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X product head Nikita Bier hinted at a new crypto-focused launch on Apr. 14, triggering widespread speculation about potential Dogecoin (DOGE) and Bitcoin (BTC) integrations on the platform's payments service.

Bier's Crypto Tease

In a post on X, Bier acknowledged the difficult stretch for digital assets. "Crypto has had a rough year. Maybe we should launch something to fix it," he wrote.

He offered no specifics about the product. The remark arrived during a period of persistent market volatility and followed Bier's recent crackdown on bot activity across crypto discussions on the platform.

"I think when we removed the crypto bots, there were only 2000 people rugging each other back and forth, forever," he added.

The crypto community quickly filled the void with guesses. Users pointed to possible DOGE and BTC integration on X Money, the platform's pending payments service built under Elon Musk's vision for an "everything app." Others speculated about Smart Cashtags, a feature that would let users track real-time crypto and stock charts and trade directly from the timeline.

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Solana Speculation

Solana (SOL) figures also weighed in. Solana Foundation chief product officer Vibhu Norby replied with a one-word post, "CA?", suggesting interest in a potential token launch. Solana Mobile reacted to Bier's comments as well.

Bier joined X as head of product in mid-2025 and serves as an advisor to Solana Labs.

His appointment has put him at the center of the platform's broader financial ambitions, from purging InfoFi spam bots in January to previewing Smart Cashtags that same month.

X Money Timeline

The tease also comes as X Money nears its public rollout. Musk confirmed in February that early public access would begin in April, following a closed beta that actor William Shatner helped promote by auctioning 42 invites for charity in March. The service offers peer-to-peer transfers, a 6% annual yield on deposits, and a Visa debit card with cashback. Crypto functionality has not been confirmed for the initial launch.

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Bitmine Immersion Technologies now controls more than 4% of all Ethereum (ETH) in circulation after buying 71,524 tokens in a single week, its fastest accumulation pace since late December.

Bitmine ETH Holdings

The company disclosed that its total holdings reached approximately 4.87 million ETH as of Apr. 12, putting it 81% of the way toward its stated goal of owning 5% of the entire ETH supply.

Bitmine launched its Ethereum treasury strategy nine months ago and has steadily increased weekly purchases over the past four weeks.

The latest filing also showed the firm holds 198 Bitcoin (BTC), equity stakes worth $200 million in Beast Industries and $85 million in Eightco Holdings, and roughly $719 million in cash. Shares of Bitmine (BMNR) closed more than 4% higher on the day, adding about 1% in after-hours trading.

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Tom Lee Wartime ETH Thesis

Bitmine Chairman Thomas Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat, argued that ETH has proven itself during the ongoing geopolitical conflict. He said the token gained 17.4% since the crisis began, outperforming the S&P 500 by 1,830 basis points and gold by 2,743 basis points.

"Ethereum continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains," Lee said.

He framed ETH as a "wartime store of value," a label that carries weight given Bitmine's position as the largest corporate Ethereum treasury in the world.

ETH climbed more than 7% in the prior 24 hours to trade near $2,369.70 as broader risk sentiment improved. Still, Bitmine's aggressive positioning comes with considerable risk, as the firm's unrealized losses on its crypto holdings exceed $6 billion.

Bitmine Accumulation History

Bitmine has steadily grown its ETH position since launching its treasury strategy in mid-2025.

The company held about 3.66% of the ETH supply at the end of February and crossed the 3.98% mark by early April. Its weekly purchases averaged between 45,000 and 50,000 ETH through much of that period before the recent acceleration to 71,524 tokens. The firm also recently uplisted from NYSE American to the New York Stock Exchange, effective Apr. 9.

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XRP (XRP) could revisit the $0.75-$0.80 range before a major breakout, according to analyst Ali Martinez, who identified a nine-year ascending triangle pattern in the token's monthly chart.

XRP Ascending Triangle

Martinez posted on X that XRP has traded inside an ascending triangle since 2017, bouncing between a flat resistance line and a rising support trendline. The token retested resistance in Aug. 2025 but was rejected, and has since drifted lower within the channel.

"Since 2017, the script has remained the same: XRP hits the upper resistance, gets rejected, and retraces to find its floor at the rising trendline," Martinez wrote.

He called the $0.75-$0.80 support zone "the ultimate buy the dip opportunity before the triangle finally reaches its apex."

Ascending triangles are typically considered bullish continuation patterns in technical analysis.

Martinez argued that the longer the consolidation lasts, the more explosive the eventual breakout tends to be. "When a 9-year consolidation finally breaks, the move is usually historic," he said.

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XRP Exchange Activity

The bullish long-term thesis comes against a backdrop of declining short-term participation. On-chain analysts report that XRP trading volume on Binance has fallen to its lowest level since 2025, with the 30-day volume Z-score dropping below -1.

