Nikita Bier, the head of product at X, has announced the platform’s second financial tool, Cashtags, after X Money. The tool will cater to a multitude of traditional and cryptocurrency traders and investors who move billions based on the information obtained from the platform. The feature comes just hours after Bier teased it, saying crypto …
The Bitcoin price is bouncing back strongly amid growing hopes for a potential shift in the standoff between the US and Iran. So far, BTC has gained roughly 10% in the weekly time frame. This pushed the asset back toward the $76,000 area and briefly marked a nearly one-month high. The move appears to have been driven by improving sentiment around the conflict, even as tensions remain very real and the US simultaneously took action in the region. Regulatory Clarity Before A Bigger Push? The Bitcoin price rally followed claims by President Donald Trump that Iran had reached out to his administration about possible peace talks. At the same time, the US began a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Related Reading: XRP Could Face Big Moves Based On CLARITY Act Outcomes – 3 Key Price Scenarios Damien Loh, chief investment officer at Ericsenz Capital, told Bloomberg that Bitcoin is behaving like other risk assets during the move. In his view, the market interpreted Trump’s comments as a sign that the timeline for a deal may be getting extended and that another round of discussions is being pursued. Loh also added an important nuance: the Bitcoin price has been trading better than broader risk assets, but he suggested it may take additional regulatory clarity before the next leg up can truly take hold. Specifically, he pointed to the possibility that the Bitcoin price could remain range-bound until the US passes the long-awaited CLARITY Act, the industry’s market structure framework. Bitcoin Price Breakout Is Just Getting Started Market analyst Ali Martinez, citing data from his latest analysis, argued that the current push higher is not finished. Martinez said BTC has finally broken above a descending trendline on its 12-hour chart after roughly two months of consolidation inside a symmetrical triangle. He described this as a structural change—essentially signaling that the “coiling” phase is over. If the breakout holds, Martinez expects the Bitcoin price could move toward $80,000, which would mark the highest point since January 31 of this year. Martinez also pointed out that the bullish momentum is happening for more reasons than just the Iran–US news. He said Bitcoin miners have paused forced selling and have been hoarding more than $330 million in BTC over the past few weeks. Related Reading: Three-Way Bitcoin Outlook Tied To US–Iran War—Which Case Is Most Realistic? On the demand side, the analyst said there’s a noticeable increase in interest from US-based institutions. He referenced the Coinbase Premium metric as one piece of evidence, noting that it has flipped positive. In his framing, a positive Coinbase Premium suggests that regulated capital may be positioning aggressively ahead of what could be the next upward move. Even after the Bitcoin price initially surged toward $76,000, it later retraced slightly. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price was trading around $75,163, still close to a key level Martinez has highlighted. He set a target of $75,300, explaining that reaching this price point would liquidate roughly $80 million in short positions. Martinez said this could trigger what he described as a “cascading effect,” where forced buying from liquidations catches bearish traders off guard and allows BTC to continue moving higher. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
Bitcoin has approached $75,000 as on-chain data shows the whale-sized investors have pushed their supply to the highest point since mid-February. Bitcoin Whale Holdings Have Crossed 4.25 Million BTC In a new post on X, on-chain analytics firm Santiment has talked about the latest trend in the Bitcoin whale supply. “Whales” typically refer to investors holding between 1,000 and 10,000 tokens of the cryptocurrency. Related Reading: Huge XRP Bull Market Ahead? Analyst Flags ‘Ultimate’ Buy Zone At the current exchange rate, this range converts to $74.5 million at the lower end and $745 million at the upper end. Thus, the only holders who would qualify for the cohort would be those with a substantial amount of capital invested in the asset. Given their massive size, whale entities can hold some degree of influence in the market. As such, their behavior can often be worth keeping an eye on. Below is the chart shared by Santiment that shows the data for the combined supply held by investors of this size, which can act as a proxy for their behavior. From the graph, it’s visible that the Bitcoin whale supply witnessed a decline earlier, indicating large investors were participating in distribution. Since bottoming out in mid-March, however, the metric has seen an upward reversal. The uptrend accelerated during this weekend, with whale-sized wallets scooping up 27,652 BTC (worth more than $2 billion) on Sunday alone. The fresh accumulation has meant that the whale supply has returned to 4.25 million BTC, which is the highest value of the metric since mid-February. A Bitcoin rally back toward the $75,000 level has followed the whale expansion, so it’s possible that buying from these humongous investors helped provide fuel for the surge. Whale behavior could now be monitored