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Bitcoin (BTC) is entering what former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes calls “up only mode,” as a deepening crisis in the US bond market potentially drives investors away from traditional haven assets and toward alternative stores of value. Loss of confidence in US policy boosts Bitcoin’s upside prospects On April 11, the benchmark US 10-year Treasury … Read more
Ripple made headlines this week when it became the first crypto-native company to acquire a multi-asset prime broker, potentially setting the stage for wider adoption of its XRP Ledger technology. The acquisition of Hidden Road didn’t come cheap, either, as Ripple doled out $1.25 billion for the brokerage. It was a price Ripple CEO Brad … Read more
The US Federal Reserve is prepared to use its vast arsenal of monetary policy tools to prevent financial and economic conditions from deteriorating rapidly but will do so only if liquidity dries up or markets become disorderly, a top central banker said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Boston Fed President Susan Collins said … Read more
Betting against Ether has been the best performing exchange traded fund (ETF) strategy so far in 2025, according to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas. Two ETFs designed to take two-times leveraged short positions in Ether claimed (ETH) first and second place in a Bloomberg Intelligence ranking of the year’s top-performing funds, Balchunas said in a post … Read more
Neel Kashkari, President of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, addressed the issue of rising Treasury yields on April 11, suggesting that they might indicate a shift in investor sentiment away from United States government debt. Kashkari highlighted that the Federal Reserve has tools to provide more liquidity if necessary. While underscoring the importance of maintaining a … Read more
The digital asset sphere has navigated a whirlwind of volatility this past week, yet Friday’s 3.9% rebound injected a dose of optimism, propelling aggregate valuations to $2.61 trillion. While bitcoin and ethereum languished in negative territory this week, onyxcoin (XCN) and fartcoin (FARTCOIN) emerged as outliers, defying gravitational forces with staggering weekly leaps of 197.4% … Read more
The cryptocurrency soared above $84K on Friday as the U.S. dollar fell to a three-year low in the face of weakening confidence in USD-denominated assets. Flight from Fiat? Bitcoin Jumps While Dollar Nosedives Despite President Donald Trump touting the success of his aggressive tariff strategy, what appears to be a loss of confidence in American … Read more
A key Bitcoin (BTC) metric signaled a potential shift in its positioning after BTC’s long-term holder realized cap (LTH Realized Cap) surpassed $18 billion for the first time since September 2024. Data from CryptoQuant indicated that this cohort has exhibited aggressive accumulation, which previously marked the BTC bottom in Q3 2024. The LTH realized cap … Read more
Trump kills DeFi broker rule in major crypto win: Finance Redefined, April 4–11 In a significant win for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, US President Donald Trump overturned the Internal Revenue Service’s DeFi broker rule, which would have expanded existing reporting requirements to include DeFi platforms. Increasing US crypto regulatory clarity will attract more tech giants … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) price has rebounded by over 11% from the April. 7 low of $74,400, and analysts believe that onchain and technical indicators point to a sustained recovery. According to popular analyst AlphaBTC, Bitcoin will see a sustained recovery if it holds above $81,500. Bitcoin price reclaimed the $80,000 psychological level after retesting the “weekly … Read more