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Andre Cronje’s Flying Tulip adds withdrawal circuit breaker as DeFi exploits mount Flying Tulip said its withdrawal safeguard is designed to fail open, while a status page lets users monitor the system in real time. |
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Volo Protocol has confirmed a $3.5 million exploit affecting select vaults, adding that it has frozen assets and started fund recovery efforts amid ongoing investigation. |
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Matter Labs’ Alex Gluchowski says Canton isn’t a blockchain, while Digital Asset co-founders argue public chains aren’t that different. |
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New Bank of Korea Governor Hyun-Song Shin supported CBDCs and deposit tokens in his first address, while stablecoins were notably absent from his remarks. |
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Griff Green, a member of Arbitrum’s security council, said the group acted with input from law enforcement and “did not make this decision lightly." |
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Coinbase launched USDC loans for UK users backed by BTC, ETH and cbETH, expanding its borrowing product as Britain moves toward a crypto regulatory regime. |
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The USDC Bridge adds to Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, which often sees over $500 million worth of USDC transfers each day. |
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Neo’s proposed overhaul would restructure its foundation, return tokens to the community and impose formal oversight, as co-founders clash over governance and control. |
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Bloomberg reported Flow Capital plans to tokenize its private credit fund to raise additional capital, but crypto execs warn tokenization doesn’t magically make hard-to-trade assets liquid. |
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Industry speakers at Paris Blockchain Week said tokenization can broaden access and issuance, but it does not by itself create active secondary markets for illiquid assets. |
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Circle was accused of aiding and abetting the conversion of the stolen funds and negligence after it did not freeze funds stolen from the Drift Protocol in April. |
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The corrected filing details timeline, caveats and conditions tied to a potential Naver Financial IPO after the Dunamu share swap deal. |
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A review of over 150 crypto protocols finds fewer than 1% disclose market-making arrangements, revealing a major transparency gap in token trading structures. |
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The sandbox will test preset spending limits, timing controls and category restrictions for public sector expense payments. |
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Crypto adoption fell 11% globally in Q1 2026, driven by macro pressures, while Turkey bucked the trend with a 7% increase, per TRM Labs data. (Read More) |
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Generative AI agents produced 600,000 lines of code and ran 850 experiments to secure first place in a Kaggle competition. Here's how they did it. (Read More) |
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AI agents are moving beyond tools to autonomous entities with wallets, ownership, and investability—reshaping economic structures. (Read More) |
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OpenAI's GPT-5.5, running on NVIDIA infrastructure, is revolutionizing workflows across industries with groundbreaking performance gains and enterprise adoption. (Read More) |
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OpenAI's GPT-5.5 debuts with enhanced legal AI capabilities, scoring 91.7% on benchmarks. Available now for ChatGPT Plus and Pro users. (Read More) |
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OpenAI unveils GPT-5.5, a faster, smarter AI model excelling in coding, research, and efficiency, with rollout to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business. (Read More) |
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Stablecoins are transforming from mere settlement tools to essential financial infrastructure, with a $283.7B market cap as of Sept. 2025. (Read More) |
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Figure stock fell 9% amid crypto-linked volatility, but Bernstein maintains a $67 price target, citing tokenized lending growth. (Read More) |
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Paxos reduced Postgres downtime from 30-120 minutes to 1 minute using Aurora Blue-Green upgrades, improving uptime to meet 99.99% SLOs. (Read More) |
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Glassnode's April report reveals BTC/ETH capital flow stabilization, ETF demand recovery, and challenges for market-neutral strategies. (Read More) |
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EigenDA expands Ethereum scalability, boosting data throughput 450x and enabling high-performance rollups like MegaETH and RISE. (Read More) |
