Monetary debasement and AI-driven shifts position Bitcoin as a superior capital form for the future economy.
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Bitcoin’s recent rejection near key resistance has raised fresh concerns about the strength of its ongoing rally. After a steady climb, signs of selling pressure are beginning to emerge, hinting that bullish momentum may be weakening. With price now hovering around critical support zones, the next move could determine whether the uptrend regains traction or starts to lose steam. 2–618 Pattern Triggers: BTC Rejected At $78,000 In a market update, analyst Kamile Uray revealed that the long-anticipated 2-618 pattern for Bitcoin has officially activated. After the price approached the $78,037 mark, significant selling pressure stalled the upward momentum. This reaction at the local peak confirms that the market is currently responding to technical overhead, initiating a corrective phase. Related Reading: Bitcoin Setup Suggests Liquidity Hunt Before Next Directional Move The immediate outlook suggests the current decline could extend down to the $73,762 level, which serves as a critical decision point for the asset. If Bitcoin manages to hold this floor, the possibility of a renewed bullish push remains on the table. Should the price slip below the $73,762 bottom, the next major target is $70,165, which aligns with the 0.618 Fibonacci support of the most recent upward wave. A successful defense of this area would likely spark another upward move. Conversely, if bulls want to reclaim full control, they must achieve a close above $79,555. Such a move would establish the first higher high on the 4-hour chart relative to the recent downturn, signaling a continuation of the macro uptrend toward the $98,000 and $107,000–$109,000 range. In the event of a more severe retracement, secondary supports are identified at $65,666, $63,823, $62,433, and $60,000. The stakes are particularly high at this lower limit; a daily close below $60,000 would be a highly bearish signal, potentially marking the beginning of a more substantial market decline. Key Levels In Focus: Mapping Bitcoin’s Critical Zones Highlighting the key levels marked on the chart, Daan Crypto Trades emphasized that the low $80,000 region remains a pivotal zone for bulls in the short to mid-term. He also noted that the $72,000 level, which previously acted as resistance for over two months, has now flipped into a critical support zone. Related Reading: Why Every Bitcoin Macro Triangle Breakdown Has Led To A Retracement Phase Maintaining price above this level would reinforce bullish control and suggest that the market is building a solid base for further upside, providing the foundation needed for another leg higher. A breakdown below $72,000, however, would likely indicate that the momentum from the recent bounce is fading, opening the door for more sideways market structure. Although Bitcoin has posted a steady 20% gain throughout April, the price action may not last long, as volatility is expected to emerge at any point. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
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Veteran trader Peter Brandt has shared a weekly chart and asked traders how deep they think XRP could fall into support. The post matters because Brandt’s chart frames XRP not as a clean momentum breakout, but as a market still trying to prove that its late-2024 range expansion can hold as support. Brandt, posting from @PeterLBrandt account on X, addressed the XRP crowd directly. “Attention all Ripplettes,” he wrote. “How deep into support do you Ripplettes think price could go? XRP. See chart.” What This Means For XRP The chart attached to the post showed XRP/USDT on Binance on a weekly timeframe. Brandt marked out a broad structure that begins with XRP’s long base through 2023 and much of 2024, then the sharp vertical breakout in late 2024, followed by a wide consolidation and eventual pullback. The key level near $1.55 appears to be central to the setup. In technical terms, it’s a former range-reclaim. Related Reading: Pundit Shares The Most Important Thing To Remember About XRP That $1.55 region also explains why Brandt’s chart is uncomfortable for bulls. XRP has already slipped below. Once a market loses a prior range, technicians often look for the next areas where buyers previously absorbed supply. Brandt’s lower horizontal lines seem to map those zones: one near the recent consolidation lows, another around the deeper post-breakout support, and then the broader ascending base that defined XRP’s pre-breakout structure. The poll attached to the post made that support map explicit. Brandt offered four choices: “Bottom is in,” “Support at .93xx,” “Support at .72xx,” and “Slightly above zero.” The $0.93 area appears to come from a descending trendline which originates at the 2021 high. The $0.72 area is deeper. On the weekly chart, it aligns with the ascending trendline of XRP’s old 2023–2024 base and the rising long-term support line that preceded the late-2024 move. In other words, it is not just a random number. It represents a possible full retest of the prior breakout structure. The broader pattern Brandt appears to be highlighting is a failed or stressed range breakout after a large advance. XRP broke out of a long accumulation-style range, rallied aggressively above $3, then formed a wide top-like consolidation with multiple failed attempts to extend higher. Related Reading: XRP Faces Fragile Setup As Whale Selling Meets Retail Buying For XRP bulls, the first answer depends on the $1.55 area. If price can reclaim and hold that level on the weekly timeframe, the chart would look more like a deep retest of a breakout zone than a full structural failure. A reclaim would suggest that buyers are still defending the former range boundary and that the market has not fully surrendered the post-breakout advance. Without that reclaim, however, the lower support levels in Brandt’s poll become more relevant because price would remain below the shelf that previously supported the consolidation. The poll results showed how split traders were on that risk. “Bottom is in” had 27% of the vote, “Support at .72xx” also had 27%, and “Slightly above zero” drew another 27%. The more moderate option, “Support at .93xx,” had 19% and was marked as the selected choice in the screenshot. At press time, the poll had received 364 votes with nearly 12 hours remaining while XRP traded at $1.3941. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
