Russian lawmakers passed a first reading of a bill regulating crypto through licensed intermediaries, with key rules set to take effect in July 2026 and 2027.
Robinhood Ventures Fund I has completed a $75 million investment in OpenAI on April 17, 2026. The fund, listed on the NYSE under ticker RVI since March 6, 2026, is Robinhood’s first closed-end vehicle aimed at giving retail investors access to private companies. Alongside OpenAI, it holds stakes in firms like Airwallex, Databricks, Stripe, and …
The film follows a four-year investigation led by New York Times bestselling author William D. Cohan and private investigator Tyler Maroney.
Bitcoin’s Bull Score Index has climbed back to 50, moving out of outright bearish territory and into what CryptoQuant’s Julio Moreno described as a neutral zone. In a post on X, the CryptoQuant head of research wrote: “First time in this bear market that the Bull Score Index enters neutral zone (50). In March 2022, the Bull Score entered neutral territory for about a week, and then the price resumed its decline.” What This Means For Bitcoin Price That comparison is doing most of the work here. Moreno is not presenting the move to 50 as confirmation of a durable trend reversal. He is pointing instead to a prior episode in which conditions improved just enough to leave bearish territory, only for the market to roll over again soon after. The implication is straightforward: neutral is better than bearish, but it is not the same thing as bullish. The CryptoQuant chart helps frame that shift. The index spent much of mid-2025 in stronger territory, with readings frequently above 60 while bitcoin traded broadly in a higher range and pushed above $120,000. Related Reading: Bitcoin Rally May Be A Trap As Whales Sell Into Strength That backdrop changed sharply later in the year. As price weakened into late 2025 and early 2026, the Bull Score Index deteriorated as well, at times dropping toward the bottom of the scale as bitcoin sank into the low-$60,000s. What stands out now is the recovery in the indicator from those depressed readings. By April, the Bull Score had risen back to roughly 50 as bitcoin recovered toward the mid-$70,000 range. In other words, market conditions as measured by CryptoQuant are no longer flashing the same degree of weakness they were earlier in the downturn. But they have not yet crossed into the zone the chart labels as bullish, which begins at 60. Related Reading: Anthony Scaramucci Puts Bitcoin Market Cap At $21 Trillion, So How Much Will 1 BTC Be? That leaves the signal in an awkward but important middle ground. A move from bearish to neutral can indicate that selling pressure is easing and that some underlying conditions are improving. It can also mark nothing more than a pause inside a broader downtrend. Moreno’s 2022 analogy suggests he sees that ambiguity as the key point, rather than the headline value of 50 on its own. The Bull Score Index is one of CryptoQuant’s composite Bitcoin market gauges. Rather than tracking a single datapoint, it measures the share of bullish readings across 10 key indicators tied to network activity, investor profitability, liquidity, and other fundamental and technical conditions. That is why the move to 50 matters: on CryptoQuant’s framework, it suggests that roughly half of the indicators that define a bullish regime have turned constructive again, even if the market is still short of the 60-plus zone the firm treats as outright bullish. At press time, BTC traded at $78,057. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Core3 marks GSR's first crypto ETF offering amid a period of expansion for the major market maker and the wider crypto fund sector.
THORChain is showing a clear shift in momentum as RUNE price pushes higher with a near 10% gain, backed by a sharp rise in network activity. The move follows a prolonged consolidation phase, where price remained capped despite repeated attempts to break higher. Now, with volume rising across both on-chain and derivatives markets, the breakout …
Sullivan & Cromwell said internal safeguards were bypassed in the Prince Group case, resulting in fabricated and inaccurate legal citations.
The lack of a de minimis exemption for crypto payments and staking rewards taxed at receipt creates a huge reporting burden, the data shows.
Europe faces heightened economic risks, including potential stagflation, as energy supply disruptions challenge its shift from Russian LNG.
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The crypto market has turned highly volatile after a series of exploits this month, with nearly a dozen incidents shaking confidence across DeFi. The KelpDAO exploit and the sharp RAVE price crash have only deepened the uncertainty, leaving traders cautious. Amid this backdrop, Solana price saw a brief pullback but quickly bounced from local support, …
The crypto market has turned highly volatile after a series of exploits this month, with nearly a dozen incidents shaking confidence across DeFi. The KelpDAO exploit and the sharp RAVE price crash have only deepened the uncertainty, leaving traders cautious. Amid this backdrop, Solana price saw a brief pullback but quickly bounced from local support, …
Infinite is introducing bank accounts that support traditional and crypto services like ACH, wire and stablecoin transfers.
DPRK-linked crypto theft topped $578M in April after the Kelp DAO exploit, as attacks continue to expand across protocols, companies and end users.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the SEC is “on the cusp” of an innovation exemption to enable compliant onchain trading of tokenized securities.
North Korea's Lazarus Group has a new attack vector that allows it to exploit an apparently routine business call as a gateway into a target's systems.