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Google's Decoupled DiLoCo architecture enables faster, resilient AI training across data centers, leveraging mixed-generation hardware for efficiency. (Read More) |
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Zerion Wallet now integrates Uniswap (UNI) API, enabling swaps with access to liquidity from Uniswap v2, v3, and v4 across 18 chains. (Read More) |
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Stablecoins like USDC are transforming financial institutions through real-time settlement, programmable finance, and 24/7 liquidity options. (Read More) |
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NVIDIA's GeForce NOW introduces in-app labels for Xbox Game Pass and Ubisoft+ games, along with six new titles, enhancing cloud gaming convenience. (Read More) |
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Mid-sized European law firms are leveraging Harvey AI to streamline workflows, save time, and scale client service without adding headcount. (Read More) |
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Smartphone penetration among the unbanked has crossed 86%, yet 1.3 billion people remain outside the formal financial system. The problem was never hardware. It's the design choices baked into digital financial infrastructure — who it's built for, what it requires to onboard, and what it punishes.CBDCs are being positioned as the answer, but most current implementations replicate the same exclusionary logic as legacy banking: KYC requirements that assume stable addresses and identity documents, internet dependency in regions with inconsistent connectivity, and UI built for the already-banked.The cash-to-digital transition fails when it treats cash users as a legacy problem to be upgraded rather than a design constraint to be solved. Offline functionality, tiered identity verification, and programmable distribution channels are not edge cases — they are the entire challenge.Financial inclusion doesn't happen by default when infrastructure is deployed. It happens when the people who fall outside existing systems are the primary design target, not an afterthought.Read All |
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Why Microsoft's M12 Is Doubling Down on Space and Time's Move Into the Creator Economy Space and Time launched Dreamspace, a no-code AI app builder that turns plain-language prompts into working onchain applications with auditable smart contracts. The platform runs on Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and Base, and comes out of beta after creators shipped 34,000 apps. M12, Microsoft's venture fund, is backing the rollout.Read All |
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Google's March 2026 research slashed the qubit threshold for breaking Bitcoin's encryption by 20x, putting ~6.9 million BTC at risk. Seven proposals are now competing to quantum-proof Bitcoin: BIP-360 (new quantum-safe address type, already on testnet), QRAMP (mandatory migration with a coin-burn deadline), QSAVE (escrow custody for vulnerable coins), OP_CAT + Lamport signatures (a fast opt-in bridge fix), Blockstream's SHRINCS hash-based signatures (testing on Liquid), Winternitz Vaults (layered opt-in protection), and private mempools (available today, no fork needed). No single proposal is enough — Bitcoin likely needs BIP-360 as the foundation, private mempools as an immediate defense, and a multi-year graduated phase-out of legacy addresses. The window is open, but the clock started ticking on March 31, 2026.Read All |
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AI agents will soon outnumber humans in global transactions. Tal Elyashiv explains why blockchain is the natural payment infrastructure for the agentic economy.Read All |
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Beyond the Tokenization Hype: How GCL New Energy and Pharos Are Putting Real Energy Assets on Chain Pharos CEO Wish Wu & GCL's Jason Huang on $1B institutional blockchain deal, RWA tokenization & why parallel execution matters for real finanance. Read All |
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How Zodia Custody's BitMEX Integration Quietly Rewires Institutional Crypto Market Structure BitMEX, the exchange that invented the perpetual swap, is now live on Zodia Custody's Interchange off-venue settlement network. Clients trade on BitMEX while assets stay in bank-grade cold storage until settlement. After FTX's $12.7B judgment and Bybit's $1.5B hack, the move is less a product launch and more a structural signal that execution and custody have decoupled in institutional crypto.Read All |
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How Startale Group Is Quietly Rewiring Asia's Tokenized Finance Through Abu Dhabi Startale Group joins Hub71 Cohort 18 and sets up in ADGM, taking its Japan-built blockchain stack into Abu Dhabi weeks after a $63M Series A.Read All |
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This article breaks down a 7-layer autonomous ride-share system powered by AI agents and blockchain. It replaces opaque pricing, delayed payouts, and centralized control with real-time dispatch, on-chain escrow, instant settlement, and verifiable data—creating a scalable, trustless mobility infrastructure with built-in revenue streams. Read All |