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XRP Las Vegas 2026 opened its doors Thursday, drawing the XRP community together for what has become one of the most anticipated dedicated gatherings in the digital asset calendar. Running April 30 to May 1, the event follows directly on the heels of the Bitcoin 2026 Conference that wrapped up at the Venetian earlier this …
World Liberty Financial’s native token WLFI lost roughly 17% of its value on Wednesday as a governance proposal affecting more than 62 billion WLFI tokens officially opened for community voting — and the backlash was immediate. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bull Run Brewing: ATH In Sight By Late 2026: Analyst A Token Already Deep In The Red WLFI was trading at around $0.06 at the time of writing, according to data from CoinGecko. That marks a 70% drop since the token first reached open markets, making Wednesday’s selloff the latest in a long string of losses for holders of the Trump-family-linked DeFi project. The proposal behind the price drop would impose strict vesting schedules on tokens currently held by early investors and insiders. Under the plan, early investors face a two-year lockup cliff, followed by two more years of gradual release. Founders, team members, and advisers get the same two-year cliff but with a three-year linear vest after that. Voting runs through May 7. Token unlock proposal is now live for vote. ☝️ This is one of the most significant governance proposals in WLFI history. Here’s what’s at stake. — WLFI (@worldlibertyfi) April 29, 2026 World Liberty Financial framed the move as a show of long-term commitment. “62,282,252,205 locked WLFI tokens are subject to this proposal,” the project said in a post on X. “None of it touches the market for a minimum of two years if passed.” Voting Numbers Tell Only Part Of The Story On paper, the vote is going well. As of Wednesday, 99.95% of cast votes supported the proposal, and the required quorum of 1 billion WLFI tokens had already been cleared, with 6 billion tokens in favor and just 3.2 million against. But those numbers don’t capture the full picture. Criticism has been loud on X, where replies to World Liberty’s announcement were largely negative. The voting structure itself drew sharp criticism — anyone who does not cast a vote risks having their tokens locked up with no end date. That mechanic has been widely called coercive. All the $WLFI early investors who thought they were sitting on solid profits just got rugged, by the Trump family themselves. This essentially gives them another shot at squeezing the same lemon they’ve been inflating with hot air for the past two years. Which, what a surprise,… https://t.co/yLSNcfeZlm — Simon Dedic (@sjdedic) April 15, 2026 Moonrock Capital founder Simon Dedic was among the most pointed critics. Reports indicate he compared the proposal to a rug pull and raised questions about the timing — the two-year unlock period lines up with the remainder of US President Donald Trump’s time in office. Tron founder Justin Sun, who holds a significant amount of WLFI, called it one of the “most absurd” proposals he had ever come across. Related Reading: Dogecoin Futures Open Interest Explodes As Leveraged Traders Pile In World Liberty Defends The Structure The team behind World Liberty Financial said the vesting design was built to create what they described as a “more clear, bounded picture of governance preferences.” The goal, they said, was to keep tokens in the hands of people who are genuinely committed to the project’s future. The proposal was first submitted to the governance community on April 15 before going live for voting this week. World Liberty Financial called it “one of the most significant governance proposals in WLFI history.” Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
Polymarket partnered with Chainalysis to detect insider trading and suspicious activity as prediction markets face rising scrutiny.
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Bitcoin has climbed roughly 30% from its February lows and bulls have been feeling good about it for weeks. The problem, according to one analyst who has held the same macro thesis unchanged for months, is that this is exactly how it felt before the last two major drops. The bigger picture has not changed. …
The KCS price isn’t just drifting it’s kind of dangling. Sitting around $8.39, KuCoin’s native token is now pressed against a level that’s less “support” and more like a “risky line of defense.” Lose it, and things could unravel fast. Because here’s the uncomfortable truth: this isn’t a healthy consolidation. It’s a market thats trying …
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Senator Thom Tillis told Fox Business this week that he will push the Senate Banking Committee to schedule a markup for the Clarity Act when lawmakers return from recess on May 11, marking the clearest public commitment yet on timing from one of the bill’s key negotiators. “I’m going to ask the chair to move …
The Chainlink price is moving just enough to keep traders engaged, but not enough to actually commit big. Sitting around $9.10, it’s stuck in a tight range, sandwiched between short-term EMAs and a much bigger ceiling looming overhead. And honestly? It feels like the calm before a forced move. Chainlink price squeezed between key technical …
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Bitcoin's struggle below $80K highlights the significant impact of derivatives on market dynamics, emphasizing cautious trading strategies.
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