This article summarizes cryptocurrency news from March 25, 2026, focusing on the latest Bitcoin updates, Ethereum upgrades, Dogecoin trends, real-time crypto prices, and price predictions. Today's major events in the Web3 sector include: 1. Irish law enforcement cracks convicted drug dealer's Bitcoin wallet, seizing 500 BTC worth $35 million; 2. Robinhood launches $1.5 billion stock buyback plan as stock price falls 39% in 2026; 3. Elon Musk pauses X platform creator revenue reform, keeping crypto content incentives stable.

Despite the sharp decline in gold prices in March, recent recovery above $4550 demonstrates restored market confidence. Gold ETF demand remains robust, with SPDR Gold ETF assets under management approaching historical highs, reflecting investor focus on the long-term value of precious metals. While geopolitical tensions impact short-term prices, long-term investment demand remains strong.

Recent geopolitical tensions have prompted investors to sell gold and shift toward Bitcoin, which offers price stability and attracts substantial capital inflows. Data shows gold ETFs experienced outflows of $3.8 billion, while Bitcoin ETFs absorbed $2 billion. Analysts point out that despite short-term changes in capital flows reshaping market dynamics, both Bitcoin and gold retain their characteristics as store-of-value instruments, and their performance requires long-term evaluation.

On March 24, U.S. Bitcoin ETFs recorded $167 million in net inflows, ending consecutive outflows and signaling a warming capital situation. The gold market experienced fund withdrawals, with the SPDR Gold ETF hitting a new monthly outflow high. Bitcoin and gold correlation dropped to -0.88, indicating diverging performance. The Federal Reserve maintained interest rates unchanged, with some capital flowing from gold toward Bitcoin and other assets.

On March 12, Bitcoin's ratio against gold displayed bullish divergence, indicating weakened selling pressure and potentially serving as a reference point for Bitcoin's long-term trend bottom. Bitcoin ETF net inflows reached approximately $906 million, while gold ETF experienced single-day outflows of $3 billion, forming a notable divergence. Despite ETF trading volume being lower than US equities, there remains significant room for institutional capital entry. Historically, Bitcoin has often rebounded following geopolitical turmoil.

According to a report by Jinse Finance, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated that last year Bitcoin rose 122%, which is five times that of the S&P 500 index and GLD. Has any Bitcoin holder complained about this? Has anyone thought, "Wait a minute, the historical performance of Bitcoin relative to risk assets suggests it shouldn’t have risen this high, that’s terrible!"? No, you all enjoy this extra rise and double profits, so you got nothing this year, and the average increase still reached 50%. In my view, you are really lucky. Wishing you peace and happiness.

PANews, November 15th news, according to the 13F filing, as of September 30th, Harvard University held 6,813,612 shares of IBIT, valued at $442.9 million; the number of shares held in the GLD Gold ETF was 661,391, valued at $235 million; compared to the holdings at the end of June of 1,906,000 shares of IBIT and 333,000 shares of GLD, the increases were 257.48% and 98.62%, respectively. In addition, Harvard University held 583,931 shares of NVIDIA, valued at $109 million.

PANews reported on October 3 that Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, pointed out that BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) and SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) both ranked among the top 10 in volume for all ETFs on Thursday (October 2). He referred to this as a "rare phenomenon." Balchunas believes this indicates that investors are actively flocking to "hard assets" that can withstand fiat depreciation. According to the data, the volume of GLD yesterday was $4.88 billion, ranking fourth; the volume of IBIT was $3.21 billion, ranking seventh.

Odaily News Two Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC, have entered the top 100 ETFs by Assets Under Management, collectively holding $110 billion in assets, with the largest (IBIT) not far behind the largest gold ETF (GLD). Bitcoin is no longer a marginal asset; it is attracting significant capital from TradFi.

Gate News bot reported that Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated on social media: "BlackRock's IBIT Assets Under Management has just surpassed $70 billion, making it the fastest ETF ever to reach this level in just 341 days." Balchunas noted that this milestone was achieved about five times faster than the previous record holder, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), which took 1,691 trading days to reach $70 billion in Assets Under Management.