as what this group will do next could further impact the cryptocurrency’s price. The recent trend has been one of accumulation, but it often doesn’t take much for the whales to flip. Back in February, these investors participated in significant buying initially, but then they quickly reversed course, taking their supply to a lower point than what they started buying at. Related Reading: XRP Social FUD Nears 2-Year High—Contrarian Signal Brewing? Bitcoin isn’t the only digital asset that has seen bullish action from the whale entities recently. As the analytics firm has highlighted in another X post, the Ethereum network has observed a rise in wallets holding at least 100,000 ETH (about $238.4 million). As displayed in the above chart, the large Ethereum holders have seen their population jump from 54 to 57 over the past week, indicating an influx of fresh big-money capital. “You can expect a level of correlation with price when this number grows, and there is strong justification that the #2 market cap can continue its rise,” explained Santiment. BTC Price At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $74,500, up 8% over the past week. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com
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On April 14, Goldman Sachs, the 7th-largest asset manager in the world with $3.65 trillion in Assets Under Supervision (AUM), filed for a Bitcoin ETF with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Goldman Sachs seeks Bitcoin ETF approval Known as the Goldman Sachs Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, the product focuses on generating a stable …
The US Justice Department (DOJ) has announced a compensation process for victims of the OneCoin fraud. The funds are expected to come from property forfeited in the case, money traced back to the people behind the scheme, including co-founders Ruja Ignatova and Karl Sebastian Greenwood. The DOJ said in a Monday statement that more than $40 million in forfeited assets are currently available for victim compensation. OneCoin Proceeds To Compensate Victims OneCoin was an international cryptocurrency investment scheme that ran from 2014 to 2019 and relied on deception to draw in investors around the world. Prosecutors say Ignatova and Greenwood, along with others, orchestrated the scheme. Ignatova, dubbed “the CryptoQueen,” disappeared on October 25, 2017. Since then, she has been presumed to be on the run from various international law enforcement agencies. Greenwood, on the other hand, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2023 for his participation in the scheme. Related Reading: XRP Could Face Big Moves Based On CLARITY Act Outcomes – 3 Key Price Scenarios The DOJ describes OneCoin as a fraudulent cryptocurrency that was marketed and sold through a “global multi-level marketing network.” Although OneCoin began operations in Bulgaria, the scheme reached beyond Europe and targeted victims globally through promises that officials say were false. The DOJ stated that the scheme resulted in losses that totaled more than $4 billion worldwide. In the agency’s description, investors were misled about the nature and legitimacy of OneCoin, and many put money into what the DOJ characterizes as “a lie disguised as cryptocurrency.” At the same time, prosecutors sought criminal forfeiture of property linked to proceeds from the fraud scheme. The DOJ explained that once a final order of forfeiture is issued, net proceeds from those forfeited assets would be used to compensate victims through the remission process. DOJ Details Remission Rules And Deadline While the announcement focuses on the compensation pathway, DOJ officials also framed the forfeiture effort as a way to both remove illegal gains and redirect them toward harm prevention. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in the statement that victims are central to the department’s work. He said the DOJ pursues forfeiture to “take the profit out of crime” and then use that money to compensate victims where possible. ‘ Related Reading: Three-Way Bitcoin Outlook Tied To US–Iran War—Which Case Is Most Realistic? Under the DOJ’s description, the remission process is intended for victims who purchased OneCoin cryptocurrency between 2014 and 2019. The DOJ’s announcement explained that eligible victims may be able to seek compensation through this process, which relies on a petition submission to be considered. The agency clarified that submissions must be mailed, emailed, or submitted online along with supporting documentation by the deadline of Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com
Morgan Stanley’s freshly launched Bitcoin exchange-traded fund pulled in nearly $62 million within its first week of trading — a debut that landed in the middle of the strongest week for crypto investment products in three months. Related Reading: TRUMP Buying Frenzy Builds Ahead Of Mar-A-Lago Power Event Macro Shifts Fuel The Comeback That broader rebound was driven by more than one firm’s market entry. Crypto funds globally attracted $1.1 billion in net inflows for the week ending April 11, according to asset manager CoinShares. The turnaround came after five straight weeks of outflows that drained roughly $4 billion from the market and left investor sentiment battered heading into April. CoinShares head of research James Butterfill pointed to two specific triggers: early ceasefire signals out of Iran and a softer-than-expected US inflation