Deposits and withdrawals on Binance over the past month totaled roughly 310,500 and 329,400, respectively. That marks a steep decline from mid-2025, when 30-day transaction volumes regularly exceeded six million XRP.

Meanwhile, real-world use cases continue to build.

At the XRP Tokyo 2026 conference on Apr. 7, Japanese banks presented live pilot data showing XRP settlements were 60% cheaper than SWIFT and completed in under four seconds. Ripple also announced 12 new currency pairs for its On-Demand Liquidity service at the event.

XRP Price Swings

XRP traded near $1.36 at the time of writing, down roughly 64% from its Jul. 2025 peak of $3.65. The token rallied from around $0.50 in mid-2024 to that high before reversing sharply. Exchange reserves have dropped 57% since Oct. 2025, with over two billion tokens pulled off centralized platforms, according to Glassnode data. Despite the tightening supply, persistent selling from underwater holders and broader macro pressure have kept prices subdued.

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Ethereum (ETH) surged roughly 8% to near $2,400 after breaking above a bearish trend line, though bulls now face stiff resistance at that level.

ETH Rally Details

The move began from the $2,180 support zone, with prices climbing past $2,200 and $2,250 before reaching a high of $2,395 on the Kraken exchange. ETH broke above a bearish trend line that had capped gains at $2,200 on the hourly chart.

The price is now consolidating above the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement of the move from the $2,179 low to the $2,395 high.

A breakout above $2,440 could open the path toward $2,500 and potentially $2,550 or $2,620. On the downside, failure to clear $2,400 may trigger a pullback toward $2,320 or the $2,260 support near the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level.

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ETH Technical Signals

The hourly MACD is gaining momentum in bullish territory, while the RSI holds above 50. Both indicators suggest buyers remain in control for now. A drop below $2,320, however, could shift momentum back toward sellers, with $2,180 serving as the main floor.

Ethereum has been volatile in recent weeks, swinging between lows near $1,750 in April and the current push above $2,350. The token gained more than 30% from its monthly low, tracking a broader recovery in crypto markets alongside Bitcoin (BTC).

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Bitcoin (BTC) ended Monday back above $73,000, fully erasing a sharp weekend sell-off that pushed it as low as $70,600.

According to CoinGecko data, BTC was trading at $73,260 as of 4:50pm EDT, up more than 3% over the prior 24 hours. The recovery came as US equity markets staged their own comeback, with the S&P 500 gaining 1.02% to close at 6,886.24 and the Nasdaq adding 1.23% to finish at 23,183.74.

The trigger for both the sell-off and the recovery was the same event: the United States naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Why The Strait Of Hormuz Matters More Than You Think

The sell-off began Saturday night when US Vice President JD Vance left Pakistan without a peace agreement, and President Donald Trump ordered the Navy to blockade all maritime traffic accessing Iranian ports. The blockade took formal effect at 10am ET on Monday morning, per US CENTCOM.

The Strait of Hormuz is the world's single most critical oil transit chokepoint, roughly 20% of global crude passes through it daily. Markets reacted immediately. WTI crude futures surged as high as $105 per barrel on Sunday, its largest single-session spike since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, while Brent crude climbed 6.95% to above $101.

Bitcoin tracked the fear almost perfectly, dropping approximately 4% from its pre-weekend levels as traders repositioned into defensive instruments.

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Oil Retreats, Crypto Bounces, But Is The Risk Over?

By Monday's close, oil had surrendered a large portion of those gains, with WTI pulling back to approximately $96–$98 per barrel.

Crypto followed the same arc upward.

Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL) and XRP all finished Monday in positive territory, and crypto equities were among the session's strongest performers, Circle (CRCL) ended the day up 8.94%.

The recovery was real, but context matters. Bitcoin's correlation to the S&P 500 has remained elevated throughout early 2026, meaning macro fear still overrides any digital gold narrative when geopolitical shocks arrive. Activity on CME Bitcoin futures, a reliable barometer of institutional positioning, currently sits at a 14-month low, signalling that professional traders remain cautious even as spot prices recovered.

What Traders Are Watching Next

The Hormuz situation is far from settled. CENTCOM confirmed it will not impede vessels transiting to non-Iranian ports, but the blockade on Iranian port traffic remains active.

Oil market volatility is unlikely to calm quickly, and as long as that uncertainty holds, Bitcoin's correlation to equities means it will continue moving in lockstep with macro sentiment, not against it.

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Crypto investment funds recorded $1.1 billion in weekly inflows, their strongest performance since January, as institutional investors responded to easing macro conditions and a renewed appetite for risk.

CoinShares Inflow Data

CoinShares reported on Monday that digital asset funds attracted $1.1 billion during the week ending Apr. 11. U.S. investors accounted for $1.06 billion, or 95% of total flows.

