Trump's push for rate cuts highlights tensions between political influence and Fed's inflation control, potentially impacting economic stability.
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Bitcoin miners dumped a record 40,000 BTC in the first quarter of this year — more than the entirety of 2025 combined and well above the 20,000 BTC sold in the panic following the Terra collapse in mid-2022. That number sits quietly beneath the surface of what otherwise looks like a recovering market. Related Reading: Strategy Raises $1.76B War Chest As Saylor Signals Bigger Bitcoin Buy Miners Signal Trouble Even As Prices Climb The sell-off came as mining difficulty dropped 2.4% to 135 trillion, while network hashrate climbed back from roughly 978 exahashes per second to 992 EH/s this month, according to data from Glassnode. When producers sell at record pace during a difficulty drop, it points to one thing: tight margins. The economics of mining haven’t recovered the way the price chart might suggest, and any sustained move above $80,000 would have to absorb continued selling from that same group. Bitcoin was trading at $76,827 on Tuesday noon, up 1.4% over 24 hours, as Iran confirmed it would send a delegation to Pakistan for a second round of ceasefire talks. Ether gained 1.18% to reach $2,311. XRP rose 1.2% to $1.42. Solana trailed the pack, up just 0.9% on the day and down 1% for the week. The broader market moved in the same direction. The MSCI All Country World Index added 0.1% after pausing on Monday, with Asian equities leading the charge and the regional tech index gaining 2.38%. Brent crude slipped 0.7% to $94.80 a barrel. Gold fell 0.6% to around $4,800. Silver dropped 1% to $78.89. Treasuries and the dollar were largely flat. A Deadline That Markets Can’t Ignore The two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran expires Wednesday evening, Washington time. US President Donald Trump said Monday he does not plan to extend it. Markets are now priced around that deadline. Three vessels attempted passage through the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday, with American and Iranian blockades still active — the first real test of whether the waterway is clearing before any agreement is signed. Bitcoin has lagged equities throughout this stretch. The MSCI ACWI has been on an 11-day rally that stumbled only once since de-escalation began. Bitcoin, by contrast, spent that same period crawling back from below $75,000 to just above $76,000. ETF Demand Holds The Floor Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $996 million last week, according to SoSoValue. Ethereum spot ETFs brought in $276 million over the same period. That institutional buying has kept a floor under prices even as miners push supply into the market. Related Reading: Rave Token Crashes 95% As Manipulation Allegations Trigger Panic Research firm Kaiko said a clean break above $76,000 would open a path toward $85,000. Analysts at K33 flagged that same level as a potential short squeeze trigger. On the downside, a slide back below $75,000 — if Wednesday’s deadline passes without a deal — remains the key risk traders are watching. Bitcoin’s ceasefire rally gave the alpha crypto a lift. The miners are using it to sell. Until that changes, the rebound has a floor but no clear roof. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
FTX liquidators sold the Alameda Research stake in Cursor’s developer, Anysphere, for just $200,000 during the bankruptcy process, missing out on massive upside. Alameda originally backed Anysphere with $200,000 for roughly 5% of the company. Today, SpaceX has secured an option to acquire Cursor for $60 billion later this year or pay $10 billion for …
The rejection of the ceasefire extension may prolong regional instability and complicate diplomatic efforts, impacting global markets.
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Justin Sun has filed a lawsuit in a California federal court against World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., over a dispute involving frozen tokens and governance control. Sun says the issue began when the team froze all his WLFI holdings, removed his voting rights, and allegedly threatened …
Justin Sun, the crypto entrepreneur behind TRON, has taken World Liberty Financial (WLFI) to a federal court in California, accusing the Trump-linked DeFi project of freezing his $WLFI tokens and blocking his ability to vote on governance decisions. Sun says repeated requests to unfreeze his assets and restore his rights were rejected, and he claims …
The IRGC's stance heightens geopolitical tensions, impacting market perceptions and signaling potential instability within Iran's regime.
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BlackRock's Bitcoin purchase highlights the growing influence of institutional investments on cryptocurrency markets amid geopolitical tensions.
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The indefinite ceasefire extension may stabilize tensions, but the ongoing naval blockade and lack of diplomatic progress sustain uncertainty.
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Bitcoin traded at $77,541 on Wednesday morning, up 2.2% over 24 hours and 4.3% on the week, after Trump extended the Iran ceasefire and Strategy disclosed its largest BTC purchase in 17 months.
World Liberty unfairly froze Sun's $WLFI tokens and threatened him, the lawsuit alleged.
The transfer effectively moves part of Li’s private trading operation into a public company where he is the largest shareholder.