reading. Both helped ease nerves that had kept institutional money on the sidelines. US investors led the charge. Based on CoinShares data, American buyers accounted for $1.06 billion — about 95% of total global flows for the week. US spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbed the largest share, pulling in $833 million, per data from Farside Investors. Bitcoin And Ethereum Both Draw Fresh Money Bitcoin funds worldwide attracted $871 million. Ethereum, which had recorded outflows for three consecutive weeks before this, saw $196.5 million flow back in. Weekly trading volumes climbed 13% to $21 billion, though that number still sits well below the year-to-date average of $31 billion, reports indicate. The positioning among big investors told an interesting story. At the same time institutions were buying into Bitcoin and Ethereum, short-Bitcoin products — funds that profit when Bitcoin’s price falls — recorded $20 million in inflows. That was the highest single-week total for those products since November 2024. Money was moving in, but some of it was being used as a safety net. XRP funds, which had briefly outpaced Bitcoin the previous week with nearly $120 million in inflows, cooled significantly. Reports show XRP investment products brought in a little over $19 million during the same period. Morgan Stanley Moves Deeper Into Crypto Beyond the weekly numbers, Morgan Stanley’s expanding footprint in the space drew attention. The bank has already filed for Ethereum and Solana ETFs following its Bitcoin fund launch. Related Reading: Dollar’s Shrinking Value Adds Fuel To XRP Bull Case: Finance Expert According to reports, Morgan Stanley executive Amy Oldenburg said the firm also plans to roll out crypto services including a tokenized money market fund and tax-harvesting options for clients. Year-to-date, Bitcoin ETF inflows have reached just under $2 billion — about 82% of all crypto ETP inflows recorded in 2026. Ethereum remains in the red for the year, sitting at $130 million in cumulative outflows despite last week’s recovery. Total assets under management across crypto investment products climbed back to levels not seen since early February. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView
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Bitcoin rallied to $76,000 on Tuesday as a bullish chart breakout and increasing onchain activity hint at an extended rally to $90,000.
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Institutional demand for XRP is slowly creeping back in recent days. Inflows into Spot XRP ETFs in the US are picking up pace, even with price action still subdued under $1.4. Notably, the latest ETF data shows that a measurable portion of the token’s circulating supply is already being absorbed by these investment vehicles. ETFs Now Hold A Measurable Slice Of XRP Supply March was a particularly difficult period for Spot XRP ETFs, with SoSoValue data showing $31.16 million in net outflows for the month. Total XRP assets under management dropped from a January peak of $1.65 billion to below $1 billion due to a combination of XRP’s price falling over 40% and actual investor redemptions. Related Reading: Pundit Says XRP Won’t Reach $10,000 The Way You Think, Here’s How It Will Happen However, Spot XRP ETFs have now returned to measurable inflows. According to data from SoSoValue, US-listed spot XRP ETFs attracted $9.1 million in net inflows on April 10. This is their strongest single-day intake since February 6, when $15.2 million flowed into the products, and is a sign of new capital entering the XRP ecosystem through institutional investors after months of suspension. Since launch, Spot XRP ETFs have received a cummulative $1.22 billion in net inflows. Therefore, the scale of XRP accumulation in these ETFs is no longer negligible. Data shows that as of April 14, seven spot XRP ETFs are trading in the United States, with the products collectively holding 771.7 million XRP tokens and a combined AUM of about $959.40 million. The funds now represent approximately 1.16% of XRP’s market capitalization. Why ETF Accumulation Matters For Price Structure ETF flows are increasingly becoming one of the most important variables in XRP’s market structure. Whenever inflows rise, ETFs must acquire XRP from the market, and this effectively makes them a consistent source of demand. Related Reading: Why XRP Price Is About To Stage The Breakout Of The Decade Furthermore, XRP tokens that go into ETFs are typically held for longer durations compared to retail trading activity. This, in turn, creates a supply sink that can influence price dynamics, especially if inflows continue. For context, exchange-held XRP dropped 45% from 3.95 billion to 2.6 billion over the course of 2025, the lowest level since 2018, leaving an already thin order book sensitive to an increase in demand. A Coinbase and EY-Parthenon survey of 351 institutional investors found that 25% plan to add XRP to their portfolios in 2026 and 18% already hold it, but 65% of those respondents identified regulatory clarity as the single biggest factor holding them back from increasing their crypto exposure. The passage of the CLARITY Act is currently the most important regulatory factor. Spot XRP ETFs could grow to about $5 billion in AUM if the legislation clears the Senate Banking Committee, which is targeting a markup vote in the second half of April. A hypothetical growth of these ETFs to $5 billion in AUM would lock about 2.5 billion tokens, more XRP than every crypto exchange combined holds at present. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com
