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Senator Bernie Moreno set a public ultimatum on April 22: the CLARITY Act must pass Congress before the end of May or it will be shelved until 2026. Polymarket jumped immediately from 38% to 46% probability of approval. Galaxy Research rates it today as a 50-50. GraniteShares has an active 3x ETF from $XRP on Nasdaq since yesterday. And whales are withdrawing 11 million XRP per day from exchanges.
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$XRP has the biggest legislative catalyst of the year with a concrete date: end of May according to Moreno. Senator Thom Tillis is negotiating with banks on stablecoin yield commitments — once that text is finalized, the markup from the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled in days. With the markup, Standard Chartered projects an additional $4,000 to $8,000 million in ETFs. Spot ETFs have accumulated $1,440 million. Whales are pulling 11 million XRP daily — the highest rate in 10 months. And the 3x ETF from GraniteShares on Nasdaq is the most bullish signal from the institutional market.

TODAY $10 billion in crypto options expire on Deribit. Out of those, $8.3 billion corresponds to $BTC — the largest expiry of the month. The max pain is at $73,000, but 85% of the contracts open with a chance of expiring above $77,000. The put-call ratio of 0.63 indicates a net bullish bias among traders. Bitcoin remains the only asset in the top 10 that is up weekly with +4%.
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$BTC hit $79,388 yesterday — the highest since January — before retreating as WTI oil climbed to $95. The Pentagon warned that clearing the mines in Ormuz could take 6 months, keeping inflation sticky and limiting the Fed's margin to cut rates. But USDT hit an all-time high market cap of $188.88 billion — the largest liquidity waiting on the sidelines of the crypto market in history. After today's options expiry, that capital could flow in. The supply vacuum between $78,000 and $83,000 has no sellers.

TODAY the monthly options for Solana on Deribit expire. The max pain is at $89 — above the current price — indicating a bullish bias at expiration. Traders expect that $SOL will hold above $85 after expiration, with a technical target of $88-$90 immediately after. The 50-day EMA is acting as support. And Alpenglow, the biggest upgrade to the network, is pushing towards 100-millisecond blocks.
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$SOL has the options max pain at $89 — that means market makers lose less money if the price rises towards $89 than if it stays at $85. This technical incentive favors a post-expiration rally. At the same time, Alpenglow introduces two new components: Votor, which finalizes blocks in 100-150 milliseconds, and Rotor, a more efficient relay protocol than the current Turbine. The network processed $57 billion in DEX in March. And the GSR ETF on Nasdaq includes SOL in its basket with staking yield. All this with the price at $85.

Ethereum is facing the expiration of $1.34 billion in options on Deribit today. The max pain point is at $2,200 — about 5% below the current price of $2,320 — which suggests technical bearish pressure during the expiry. The put-call ratio of 1.17 indicates that traders are predominantly short-term bearish. However, the stablecoin supply on the network remains at $180 billion. Plus, the GSR ETF BTC+ETH+SOL has been trading for two days on Nasdaq.
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Cardano is trading at $0.247 while the market digests the monthly options expiration. The big news impacting $ADA today: Galaxy Research published that the CLARITY Act has a 50-50 chance of passing in 2026 — and Senator Moreno set the end of May as the ultimatum. If it passes, the 4 pending spot ETFs from Grayscale, VanEck, 21Shares, and Canary Capital will have the green light. CME already launched ADA futures this year — a historic step prior to the spot ETF.
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GraniteShares just dropped a 3x leveraged ETF on Nasdaq today for $XRP — the first of its kind in the US market. At the same time, over 100 crypto firms sent a letter to the Senate demanding the approval of the CLARITY Act before May. Whales are pulling 11 million XRP daily from exchanges — the highest rate in 10 months according to CryptoQuant. Spot ETFs have accumulated $1.44 billion. Everything is converging this week.
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Cardano is trading at $0.247 while 424 whale wallets — the highest in the last 4 months — accumulated 819 million ADA ($214 million) during the correction, according to Santiment. At the same time, over 100 crypto firms sent a letter to the Senate today demanding the approval of the CLARITY Act. And CME launched futures for $ADA in 2026 — a historic step prior to the approval of spot ETFs for BTC and ETH.
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$ADA has the clearest accumulation signal of the cycle: 424 wallets with over 10 million ADA — a 4-month high — bought 819 million tokens during the correction. In every previous cycle of Cardano, when whales accumulate at that pace while the price is depressed, the subsequent bounce exceeds 200% in the following 6 months. CME launched ADA futures this year — the same path BTC and ETH followed before the SEC approved their spot ETFs. Van Rossem is coming in June. CLARITY Act in the final window. The price doesn't reflect any of this data.