James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, attributed the rebound to tentative ceasefire developments in Iran and softer-than-expected U.S. CPI data.

Bitcoin (BTC) funds led with $871 million in inflows. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs alone captured $833.2 million. Trading volumes rose 13% week-over-week to $21 billion but remained below the 2026 year-to-date average of $31 billion.

Ethereum (ETH) reversed three consecutive weeks of outflows with $196.5 million.

Short-Bitcoin products drew $20.2 million, their highest weekly total since November 2024, a sign that institutions hedged even as they added exposure.

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Morgan Stanley Crypto Push

The week also brought the launch of Morgan Stanley's spot Bitcoin ETF, which pulled in nearly $62 million after its Wednesday debut, per Farside Investors.

Amy Oldenburg, head of digital asset strategy at Morgan Stanley, said the firm plans to explore additional crypto products, including a tokenized money market fund and tax-harvesting services for clients.

The bank has already filed for Ethereum and Solana (SOL) ETFs.

Bitcoin ETF Flow Trajectory

The surge followed five straight weeks of outflows totaling $4 billion that had weighed on sentiment through March.

Bitcoin's year-to-date inflows now stand just under $2 billion, representing 83% of the $2.3 billion in total crypto ETP flows recorded in 2026. Ethereum remains in negative territory for the year with cumulative outflows of $130 million. XRP (XRP) funds, which led all assets the prior week with nearly $120 million, fell sharply to $19.3 million.

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Kraken said it is being extorted by criminals threatening to release videos of internal systems after two insider-related data access incidents exposed roughly 2,000 client accounts.

Insider Access Details

Nick Percoco, chief security officer at Kraken's parent company Payward, disclosed on Apr. 13 that the exchange identified and terminated two support team members who improperly accessed limited client data.

The first case emerged in Feb. 2025 after the company received a tip about a video circulating on a criminal forum. Kraken revoked the employee's access, conducted a full investigation and notified affected clients.

A second incident followed a similar pattern. The exchange again acted to cut access and alert impacted users. Across both cases, approximately 2,000 accounts were potentially viewed, representing 0.02% of Kraken's total client base.

"Our systems were never breached; funds were never at risk; we will not pay these criminals; we will not ever negotiate with bad actors," Percoco wrote on X.

Kraken said the extortion demands arrived shortly after the second employee's access was revoked.

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Kraken Law Enforcement Response

The company said it believes it has gathered sufficient evidence to identify and arrest those responsible. Kraken is now working with federal law enforcement across multiple jurisdictions to pursue all individuals involved.

Percoco noted that the investigation has uncovered broader insider recruitment efforts targeting not only crypto firms but also gaming and telecommunications companies.

The exchange did not share additional details, citing the active investigation.

Kraken Security Incidents History

This is not the first time Kraken has dealt with extortion. In June 2024, an entity claiming to be a security researcher exploited a zero-day vulnerability to withdraw roughly $3M from the exchange's treasury, then demanded payment rather than returning the funds. Kraken treated that case as a criminal matter and cooperated with law enforcement.

The pattern of insider threats across the crypto industry has intensified in recent years.

North Korean operatives, in particular, have targeted exchanges through fabricated job applications, with Kraken itself catching one such attempt during a job interview in 2025.

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Japanese banks presented live pilot data at the 2026 XRP (XRP) Tokyo conference showing the token settles cross-border payments 60% cheaper and in under four seconds compared to SWIFT.

XRP Tokyo Conference Results

At the Apr. 10 event, major Japanese banks revealed side-by-side test results from actual remittance corridors between Japan and Southeast Asia. The banks ran transactions through both XRP and SWIFT infrastructure simultaneously, measuring cost and speed in real time.

The pilot showed XRP completed settlements in just under four seconds.

SWIFT, by contrast, typically requires one to five business days because payments must pass through a chain of correspondent banks, each verifying and forwarding the transaction before it reaches the recipient.

XRP advocate Diana highlighted the findings on X, noting three structural reasons for the cost gap.

The XRP Ledger converts a sender's currency into XRP, transfers it across borders in seconds, and converts it into the recipient's local currency on arrival, eliminating multiple intermediary fees. Unlike SWIFT, the network requires no pre-funded overseas accounts, freeing capital that banks would otherwise lock up in foreign reserves.

During the conference, Ripple also announced the expansion of its On-Demand Liquidity platform to include 12 new currency pairs, widening the token's reach across more payment corridors.

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Ripple's SWIFT Rivalry

The rivalry between Ripple and SWIFT dates back years.

SWIFT, founded in 1973, connects more than 11,000 financial institutions across 200 countries through a messaging network that coordinates payments but does not move money itself. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has stated openly that his company's goal is not to partner with SWIFT but to replace its settlement layer.

