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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Institutions appear to be taking profits from the bitcoin rally rather than joining the momentum, one analyst said.
The Iranian regime has been increasingly using cryptocurrency over the last few years to facilitate cross border oil trading, according to data from Chainalysis.
The current downtrend has put the Bitcoin price in an increasingly difficult position as bears push back on every recovery. Even now, the price continues to struggle to maintain an uptrend, but it has not deterred bulls from predicting higher prices. The general consensus still remains that the Bitcoin price will cross $100,000 again and eventually reach new all-time highs. As these bullish predictions roll out, one analyst has given their opinion on how the cryptocurrency’s price will move from here. Bitcoin Could Rally To $90,000 First Before Crashing Pseudonymous crypto analyst Cyclop shared their expectations for the Bitcoin price on X following the initial rally at the start of the week. While bearish sentiment still abounds, the analyst does not believe that this would necessarily lead to the price crashing further from here. Related Reading: Why XRP Supply Crashing On Coinbase Is A Good Thing For The Price Instead, Cyclop says that the current bearish sentiment could end up pushing the price higher. The reason for this is the fact that investors are ready to buy lower. What this means is that there is still money to buy cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, and this is not how a bottom would play out. Given that bottoms happen when people have run out of money to buy, the analyst believes that there would be another run-up just to shake out investors. This initial run could send the Bitcoin price high toward the $90,000 level, but then the resulting dump would reset the market sentiment. It is only when something like this happens that the crypto analyst believes that the Bitcoin price will have hit a bottom. The squeeze higher and the dump could completely devastate sentiment, leaving room for the Bitcoin price to finally have a real rally. BTC Pushing The Road To $240,000 In a previous post, the crypto analyst had stated the major targets that they are looking at for the Bitcoin price. The first was $69,000, which the cryptocurrency had hit earlier in the week, marking a possible start to the rally that takes it back to six-figures. Related Reading: Ethereum Eyes Macro Bottom As Key Level Comes Into Focus: Analyst Next is a run-up to around $78,000, which is the upward squeeze the analyst spoke of. Then the next in line would be a massive crash that would take the Bitcoin price to new cycle lows at $42,000, and reset the sentiment. And finally, there would be the explosive rally, which the crypto analyst believes could see the bitcoin price reach $240,000. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
There’s a wide gap between how experts are viewing Friday’s inflation data and how the bitcoin market is pricing in the impending figures.
The Ethereum Foundation has sold 3,750 ETH for stablecoins to fund its development work. To keep the market stable, the ETH was sold in small batches of 416.67 using CoW Protocol’s TWAP system. So far, nine trades have been completed at an average price of $2,214 per ETH, leaving 1,250 ETH, valued at $2.7 million, …
Ethereum has decisively reclaimed the $2,200 level, marking a clear shift in structure, and that’s exactly why $2,400 is now back in play. The recent move is not just a relief bounce. It comes after a complete leverage reset near $1,800, followed by steady accumulation and now a push into higher levels. With buyers stepping …
Crypto exchange Binance has officially announced the delisting of six tokens, Beefy.Finance (BIFI), FIO Protocol (FIO), FunToken (FUN), Measurable Data Token (MDT), Orchid (OXT), and Wanchain (WAN), as part of its routine asset review process. The move will remove all spot trading pairs associated with these tokens, mainly affecting traders currently holding positions or using …
South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb files for a court-approved asset freeze to reclaim 7 BTC remaining from a February payout error.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is urging Congress to pass legislation on the structure of the crypto market quickly, warning that delays could hurt America’s leadership in digital assets. However, unclear U.S. rules are pushing crypto to hubs like Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Therefore, he framed the issue as a national priority, saying, “We must …
The Royal Government of Bhutan has transferred 319.7 BTC, worth about $22.7 million, to sales-linked wallets, continuing a steady reduction of its Bitcoin reserves tracked by Arkham Intelligence. So far this year, Bhutan has quietly moved large amounts of BTC as its sovereign stack drops significantly from a late-2024 peak of over 13,000 BTC to …
One of the recipient wallets had previously been used to route funds for selling via Galaxy Digital and OKX, Onchain Lens said.
