Bitcoin fell 2.86% today from yesterday's intraday high while the S&P 500 gapped lower. The current Bitcoin price chart shows BTC rallying from roughly the mid-$74,000s on Monday, Apr. 20, to a local high near $79,500 yesterday, then reversing by about $2,276 over roughly 17 hours. As of press time, CryptoSlate's Bitcoin page shows BTC […]
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The US Senate’s most significant effort to establish a comprehensive federal framework for digital asset markets, the CLARITY Act, is in imminent danger of slipping into May. Amid fierce pressure from traditional financial institutions, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is actively pressing Senate Banking Committee leadership to delay advancing the CLARITY Act. The delay turns what […]
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Strategy, the Michael Saylor-led company formerly known as MicroStrategy, has surpassed BlackRock’s flagship spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to become the world’s largest institutional holder of Bitcoin. According to an April 20 regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Strategy acquired an additional 34,164 Bitcoin over the past week at an average price […]
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Sanmar Herald’s plea over the radio captured the new reality in Hormuz, fake crypto clearance, real gunfire The latest geopolitical risk to crypto from the Strait of Hormuz has come via radio from a tanker under fire. “Sepah Navy, Sepah Navy, this is Motor Vessel, Sanmar Herald. You gave me clearance to go. My name, […]
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The S&P 500 closed at 7,126 on April 17, another record, while the University of Michigan’s preliminary April consumer sentiment reading fell to 47.6, the weakest print in the survey’s history. The split on the screen looks surreal. Charlie Bilello shared the chart below, highlighting the gap. Wall Street is trading at altitude. Households are […]
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Institutional investors are looking past the crypto market’s two largest behemoths, aggressively rotating capital into alternative cryptocurrencies as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East agitate traditional markets. Data from SoSoValue shows that US-based investment vehicles tracking the spot price of XRP absorbed $55.39 million in fresh capital over the past week, positioning the asset as […]
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Publicly listed Bitcoin miners liquidated more than 32,000 Bitcoin during the first quarter of 2026, marking a record sell-off as the industry's largest operators redirect billions in capital toward artificial intelligence. This historic shift is unfolding precisely as the economics of Bitcoin validation reach a critical pressure point. With mining profitability hovering near cyclical lows, […]
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Michael Saylor has signaled that Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, may be preparing to buy more Bitcoin, reviving a pattern investors now treat as an early marker for another weekly treasury announcement. On April 19, the company’s executive chairman posted a screenshot of Strategy’s Bitcoin portfolio tracker on X with the phrase “Think Even ₿igger.” Historically, Saylor […]
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Crypto traders traded more than $500 million in synthetic oil futures over the weekend on the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, betting that renewed military conflict in the Middle East could push crude prices back to $100 a barrel. The surge in blockchain-based trading followed Iran's abrupt decision to shut the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, […]
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Iran's Friday announcement that the Strait of Hormuz would be opened during the current ceasefire triggered one of the sharpest oil reversals of the year. Brent crude fell 12.95% to $86.52, and WTI dropped 14.26% to $81.19, both their lowest levels since Mar. 11 and the largest single-day declines since Apr. 8. US stocks surged, […]
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Bitcoin climbed toward $80,000 after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was fully open to commercial traffic for the remainder of the ceasefire period, easing pressure on one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints and triggering a broader risk-on move across markets. The largest cryptocurrency rose 5% on the news to as high as […]
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Bitcoin has spent much of 2026 moving between recovery attempts and macro shocks, yet one part of the market has kept moving in a single direction. Large holders have been buying. On April 16, Bitfinex highlighted CryptoQuant data showing whales accumulated 270,000 BTC over the previous 30 days, the largest buying spree since 2013, while […]
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Bitcoin's latest recovery has pushed the flagship digital asset back toward the $75,000 level, tracking a broader return in risk appetite as hopes for de-escalation in the Middle East lifted global equities to fresh records. However, the move is running into a quieter constraint than geopolitics or crypto-specific sentiment: the bond market still shows a […]
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Traditional equities like the S&P 500 are staging a historic comeback, shaking off weeks of geopolitical anxiety to chart new all-time highs. Yet Bitcoin, which has historically been a synchronized beneficiary of risk-on sentiment, is noticeably dragging its feet, leaving investors questioning what is missing from its narrative. The S&P 500 closed higher by 0.8% […]
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Bitcoin is pushing up against a patch of resistance right as the bigger economic picture gets trickier. The price is pushing toward $75,000, with some important on-chain sellers stepping in and two big US data releases on deck. These will determine whether Bitcoin can break through $ 78,1 and get knocked back again. According to […]
