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The market, that fickle mistress, now whispers of a breakout-a daring escape from the $70,000 cage. Bitcoin, ever the acrobat, has been tracing higher lows, compressing itself into a triangular straitjacket. Sellers, those weary old men, are losing their grip, while buyers, young and brash, drum up a frenzy. Volume swells, not with the roar of a lion, but with the cacophony of a Moscow marketplace. Yet, beware! A breakout is but a flirtation, a fleeting kiss before the inevitable slap.

Despite dire predictions that talks might have stalled, reports from Crypto In America suggest the negotiation circus is still in full swing behind closed doors. Eleanor Terrett, ever the optimist, quoted a banking industry insider who refuted claims that the whole thing was unraveling. Apparently, they’re still toiling away, reviewing and contributing to draft legislative language. But please, don’t pay attention to that March 1 deadline – apparently, it was all a misunderstanding.

The FTC and 11 states are accusing Walmart of, shall we say, “misleading” drivers about how much they’d be raking in when they were zooming around delivering groceries and gadgets from the world’s biggest retailer. Apparently, these drivers expected big bucks and instead got, well, less than that.

Bitcoin, ever the star of this grand spectacle, traded with a flourish between $72,700 and $73,000, having gained a modest 5.5% in 24 hours. Tens of billions of dollars were added to its already prodigious market value, which now stands at over $1.45 trillion. One wonders if it will ever tire of such extravagance.

BTC has jumped from a 24-hour low of $67,515 to as high as $73,394, representing an 8.7% increase.

On the daily, ETH is refusing to come out of its rut-stuck below the 100‑day and 200‑day moving averages that are both doing the little slide. The chart is basically a trending downwards roller coaster named “Bearish Boulevard.” The price is still nudging around a descending channel that looks a bit like the shape of a very tired avocado.

The data, extracted from the digital abyss of growthepie.com, reveals Base Chain leading with 30.54 Mgas/s, followed by Polygon PoS at 24.74 Mgas/s. Polygon, that overachiever, boasts a 189% rise in six months and 271% in three years. OP Mainnet, Arbitrum One, and Ethereum’s mainnet trail behind, while Ink, Unichain, and Scroll post gains so absurd they could only be described as Dostoevskian-+216%, +276%, and +575%, respectively. Numbers, like the human condition, are both impressive and meaningless.

It all started with a spike in transaction volume-a good old-fashioned surge of activity. A 400% surge, to be exact. Which, I’m sure, was just enough to make anyone in crypto giddy with excitement. According to the XRP payment volume chart, the ledger processed a whopping 1.5 billion XRP during this wild uptick. It was like everyone remembered XRP existed and decided to throw money at it for a hot second.

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Leading this financial fandango was Bitcoin, that enigmatic prima donna, breaching the $71,000 threshold with a 5% leap in mere hours. A mere $70 billion was added to its coffers, as if plucked from the ether by some alchemist’s wand. Ethereum, not to be outdone, pirouetted past $2,050, its 5.6% ascent a testament to its enduring allure. Even XRP, the oft-overlooked chorus member, joined the ensemble, trading near $1.40, its modest gains a reminder that even the supporting cast deserves a curtain call.