SWIFT has not stood still. The Brussels-based cooperative partnered with Chainlink to test tokenized asset transfers and is building a blockchain-based cross-border payment scheme with more than 40 global banks, targeting a mid-2026 launch.

In early 2026, Ripple acquired GTreasury, now rebranded as Ripple Treasury, which had been a SWIFT-certified partner since 2014. The acquisition placed Ripple deeper inside enterprise treasury infrastructure while keeping XRP separate from SWIFT's messaging protocol.

At least 30 of the 50-plus banks in SWIFT's new retail payments framework already use Ripple's technology, though most rely on RippleNet for messaging rather than XRP-based settlement. Whether those institutions shift toward On-Demand Liquidity will depend on whether XRP's cost savings outweigh the compliance burden of holding a digital asset on bank balance sheets.

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Tokenized U.S. Treasury products have reached $13.53B in total value, a roughly 50-fold increase since early 2024, with BlackRock and Circle commanding nearly half the market.

BlackRock, Circle Treasury Dominance

The tokenized Treasury sector posted a 0.63% weekly gain as of Apr. 12, 2026. The segment now represents the largest category within a broader real-world asset market valued at $29.22B.

That growth has been rapid. The market stood at roughly $750M at the start of 2024. In the first two months of 2026 alone, it added $2.12B, outpacing stablecoin growth in absolute terms for the first time.

The top five products account for $9.31B, or 68.8% of the sector.

Circle's USYC leads at $2.67B, structured primarily for non-U.S. investors and domiciled in Bermuda. BlackRock's BUIDL follows at $2.42B, managed through Securitize and requiring a $5M USDC (USDC) minimum for U.S. Qualified Purchasers.

Ondo's USDY holds third at $1.88B with 16,568 holders and a 3.55% APY. Janus Henderson's Anemoy Treasury Fund sits fourth at $1.32B with an AA+ credit rating from S&P, while Franklin Templeton's BENJI rounds out the top five at $1.02B with a $20 minimum investment. The full ecosystem spans 60,893 holders across 74 assets.

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Why Institutional Backing Matters

BlackRock manages over $10 trillion in assets.

CEO Larry Fink has compared tokenization to the early internet, and BUIDL represents the firm's direct institutional expression of that view.

Circle, the issuer of the second-largest stablecoin by market cap, already moves billions in fiat-equivalent value across blockchain rails daily. USYC extends that infrastructure from dollar settlement into yield-bearing government debt.

These are regulated, compliance-heavy institutions that built products designed to withstand regulatory scrutiny. That distinction carries weight for any institution weighing entry into the space.

Stablecoin Market Context

The stablecoin market reached an all-time high of $318.6B during the same period.

Stablecoins provide dollar liquidity on-chain, while tokenized Treasuries provide yield, and together the two segments form the core of an emerging institutional infrastructure layer that increasingly resembles traditional market structure.

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Ethereum (ETH) opened the week trading below $2,200 as declining exchange supply hits a multi-year low, setting up a potential supply squeeze if demand returns.

ETH Technical Resistance

On the daily chart, ETH remains trapped inside a descending channel. The 100-day moving average near $2,400 and the 200-day moving average around $2,900 are both declining, forming a strong resistance ceiling overhead.

Every push toward the $2,400 supply zone has been met with selling pressure.

Still, the RSI has been quietly climbing since February's capitulation and now sits in the mid-to-high 50s — a momentum divergence that can precede breakout attempts.

On the four-hour timeframe, the token has been tracking a mildly ascending trendline from the February lows, with support near $2,000. A clean break above $2,400, ideally with RSI holding above 60, would mark the most constructive short-term signal in months.

Meanwhile, the exchange supply ratio has fallen to 0.126, a multi-year low. That figure dropped steeply from a mid-2025 peak near 0.18, meaning structurally less ETH is available for sale on exchanges.

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Price Swings

The $1,800 support band remains critical. A break below that level would expose ETH to $1,600 and $1,500 in relatively short order.

ETH has struggled to sustain any meaningful rally since February. The recovery from those lows has been shallow, with the token repeatedly failing at the $2,400 resistance zone. Macro uncertainty continues to weigh on broader risk appetite, keeping buyers cautious.

The range between $1,800 and $2,400 has defined ETH's trading corridor for weeks. Until the token breaks convincingly above $2,400 or loses $1,800, price action is likely to remain choppy and directionless.

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Oil prices surged past $100 a barrel on Monday after President Donald Trump ordered the US Navy to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, following the collapse of nuclear negotiations with Iran over the weekend.

Crypto markets briefly sold off, then reversed. Bitcoin (BTC), which initially dipped below $71,000 at the open, clawed its way back above $72,000 as the session progressed, defying the kind of risk-off shock that would once have sent it sharply lower.