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World ID's new protocol brings proof of human to Zoom, Tinder, Docusign and AI agents, shifting trust from devices to verified humans.Read All |
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Fhenix X Space with Guy Zyskind and Ethereum's Nicolas Serrano reframes post-quantum crypto from future risk to active timing problem.Read All |
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Pharos Network names USDC the core stablecoin for its $10M incubator, betting regulated dollars will pull RWA builders onchain before mainnet.Read All |
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Scam or Failure? How Third-Party Verification Actually Separates the Two in Crypto Most crypto projects that end get labeled as scams — regardless of evidence. This article examines how third-party verification (CEX listings, TSE disclosures, government-affiliated events, editorial media) can distinguish genuine failure from fraudulent operation, using marumaruNFT as a documented case study.Read All |
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Anthony Scaramucci said Bitcoin may not see a meaningful recovery until October or November, arguing that the current drawdown still fits the asset’s historic four-year cycle despite a more favorable regulatory backdrop in Washington. Speaking on the Thinking Crypto podcast from the Solana Policy Summit, the SkyBridge Capital founder framed the market weakness as a cyclical bear phase rather than a structural break. He said investors had expected a stronger policy-driven rally after the change in US administration, but that whales and long-time holders have continued to sell into ETF-driven demand. “I’m old school. I’ve been in the category that this is a cyclical bear market traditional to the four-year cycle of Bitcoin,” Scaramucci said. “You’ve just crossed the halfway mark of the halving and so you’re on your way to the back half of this thing. You typically don’t get any type of real recovery until the first quarter of next year.” Related Reading: Bitcoin Enters Disbelief Phase As Traders Keep Shorting The Rally Scaramucci added that Bitcoin’s timeline may have been slightly accelerated by macro factors, including President Donald Trump’s tariff-related messaging and geopolitical conflict. Still, he said Bitcoin has remained “fairly sticky” during the war period referenced in the interview. “You probably won’t see a recovery in Bitcoin until maybe the first month of the last quarter,” he said, pointing to “October possibly November” as a more realistic window. Why Bitcoin ETF Demand Has Not Been Enough The comments address a central frustration across the crypto market: why prices have failed to respond more forcefully to a pro-crypto administration, institutional ETF access, and improving legislative momentum. According to Scaramucci, the answer lies partly in supply. ETF activity has brought new buyers into Bitcoin, including older investors using traditional brokerage channels, but that demand has met heavy distribution from whales and early holders. “You’re still seeing a lot of Bitcoin buying. A lot of boomers are buying Bitcoin, but it’s just not enough,” he said. “You got whales that are selling into the — the OGs in this industry believe in the four-year cycle. And so what they do is they fulfill the prophecy of the four-year cycle by acting on the four-year cycle and selling.” He said whales were “pumping lots of coins into the supply at around $100,000,” which in his view contributed to Bitcoin falling into the high $60,000s. Scaramucci also tied Bitcoin’s next phase of institutional adoption to US market-structure legislation, especially the Clarity Act. He argued that the idea Bitcoin is “valueless” is now “completely off the table,” but said banks are unlikely to move aggressively without clearer rules. “If you don’t get the Clarity Act legislation passed, you’re not going to get the banks to really open up,” he said. He cited experimental custody programs at Bank of New York and SoFi, while arguing that real adoption requires major money-center banks to offer custody, yield, and borrowing against Bitcoin on more competitive terms. Until then, he said, investors will not see “real full-throated adoption.” Related Reading: Bitcoin Bulls Rebuild As Futures Metric Hits 4-Month High Scaramucci also criticized the political and lobbying dynamics around stablecoin yield and crypto legislation. He said banks are pushing back because of their entrenched market position, while warning that holding out for a perfect bill could delay progress. “I’m a little bit more practical. I probably would have tried to get something done and I would not make the perfect deal the enemy of progress,” he said. “The best example I can give you is the Bitcoin ETF. Gary Gensler hates us. He did not want that to happen. He lost the lawsuit, so he was forced to have it happen.” Bitcoin Reserve Debate Still Politicized On the question of whether the US government should hold Bitcoin in strategic reserves, Scaramucci said yes, but only if the issue can move beyond partisan framing. “It’s very hard to hold Bitcoin in a strategic reserve if it’s a partisan issue,” he said. “If we can get this to be a transformative post-partisan what’s right or wrong for the country, what’s right or wrong for the American taxpayer, then the answer is yes.” He said he would not aggressively push the issue before broader consensus forms, instead favoring an approach where government-held Bitcoin from legal actions is retained rather than sold. He also said he was unsure whether the US government had completed an audit of its Bitcoin holdings. At press time, BTC traded at $77,844. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com |