Dogecoin started a recovery wave above the $0.0940 zone against the US Dollar. DOGE is now facing hurdles near $0.0975 and might struggle to continue higher. DOGE price started a recovery wave from $0.0925 and climbed above $0.0940. The price is trading above the $0.0950 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a rising channel forming with resistance at $0.0970 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could continue to move up if it stays above $0.0925. Dogecoin Price Hits Resistance Dogecoin price started a recovery wave from the $0.0925 zone, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. DOGE climbed above the $0.0935 and $0.0942 resistance levels. There was a decent upward move above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $0.1021 swing high to the $0.0926 low. However, the bears remained active near the $0.0970 zone. Besides, there is a rising channel forming with resistance at $0.0970 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair. Dogecoin price is now trading above the $0.0950 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. If there is another recovery wave, immediate resistance on the upside is near the $0.0970 level. The first major resistance for the bulls could be near the $0.0975 level or the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $0.1021 swing high to the $0.0926 low. The next major resistance is near the $0.10 level. A close above the $0.10 resistance might send the price toward the $0.1020 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $0.1065 level. The next major stop for the bulls might be $0.1120. Another Decline In DOGE? If DOGE’s price fails to climb above the $0.0975 level, it could continue to move down. Initial support on the downside is near the $0.0950 level. The next major support is near the $0.0932 level. The main support sits at $0.0925. If there is a downside break below the $0.0925 support, the price could decline further. In the stated case, the price might slide toward the $0.090 level or even $0.0880 in the near term. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for DOGE/USD is now losing momentum in the bullish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for DOGE/USD is now above the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $0.0950 and $0.0925. Major Resistance Levels – $0.0975 and $0.10.
Pi Network has rolled out Pi Request for Comment 2 (PiRC2), opening its testnet subscription smart contracts for developers and the community to review, test, and give feedback. The move is aimed at stress-testing recurring payment systems inside the ecosystem before full deployment. The update focuses on a subscription smart contract system that enables recurring …
In a crypto landscape increasingly defined by fragmentation, the idea of unified liquidity is gaining traction, and Solana is positioning itself at the center of that conversation. Solana Foundation president explained that the network’s architecture was intentionally designed to keep liquidity on a single, high-performance layer rather than splitting it across multiple chains, bridges, and isolated environments. How Unified Liquidity Improves Market Efficiency The Solana Foundation president Calilyliu claimed that SOL is built for unified liquidity. According to a post on X, Calilyliu stated that no matter how advanced a technology may be, no participants is ever bigger than the market itself, and the most important thing in finance is liquidity. Related Reading: Solana Foundation Launches Developer Platform — TradFi And DeFi Giants Join The Push In an interview at the Solana Policy Institute’s Washington x Wall Street Summit, she highlighted that the market will always win, liquidity will always win, and people will ultimately trade off everything to participate in the largest market. Meanwhile, the scale of that opportunity to create a marketplace is unprecedented, with an estimated 5.5 billion people connected to the internet. There is no isolated pool of liquidity that will be larger than SOL. SOL’s architecture aims to support a single, global marketplace accessible to anyone online, which reinforces the network as the preferred infrastructure. By prioritizing unified liquidity from the start, SOL positions itself as the number one network designed for the full scale of the financial market. A New Foundation For Autonomous AI Agents To Operate On Solana In a recent post on X, SAEP introduced the agent economy protocol on Solana, a foundational infrastructure layer designed to enable autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents to operate as independent economic actors on SOL. Related Reading: Solana Value Proposition Extends Beyond Tech Into Economic Infrastructure Today, AI agents are already capable of executing tasks and generating real economic value, but they rely on centralized APIs and human-controlled wallets. There is no trustless framework that allows an agent to natively hold funds, take a job, verify completion, or resolve disputes without human intervention. SAEP is built to remove that limitation. At its core is a system of 10 interconnected Anchor programs that collectively define a machine-native economy. Agents are given on-chain identities, paired with staked reputation, and enforced through slash timelocks. At the financial layer, agents are equipped with sovereign PDA treasuries with programmable sending rules. SAEP also introduces a permissionless task marketplace, where agents can discover and execute jobs with atomic jito-bundled escrow. Payment is conditional and trustless, released only when Groth16 zero-knowledge proofs verification confirms that the required work has been completed. In case of conflict, SAEP integrates Switchboard VRF-powered dispute resolution, where bonded jurors and on-chain are randomly selected to arbitrate outcomes. Beyond execution, SAEP embeds governance, staking, and fee distribution directly into its architecture, creating a fully integrated economic system from day one. Lastly, security is enforced through audit-gated development, a 4-of-7 multisig, and a 7-day upgrade timelock. Featured image from iStock, chart from Tradingview.com
Coinbase’s quantum advisory board says quantum computing isn’t yet a threat, but has urged for upgrade work to begin, with some blockchains being less prepared than others.
Sun said the WLFI team refused to unfreeze his tokens, leaving him with no choice but to turn to the courts.
The heightened tensions and military threats from Iran increase the risk of conflict, impacting global stability and market volatility.