TAO, the native token of AI infrastructure builder Bittensor, has lost an additional 7% in value over the past 24 hours, trading at $238.91. Just a week ago, the coin traded slightly above $300, but has since dropped by 24.31% due to the recent Covenant drama and investor rotation into alternative coins. Bittensor (TAO): The …
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Bitcoin rallied alongside stocks and investors’ hope for interest rate cuts, but is the rejection at $76,000 a sign of a bull trap?
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Ethereum is trading just below $2,400. The market is seeing relief. And over the past 48 hours, US institutional investors briefly paid the highest premium for Ethereum they have paid since October — before pulling back almost as quickly as they arrived. Related Reading: Ethereum Profit-Loss Indicator Is Hovering Just Below Neutral – The Market Waits for A Catalyst An Arab Chain report tracking the Coinbase Premium Index for Ethereum has identified a two-day institutional demand signal that reframes the current recovery as something more than a broad market bounce. The index — which measures the price difference between Ethereum on Coinbase and Ethereum on Binance — reached approximately 0.055 over the past two days, its highest reading since October 2025. When Coinbase trades above Binance, it means US institutional investors are bidding more aggressively for ETH than the global market. At 0.055, they were bidding at a six-month extreme. The index has since retreated to approximately 0.006. The premium has narrowed. The institutional urgency that briefly drove it has eased. That two-day arc — surge then retreat — is the development that demands interpretation. Institutional demand arrived at Ethereum in force, reached a six-month high, and then moderated. Whether that sequence describes demand satisfied and pausing, or demand tested and withdrawing, is the question the current price level cannot answer on its own. The Institutions Arrived. Then They Stepped Back. Both Facts Matter Equally The Arab Chain report gives the two-day sequence its structural interpretation. The index reaching 0.055 was not a routine fluctuation — it reflected a significant and measurable influx of institutional liquidity entering the Ethereum market, specifically through Coinbase. During that period, ETH was trading at a genuinely higher price on Coinbase than on Binance, meaning US institutional investors were willing to pay more for Ethereum than the global market was pricing it. That premium does not exist by accident. It exists because demand was outpacing supply on the institutional venue — buyers arriving faster than sellers could match them. The retreat to 0.006 is where the interpretation becomes more nuanced. The premium narrowing does not mean the institutional demand has reversed. It means the urgency has reduced. The gap between Coinbase and Binance has compressed because the pace of institutional buying has slowed — not because institutions have become sellers. That distinction is the most important analytical point the data supports. A surge followed by a moderation is structurally different from a surge followed by a reversal. The former describes demand that arrived, was partially satisfied, and paused. The latter describes demand that tested the level and retreated. The current reading of 0.006 sits close enough to neutral that it cannot yet confirm which story is being told. The next movement in the index — whether it rebuilds toward the 0.055 range or continues compressing toward zero — will be the answer the current data cannot yet provide. Related Reading: A Historic Ethereum Signal Just Fired – Discover What Happens Next Ethereum Approaches Resistance as Momentum Builds Ethereum is trading near $2,350–$2,400, extending its recovery from the February capitulation and testing a key resistance zone. The chart shows a constructive shift in short-term structure, with price forming higher lows and steadily pushing upward. This suggests that buyers are gradually regaining control after the sharp sell-off. However, the broader trend remains mixed. ETH is still trading below the 100-day (green) and 200-day (red) moving averages, both sloping downward and acting as dynamic resistance. The 50-day moving average (blue) has turned upward and is now supporting price from below, indicating improving momentum in the short term. Related Reading: Ethereum Mirrors A 2023 Setup As Buyers Take Control Of Derivatives On Binance Volume behavior adds nuance. The spike during the February decline reflects forced liquidations, while the recovery has been accompanied by moderate volume, suggesting controlled buying rather than aggressive accumulation. This type of price action is typically associated with early-stage recoveries rather than confirmed uptrends. The $2,400 level is critical. A sustained break above this zone would signal a shift in structure and open the path toward the $2,600–$2,800 region. Failure to break higher could result in another rejection and a return to the $2,100 support area. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
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Derivatives funding rates have now remained negative for 46 days, a streak last seen following the FTX crash which marked the bottom of 2022's crypto winter.
