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Why XRP and Crypto Markets May Stay Weak: Three Key Reasons
Cryptocurrency investors, especially those holding XRP, may face continued uncertainty as analysts point to three key reasons that could keep the market weak. Economist Kim Kwang-seok explained that problems in...
SEC Clarifies Broker Exemption Rules for Crypto Interfaces
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued new guidance on when crypto trading interfaces can operate without registering as broker-dealers. The Division of Trading and Markets released the statement...
Bitcoin Inflows Hit $871M as Digital Assets Inflows Surge to $1.1B
According to Volume 281: Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report, digital asset investment products recorded $1.1 billion in inflows for the week ending April 10, 2026, the largest weekly total...
Bitmine ETH Holdings Surge Past $10.7B as Market Tension Builds
Bitmine Immersion Technologies has increased its Ethereum holdings to about $10.7 billion after buying an additional $156 million worth of ETH. The company now holds around 4.87 million ETH, which...
RAVE Hits $9.81 as Smart Money Exit Early, Price Formation Questioned
On April 13, 2026, RaveDAO’s RAVE token surged to a $9.81 all-time high (ATH), delivering a massive 260%+ surge in just 24 hours after the 4.5 million token unlock on...
Santiment Data Shows XRP Bearishness Hits 3rd Highest Level in 2 Years
Santiment posted on X, saying that FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) around XRP is at its third‑highest point in two years, after the token dropped about 63% over the past...
Aave Price Surges After DAO Greenlights $25M Growth Strategy
Aave’s token jumped after its decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) greenlit a $25 million growth push (plus 75,000 AAVE tokens), which could be a sign that DeFi is gaining steam again....
Bank of Korea Calls for Crypto Circuit Breakers After Employee Error
South Korea’s central bank is pushing for stock market-style circuit breakers at cryptocurrency exchanges after a single employee error at Bithumb in February sent the equivalent of 60 trillion won...
$221M in Crypto Token Unlocks Hit Markets This Week as Bitcoin Holds Near $71,000
Crypto markets are navigating another heavy unlock week. Between April 13 and April 20, over $221 million worth of tokens are scheduled to enter circulation across both one-time cliff releases...
Bernie Sanders Says Trump’s $500 Billion Military Request Is Totally Nuts
Senator Bernie Sanders condemned President Trump’s record military budget request on Friday, calling it totally nuts and accusing the administration of cutting healthcare and childcare to fund an unauthorized war...
Justin Sun Accuses WLFI of Backdoor Control After Token Freeze
Justin Sun invested $75 million in World Liberty Financial, was named a project advisor, and publicly backed its vision of decentralized finance for everyday Americans. This week, he accused it...
Iran’s Crypto Gambit: How a $7.8 Billion Shadow Economy Became a Geopolitical Weapon
Iran is pushing deeper into cryptocurrency use, proposing a new system where oil tankers pay transit tolls in digital assets, an effort aimed at bypassing sanctions and securing untraceable revenue...
Matterhorn and ASI Alliance Add Safety Layer to AI Smart Contract Coding
Matterhorn and the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance are rolling out new tools aimed at making AI-generated smart contracts safer for crypto. The initiative focuses on “vibe coding,” a workflow where developers...
XRP Loses Momentum as Binance Trading Activity Falls to 2025 Low
XRP price remained under pressure as Binance data showed a drop in trading activity. Arab Chain, a verified analyst on CryptoQuant, said XRP’s Volume Z-Score fell to its lowest level...
Iran Demands Cryptocurrency Toll for Strait of Hormuz Transit
Iran is now requiring cryptocurrency payments from tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route for global trade. According to Chainalysis, the Iranian government is demanding digital...
XRP News: Japanese XRP Payment Pilots Report 60% Savings Over SWIFT
Japanese financial institutions are putting XRP’s payments use case back at the center of the market after reported pilot results from Tokyo showed faster settlement and sharply lower transfer costs. ...
CLARITY Act Odds Slip as Lummis Calls This the Last Window
Senator Cynthia Lummis is turning up the pressure on Congress to pass the CLARITY Act, framing the current moment as the narrowest and most important window left for U.S. crypto...
Trump Says US is Clearing Strait of Hormuz Mines After Crushing Iran
On April 11, 2026, President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States had begun clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz. He claimed that American forces had destroyed Iran’s...
ETH Surges 7.12%, Outperforming BTC as Capital Rotation Accelerates
On April 10, 2026, CryptoQuant published two QuickTakes showing that Ethereum (ETH) outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) in March, with ETH surging by 7.12% while BTC gained only 1.83%. Ethereum’s network activity...
Bitcoin Price Eyes Higher Range as Analysts Flag Reversal Threat
Bitcoin price moved higher in recent days and climbed back above $72,000 after a mixed U.S. inflation report. The recovery pushed BTC close to the $73,000 area and brought fresh...
Peter Schiff Blasts Trump ‘Victory’ Spin on Iran War, Economy Out
Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff has criticized President Donald Trump for framing the U.S.-Iran conflict as a “total and complete victory.” In a post on X, Schiff argued that...
US Government Moves $177,000 in Seized Bitcoin to Coinbase Prime
The US government moved 2.44 Bitcoin worth approximately $177,000 to a Coinbase Prime address this week, with on-chain data linking the funds to wallets labelled as seized assets from a...
Circle Breaks Silence on $270 Million Drift Exploit
When North Korean state-affiliated hackers stole roughly $270 million from Drift Protocol on April 1, converting a significant portion into USDC and bridging it through Circle’s own Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol,...
Zcash Emerges as One of Crypto’s Biggest Winners This Week
Zcash spent most of 2025 being ignored, but this week it demanded attention. ZEC surged 62% in five trading days, briefly touching $390 before pulling back to consolidate around $371....
Will Quantum Computing Destroy Bitcoin? Here’s What ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Grok Think
Quantum computing just became Bitcoin’s most talked-about threat in 2026, after Google dropped a paper claiming a future quantum machine could crack a Bitcoin private key in just nine minutes. ...