Why Oil And Bitcoin Were Supposed To Move In The Same Direction

The logic was simple. A military blockade of the world's most important oil chokepoint should spell disaster for risk assets. Around 20% of global oil supply and 20% of liquefied natural gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz every single day.

When Trump announced the blockade on Sunday night, West Texas Intermediate crude futures jumped 7% on the Hyperliquid platform almost instantly and Bitcoin, which has tracked macro risk sentiment closely throughout the US–Iran conflict, fell in tandem.

Then Something Unusual Happened

Rather than extending its losses, Bitcoin stabilized and pushed higher. Digital asset fund products attracted $1.1 billion in weekly inflows, the strongest since January, as easing geopolitical tensions and cooler U.S. inflation data revived investor appetite.

, according to institutional flow data.

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On Monday, Michael Saylor, CEO of Strategy, announced that the company acquired 13,927 BTC for about $1 billion at a price of approximately $71,902 per Bitcoin and now holds 780,897 BTC acquired for $59.02 billion at $75,577 per Bitcoin.

The Iran Crypto Connection You Probably Missed

There's a strange subplot running beneath this geopolitical crisis. Since mid-March, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had been charging oil tankers up to $2 million per vessel to safely transit the Strait of Hormuz, accepting payment in Bitcoin, USDT, or Chinese yuan, according to reporting from CoinDesk and Bloomberg.

The crypto tolls were a sanctions-busting workaround as digital assets can't be easily seized or frozen under US financial restrictions. With a naval blockade now in place, those crypto transit corridors are almost certainly finished, but the episode underscores just how deeply Bitcoin has embedded itself in global trade, even in the most unlikely places.

What This Means For Crypto Investors This Week

The Fear and Greed Index sat at 15, deep in "Extreme Fear" territory as Monday's session opened. But Bitcoin's refusal to break below $70,000 for a fourth consecutive day is being read as a bullish signal by analysts, with some pointing to a potential retest of $74,000–$75,000 if geopolitical tension fails to escalate further.

The Senate also returns from Easter recess today, with the Clarity Act back on the legislative agenda, adding regulatory news flow to an already event-heavy week for crypto.

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Hyperliquid (HYPE) is drawing heavy whale accumulation and nearing a potential U.S. ETF launch, pushing bullish sentiment around the perpetual DEX token to fresh highs.

Whale Accumulation Fuels HYPE Rally

On-chain analytics platform Lookonchain flagged a wave of large purchases on X. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes bought 26,022 HYPE worth $1.1 million after a nearly three-month pause. He was not alone.

One unidentified whale deposited 7.86 million USDC (USDC) into Hyperliquid to acquire 200,042 HYPE. Another trader known as Cooker spent $1.99 million on 50,751 tokens at an average price of $38.5.

The token has already responded. HYPE gained over 12% in the past week and reclaimed the $40 level. Hayes has predicted the token could reach $150 by August, citing record fee generation from HIP-3 markets. DeFiLlama data confirms Hyperliquid ranks among the highest fee-generating protocols in crypto, with most of those fees directed toward token buybacks.

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Bitwise ETF Filing Signals Institutional Interest

Bitwise filed an amended registration statement for a Hyperliquid ETF under the ticker "BHYP," setting a management fee of 0.67%.

The filing lists FalconX, Flowdesk, Nonco, and Wintermute as approved trading counterparties. Analysts explain that the filing suggests a launch could come soon, a development expected to channel institutional capital into the HYPE ecosystem. Grayscale and 21Shares have also filed for their own Hyperliquid ETFs.

As Yellow Media previously wrote, Hyperliquid's perpetual DEX volume share climbed from 36.4% to 44% since January, making it the only major perpetual exchange to gain market share during that stretch. The platform processed close to $200 billion in monthly volume in Mar. 2025 and captured nearly 6% of the global perpetual futures market — a figure that has nearly doubled from roughly 3.5% a year earlier.

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The US Senate will walk back into session on Monday after its Easter recess with a piece of legislation that could permanently reshape the American crypto market sitting at the top of the agenda.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, known as the Clarity Act, is heading for a Senate Banking Committee markup hearing before the end of April, and this time, there may be nowhere left to hide.

What The Clarity Act Actually Does

The bill, officially H.R. 3633, is the first US legislation designed to create a comprehensive federal framework for digital assets. Its central mechanism is deceptively simple: it decides who is in charge. Under the Clarity Act, oversight of crypto would be formally split between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

The CFTC would take the primary role for digital commodities and the exchanges and custodians that handle them, while the SEC would retain authority over tokens that qualify as securities. For years, both agencies have claimed overlapping jurisdiction over crypto. This bill would end that.

How It Got Here

The Clarity Act passed the House in July 2025 with a bipartisan vote of 294 to 134, a margin signalling rare cross-party consensus on the need for clear rules. It then stalled in the Senate for nearly nine months. The Senate Agriculture Committee cleared its own version in January 2026, meaning even after the Banking Committee votes, both versions must be reconciled before a full Senate floor vote.