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Following the bitcoin recovery above the $76,000 level last week, the Dogecoin price also saw a notable increase, rising by more than 10% in a 7-day period. This naturally saw a rise in interest in the meme coin and translated to a surge in its open interest. While this initial surge has been bullish, it now begs the question of whether the digital asset will be able to maintain this trajectory or risk another crash. Dogecoin Open Interest Reaches 2-Month Highs When the Dogecoin price surged past $0.1 recently, the open interest rose rapidly at the same time. The result of this surge was that the open interest had risen to levels not seen in more than two months. This pushed it toward the January 2026 highs, registering a notable change from the muted performance of the last two months. Related Reading: Strategy Overtakes BlackRock’s Bitcoin Holdings, But Is Saylor Done Buying? According to data from the on-chain tracking website, Coinglass, the Dogecoin open interest reached above $1.4 billion at its highest. While there has been a decline from this level, the Dogecoin open interest remains above the $1.2 billion mark, showing sustained interest in trading the meme coin. Usually, a rise in the open interest correlates with a rise in the asset’s price. So if the Dogecoin price continues its upward trajectory, then the rise in the open interest could continue. However, if the DOGE price does decline, then the open interest could take a nosedive again. DOGE Volume Decline Could Be Good For Price There has been a decline in the Dogecoin volume as the price seems to have turned downward again. But crypto analyst The Alchemist Trader explains that this could end up being a good thing for the price. In an analysis, the analyst points to this as being a consolidation phase. Related Reading: Analyst Sounds Bitcoin Warning: This Surge Above $78,000 Should Not Be Trusted Consolidation phases usually precede big moves, and looking at the fact that the Dogecoin price has maintained support above $0.07, the crypto analyst believes that the direction is likely to be upward. This will happen with a new volume influx and could lead to a bullish breakout. Once this happens, the analyst’s chart suggests that the Dogecoin price could see an over 40% increase as a result. Such a move would put the men coin price above the $1.4 level. “From a technical standpoint, as long as Dogecoin holds above the $0.07 support level, the structure remains favorable for a bullish breakout,” the analyst stated. “This level acts as a key foundation for buyers, and maintaining support here keeps the upside scenario intact.. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com |
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World Liberty Financial (WLFI) has hit new lows as one of its largest investors files a lawsuit against the project backed by the US First Family, raising concerns about the project’s stability. Related Reading: Ethereum Faces ‘Moment Of Truth’ As Price Eyes $2,450 Resistance – Breakout Loading? WLFI Sinks Amid Justin Sun Lawsuit World Liberty Financial’s token has fallen around 3% over the past 24 hours, reaching a new all-time low of $0.0761 on Thursday morning, according to CoinGecko data. The cryptocurrency had been trading between $0.0887-$0.1355 since the early February correction, but broke down from this range at the start of April. Notably, the token has seen 16.5% and 26% corrections in the weekly and monthly timeframes, fueled by multiple controversies and the recent legal action taken by Tron founder and WLFI’s largest holder, Justin Sun. Sun filed a complaint against the Trump-backed project on Tuesday, alleging that WLFI’s team froze his tokens using an embedded smart contract backlist function, stripped him of his voting rights, and threatened to burn his holdings, without proper justification. According to the lawsuit, he invested a total of $45 million to buy 3 billion WLFI tokens in 2024 and 2025 and received one billion tokens for advising the project. He also claimed that “World Liberty is on the verge of collapse,” raising concerns about whether the project has enough reserves to back its USD1 stablecoin. In the filing, Sun reportedly says that his relationship with WLFI’s team soured mid-last year after he declined to provide more investment and support to the project, specifically the USD1 stablecoin. In addition, he claimed that World Liberty Financial privately blamed him for the WLFI’s 40% price crash on its launch, leading to his address blacklist on September 4, 2025. Eric Trump Takes A Jab At Sun The Tron founder affirmed on X that he had tried to resolve the situation privately, but that “certain individuals on the World Liberty project team have been operating the project in a manner that goes against President Trump’s values,” leaving him “no choice but to turn to the