Crypto founder told to pose in a bathrobe by Vanity Fair because our “mature” industry still being mocked

Hayden Adams walked, others didn’t, and the backlash exposed how shaky crypto’s “official representatives” really are.

Happy Friday!

Crypto’s growing pains hit hard this week: founders forced into bathrobes by smirking media, metaverse mansions crashing from $24M to $9K ghost towns, and institutions doubling down on Bitcoin while retail piles into gold, exposing the wild splits reshaping markets. Dive into the full stories below.

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The global crypto market cap is $2.4 trillion, with a 24-hour volume of $92.6 billion. The price of Bitcoin is $69,907.46, and BTC market dominance is 58.2%. The price of Ethereum is $2,132.18, and ETH market dominance is 10.7%. The best-performing sector is Generative AI, which gained 9%. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is currently Extreme Fear (11).

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📰 Top News

Crypto founder told to pose in a bathrobe by Vanity Fair because our “mature” industry still being mocked

Hayden Adams walked, others didn’t, and the backlash exposed how shaky crypto’s “official representatives” really are.

RIP metaverse: Land values capitulate as $24M metaverse plot collapses to just $9,000

Virtual land went from digital gold rush to ghost town as metaverse prices suffered one of the steepest crashes on record.

Retail is rushing into gold, but institutions are buying Bitcoin again – so why the split?

Gold and Bitcoin are no longer rivals — and the split could catch investors off guard.

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Ad: Playnance Puts G Coin Presale in Focus as March 18 Launch Day Arrives

The Playnance token is hitting a major public milestone today, with the company tying G Coin to a live entertainment ecosystem that already spans more than 10,000 on-chain games, 2.5 million live sports events annually, and roughly 1.5 million on-chain transactions a day.

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Token Listing Playbook — How Projects Prepare for a CEX Listing and Sustain Healthy Liquidity

A practical playbook for crypto teams to prepare for a CEX listing: readiness, integration, liquidity, market making, launch comms, and post-listing ops.

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🗞️ More News

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• Coinbase tells users to follow ‘foolish’ steps scammers use to withdraw funds from wallets

• Playnance’s G Coin goes live on MEXC as staking momentum builds

• Bitcoin defies drop below $70,000 as oil turns into a central-bank problem

• Why are traders still bracing for a drop toward $50k when Bitcoin is beating gold and stocks?