Enjin (ENJ) price has staged a sharp breakout, surging over 30% in a single move and reclaiming the $0.03 level after weeks of downtrend. The daily chart shows a clear momentum shift, with ENJ breaking out of its consolidation range on a surge in volume by more than 2000%. At the same time, derivatives data …
While Ethereum (ETH) retests a key level for the first time this month, some market watchers have advised caution, warning that the start of a new bull run may not be here yet. Related Reading: XRP Leads Crypto Funds $224M Rebound With Largest Weekly Inflows Since December No Ethereum Party Until This happens After jumping nearly 10%, Ethereum is attempting to reclaim a crucial area that has served as a major resistance zone since the early February crash. Over the past two months, the King of Altcoins has been trading sideways, hovering between the $1,800-$2,200 levels. As the altcoin breaks past the $2,150-$2,200 area, some market observers cautioned investors not to celebrate yet, arguing that ETH has failed to hold this level despite multiple retests during this period. Analyst Ted Pillows affirmed that as long as Ethereum holds above the $2,200 level, it could make a move towards last month’s top, around the $2,400 area, but warned investors not to “mistake it for the start of a bull run,” suggesting that new lows will come between Q2 and Q3 2026. Similarly, market watcher Crypto Scient advised investors not to “confuse positioning with guessing,” explaining that the cryptocurrency hasn’t broken out of its macro downtrend, which began last October. According to the chart, Ethereum is currently near the macro trend resistance while still respecting a Lower High (LH) structure. To him, this is “where most people front-run and get chopped.” Scient argued that even if the bottom is on and ETH’s bull run has begun, “the money won’t be made under this trend. It will be made once the price is above it.” Nonetheless, the price needs to break above the trend, flip it into support, and show acceptance above it before investors can call a true reversal. “Until that happens, this is just another retest in a downtrend,” he asserted. Key Levels To Watch Ali Martinez shared “the ultimate accumulation zones” for Ethereum, outlining some potential scenarios for its price. In the first case, the cryptocurrency could be trading in a multi-year ascending triangle, with the $1,800 level being the “line in the sand.” As he explained, this price point serves as the triangle’s hypotenuse and, if it holds, could trigger a rally toward the $4,900 x-axis. This level also aligns “almost perfectly” with the 0.80 MVRV Pricing Band, located around the $1,880 area. The 0.80 band “has been a reliable indicator of cycle bottoms,” as it has historically marked where sellers exhaust themselves, and “Strong Hands” take over, Martinez highlighted. Meanwhile, in the second scenario, Ethereum could be moving within a parallel channel, risking another 30%-50% correction toward the channel lows between $1,150-$1,170. Martinez emphasized that the UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD) reveals massive clusters of ETH were bought between $2,079 and $1,882. The URPD also shows that below $1,880, the most significant buy-walls sit at $1,584, $1,238, and $1,089, meaning that if the February lows are lost, the price would visit those levels. Related Reading: Bitcoin Next Big Move In Mid-April? Analyst Explains Why ‘Decision Time’ Could Be Near “While accumulation happens in the $1,000s, the ‘Start Engine’ for the next major rally is the Realized Price at $2,500,” the analyst noted, adding that whenever Ethereum reclaims its Realized Price, it has historically signified that the average holder is back in profit and the “cooling period” has finalized. “A clean break and hold above $2,500 is my primary trigger for the beginning of a new macro bull rally,” Martinez concluded. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pressing Congress to quickly pass the bipartisan CLARITY Act, a major crypto market structure bill that would create clear federal rules for digital assets. He warned that regulatory uncertainty is pushing innovation overseas and could weaken the United States’ leadership in the fast-growing crypto space, stressing that lawmakers must …
Federal lawsuit argues event contracts are swaps under U.S. law, not state-level gaming law, deepening a split with states that view the products as illegal gambling
Pi Network has taken another step toward building its smart contract ecosystem with the release of a new Remote Procedure Call (RPC) server on its Testnet. The update may sound technical, but its goal is to make it easier for developers to build, test, and connect applications to the Pi blockchain. Unlike earlier stages where …
Yuga Labs first filed a lawsuit in June 2022, accusing Ripps and Cahen of copying its Bored Ape Yacht Club cartoon ape images and selling lookalike NFTs.
Canary Capital is preparing to launch an ETF tracking Pepe’s price, despite the token trading 85% below its December 2024 all-time high.
“In our view, the equitable balance here cuts in favor of the government,” said a panel of judges from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Most recipients of the 'fat finger' error have voluntarily returned the bitcoin, but some insisted they are not obligated to do so.
While nearly 16% of Polymarket users are in profit, only a tiny fraction have made gains large and consistent enough to entertain walking away from their day job.
