoin alone is up over 15% from its 
post-strike lows. Gold posted only modest gains over the same stretch. Traders 
point to a shift in where money goes when traditional markets wobble. As oil 
supply fears mount and inflation concerns build, some investors have been 
moving capital into assets like Bitcoin that sit outside the traditional 
financial system. Related Reading: XRP Faces Systematic Rigging, Major Holder 
Says ETF Inflows Add Fuel The rally isn&#8217;t just about war headlines. Continued 
cash flows into US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have provided a 
steadier, quieter lift beneath the more dramatic price swings. Optimism around 
pending crypto legislation added to that mood heading into Monday&#8217;s market 
open. Still, the week ahead carries a lot of uncertainty. A pullback in 
geopolitical tension could ease the demand that helped drive the spike. And 
with leveraged buyers now holding positions near recent highs, a reversal 
could hit hard and fast — the same way Monday&#8217;s rally did on the way up. 
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Bitcoin Hits 40-Day High As US-Iran Tensions Trigger $113M In Short Liquidations

Robert Kiyosaki warns a massive asset bubble could soon burst, predicting an 
unprecedented market collapse that may propel gold, silver, bitcoin, and 
ethereum to extraordinary valuations within a year of a global financial 
crisis. Robert Kiyosaki Expects Bitcoin, Ethereum to Explode After Biggest 
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Opensea, the marketplace that once rode the non-fungible token ( NFT) boom 
like it was headlining Coachella, has delayed the launch of its long-awaited 
SEA token again, while tossing users fee refunds, zero-fee trading, and a 
promise that this time, really, it wants to get it right. March 30 No More: 
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Alliance DAO co-founder Qiao Wang claims Zcash may be “the last possible 1000x 
in crypto.” His argument is not framed around a near-term catalyst, but around 
a long-duration macro and technology thesis in which privacy becomes the final 
major unresolved market gap in digital assets. Why Zcash Could Be The Last 
1000x Posting on X on March 15, Wang wrote, “continue to believe that Zcash is 
the last possible 1000x in crypto. Gov overreach, money printing, rise in 
socialism, quantum. All massive multi-decade tailwinds.” He paired that with 
an investment posture that sounded more like a Bitcoin-style conviction trade 
than a tactical altcoin call: “as with btc, don’t trade it. Accumulate during 
periods of apathy and hold it for 10-20yrs.” continue to believe that zcash is 
the last possible 1000x in crypto. gov overreach, money printing, rise in 
socialism, quantum. all massive multi-decade tailwinds. as with btc, don’t 
trade it. accumulate during periods of apathy and hold it for 10-20yrs. — qw 
(@QwQiao) March 15, 2026 The core of Wang’s reasoning is scale. In a follow-up 
post, he argued that “there’s still lots of possible 10x’s and maybe 100x’s, 
but a 1000x requires an extraordinarily large tam.” In other words, the bar 
for that kind of return is not just technical novelty or strong narrative. It 
requires a market large enough to absorb a multi-decade re-rating. Related 
Reading: Arthur Hayes Bets On MSTR, Metaplanet And Zcash As Bitcoin Liquidity 
Turns That idea was quickly reinforced by others in the thread, most notably 
Helius Labs CEO Mert Mumtaz, who pointed back to a privacy thesis he published 
in November under the title, “The Last 1000x in Crypto: A Privacy Thesis.” His 
summary was blunt: “Bitcoin started with three problems: i) legitimacy, ii) 
programmability and scale, iii) privacy. Bitcoin solved i) by becoming a 
trillion dollar asset, Solana/Ethereum solved ii), and iii) is the last 
remaining piece.” Mumtaz’s broader argument is that crypto’s biggest order-of- 
magnitude gains historically came from solving foundational deficits in the 
original Bitcoin design. First came legitimacy, then programmability and 
scale. Privacy, in his view, is the remaining open branch. Related Reading: 
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Price He wrote that “improvements will continue to happen on this 
programmability/scale branch and the Bitcoin branch, but I’m not sure we’ll 
see another 1,000x improvement. That is to say, I think future improvements 
are marginal, not order of magnitude in scale.” By contrast, he argued, “the 
privacy branch is the last thing remaining for asymmetric upside.” Why Zcash 
rather than privacy tech in the abstract? That part of the conversation turned 
less on code and more on credibility. Awa Sun Yin, co-founder of Anoma and a 
board member at Shielded Labs, recounted a rumor that circulated “in the 
trenches” late last year: that someone influential enough to get a meeting 
with the US president had been moving through political circles arguing that 
Bitcoin and crypto lacked privacy because “holdings and balances were visible 
to everyone – and seizable,” and recommending Zcash instead. Awa said the key 
point was not whether the story was true. “What’s relevant is that when you 
read or hear this story, you have an easy time believing it,” Awa wrote. 
“Whereas the story wouldn’t be believable if the person were recommending 
Monero or any other privacy coin instead of Zcash.” At press time, Zcash 
traded at $231.59. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from 
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Wall Street may soon lose one of its favorite quarterly rituals — the 
corporate earnings confessional — as the U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission (SEC) quietly drafts a proposal that could let public companies 
report results just twice a year instead of every three months. Semiannual 
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