Coinbase’s Quantum Advisory Board has released a new report warning that quantum computing could one day affect crypto security. There is no immediate risk, but it says the industry should start preparing early. The discussion over Quantum Risk has drawn criticism from Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson over Bitcoin’s chosen security path. Coinbase Quantum Report Flags …
DeepSeek's strategic funding shift highlights the growing pressure on AI startups to secure resources for scaling and navigating geopolitical tech challenges.
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Escalating tensions could destabilize regional security, impact global oil markets, and complicate diplomatic efforts for conflict resolution.
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The indefinite ceasefire extension eases geopolitical tensions, boosting crypto market confidence and increasing Bitcoin's bullish momentum.
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A crypto analyst, Zynx, on the X (formerly Twitter) platform, has shown where the Bitcoin price might be headed over the next few years using the Bitcoin Power Law. This law shows a steady upward trajectory, putting into perspective the performance of Bitcoin over a long period of time. Using this Power Law, the crypto analyst lays out the first prediction, and that is that the Bitcoin price will end up hitting $145,000 in 2026. This would mean that the digital asset would complete an over 100% rally in order to hit this target, suggesting that there is another bull run coming this year. As the years start to stretch out, so does the Bitcoin prediction go higher. For the year 2027, the analyst puts the price as high as $200,000, an almost 3x from the current levels at the time of writing. Then the next year, 2028, the Bitcoin price is expected to hit $265,000. Related Reading: Remember Arbitrum? This Analyst Just Predicted That A 7,400% Rally Is Coming The predictions do not end there, spreading out farther and the price rising drastically with each year. By 2029, the Bitcoin price is expected to have hit $350,000, and still, this is not the highest. This is because the next year of 2030 shows the Bitcoin price then touching $470,000. The last of the predictions shows when the Bitcoin price will hit $1,000,000 per coin and this is expected to happen in 2030. This would mean that the bitcoin price would rise by more than 1,400% in the next five years to rally above $1,000,000. One interesting thing about the analyst’s prediction is the fact that it expects the Bitcoin price to continue to rise year over year. This would leave little to no room for bear markets, with what could be described as a perpetual bull run if the price is to hit this target. Every so often I like to check what the Bitcoin Power Law predicts. Mid-year projections: 2026: ~$145,000 2027: ~$200,000 2028: ~$265,000 2029: ~$350,000 2030: ~$470,000 2033: ~$1,000,000 Current price = $75,200 We are in historically undervalued territory. ₿ullish. — Zynx (@ZynxBTC) April 20, 2026 The Bitcoin Power Law Explained The Bitcoin power law usually focuses on the long-term outlook of the cryptocurrency, often taking a more bullish route due to the length of time that it predicts over. Mostly, it uses historical performances to predict how high the Bitcoin price could go. It then plots this on a ‘Power line’ that shows the advancement of Bitcoin through the years. Related Reading: Analyst Says Ethereum Just Confirmed A ‘Turtle Soup’, Here’s What It Means Over time, the Power Law has pointed to the Bitcoin price crossing $100,000, which it eventually did, and as the price has risen, so has the Power Law forecasts. One website, Bitbo, plots the Power Law starting from 2011, and going by the trajectory, the price is much higher than it is now. This movement suggests that while the Bitcoin price may fluctuate in the short term, it continues to actually maintain an upward trajectory in the long term. It also means that the ‘outrageous’ predictions that analysts make all the time for the digital asset may very well be a matter of when, and not if. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
Upshift is tapping Securitize Fund Services to provide independent reporting, auditing, and performance transparency for its onchain vaults.
Coinbase has launched a USDC-INR trading pair in India, allowing users to directly convert Indian Rupees into the USDC stablecoin within its platform. The rollout is part of Coinbase’s regulated re-entry into India after securing FIU-IND registration in 2025 under anti-money laundering rules. The new system reduces dependence on P2P and offshore channels by offering …
Geopolitical tensions and market instability could heighten economic uncertainty, influencing investor behavior and policy decisions.
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Bitcoin’s technical indicators predicted a significant move ahead for BTC, but the price must first break resistance at $80,000.
As Justin Sun’s lawsuit against World Liberty Financial moves through California federal court, an institutional investor in the Trump-backed platform has broken his silence and given Coinpedia the most detailed account yet of what WLFI says actually happened. Syed Sameer, CEO of Sameer Group LLC, holds a significant stake in WLFI alongside UAE partners Aryam …
The indefinite ceasefire fosters diplomatic avenues, reducing immediate conflict risks and altering geopolitical dynamics in the region.
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The breakdown in talks heightens geopolitical tensions, reducing prospects for peace and stability in the region, impacting global markets.
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What you need to know for April 22, 2026
The regulation could centralize crypto control, impacting innovation and limiting individual autonomy in Russia's digital currency landscape.
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The indefinite ceasefire extension may not ease tensions as Iran's missile display suggests a continued defensive stance, impacting diplomatic efforts.
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