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For many years, XRP has struggled to keep up with Bitcoin when measured against the BTC pair. However, a new analysis suggests the long period of underperformance may be approaching a turning point. Top analyst Egrag Crypto showed a hidden liquidity cycle can be observed on the chart of the XR

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) navigated a technical crossroads as traders calibrated the outlook for the week ahead. After a weekend dip into the mid-$60k range, the price rebounded modestly, yet the real test lay with the long-standing 200-week exponential moving average, a line that has often defined the

Gate News Report, March 9 — According to Bitcoin explorer data, the 20 millionth Bitcoin has been mined. The remaining Bitcoins are expected to be mined within the next 114 years. Currently, Bitcoin's market capitalization is approximately $1.37 trillion.

Gate News Report, March 9th, according to Coinglass data, the total liquidation across the entire network in the past hour reached $30.51 million, including $27.08 million in short positions and $3.43 million in long positions. By individual cryptocurrencies, BTC liquidations amounted to $16.23 million, and ETH liquidations reached $6.62 million.

Gate News reports that on March 9th, the Salvadoran official agency The Bitcoin Office announced on the X platform that the country's Bitcoin strategic reserve holdings have now increased to 7,585.37 BTC. Data shows an increase of 7 BTC in the past 7 days and an increase of 30 BTC in the past 30 days.

Gate News Report: On March 9, BTC price broke through $69,000, with an intraday increase of 2.57%.

According to the financial services company NYDIG, the recent similarity between Bitcoin and US software sector stocks mainly stems from both being affected by macroeconomic factors, rather than reflecting any structural convergence. In the past week, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has experienced sluggish growth.

NYDIG says Bitcoin moved with software stocks due to shared macro liquidity conditions not structural market convergence. Only about 25% of Bitcoin price movement links to equities while most drivers remain outside traditional markets. Bitcoin correlation with S&P 500 Nasdaq and software

Gate News bot message, Gate market display, BTC breaks through 69,000 USDT, current price 69,013.4 USDT.

Gate News Report, March 9 — According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale address that had been inactive for 9 months withdrew a total of 404.38 BTC from a certain CEX, worth $27.65 million. The address had not had any on-chain activity for the past 9 months, and this withdrawal has attracted market attention.

Gate News Report, March 9 — According to Hyperinsight monitoring, the contract whale pension-usdt.eth started shorting Bitcoin on Hyperliquid with 3x leverage about 10 minutes ago. The current position is 170 BTC short, approximately worth 12.2 million USD, and the position is still increasing.

Bitcoin's drop below $70K triggers a selloff in meme coins like Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, causing increased market volatility. Despite a surge in Shiba Inu's burn activity, its price declines alongside Dogecoin, which struggles with weak momentum.

Gate News Announcement: On March 9, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital disclosed that last week it sold 102 Bitcoins at an average price of $71,636, reducing its total Bitcoin holdings to 3,562. In addition, the company has spent approximately $122 million to repurchase over 20.15 million common shares so far. Empery Digital stated that it will continue to sell Bitcoin as needed to fund future stock buybacks and may also repay some of its outstanding debt.

Strategy filed an 8-K report with the SEC on March 9, disclosing an increase of 17,994 Bitcoins from March 2 to 8, totaling approximately $1.28 billion, with an average price of $70,946. As of March 8, the total holdings reached 738,731 Bitcoins, with a purchase cost of $5.6 billion and an average price of $75,862. The additional holdings were mainly funded by the sale of MSTR stock and STRC preferred shares. Additionally, the ATM sales agreement was revised to enhance financing flexibility. Bitcoin price once surged past $68,000.

Bitcoin traded at $67,618 on March 9, 2026, with a market capitalization of $1.35 trillion and 24 hour trading volume of $44.47 billion. Price action remained contained within a $65,726 to $68,354 intraday range as technical indicators across multiple timeframes continued to signal a broadly