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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Crypto pundit Crypto Eri has revealed a new milestone in terms of the number of XRP Ledger (XRPL) wallets despite the XRP price weakness. This comes as the altcoin risks dropping below the psychological $1.30 level amid uncertainty over a ceasefire in the U.S.-Iran war. XRP Ledger Wallets Rise Despite XRP Price Weakness In an X post, Crypto Eri noted that despite a softening of the XRP price that began in 2025, wallets continue to climb, with the XRP Ledger wallets currently at 8.1 million, according to CryptoQuant data. This signals increased adoption of the network, especially as more institutions tokenize real-world assets (RWAs). Related Reading: XRP Premium FVG Could Pull Price Higher In The Short Term, But There’s A Problem CryptoQuant data also show that the number of daily active addresses on the XRP Ledger has held steady despite the drop in the XRP price. The number of daily active addresses recently spiked to a high of almost 32,000, almost matching the high recorded on February 10, when this metric rose to 32,600. It is worth noting that these milestones come just as more than half of the XRP supply sits underwater. Glassnode stated that investors who accumulated above $2 over the past 12 months have been realizing losses at a rate of $20 million to $100 million per day since November 2025. On-chain analytics platform Santiment noted that average wallets active on the XRP Ledger over the past year are down 41% on average, with the XRP price recently reaching a new low. The platform stated that this is the lowest Mean Value to Realized Value (MVRV) for XRP traders since the FTX crash in November 2022. Santiment explained that significantly negative returns imply much lower risk than average when buying or adding to one’s positions. This is because competing traders are already in severe ‘blood in the streets’ territory, so the downside for the XRP price may be limited. XRP Structure Still Points Lower Crypto analyst CasiTrades warned that the XRP structure still points lower, suggesting the XRP price could drop further. She noted that price failed to make a new high and instead printed a clean 5-wave right into resistance. The analyst added that a bearish divergence has formed, indicating exhaustion at resistance. Related Reading: Will The XRP Price Crash Further From Here? Major Levels To Watch CasiTrades also mentioned that the XRP price is right between support and resistance and that multiple degrees are aligning to the downside. As to how low the XRP price could drop, she stated that the first wave down is targeting is $1.13. When that happens, she predicts that the altcoin could see a small relief before a continuation toward $1.08, which is the macro .786 support. The analyst added that XRP could see a break lower to $0.87 after more chop and a relief bounce. At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $1.30, down over 2% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com
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On-chain data shows returns of the 1-year XRP buyers have plunged deep into the red, something that has signaled an opportunity in the past. XRP Has Seen Its 1-Year MVRV Ratio Plummet Recently In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Santiment has talked about the latest trend in the Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) Ratio for XRP. The MVRV Ratio is a popular indicator that measures the ratio between the Market Cap and Realized Cap of a given asset. Related Reading: These 3 Signals Mark Bear Market Exits—Bitcoin Has Yet To Trigger Them In short, the Market Cap represents the value that investors are holding in the present, while the Realized Cap is a measure of the capital that they initially invested into the cryptocurrency. As such, the MVRV Ratio, which compares the two, contains information about the profit-loss balance of the network as a whole. In the context of the current topic, the MVRV Ratio of the entire market isn’t of interest, but rather that of two specific holder segments: 1-month and 1-year buyers. Below is the chart shared by Santiment that shows how the XRP MVRV Ratio has changed for these two groups over the last few years. As displayed in the graph, the XRP MVRV Ratio has recently been inside the negative zone for both the 30-day and 1-year investors. Thus, coins purchased over both the past month and past year have been underwater. This loss status among traders is naturally a result of the continued bearish price action that the asset has witnessed over the last few months. The situation has been especially bad for the 1-year buyers, who are in a loss of about 41% right now. This is the lowest level since December 2022, when the market was trading at lows after the FTX crash. Generally, the more are the investors in loss, the more likely is the market to reach a bottom as profit-sellers run out. Currently the 1-year MVRV level for XRP is so deep that it’s inside a region that the analytics firm defines as the “Opportunity Zone.” As Santiment explains: Because cryptocurrencies are zero sum trading games, significantly negative average returns (not just a price drop, but actual trader returns) imply that there is much lower risk than average in buying or adding on to your XRP positions, due to the fact that competing traders are already in severe ‘blood in the streets’ territory. Related Reading: Bitcoin Sharks & Whales Capitulate: Realized Loss Exceeds $200M Given this dominance of loss among the recent buyers, it now remains to be seen whether the market pain is enough for a bottom or if the cryptocurrency will see its bearish phase prolong further. XRP Price At the time of writing, XRP is trading around $1.32, down nearly 2% over the last 24 hours. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
Bitcoin is moving through a period of uncertainty, with prices yet to find a clear floor. There is no single level that guarantees where the correction will end. Instead, analysts are piecing together clues from past cycles, price behavior, and technical signals to understand what might come next. Where Buyers May Step In As prices …
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Macro analyst Dr. Jim Willie said XRP could see a sharp upward move if it clears important price levels, outlining a progression from lower ranges to double-digit territory. “Let’s be concerned about once we get past three and five, we’re going straight to 12 and 25. That’s where XRP is going,” he said. He said …