Senator Bernie Moreno set a public ultimatum on April 22: the CLARITY Act must pass Congress by the end of May or it’s off the table for all of 2026. Polymarket immediately jumped from a 38% to a 46% probability of approval. Galaxy Research rates it today as a 50-50. GraniteShares launched a 3x leveraged ETF on the Nasdaq that has been active since yesterday. And the whales are pulling out 11 million XRP daily from exchanges.
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$XRP there’s the biggest legislative catalyst of the year with a specific date: end of May according to Moreno. Senator Thom Tillis is negotiating with banks on stablecoin yield commitments — once that text is finalized, the markup for the Senate Banking Committee is scheduled in days. With the markup, Standard Chartered projects an additional $4 billion to $8 billion in ETFs. Spot ETFs have amassed $1.44 billion. Whales are withdrawing 11 million XRP daily — the highest pace in 10 months. And the 3x leveraged ETF from GraniteShares on Nasdaq is the most bullish signal from institutional markets.

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GraniteShares just launched a 3x leveraged ETF on Nasdaq for $XRP — the first of its kind in the US market. Meanwhile, over 100 crypto firms sent a letter to the Senate demanding the approval of the CLARITY Act before May. Whales are pulling 11 million XRP daily from exchanges — the highest pace in 10 months according to CryptoQuant. Spot ETFs have accumulated $1.44 billion. Everything converges this week.
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Bitcoin just hit $78,800 and is closing in on $80,000 — the most critical psychological level of the year. But a new variable is holding back the breakout: the Pentagon reported to Congress in a classified session that clearing the mines in the Strait of Hormuz could take at least 6 months. WTI crude is up to $95 — from $79 last week — and 10-year bond yields have risen to 4.32%. Sticky inflation = Fed has no room to cut rates.
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Ethereum is trading at $2,290 as the market digests the macro scenario. Today's big news: GSR, the institutional trading firm, listed its first active ETF on Nasdaq — a basket that combines $BTC, ETH, and <a>c-41</a> staking yield. It's the first Wall Street product that packages the three largest assets in the crypto ecosystem into a single ticker. Plus, over 100 firms in the sector sent a letter to the Senate demanding the approval of the CLARITY Act.
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Solana is up +3.88% to $87.57 — the strongest asset of the day among the big players. The catalyst: the holding time of stablecoins on the network dropped from 29 hours to just 70 seconds — and the monthly volume of stablecoins in <a>c-113</a> exceeded 1 trillion. That's not speculation. It's the most efficient network in the world for real-time value transfers. And today, GSR listed an ETF on Nasdaq that includes SOL alongside BTC and ETH with staking yield.
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Cardano is trading at $0.270 while the market awaits Warsh's testimony. The nominee for Fed chair has a portfolio with over $100 million in crypto assets — the clearest signal that the future Fed will not be hostile to the sector. For $ADA that is directly relevant: 4 pending spot ETFs awaiting approval from the SEC, commodity classification in effect since March, and Van Rossem — the hard fork to Protocol Version 11 — confirmed for June 2026.
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Today Kevin Warsh, Trump's nominee for Fed chair, testifies before the Senate Banking Committee. He is the first nominee for that position with over $100 million in personal crypto assets — Bitcoin Lightning, Solana, Bitwise and more. What he says about monetary policy can move BTC in minutes. And Strategy has just surpassed BlackRock IBIT as the world's largest holder of Bitcoin: 815,061 BTC.
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$BTC has $1,600 million in ETF inflows just in April 2026 — the best month of the year. The ETFs have accumulated $57,000 million since their launch. Strategy has 815,061 BTC — surpassed IBIT with 802,824. Investors are rotating from gold ETFs to Bitcoin ETFs. BTC forms an ascending triangle with a technical target of $93,300 according to Fibonacci analysis. And the Fed nominee has $100 million in crypto. The institutional cycle has never been more consolidated.