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Goldman Sachs' increased Bitcoin involvement signals growing institutional acceptance, potentially influencing broader financial market dynamics.
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Strategy's perpetual preferred stock, STRC, played a key role in the company's Bitcoin strategy this week after it saw more than $1.1 billion in daily trading volume. In an X post, Strategy declared April 13 the record date for STRC. Michael Saylor also noted that the security closed at par with just “one penny of volatility” after […]
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Across multiple market cycles, Bitcoin has shown a consistent technical pattern that often goes unnoticed until it’s already underway. Whenever price breaks down from a macro triangle structure, it has historically marked the beginning of a broader retracement phase rather than an immediate recovery. These large-scale consolidation formations often signal periods of compression, where price action tightens as the market prepares for a decisive move. How Large-Scale Consolidation Patterns Form On The Bitcoin chart The Bitcoin behavior is following a macro triangle breakdown that has remained structurally consistent across cycles. An analyst known as Rekt Capital on X mentioned that when BTC breaks down from its black macro triangle, price tends to retrace until it forms a bear market bottom over time. Related Reading: Bitcoin On The Brink: One Move Could Trigger A Massive Shift In cycles like 2018 and 2022, the macro triangle breakdown triggered rapid bearish acceleration before transitioning into a final accumulation range at the bottom. However, the current market structure echoes the 2014 macro triangle, where price was consolidating beneath the orange macro triangle base. If BTC continues to mirror 2014, it may remain in consolidation for an extended period, with the previous triangle base at around $82,500 acting as a ceiling for price action. Rekt Capital highlighted that BTC tends to form orange boxes as major consolidation zones after breaking down from macro triangles. In 2018 and 2022, these consolidation phases developed at the bear market bottom. Meanwhile, in 2014, BTC formed two distinct consolidation ranges, one immediately after the macro triangle breakdown and another later at the ultimate bear market bottom. If that historical structure repeats, the current consolidation may not mark the end of the downtrend. Instead, it could be an intermediate phase, potentially preceding additional macro downside over time, with a more definitive consolidation range forming closer to the eventual bear market bottom. Trading Below HTF EMAs Confirms Bitcoin Trend Direction Bitcoin’s current structure continues to support a strongly bearish bias. According to a crypto trader known as ctm_trader on X, a high-timeframe bearish head-and-shoulders pattern is forming, and the price is rejecting at the range highs, an area where risk-to-reward clearly favors short positions. Related Reading: Bitcoin Just Deviated From The Bearish Trend That Began In January And $86,000 Could Be Next At the same time, the majority of liquidity is sitting below the current price, while much of the upside liquidity has already been swept. The recent daily close printed a bearish doji candle. Meanwhile, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) remains in overbought territory, and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) shows bearish momentum shifts. From a technical perspective, the price is trading below the high-timeframe Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs), showing that the broader trend remains bearish despite recent upward moves. On lower timeframes, BTC has already experienced a market structure shift, followed by a breakdown below recent lows. Furthermore, the latest rally was largely driven by news and not supported by organic price action. Historically, such impulsive moves tend to retrace. All of these combined make the downside the higher probability moves. Featured image from Pngtree, chart from Tradingview.com
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