courts.” World Liberty Financial co-founders Eric Trump and Zack Witkoff publicly responded to Justin Sun’s lawsuit, dismissing his complaint and taking a jab at the Tron founder. In an X post, Eric Trump discredited him, arguing that the only thing “more ridiculous than this lawsuit is spending $6 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall,” referencing Sun’s notorious purchase of Maurizio Cattelan’s banana artwork in late 2024. Some online users pointed out the shift in their relationship, noting Trump’s second son had praised Sun less than a year ago. In June 2025, Eric Trump said he was “the biggest fan of Tron” and “loved” Justin Sun, whom he called a “great friend and an icon in the crypto space.” Related Reading: Dogecoin ‘Launchpad’ Ready? Analysts Forecast Big DOGE Price Move Amid Volume Spike Witkoff, who is the son of Trump Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, also called Sun’s lawsuit a “desperate attempt to deflect attention” from the crypto founder’s “misconducts,” affirming that his claims are “entirely meritless” and that World Liberty Financial looks forward to getting the case thrown out soon. “He engaged in misconduct that required World Liberty to take action to protect itself and its users. World Liberty will continue to take all necessary steps to protect its community,” Witkoff concluded. As of this writing, WLFI has fallen more than 75% since its all-time high (ATH) of $0.33 on September 1, 2025. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com |
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XRP ETFs have shifted sharply after a shaky start to the year, and the change is evident in both flows and the market. Following a troubling first quarter, funds have recorded strong, sustained inflows that helped push the altcoin above the $1.40 level. XRP ETFs Hit Best Week Of 2026 Market expert Sam Daodu, writing for 24/7 Wall St., reported that XRP ETFs brought in $55.39 million during the week ending April 17, which he described as the best weekly performance of 2026 to date. On April 20, the funds added another $3 million. Just as important for sentiment, there have been no outflows since April 9. Daodu noted that this is the first stretch of uninterrupted, sustained buying XRP ETFs that they have put together throughout the year. Related Reading: Bitcoin Watch: All Eyes On $86,000—What Could Fuel The Next Bullish Breakout In the months leading up to April, XRP ETFs were bleeding assets. Their assets under management peaked above $1.5 billion in January, but that figure slipped below $950 million by March as outflows intensified. This time around, Daodu emphasized that inflows have been steadier—arriving day after day rather than in sporadic bursts—suggesting a more durable shift in investor behavior. Within the competitive lineup of XRP products, the cumulative inflow lead still belongs to Canary Capital, which holds $421.86 million in net inflows across the suite. However, Daodu said that the lead has narrowed. In April, Canary has logged zero net inflows on most trading days, while Bitwise and Franklin Templeton have been adding nearly every day. Bitwise’s cumulative inflows now stand at $419.17 million, leaving it just $2.69 million behind Canary and giving it a clear opportunity to take the top spot this week. Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ trails in third place, consistently close behind Bitwise throughout the April run. In Daodu’s framing, Bitwise and Franklin have absorbed nearly all of April’s inflows, while the rest of the XRP ETF sector has been flat or negative. The Key Catalyst Missing Daodu also pointed to a key catalyst that could determine whether this positive momentum continues. The likelihood of follow-through for XRP ETFs, according to the expert, is tied largely to US regulatory clarity—specifically, the CLARITY Act. The bill is facing a tight May deadline after missing its April markup window. Senator Thom Tillis has urged Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott to delay the markup to May, and timing matters because the legislation would need to clear the committee before the Senate’s May 21 recess. Related Reading: CEO Calls CLARITY Act ‘Horrible Bill,’ Warns Of Prolonged Crypto Bear Market Ahead If it doesn’t, Daodu suggested that the anticipated crypto market structure framework could be delayed indefinitely. The CLARITY Act is expected to permanently and officially classify XRP as a digital commodity. That classification is not just a theoretical legal detail—it’s seen as the missing piece that could reduce uncertainty for institutions. A Coinbase survey cited in the report found that 65% of institutional investors are waiting for that exact type of clarity before committing meaningful capital to XRP. As of this writing, the altcoin is consolidating at around $1.43, having gained 2% and almost 8% over the last seven and fourteen days, respectively. Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com |