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The Stablecoin Fight That Nearly Killed It

The most contentious issue has been stablecoin yield, whether stablecoins should be permitted to pay interest to holders. Banks have lobbied hard against it, warning that yield-bearing stablecoins would trigger deposit flight from the traditional financial system.

The crypto industry has argued that blocking yield is anti-competitive and protects outdated infrastructure. In late March 2026, Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks reached an agreement in principle on the issue, potentially clearing the biggest single obstacle to Senate advancement.

What Happens Next

A Banking Committee markup is expected in the second half of April.

If the bill clears committee, it must be reconciled with the Agriculture Committee version before a full Senate floor vote. Industry insiders have set August 2026 as the practical deadline and after that, the legislative window narrows sharply ahead of the midterm cycle.

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Strategy added 13,927 Bitcoin (BTC) worth roughly $1 billion to its treasury, expanding total corporate holdings to 780,897 BTC valued at $59.02 billion.

Saylor's $1B Bitcoin Purchase

Executive Chairman Michael Saylor disclosed the acquisition on X, noting an average purchase price of $71,902 per coin. Strategy's blended cost basis now stands at $75,577 per BTC across all purchases.

The company controls approximately 3.8% of Bitcoin's entire circulating supply.

That figure dwarfs every other publicly traded holder — the next largest, Twenty One Capital, owns just 43,514 BTC.

Saylor also highlighted a financial metric tied to the firm's dividend obligations. Strategy's holdings need to grow only 2.05% annually to cover all preferred stock dividends without issuing new common shares. The company funds purchases primarily through its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock, known as STRC, which yields 11.5% annually.

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Strategy's Unrealized Losses and Mining Outpace

The purchase arrived alongside $14.5 billion in unrealized losses on Strategy's digital asset portfolio for Q1 2026. A roughly 20% decline in Bitcoin's price pushed valuations below the company's average cost basis.

Still, the firm reported a BTC Yield of 5.6% year to date. The metric tracks the strategy's effectiveness on a per-share basis.

Strategy's accumulation pace continues to outstrip new supply entering the market.

In Mar. 2026 alone, the company acquired 46,233 BTC — nearly three times the roughly 16,200 BTC that global miners produced during the same period. Since Aug. 2020, Strategy has made over 105 separate Bitcoin purchases.

With remaining at-the-market offering capacity exceeding $57 billion across all share classes, some analysts project Strategy could reach one million BTC as early as Nov. 2026.

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Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said Iran is "highly unlikely" to use USDC (USDC) for proposed crypto transit tolls at the Strait of Hormuz, citing the stablecoin's built-in compliance controls.

Allaire's Hormuz Remarks

Allaire made the comments at a press conference in Seoul on Apr. 13. A reporter asked whether Iran's Revolutionary Guards might accept USDC for Hormuz passage fees.

Allaire dismissed the scenario.

He pointed to research from the United Nations and forensic firms showing that sanctioned actors tend to favor other stablecoins over USDC. "It's highly unlikely that a regime under sanctions would attempt something where the likelihood of the assets being immediately frozen is extremely high," he said.

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Drift Exploit and CLARITY Act

The Seoul press conference also touched on the $285 million Drift Protocol exploit from Apr. 1. Attackers bridged over $230 million in stolen USDC from Solana (SOL) to Ethereum (ETH) over six hours without Circle freezing the funds.

Allaire said the company can only freeze wallets at the direction of law enforcement or courts.

"We do not as a company decide what is the right path," he said, warning that letting a private firm make such calls creates a "very significant moral quandary."

He acknowledged the gap and said Circle is pushing for the CLARITY Act to include "safe harbors" allowing issuers to freeze funds preemptively in extreme cases. On the same bill's proposed ban on passive stablecoin yield, Allaire called the debate "overblown," noting that about half of the $120 trillion global M2 money supply sits in physical cash or non-interest-bearing accounts.

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Digital asset fund products attracted $1.1 billion in weekly inflows — the strongest since January — as easing geopolitical tensions and cooler U.S. inflation data revived investor appetite.

Bitcoin Leads $1.1B Weekly Surge

CoinShares's Volume 281 weekly report showed that Bitcoin (BTC) dominated the inflows with $871 million, pushing year-to-date totals to just under $2 billion.

The United States accounted for 95% of all capital entering digital asset products, with $1.06 billion flowing in from U.S.-based investors alone.

Germany followed with $34.6 million, while Canada and Switzerland contributed $7.8 million and $6.9 million, respectively. Trading volumes rose 13% week-on-week to $21 billion but remained well below the 2026 year-to-date average of $31 billion. Total assets under management recovered to levels last seen in early February.