A developer testnet for the XRP Ledger went fully quantum-secure back in December 2025 — months before most people started paying attention to the threat. That quiet milestone now sits at the center of a broader conversation about how ready the network actually is. Related Reading: South Korea Imposes 5-Minute Audit Rule On Crypto Platforms Only A Fraction Of Accounts Hold Hidden Keys Reports from an XRPL validator show that roughly 300,000 of the network’s 7.8 million accounts are currently shielded from quantum attacks — not because of advanced cryptography, but because their public keys have never been exposed. These accounts have never sent a transaction. Without a visible public key, a quantum attacker has no entry point. Together, they hold about 2.4 billion XRP. The remaining accounts are a different story. Their public keys are visible on-chain. Traditional computers cannot crack them today. Quantum computers powerful enough to do so do not yet exist. But the window for preparation is open now, not later. Quick XRP acc quantum vulnerability check. ~300,000 accounts on XRP holding 2.4B XRP never transacted, thus public key unknown and quantum safe. while only 2 accounts with larger holdings of 21M XRP are dormant (inactive over 5 years) and have their public key exposed. Dormant… — Vet (@Vet_X0) April 7, 2026 Still, the scale of the immediate risk is narrow. Only two dormant accounts — inactive for more than five years — hold exposed public keys with significant balances. Combined, they carry around 21 million XRP. That figure represents roughly 0.03% of the total XRP supply. Vulnerable inactive whales, based on reports from the validator, are extremely rare on this network. XRP Ledger Sits In A Different Position Than Bitcoin That rarity sets the XRP Ledger apart from Bitcoin, where large sums often sit untouched in old wallets using an outdated format called pay-to-public-key, or P2PK. Wallets tied to Bitcoin’s anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, fall into this category. Their public keys are out in the open. On the XRP Ledger, that kind of exposure among major dormant holders is far less common. The network also carries a structural advantage: built-in key rotation. Users can swap out their signing keys without changing their wallet address. That means if quantum computing advances faster than expected, account holders have a path to update their security without losing their existing address. Bitcoin does not offer this natively. The XRPL also uses an amendment system, where validators vote on protocol changes. Data shows this process moves faster than Bitcoin’s upgrade path, which depends on miner consensus and tends to be slower and more contentious. Related Reading: XRP Headed For A Price Shock, Japan’s Financial Heavyweight Says AlphaNet Test Signals Where The Network Is Headed In December 2025, XRPL Labs developer Denis Angell confirmed that AlphaNet — the network’s developer testnet — had adopted ML-DSA, also known as CRYSTALS-Dilithium. The National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, has approved ML-DSA as a post-quantum signature standard. AlphaNet also rolled out Quantum Accounts, Quantum Transactions, and Quantum Consensus, extending protection even to validator communications. Featured image from Meta, chart from TradingView
Dogecoin corrected some gains from the $0.0960 zone against the US Dollar. DOGE is now holding the $0.0900 support and remains at risk of more losses. DOGE price started a fresh downside correction below $0.0950. The price is trading below the $0.0930 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $0.0925 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could aim for a fresh increase if it remains stable above $0.090. Dogecoin Price Trims Gains Dogecoin price started a downside correction after it failed to surpass $0.0960, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. DOGE declined below the $0.0950 and $0.0940 levels. There was a move below the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $0.0899 swing low to the $0.0960 high. Besides, there is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $0.0925 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair. The price even spiked below $0.0920 before the bulls appeared. Dogecoin price is now trading above the $0.090 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. Immediate resistance on the upside is near the $0.0920 level. The first major resistance for the bulls could be near the $0.0925 level and the trend line. The next major resistance is near the $0.0935 level. A close above the $0.0935 resistance might send the price toward $0.0950. Any more gains might send the price toward $0.0980. The next major stop for the bulls might be $0.10. More Losses In DOGE? If DOGE’s price fails to climb above the $0.0925 level, it could continue to move down. Initial support on the downside is near the $0.0912 level or the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $0.0899 swing low to the $0.0960 high The next major support is near the $0.0910 level. The main support sits at $0.090. If there is a downside break below the $0.090 support, the price could decline further. In the stated case, the price might slide toward the $0.0880 level. Any more losses might call for a test of $0.0850. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for DOGE/USD is now gaining momentum in the bearish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for DOGE/USD is now below the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $0.0910 and $0.0900. Major Resistance Levels – $0.0925 and $0.0935.
Elevated volume and modest institutional buying fail to support price, with sellers continuing to dominate near resistance.
Analysts say a sustained 15%–16% decline in crude could revive Fed rate cut bets, sending BTC higher.