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Dogecoin corrected some gains from the $0.0985 zone against the US Dollar. DOGE is now holding the $0.0950 support and might aim for a fresh upside. DOGE price started a fresh downside correction below $0.0965. The price is trading above the $0.0950 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $0.0955 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could aim for a fresh increase if it remains stable above $0.0950. Dogecoin Price Holds Support Dogecoin price started a downside correction after it failed to surpass $0.0985, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. DOGE declined below the $0.0980 and $0.0970 levels. There was a move below the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $0.0936 swing low to the $0.0985 high. The price even spiked below $0.0955 before the bulls appeared. Dogecoin price is now trading above the $0.0950 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. Besides, there is a bullish trend line forming with support at $0.0955 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair. Immediate resistance on the upside is near the $0.0980 level. The first major resistance for the bulls could be near the $0.0985 level. The next major resistance is near the $0.10 level. A close above the $0.10 resistance might send the price toward $0.1120. Any more gains might send the price toward $0.1150. The next major stop for the bulls might be $0.120. Downside In DOGE? If DOGE’s price fails to climb above the $0.0980 level, it could continue to move down. Initial support on the downside is near the $0.0955 level and the trend line. It is close to the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $0.0936 swing low to the $0.0985 high. The next major support is near the $0.0950 level. The main support sits at $0.0920. If there is a downside break below the $0.0920 support, the price could decline further. In the stated case, the price might slide toward the $0.0880 level. Any more losses might call for a test of $0.0850. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for DOGE/USD is now gaining 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 $0.0920. Major Resistance Levels – $0.0980 and $0.0985. |
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Bitcoin’s advance over the past four weeks is colliding with a derivatives market that still looks positioned for weakness. Analysts tracking Binance funding and futures basis say traders continue to lean short even as BTC moves higher, creating what CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost described via X as a “phase of disbelief” rather than a clean bullish reset. That divergence matters because it suggests the rally is unfolding against persistent skepticism, not broad conviction. In crypto, that kind of setup can cut both ways: it can signal fragile market structure, but it can also provide fuel if bearish positioning is forced to unwind. Darkfost pointed to the 30-day cumulative evolution of Binance funding rates as the clearest sign that the market remains out of sync with price. “We’ve been hearing a lot about funding rates lately, as they remain negative even while Bitcoin continues to move higher,” he wrote. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bull Cycle Is Right On Schedule: Analyst Reveals When The Bull Run Will Begin “This chart offers a different perspective from what is usually observed. It shows the 30 day cumulative evolution of funding rates on Binance, making it easier to clearly identify when funding entered a sustained negative trend.” His comparison was to late 2022, when Bitcoin was beginning to emerge from the bear market. At that point, Binance funding rates kept falling and reached as low as -7% on a 30-day cumulative basis. Today, the same indicator sits around -4.5%, which, in his view, shows how aggressively traders have continued betting against the move in recent months. Darkfost’s argument is not simply that funding is negative, but that the persistence of that negativity reflects a market still trying to fade price strength. “Each time such a strong consensus has formed, it has instead helped create a bottom and fueled the rally that was beginning to develop,” he said. “As I mentioned several days ago, the market has entered a phase of disbelief, where traders still prefer fighting the trend rather than following it.” Bitcoin Derivatives Market In A Regime Of Caution On-chain analyst Axel Adler Jr. approached the same backdrop from a more defensive angle. In his April 23 market note, he argued that Bitcoin’s derivatives structure is “rapidly losing its bullish structure” as the short-term futures premium over spot nearly disappears. The 7-day basis SMA dropped from +0.465% to +0.054% in just four days, while the funding rate 7DMA remained negative at -0.00945%. For Adler, the message is straightforward: the market is no longer willing to pay up for long leverage. “Basis 7D SMA has sharply compressed and is almost at zero, showing that the futures premium over spot has nearly vanished,” he wrote. “This is not just a local cooldown – it is nearly a complete disappearance of the futures premium over spot. Meanwhile, the 30D SMA remains noticeably higher, around +0.41%, meaning the short-term derivatives structure has deteriorated much faster than the medium-term norm.” Related Reading: Bitcoin Bulls Rebuild As Futures Metric Hits 4-Month High He made a similar point on funding. “What matters is not just the negative reading itself, but its persistence,” Adler said. “This is not a one-off spike or a panic anomaly within a single hour. This is a steady accumulation of bearish positioning, where the market continues to pay for short exposure.” Taken together, the two analysts are reading the same data through slightly different lenses. Darkfost sees disbelief as a potentially constructive condition for the ongoing rally, especially if consensus remains heavily skewed against price. Adler sees a market that has lost its bullish premium and is shifting into a more cautious regime unless basis and funding recover. At press time, BTC traded at $77,836. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com |