Notably, bearish investors also stepped in. Short-Bitcoin products drew $20.2 million — the largest weekly inflow into that category since November 2024 — suggesting persistent hedging activity even as broader sentiment improved.

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Ethereum Recovery and Altcoin Flows

Ethereum (ETH) posted a notable rebound with $196.5 million in inflows but remains one of the few major assets still in a net outflow position for the year. XRP (XRP) attracted $19.3 million, while Solana (SOL) saw minor outflows of $2.5 million.

CoinShares attributed the broader reversal to tentative ceasefire developments involving Iran and softer-than-expected U.S. CPI and spending data.

Those macro signals appear to have drawn capital back into risk assets after weeks of mixed sentiment.

The prior week told a different story. Volume 280 recorded just $224 million in inflows, with momentum fading late in the week after stronger retail sales data and hawkish investor expectations. Switzerland led that week's flows with $157.5 million, a sharp contrast to the U.S.-dominated pattern seen in the latest report.

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In seven days, a token built around electronic dance music events went from an obscure corner of the crypto market to one of its most talked-about addresses.

RaveDAO's RAVE token surged 1,194% in the week ending April 13, briefly touching an all-time high near $2.10 and posting a 24-hour gain of over 250% on April 10 alone, the kind of move that stops even seasoned traders mid-scroll.

Behind the chart, though, is a project that is either one of the more genuinely creative real-world crypto applications of recent years, or a cautionary tale about how easily narrative and momentum can be weaponized in a market that moves fast and asks questions later. Possibly both.

What RaveDAO Actually Is

RaveDAO began in November 2023 as the afterparty to a 200-person crypto conference, first in Istanbul, then Dubai.

The founding idea was deceptively simple, that is, use live events as the organic on-ramp to crypto adoption, turning every ticket, table booking, and merchandise transaction into verifiable on-chain activity.

Since then, the project has hosted more than 20 events across Dubai, Singapore, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and other cities, claiming over 100,000 total attendees and more than 70,000 NFT tickets issued.

Partners include 1001Tracklists, the Amsterdam Music Festival, and Warner Music.

The team reported $3 million in event revenue in 2025 alone, with a model that channels event gross margins into automatic RAVE token buybacks and burns, a deflationary mechanism tied to actual commercial activity, not tokenomics on paper.

Proceeds also fund documented social causes, including restoring sight to over 400 cataract patients in Nepal in 2025 through a dedicated charitable fund.

The RAVE token runs on Ethereum (ETH), Base, and BNB Smart Chain (BSC).

Event organizers and vendors must stake RAVE to license the brand or become verified partners, that's the structural demand driver on the business side. For retail holders, staking unlocks VIP event access, artist meet-and-greets, and limited-edition digital collectibles.

Two near-term events are serving as additional catalysts: a sold-out "Dim Sum Rave" in Hong Kong on April 18, and a co-hosting role at the Lisbon Dance Summit beginning April 29.

Then The Wallet Activity That Set Off Alarm Bells

For all the genuine utility narrative, the mechanics of this month's surge have attracted serious scrutiny on X and in the crypto press. Approximately 10 hours before the most vertical part of the price move on April 10, two wallets linked to the RaveDAO project deposited 18.58 million RAVE tokens, worth roughly $8 million at pre-pump prices onto cryptocurrency exchange Bitget.

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No announcement accompanied the transfers.

After the surge, those same tokens were worth approximately $19 million.

Analysts identified a suspected market-maker address that first transferred 30.58 million RAVE, equivalent to $42 million at the time to Bitget to attract short sellers, then withdrew 31.94 million RAVE back to the blockchain while simultaneously driving up the spot price. That pattern is consistent with an engineered short squeeze designed for profit.

There is also a structural concern worth noting. Only 239 million of RaveDAO's one-billion maximum token supply are currently in circulation, roughly 24%. That low float makes the price inherently easier to move with concentrated capital, in either direction.

What Separates RAVE From A Standard Pump

The uncomfortable truth for anyone trying to make a clear-cut judgment is that RaveDAO is not an empty project. The events are real. The partnerships are verifiable. The NFT ticketing model has been live for over two years. These are not the hallmarks of a shell token designed purely for a single pump cycle.

What they do not explain, however, is why project-linked wallets moved eight figures' worth of tokens onto a derivatives-heavy exchange in the quiet hours before one of the most explosive single-day price moves in the token's history. The project has not issued a public statement addressing the timing of those transfers.

The Question Every RAVE Holder Should Be Asking

The crypto market has a long and well-documented history of projects where the underlying idea is legitimate and the token still gets used as an instrument of extraction. The two things are not mutually exclusive.

RaveDAO may have genuine long-term value as Web3 infrastructure for the live events industry or the April surge may mark the peak of a speculative cycle that hands early large holders a profitable exit while retail buyers absorb the eventual correction.

