id say don't know because of the jerk running the US right now ... so wait .... Id say bad news a lot of shit is about hit the Fan bad or good won't know till it does ... but to answer yes news plays big part in coin prices so Ive noticed.also bad news coming form the US can jack up prices or good news , even noticed the same with china, mostly with US and china's news...
I hope they follow the Rules they have until march 11 th but with this Administration you have no idea what gonna happen next will it be lawful or not, help or hurt sigh ... they could extend because they don't care and figure they can do what pleases them ... so lets hope they follow rules ...
I hate to burst your bubble but news here in the US really doesn't affect the crypto coins very much. The only news that really makes a differences is what comes out of China. Look at last week for example. News from China dropped the market 10% for a day and a half. Here in the US with all the temper tantrums of anti-Trump (Clinton voters) for the last 3 months the market have continued to climb. Only time it stumbles is on China's news. BTC back in September was around $650 USD. Look at it now. Even ETH is consistently above $11 USD. ZEC is on a constant down because of supply and demand. There is a constant addition to the supply and, let's face it, there are very few applications for it so the demand isn't there (yet).
Not sure what the March 11th reference is to. What happens on March 11th? If it's something here in the US, I doubt it will make much difference on crypto. The US is not the power house it used to be. China is.