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XRP price started a recovery wave above $1.420 and $1.4250. The price is now consolidating and might aim for a fresh move if it clears $1.4450. XRP price started a recovery wave above the $1.4220 zone. The price is now trading above $1.4250 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a rising channel forming with support at $1.430 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could continue to move up if it settles above $1.4450. XRP Price Holds Support XRP price remained supported above $1.410 and started a recovery wave, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The price was able to climb above $1.4150 and $1.420 to enter a short-term positive zone. There was also a move above the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.4625 swing high to the $1.410 swing low. However, the bears are now active near the $1.4450 zone. Besides, there is a rising channel forming with support at $1.430 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair. The price is now trading above $1.430 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If there is a fresh upward move, the price might face resistance near the $1.4450 level or the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $1.4625 swing high to the $1.410 swing low. The first major resistance is near the $1.4620 level. A close above $1.4620 could send the price to $1.480. 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 $1.4450 resistance zone, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $1.430 level. The next major support is near the $1.420 level. If there is a downside break and a close below the $1.420 level, the price might continue to decline toward $1.40. The next major support sits near the $1.3750 zone, below which the price could continue lower toward $1.3550. 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 below the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $1.420 and $1.40. Major Resistance Levels – $1.4450 and $1.4620. |
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A cryptocurrency analyst has pointed out how Dogecoin has seen its last five breakout attempts rejected by the middle line of a Parallel Channel pattern. Dogecoin May Have Been Following A Parallel Channel Recently In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has talked about a Parallel Channel forming in the 4-hour price of Dogecoin. The “Parallel Channel” refers to a class of patterns from technical analysis (TA) that emerge whenever an asset observes consolidation between two parallel trendlines. Related Reading: Bitcoin Rally Catches Shorts Offside—$200M Liquidated As Price Hits $79,000 The upper line of the channel is likely to be a source of resistance for the price, while the lower one that of support. A break out of either of these bounds can signal a continuation of trend in that direction. Depending on how the trendlines are oriented with respect to the graph axes, Parallel Channels can be sorted into a few different types. When the trendlines are pointing up, the pattern is known as an Ascending Channel. Similarly, a channel with a negative slope is called a Descending Channel. These two channels correspond to a phase of consolidation to a net upside and downside, respectively. In the context of the current topic, the Parallel Channel of interest falls into a third type: one where the trendlines are parallel to the time-axis. This type of channel naturally represents a phase of completely sideways movement in the asset. Now, here is the chart shared by Martinez that shows the Parallel Channel that the 4-hour price of Dogecoin has potentially been trading inside over the last couple of months: As displayed in the above graph, Dogecoin has recently been stuck in the lower half of this Parallel Channel. The memecoin has made five retests of the midway line, but all of these attempts have ended up in rejection. This level is located at $0.1018. DOGE’s most recent retest of the line took place just last week. Since this latest rejection, the cryptocurrency has retraced to the quarter mark of the channel. It now remains to be seen whether the coin will see another run to the resistance line or if it will retest the support level at $0.0884 instead next. Related Reading: Bitcoin Hits $78,000—All Eyes On $80,700 Cost Basis? In some other news, Dogecoin witnessed a high amount of transaction volume last week, as the analyst has highlighted in another X post. From the chart, it’s visible that the Dogecoin network saw almost $800 million in transfer volume on April 16th alone. Thus, it would appear that activity related to the memecoin was elevated last week. DOGE Price Dogecoin has dropped back to the $0.0966 mark following its pullback. Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com |
