$BTC April was not a bad month at all. Especially considering all that has been going on in the world.
May is usually a bit of a slower month with mixed results.
Starting June, the Summer seasonality kicks in which usually sees low volumes & liquidity during the holidays. This is especially clear in TradFi markets and is why in many years, we see slow price action during this time.
In crypto however, the summer usually does see some interesting narratives and there's always something going on. So let's wait and see if that's the case again.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's term ends on May 15th.
He leaves behind a significant and uncertain legacy.
The US economy is not weak, but it is certainly unstable.
US economic growth reached 2.1% in 2025 and is projected to reach 2.3% this year.
The biggest burden is undoubtedly the size of the US debt, which reached $39 trillion this month. Therefore, the Fed's biggest challenge has become managing the cost of government financing and balancing it with interest rates.
Inflation readings are also unstable after rising last month due to energy problems following the Iran nuclear deal.
The financial markets are the only sector Powell leaves at historic highs, supported by artificial intelligence.
🚨 If you started with $100, you'll now have $1,000,000 in just 6 hours! 😵💥💥💥
The #Scam_Altman coin exploded because it capitalized on a very hot trend surrounding Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, following the start of a heated legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI/Altman. Musk used the nicknames “Scam Altman” and “Greg Stockman” to mock them, accusing them of “stealing from a charity” by transforming OpenAI from a non-profit idea into a for-profit giant. Then the coin appeared on Pump.fun with almost the same name, and speculators quickly jumped on the bandwagon.
Imagine if you had entered with $100 at the beginning at a price of 0.000002 and sold near 0.02… you could have become almost $1,000,000.
Paul Atkins and Mike Selig said at Bitcoin 2026 that a “new stage” is beginning for the crypto industry, with a focus on bringing projects back to the US, creating clearer rules, and pushing tokenization forward.
For the market, this is an important shift: regulators are speaking less in the language of pressure and more in the language of bringing crypto business back onshore under a new set of rules.
🔈White House says it will not ‘negotiate through the press’
The White House has told CBS News that it will not conduct its negotiations with Iran through the media.
“These are sensitive diplomatic discussions and the US will not negotiate through the press,” Assistant White House Press Secretary Olivia Wales said in a statement carried by CBS News.
Strategy announced the purchase of 3273 BTC for $255m at an average price of about $77,906. The company now holds 818,334 BTC.
For the market, the signal is still the same: while some players wait for a pullback, Strategy keeps methodically taking bitcoin off the market and doubling down on the long cycle.
Gold rally tipped to resume despite setback over Iran conflict: Reuters poll.
🟢Gold expected to average $4,916/oz in 2026
🔴Analysts have raised their annual gold price forecasts, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, with strong central bank demand and economic uncertainty expected to offset risks from surging inflation and hawkish policy bets due to the Middle East conflict.
🔴The metal's broader rally is expected to resume once tensions ease, the poll found.
🔴The survey of 31 analysts and traders conducted over the past three weeks returned a median gold forecast of $4,916 per troy ounce for 2026, the highest annual forecast in Reuters polls dating back to 2012.
🔴The latest forecast compares with $4,746.50 estimated three months ago.
🚨 OTC wallet balances are extremely low, reaching unprecedented levels.
Imagine, these wallets only hold around 752 Bitcoins! I've never seen such figures before. Less than a year ago, they held 150,000 Bitcoins, but now they've been emptied. This means any large-scale orders will now be processed through centralized exchanges.
🔴 Jerome Powell's term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, 2026, in 18 days. He will chair his final meeting on April 29, two days from now.
▫️ As for his general membership on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, it will continue until January 2028. However, it is customary for former chairmen to resign from the Board upon the expiration of their terms.
Trump officials were ‘likely’ targets of shooting - The New York Times.
The armed man who rushed an event attended by President Trump wrote that administration figures were his targets, according to a note that law enforcement officials attributed to the suspect. Here’s the latest.
The roughly 1,000-word note doesn’t mention Trump by name, but it indicated that the suspect bore deep anger at the administration and the president himself. According to the note, the suspect said he could no longer allow a “traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.” The suspect was identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, Calif. by law enforcement officials speaking on condition of anonymity.
The suspect, who is in custody, was believed to be staying as a guest at the hotel hosting the dinner. In his writing, he expressed surprise that he was able to check into the hotel with a shotgun, a handgun and a knife.