What is certain is that RAVE is one of the most-watched tokens in the market right now.

The Hong Kong and Lisbon events over the next three weeks will say a great deal about whether the real-world demand narrative can sustain the price at these levels.

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Dogecoin (DOGE) slid below $0.0930 and broke a key trend line, raising the prospect of further losses toward $0.0880.

DOGE Trend Line Break

The token fell through several support levels after closing below $0.0935, tracking declines in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). A bullish trend line with support at $0.0925 on the DOGE/USD pair gave way during the move.

DOGE dropped as low as $0.0903 before a modest bounce above $0.0910.

The recovery failed to reclaim the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement of the decline from the $0.0948 swing high. The token now trades below its 100-hourly simple moving average, which reinforces the bearish setup.

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Dogecoin Resistance Levels

Bulls need to push above $0.0925 to shift the short-term outlook. That level aligns with the 50% Fibonacci retracement zone and serves as the first meaningful barrier. A close above $0.0930 could open the path to $0.0938 and eventually $0.0950.

On the downside, failure to reclaim $0.0925 leaves $0.0905 and $0.090 as initial support. A break below $0.0880 would expose DOGE to a slide toward $0.0820 or even $0.080.

The hourly MACD is gaining momentum in the bearish zone while the RSI sits below 50. Dogecoin had been holding a fragile uptrend before this breakdown, and the loss of the $0.0925 trend line marks a notable shift in near-term structure.

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XRP (XRP) retail sentiment has fallen to its third-worst reading in two years, a level that Santiment says has historically preceded short-term price recoveries.

Santiment Social Data

The analytics firm flagged the shift in an Apr. 13 post on X, noting that the ratio of bullish to bearish comments across platforms like X and Reddit had dropped into what it called the "FUD zone."

It was only the third time in two years that negative sentiment reached such an extreme.

XRP has shed roughly 63% of its value over the past nine months.

Retail traders have largely turned away from the token, and social commentary has grown overwhelmingly negative.

"Historically, when bullish comments get replaced by this level of bearish ones, the probability of a relief rally climbs significantly higher," Santiment's team wrote.

The firm pointed to two prior instances — February and October 2025 — when extreme negative readings were followed by recoveries. In the February case, the firm described the rebound as "BIG."

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ETF Inflows and Technical Levels

Spot XRP exchange-traded funds recorded more than $9M in net inflows on Apr. 10, the strongest single-day figure since Feb. 6.

Weekly inflows totaled roughly $11.75M, reversing a stretch of near-zero activity.

The token set an all-time high of $3.65 in Jul. 2025 and has been sliding since. It dipped near $1.20 in Feb. 2026 and was trading around $1.33 at the time of writing — the No. 4 cryptocurrency by market cap, down more than 5% over 30 days and roughly 64% below its peak.

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Public companies that built their balance sheets around Solana (SOL) have lost 75% to 92% of their stock value since late 2025, with analyst Ted Pillows warning the selloff may not be over.

SOL Treasury Stock Losses

Forward Industries (FWDI), the largest institutional SOL holder with 6.9 million tokens, has watched its stock drop over 89% from a multi-year high near $46 recorded in September. CoinGecko data showed the company bought SOL at an average price of roughly $230.

With the token now near $82, Forward Industries carries more than $1 billion in unrealized losses.

Other firms face comparable damage.

Sol Strategies (STKE), which listed on Nasdaq in September, has fallen over 92%. Sharps Technology (STSS) is down about 89%, holding $225.45 million in paper losses. DeFi Development Corp (DFDV) has declined around 75%, with $56.43 million in unrealized losses.

Pillows compared the price action to Solana meme coins and said the bottom may still be far off. "They are already down 80%-90%, but could go down another 30%-50% before the bottom," he said.

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Ted Pillows on Ethereum Strength

Pillows noted that Ethereum (ETH) treasury firms are showing relative near-term strength and could attract buying pressure into ETH. But he cautioned this is likely a temporary reprieve. Both ETH and its associated treasury stocks will move to new lows afterward, he said.

SOL's 34% year-to-date decline has punished concentrated single-asset strategies across the board. Without a sustained recovery, these firms face growing questions about whether such approaches can survive prolonged drawdowns.

Solana Meme Coin Collapse

The treasury stock rout mirrors a broader unraveling across the Solana ecosystem. Meme coin trading volume on Solana-based DEXs cratered 62% in three weeks during early 2026, falling from $118.2 billion to $44.5 billion. Pump.fun volume was cut nearly in half, while Meteora collapsed 83%.

Token launches on the network dropped 42% from their mid-January peak. By late 2025, meme coins already accounted for less than 10% of daily DEX volume — down from over 70% in Dec. 2024 — after a wave of rug pulls, including the LIBRA token scandal, eroded trader confidence.

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