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Iran's refusal to negotiate heightens geopolitical tensions, increasing the risk of prolonged conflict and impacting global market stability.
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Sun said the lawsuit is to protect his rights as a WLFI token holder and doesn't change his support of US President Donald Trump and his administration’s efforts to make the US crypto-friendly.
Geopolitical stability boosts Bitcoin's appeal, potentially influencing future market dynamics and investor confidence in crypto assets.
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The lawsuit highlights potential governance challenges and trust issues within decentralized networks, impacting investor confidence and market stability.
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Iran's financial strain may push it towards diplomatic solutions, potentially stabilizing internal issues and affecting geopolitical dynamics.
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XRP price started a recovery wave above $1.40 and $1.4150. The price is now consolidating and might aim for a fresh move if it clears $1.4650. XRP price started a recovery wave above the $1.420 zone. The price is now trading above $1.420 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a rising channel forming with support at $1.4190 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could continue to move up if it settles above $1.4650. XRP Price Holds Support XRP price remained supported above $1.3920 and started a recovery wave, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price was able to climb above $1.4050 and $1.4120 to enter a short-term positive zone. There was also a move above the 38.2% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.510 swing high to the $1.3917 swing low. However, the bears are now active near the $1.450 zone. Besides, there is a rising channel forming with support at $1.4190 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair. The price is now trading above $1.420 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If there is a fresh upward move, the price might face resistance near the $1.450 level or the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.510 swing high to the $1.3917 swing low. The first major resistance is near the $1.4650 level. A close above $1.4650 could send the price to $1.490. The next hurdle sits at $1.50. A clear move above the $1.50 resistance might send the price toward the $1.5180 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $1.5320 resistance. Another Drop? If XRP fails to clear the $1.4650 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $1.420 level. The next major support is near the $1.40 level. If there is a downside break and a close below the $1.40 level, the price might continue to decline toward $1.3750. The next major support sits near the $1.3620 zone, below which the price could continue lower toward $1.350. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for XRP/USD is now losing pace in the bullish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for XRP/USD is now above the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $1.40 and $1.3750. Major Resistance Levels – $1.4500 and $1.4650.
Market skepticism highlights the gap between political rhetoric and economic realities, suggesting limited immediate impact on Iran's regime stability.
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A cryptocurrency analyst has highlighted how the SuperTrend for the daily Ethereum price has seen its first bullish flip in over a year. Ethereum SuperTrend Is Now Giving A Buy Signal In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has discussed the latest development in the SuperTrend of Ethereum. The “SuperTrend” here refers to an indicator that tells us whether an asset is following a bullish or bearish trajectory right now. It’s based on another indicator known as the Average True Range (ATR), which measures the volatility of the cryptocurrency’s price. Related Reading: Bitcoin Fear Fading? Sentiment Hits Highest Since Mid-January The SuperTrend involves only one trendline, which takes turns acting as resistance and support, depending on which side of it the asset is trading. The price moving under or above this line can indicate a flip of trend in the market. Now, here is the chart shared by Martinez that shows how the SuperTrend has looked for the 1-day Ethereum price over the past year and a half: As displayed in the above graph, the 1-day Ethereum price was trading under the SuperTrend line since Q4 2025, but the latest market recovery has meant that the trend has finally flipped for the cryptocurrency ranked second by market cap. The shift toward a bullish trend in the indicator has arrived for the first time since the first half of 2025. Back then, the flip led into a bull rally. Given that the signal has once again arrived for ETH, it now remains to be seen whether it will hold for the asset this time as well or if it will turn out to be a temporary deviation. Related Reading: Bitcoin Recovery Still Looks Like A Bear Market Rally, Analyst Says While the SuperTrend has flipped for Ethereum, Bitcoin hasn’t been so lucky. As the analyst has pointed out in another X post, Bitcoin is yet to see its daily price break the SuperTrend resistance line. As such, at least from the perspective of the indicator, the Bitcoin recovery surge hasn’t been of a scale large enough to flip the trend. In some other news, the US Ethereum spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been enjoying net inflows recently, according to data from SoSoValue. From the chart, it’s visible that the Ethereum spot ETF netflow has been green for eight consecutive days now, indicating that demand has consistently been flowing into the market via these investment vehicles. ETH Price At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading around $2,300, down over 3% in the past week. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
How Ripple is testing RLUSD in Singapore’s MAS sandbox to enable conditional trade settlements, and why this does not amount to full regulatory approval.
The indefinite ceasefire extension may reduce military tensions, but its success hinges on diplomatic negotiations and Iran's compliance.
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Sui-based liquid staking platform Volo reported that it was exploited for roughly $3.5 million from its WBTC, XAUm, and USDC vaults.
The potential US-Iran compromise could shift geopolitical dynamics, impacting regional stability and influencing global diplomatic strategies.
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