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Ethereum price started a fresh decline and traded below $2,350. ETH is now consolidating above $2,285 and might struggle to recover. Ethereum started a downside correction from the $2,425 zone. The price is trading below $2,365 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $2,340 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $2,255 zone. Ethereum Price Trims Gains Ethereum price failed to remain stable above $2,385 and started a downside correction, underperforming Bitcoin. ETH price dipped below the $2,365 and $2,350 levels. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $2,340 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD. The pair traded as low as $2,286 and is currently consolidating losses. There was a minor move above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $2,423 swing high to the $2,286 low. Ethereum price is now trading below $2,365 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. If the bulls remain in action above $2,285, the price could attempt another increase. Immediate resistance is seen near the $2,355 level and the 50% Fib retracement level of the downward move from the $2,423 swing high to the $2,286 low. The first key resistance is near the $2,385 level. The next major resistance is near the $2,425 level. A clear move above the $2,425 resistance might send the price toward the $2,450 resistance. An upside break above the $2,450 region might call for more gains in the coming days. In the stated case, Ether could rise toward the $2,510 resistance zone or even $2,550 in the near term. More Losses In ETH? If Ethereum fails to clear the $2,385 resistance, it could start a fresh decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $2,285 level. The first major support sits near the $2,255 zone. A clear move below the $2,255 support might push the price toward the $2,200 support. Any more losses might send the price toward the $2,150 region. The main support could be $2,120. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for ETH/USD is gaining momentum in the bearish zone. Hourly RSI – The RSI for ETH/USD is now below the 50 zone. Major Support Level – $2,255 Major Resistance Level – $2,425 |
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The question of whether the Bitcoin price has hit a final bottom remains a major topic of discussion, as analysts remain unconvinced that the flagship cryptocurrency has reached a definitive floor. A recent analysis by market expert Maxi Trades suggests Bitcoin could be positioning for another major correction, forecasting a 30% crash that could push the price to fresh lows near $50,000. The bearish outlook has added to the market’s growing uncertainty about Bitcoin’s price direction, especially after the cryptocurrency’s latest rebound above $78,000. Historical Patterns Signal Upcoming Bitcoin Price Crash In his BTC price analysis shared on X this week, Maxi Trades drew on historical data and recurring chart patterns to support his bearish outlook for Bitcoin and projected bottom target. The analyst noted that the Bitcoin price has been stuck within a defined range for more than two and a half months now. He pointed out that a decisive breakout, either to the upside or the downside, has historically followed such an extended consolidation. Related Reading: Bears Are Fully In Control Of Bitcoin And It Will Crash Below $60,000, Here’s Why According to Maxi Trades, the last three times Bitcoin displayed a similar range-bound movement, it took roughly 64 to 114 days for a breakout to occur. His accompanying chart reflects this historical setup, showing that during the first prolonged consolidation, Bitcoin traded sideways for 64 days before surging by 14%. The second instance saw the cryptocurrency remain range-bound for 114 days, followed by a decline of approximately 27%. In a third similar formation, Bitcoin consolidated for 77 days before recording a 33% price crash. Based on this recurring trend, the analyst believes that Bitcoin could be approaching another major volatility event, with downside risk still on the table once its current range-bound movement resolves. Analyst Sees Bitcoin’s True Bottom Around $50,000 In his post, Maxi Trades noted that despite Bitcoin remaining in a bear market for more than six months since its October 2025 all-time high above $126,000, its price action has yet to show any signs of a true bottom formation. Because of this, he argued that the market has likely not reached its final capitulation phase. Related Reading: Why The PEPE Price Could Stage A 55X Rally To Reach New $0.0001 ATH As a result, the analyst said he is highly confident that BTC’s next breakout may be to the downside, warning of another major price crash before a true market bottom is established. He added that if the current cycle unfolds like previous range-bound periods, the market may still have time left before the anticipated breakout. Maxi Traders further noted that if his bearish scenario plays out and Bitcoin breaks below its recent lows, then the cryptocurrency could experience a rapid correction toward $50,000, marking a decline of more than 36% from current levels above $78,000. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com |