JPMorgan CEO, Jamie Dimon, warned investors in his latest annual letter that the bank must accelerate its efforts in blockchain technology to meet mounting competition from the crypto sector. Dimon told shareholders that a “whole new set of competitors” has emerged around blockchain-based products — including stablecoins, smart contracts, and broader tokenization — and that the bank needs to “roll out our own blockchain technology” to defend its market position. JPMorgan Doubles Down On Crypto The call to action comes as the US regulatory landscape for crypto undergoes notable shifts and traditional financial institutions increasingly adopt decentralized technology. JPMorgan is not starting from scratch: the firm introduced JPM Coin on a permissioned blockchain in 2019 and has continued to build capabilities through its Kinexys blockchain unit, which focuses on tokenization and payments. The bank has also been involved in experiments on permissionless chains; executives from JPMorgan’s Commercial and Investment Banking units recently pointed to the bank’s role in a 2025 US commercial paper issuance on Solana (SOL) for Galaxy Digital Holdings as a sign of broader exploration. Related Reading: Ethereum (ETH) Outlook: $2,500 Break Could Trigger Major Rally — Expert’s Price Scenarios Dimon’s stance toward crypto has evolved visibly over the past year. Once a vocal skeptic, he publicly acknowledged last year that he has become “a believer in stablecoins,” and later reiterated that “blockchain is real,” predicting it would displace elements of the traditional financial system. JPMorgan has already ramped up its internal crypto activity. In a separate investor note, the co‑CEOs of the bank’s Commercial and Investment Banking division reported that transactions on JPMorgan’s blockchain-based products have expanded roughly thirtyfold since 2023. At the same time, JPMorgan and other major banks have been active in shaping regulatory outcomes. The banking industry has pressed to alter provisions of the GENIUS Act and the anticipated CLARITY Act, seeking to prevent what they call a regulatory “loophole” that might allow stablecoin issuers to offer yield. Banks’ Push To Bar Stablecoin Rewards Banks argue that yield-bearing stablecoins could serve as substitutes for deposit accounts, posing a risk to their deposit bases and potentially destabilizing lending. Yet, those concerns were challenged on Wednesday by a new analysis from the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Using a model calibrated to current market conditions, the report found that banning stablecoin yields would have only a marginal effect on deposit flight from banks. Specifically, it estimated that eliminating stablecoin yield would raise bank lending by roughly $2.1 billion — about 0.02% of total loans — while imposing an estimated $800 million net welfare loss on consumers, suggesting the costs could outweigh any systemic benefits. Related Reading: FDIC Advances Rulemaking For GENIUS Act: New Framework For Stablecoin Issuers The study also tested a worst‑case scenario in which stablecoins pose a much larger threat to lending, but that outcome required assumptions — such as zero excess reserves and a major shift in Federal Reserve policy — that do not reflect present conditions. It remains uncertain whether the White House analysis will shift negotiations between banks and the crypto industry over whether yield and rewards should be permitted on stablecoins. Those involved in the talks have largely remained silent over the past two weeks amid Congress’s Easter recess. However, two sources familiar with the discussions told Crypto In America that they remain cautiously optimistic that the talks are progressing. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
XRP price started a downside correction from the $1.40 zone. The price is now consolidating and might aim for another increase if it stays above the $1.30 zone. XRP price started a downside correction after it failed to clear the $1.40 zone. The price is now trading below $1.340 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1.3550 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it settles above $1.3550. XRP Price Dips Again XRP price started a decent upward move above $1.350 and $1.3550, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price gained pace for a clear move above the $1.3650 resistance. A high was formed at $1.3963, and the price started a downside correction. There was a move below $1.3650 and $1.350. The price dipped below the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $1.2940 swing low to the $1.3963 high. The price is now trading below $1.340 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If there is a fresh upward move, the price might face resistance near the $1.3450 level. The first major resistance is near the $1.3550 level. There is also a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $1.3550 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair, above which the price could rise and test $1.3650. A clear move above the $1.3650 resistance might send the price toward the $1.3880 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $1.40 resistance. The next major hurdle for the bulls might be near $1.4250. Another Drop? If XRP fails to clear the $1.3450 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $1.3220 level. The next major support is near the $1.3180 level or the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $1.2940 swing low to the $1.3963 high. If there is a downside break and a close below the $1.3180 level, the price might continue to decline toward $1.3110. The next major support sits near the $1.2880 zone, below which the price could continue lower toward $1.2680. Any more losses might call for a test of $1.250. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for XRP/USD is now gaining pace in the bearish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for XRP/USD is now below the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $1.3180 and $1.3110. Major Resistance Levels – $1.3450 and $1.3550.
Adjusted stablecoin volume could reach $719 trillion by 2035, but the projection could be far higher if two macro catalysts come to pass, said Chainalysis.
Ripple’s David Schwartz saw the headline and could not resist. “Finally we have the definitive answer that will certainly end the debate forever,” the Ripple CTO wrote on X after the New York Times published what it described as an 18-month investigation into the identity of Bitcoin’s creator. Whether that was genuine acknowledgement, dry sarcasm …