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Goldman Sachs, the $3.5 trillion banking giant, has filed to launch an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that uses covered calls to generate income from Bitcoin. The April 14 filing for the Goldman Sachs Bitcoin Premium Income ETF marks a strategic pivot for the investment bank, which previously had a hostile relationship with the flagship digital […]
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Anthropic's Mythos threat to the crypto industry can trigger hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars in sudden, irreversible losses. That is the stark reality facing digital asset markets following Anthropic’s quiet unveiling of Claude Mythos Preview, a vulnerability-seeking AI model the San Francisco startup admits is simply too dangerous to release to the […]
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Tax season is now more connected to Bitcoin’s retail demand. Bitcoin has spent the first half of April trading in the low $70,000s, with recent moves through the $71,000 to $75,000 zone keeping the asset close enough to its highs for retail attention to return quickly. But there’s a more important change happening beneath the […]
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After losing 63% of its value over several tough months and challenging investor confidence, XRP made a strong comeback in April. XRP’s recovery is driven by new privacy features for institutions, major retail adoption in Asia, and renewed interest in exchange-traded funds. Cryptorank data shows XRP is on track for its first positive monthly close since September […]
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Strategy's perpetual preferred stock, STRC, played a key role in the company's Bitcoin strategy this week after it saw more than $1.1 billion in daily trading volume. In an X post, Strategy declared April 13 the record date for STRC. Michael Saylor also noted that the security closed at par with just “one penny of volatility” after […]
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Bitcoin climbed to its highest level since the early-February sell-off after US producer prices went up, but rose less than economists expected, in March, with easing oil prices and stronger equity markets adding to the rebound in risk assets. According to CryptoSlate's data, Bitcoin surged past the $76,000 mark during early US trading hours, with […]
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A coordinated push to enact the CLARITY Act is colliding with a rapidly closing legislative window, prompting warnings from industry advocates that a failure to pass the bill this spring could stall crypto developments until the end of the decade. With the November 2026 midterms looming, the legislative calendar is shrinking, and the complex jurisdictional […]
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Iran conflict is already disrupting the hidden plumbing of global trade The market spent the first phase of the Iran conflict watching crude. That was the visible layer. The more consequential shift is happening deeper in the system, where shipping, gas, fertilizer, aviation, petrochemicals, and trade finance sit. Those channels carry the real economic load. […]
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Bitcoin reclaims $71.5k and pushes through the old ATH band, now the market has to prove it can hold there Bitcoin spent the last 24 to 48 hours doing what the market had repeatedly failed to do through the first part of the year. It moved through the $71,500 ceiling, reclaimed $72,000, and then started […]
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The market may be pricing XRP through an outdated lens. Over the past several days, the most consequential development around XRP has come from outside crypto. On April 8, the Federal Reserve proposed allowing U.S. banks and credit unions to use intermediaries through the FedNow Service, a change the central bank said could support private-sector […]
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World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the decentralized finance platform backed by President Donald Trump, is navigating a deepening crisis as a precipitous drop in its token price collides with a bitter public dispute involving Tron founder Justin Sun. The turbulence centers on two distinct but compounding controversies: accusations from Sun that the protocol's team used centralized […]
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Bitcoin price fell during Asian trading hours after a weekend diplomatic push between Washington and Tehran broke down and a new US maritime order raised fresh concern over energy flows from the Middle East. This pulled the top crypto lower alongside equities, reinforcing the market’s sensitivity to oil, inflation, and broader risk sentiment. According to […]
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Strategy is one of the most aggressively promoted stocks on Wall Street, with a consensus “Strong Buy” rating and an average analyst price target that implies a 155% upside from recent prices. That's nearly double the implied upside for any other large-cap name in America. It's also, by a wide margin, the single largest issuer […]
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Bitcoin kept part of the ceasefire bounce, but the chain still has not confirmed the move Bitcoin is still holding above $71,000 after the weekend’s ceasefire-driven risk bounce, even as the macro story behind that move has already started to fray. That leaves the market in an awkward middle ground. Price kept part of the […]
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First Lady Melania Trump’s unexpected White House address forcefully denying any ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and her unprecedented call for congressional hearings for his victims has sparked a political firestorm. In a surprise April 9 announcement, the first lady addressed reporters at the White House to categorically dismantle rumors regarding her past. She […]
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