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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The SEC moved the crypto market structure forward on Apr. 13 without waiting for Congress to act. The agency's Division of Trading and Markets published a staff statement on Covered User Interfaces, such as websites, browser extensions, wallet-linked apps, and mobile applications that help users in self-custodial setups prepare transactions in crypto asset securities. Staff […]
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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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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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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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Private credit has crossed into a dangerous phase. After rumblings last month, the pressure point is no longer confined to underwriting quality, isolated borrower stress, or a few awkward redemption notices buried in fund updates. The market is now dealing with something more consequential: a live collision between illiquid assets, semi-liquid fund structures, and investors […]
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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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The US-Iran ceasefire made oil retreat, European equities posted their largest single-day gain in more than four years, and crypto joined the relief wave alongside everything else. During the relief, traders rotated sharply into privacy-adjacent names, pushing Zcash up roughly 59.6% over seven days and Dash up about 47.3% over the same window. CryptoSlate's privacy […]
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Bitcoin traders are rebuilding bets on a move toward $80,000 as easing geopolitical tensions, firmer institutional demand, and a rebound above $70,000 revive appetite for upside exposure after weeks of defensive positioning. On Coinbase-owned Deribit, the largest venue for crypto options, the $80,000 call has become the single biggest strike by open interest this week, […]
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World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance project co-founded by the Trump family, is hastily preparing to unlock a massive tranche of its WLFI tokens after a nearly two-year holding period. The impending release will likely target a portion of the remaining 80% of public investors' allocations to the project. According to Tokenomist data, this translates […]
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The Trump administration and the broader crypto industry have initiated an unprecedented, multi-agency pressure campaign aimed at forcing the Senate to pass the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, signaling a decisive final push to overhaul the regulatory framework of the $2.4 trillion cryptocurrency market before the 2026 midterm elections. In a highly synchronized effort this […]
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Bitcoin’s rebound to around $71,000 has reignited a familiar bullish conversation about price, liquidity, and positioning. It has also exposed a less comfortable fact inside the network itself. The fee market has barely moved. For a market that still treats on-chain congestion as a sign of organic demand, that divergence deserves more attention than another […]
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Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is claiming its aggressive Bitcoin purchases have yielded a nearly $2 billion gain this year despite the top asset's clear price struggles. However, a close look at the enterprise software company's legally binding regulatory filings tells a much redder story: under standard accounting rules, the firm is nursing a multi-billion dollar unrealized […]
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On April 8, Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund began trading on the NYSE Arca under the ticker MSBT, logging 1.6 million shares and roughly $34 million in volume on its highly anticipated first day. The MSBT fund purchased 430 Bitcoin on day one, following $30.6 million in net inflows. Speaking on this performance, Bloomberg […]
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For most of the past two years, debate about stablecoins in payments has focused on the checkout screen: will consumers ever tap a wallet instead of a card? Visa, Stripe, and Mastercard have answered with their capital. Visa now settles in USDC, Stripe bought Bridge, and Mastercard is acquiring BVNK. Each move reflects the same […]
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Bitcoin climbed back above $70,000 on Wednesday after news that the United States and Iran had agreed to a Pakistan-brokered two-week ceasefire tied to reopening the Strait of Hormuz. According to CryptoSlate's data, the top crypto rose 5% to a peak of $72,734 before retracing to $71,477 as of press time. Data from CryptoQuant showed […]
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The Cardano community has officially approved the first tranche of the Orion Fund, a venture-style initiative designed to bridge Bitcoin liquidity into its decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. The governance vote unlocks 50 million ADA from the network's treasury, marking a pivotal shift in how Cardano funds its long-term economic expansion. The approval, which cleared required […]
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Bitcoin continued to hold near $68,000, a key long-term support level, this morning as traders waited for President Donald Trump’s latest deadline for Iran. The tension built after Trump said on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die tonight” as his 8 P.M. Eastern deadline for a deal with Iran approached. The warning came […]
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XRP’s recent price struggles is starting to look less like routine underperformance and more like capitulation as long-term holders who bought above $2 over the past year are now realizing millions in losses. Data from Glassnode shows that this cohort has been realizing losses at roughly $20 million to $110 million a day amid the […]
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More than 80 crypto projects formally shuttered or began winding down in the first quarter of this year. RootData’s “dead-project” archive, which tracks closures, bankruptcies, and chronic project inactivity, logged 86 casualties as of March 20. The pullback has spared almost no corner of the ecosystem, sweeping across digital wallets, NFT marketplaces, decentralized finance (DeFi) […]
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Bitcoin rose with the rest of the crypto market on Monday after President Donald Trump struck a mixed tone on a possible deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, prompting a relief rally that lifted prices but left the broader market setup unresolved. According to CryptoSlate's data, the largest cryptocurrency briefly climbed above […]
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EDX Markets’ bid for a federal trust bank charter is not just another crypto expansion story. It is a live test of whether Wall Street-backed firms can move more of crypto’s custody and settlement stack inside the U.S. banking perimeter. Citadel, Fidelity, and Schwab-backed EDX wants to bring equity market structure to crypto through a […]
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The federal government is preparing to redraw the boundaries of America's retirement accounts. The US Department of Labor has proposed a new rule clarifying how 401(k) fiduciaries (the employer committees legally responsible for plan investment decisions) should evaluate so-called “alternative” assets, including private equity, private credit, and…digital assets. The proposal came directly out of an […]
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