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A 33-day dry spell for solo Bitcoin miners ended last week when one small operator cracked a block that, statistically, should not have been cracked for decades. Related Reading: XRP Eyes $8.30 Target As Rare Chart Pattern Emerges From Prolonged Decline One Miner, One Block, One Very Long Shot The winning miner earned 3.139 BTC — worth roughly $210,000 — after successfully validating block 943,411 on April 3. The payout included the standard 3.125 BTC block subsidy and approximately 0.014 BTC in transaction fees. Data from mempool.space confirmed the transaction. The miner operated through CKPool, a platform built for independent operators who prefer to go it alone and keep most of what they earn. What made the win remarkable was the hardware behind it. The miner’s setup ran at just 230 terahashes per second. At the time, Bitcoin’s total network hashrate sat at approximately 1 zettahash per second. That put the miner’s share of global computing power at around 0.00002% — a slice so thin it barely registers. A solo Bitcoin miner with a small setup just hit the jackpot earning 3.139 BTC block rewards worth $210,000. His setup was so small, he should statistically win once every 76 years. pic.twitter.com/z7s1LxIhZT — Bitcoin Archive (@BitcoinArchive) April 6, 2026 CKPool developer Con Kolivas put the daily odds of success at roughly 1 in 28,000. Bitcoin Archive analyst Archie framed it differently: a miner at that power level should statistically win once every 76 years. This particular miner didn’t wait that long. Congratulations to miner bc1qtt7cr9cxykyp9g4hq47zf5lq9t97cxvq72lun3 with ~230TH for solving the 312th solo block at https://t.co/UWgBvLk5AE! A miner of this size has a 1 in ~28k chance per day of solving a block.https://t.co/dx3lUuDRbl pic.twitter.com/uiDOzZdHts — Dr -ck (@ckpooldev) April 2, 2026 A Pattern Of Unlikely Wins The April win marked the 312th solo block ever mined through CKPool, based on data from the Bennet solo-miner tracker. It snapped a 33-day gap since the previous solo success, recorded on February 28. But the result is far from an isolated case. Reports show a string of similar upsets over recent months. In December, a miner running at 270 TH/s walked away with more than $284,000. Before that, a setup running at just 6 TH/s — far smaller than the latest winner — pulled in around $265,000. A 200 TH/s rig scored approximately $350,000 back in September. Even rented computing power produced results: in late February, a miner reportedly spent about $75 on cloud hashrate and came away with close to $200,000 in rewards. Each of those wins carried odds steep enough to discourage most rational participants. And yet they kept happening. Related Reading: Bitcoin Mood Sours To Levels Not Seen Since Late February Big Miners Head In A Different Direction While independent operators occasionally pocket life-changing sums, large mining companies have been moving away from holding Bitcoin. Riot Platforms sold 3,778 BTC in the first quarter of 2026, generating roughly $289 million, while still holding 15,680 BTC at quarter’s end. MARA Holdings moved even faster, selling more than 15,000 BTC between early and late March to raise approximately $1.1 billion, using the proceeds to handle debt-related obligations. Featured image from Meta, chart from TradingView
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ETH price is looking sluggish on the surface while the underlying data quietly tells a very different story. On Binance, Ethereum withdrawal transactions just hit their highest level since 2025, clocking in at roughly 115,685 transactions in a single day. Sounds bullish, right? Well… yes and no. Because while the number of transactions exploded, the …
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RAIN price leaves traders questioning everything, they saw. One moment it’s collapsing, the next it’s ripping higher like nothing ever happened. And yes, it’s all happening right before a major token unlock. Let’s not pretend that’s a coincidence and to go to deeper is the viable option. Massive token unlock sparks panic selling pressure Firstly, …
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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Crypto analyst Kabuki has explained why the Bitcoin rainbow chart shows that the price range is above $60,000. The analyst noted that BTC is mirroring past cycles and suggested that a base may be forming soon for the leading crypto. Bitcoin Rainbow Chart Shows Why Price Is Ranging In an X post, Kabuki said that Bitcoin is stuck between $65,000 and $68,000 for a reason and that this isn’t random but simply BTC repeating history. He noted that in 2017, a base formed, which led to a parabolic expansion. The same happened in 2021, which again led to a parabolic expansion. Related Reading: Major Catalysts To Watch Out For That Could Send Bitcoin Price To $90,000 Kabuki stated that the same structure is playing out again for Bitcoin this time around and that this range is an accumulation phase before the breakout. His accompanying chart showed that the leading crypto is likely to rally as high as $400,000 in the next bull cycle, with a top likely in 2029. Meanwhile, the chart also confirmed that a bottom may be forming soon, with the current range a good buy zone. However, Kabuki suggested that there is still the possibility of Bitcoin dropping to $42,000. In another X post, he said that BTC is perfectly following a descending channel pattern with the drop from its all-time high (ATH) around $125,000. The analyst predicted that the leading crypto could drop from $69,000 to $42,000 as this bearish pattern continues to play out. He added that lower highs plus more lower highs will lead to the last shakeout before the rally to $200,000. BTC Back Inside The Bear Flag In an X post, crypto analyst Colin stated that Bitcoin is back inside the bear flag, providing optimism about a bullish reversal. However, he warned that the highest the market may see is a short-term BTC rally to $80,000 if the U.S.-Iran war actually ends. The analyst added that Bitcoin will have to prove itself by first breaking above the resistance levels immediately ahead. Related Reading: Here’s Why The Bitcoin And Ethereum Prices Could Keep Crashing This Week Colin reiterated that any short-term pump in Bitcoin will eventually be sold off and that the downtrend will resume in time. As such, he opined that any pump will be a chance to offload heavy positions rather than as a shot at new ATHs. The analyst also agreed with another analyst’s view, noting that the broader trendline is looming despite Bitcoin’s return within the channel. The analyst stated that there will be a true change in structure only if BTC breaks this trendline. He added that this could happen at lower levels, but that it is hard to say this was the bottom range. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $68,700, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
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