XRP rises +0.58% to $1.43 while the market remains positive. Ripple published yesterday a detailed roadmap of four phases to make the XRP Ledger resistant to quantum attacks by 2028 — the first top-10 project with a concrete and dated plan. At the same time, wXRP continues to be active on Solana. The ETFs of $XRP accumulate $1,110 million. And the CLARITY Act is in the final stretch of its markup window.
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$XRP just published the first detailed quantum roadmap of a top-10 asset: four phases aimed at total resistance by 2028. In a market where the quantum threat is increasingly discussed — Bitcoin Core debate BIP-360, Ethereum developers have their own roadmap — XRP is ahead with a concrete and dated plan. This differentiates the asset in the long term. In the short term, wXRP active on Solana plus the CLARITY Act in the final stretch plus ETF at $1,110 million — the catalysts have never been so aligned.

Ethereum is trading at $2,307 while the market awaits Warsh's testimony. The portfolio of the Fed chair nominee includes positions in Solana and Bitwise — a sign that the next head of U.S. monetary policy understands the crypto ecosystem from the inside. Bitmine bought 101,627 ETH last week. The stablecoin supply is at $180 billion. And the ceasefire expires tomorrow — the biggest catalyst for volatility this week.
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Solana is priced at $85.44, defending the 50-day EMA zone. Today's data: Kevin Warsh's personal portfolio — nominated to be the Fed chair — includes positions in Solana. This makes $SOL the only asset among the five major ones with direct exposure on the balance sheet of the next head of U.S. monetary policy. Alpenglow is advancing. wXRP remains active in its ecosystem. And on-chain revenues are growing +186% year-on-year.
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Cardano is trading at $0.270 with the market in correction due to Ormuz. But there is a new catalyst that the market has not discounted: Charles Schwab has just announced Schwab Crypto for its 39 million clients — the largest retail distribution channel in the U.S. If $ADA gets into that catalog, it is the largest adoption event in its history. At the same time, the SEC has 4 pending spot ETF applications: Grayscale, VanEck, 21Shares, and Canary Capital.
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Solana drops to $83.71 with the market. The ceasefire expired and Ormuz generates selling pressure. But the 50-day EMA — which $SOL crossed upwards on April 15 for the first time since October 2025 — acts today as support at $87. If defended, the technical structure remains intact. And wXRP continues to operate in its ecosystem, connecting the largest payment protocol in the market with $57 billion in monthly DEX volume.
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$SOL has active wXRP in Jupiter, Phantom, Titan, and Meteora — $100 million in initial liquidity that connects XRP payment capital with the most active DeFi infrastructure in the market. Alpenglow would bring the blocks to 100 milliseconds: 120 times faster than Ethereum. On-chain revenue grew +186% year over year. And the 50-day EMA crossover on April 15 historically preceded 60% increases in the following 3 months. Today's pullback does not change any of those numbers.

The ceasefire has expired and Ormuz is back under restrictions. $BTC retraces to $74,130. But while the market digests the geopolitics, three things are happening that no price reflects yet: the White House called the banks blocking the CLARITY Act “greedy” and demanded they move forward. Charles Schwab announced it is bringing BTC to its 39 million clients. And Strategy bought 34,164 BTC for $2.54 billion — its third-largest historical purchase.
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