Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin slides below $70k as energy‑price worries spark $1.8B in liquidations
Bitcoin fell under $70,000 amid heightened energy‑price uncertainty linked to U.S.–Iran tensions. The dip triggered roughly $1.8 billion in crypto liquidations, while institutional investors pulled more than $4.2 billion from digital‑asset positions.
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By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
Memecoin Sector Shows Signs of Life as ASTEROID Rockets Past $25M
ASTEROID, an Ethereum‑based memecoin named after a SpaceX‑flown Shiba Inu plush, surged over 70,000% in 24 hours, reaching a $28 million market cap and $43 million in trading volume. The rally was sparked by a viral X post about 15‑year‑old cancer patient Liv Perrotto, prompting Elon Musk to reply, which ignited buying across Ethereum and Solana versions. Concurrently, the UNC token on Solana jumped to a $21 million market cap after a single trader bought 37% of its supply and airdropped tokens to thousands. The broader memecoin sector rebounded 10% to roughly $39 billion, ending a harsh 2025 downturn.
Make or Break: Retest of Key Resistance Levels
Bitcoin is testing three key resistance zones – the 21‑week moving average at $79.3k, the short‑term holder (STH) cost basis around $81k, and the 200‑day moving average near $87k. The author argues that a clean break and retest of the...
Kredete Partners with Visa Africa to Advance Stablecoin-Backed Card Innovation Across Africa and the Gulf Cooperation Council
Kredete was highlighted at Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator Cohort 5 Demo Day for launching Africa’s first stablecoin‑backed credit card, co‑developed with Visa. The USDC‑powered card lets users in 50 African countries spend at over 150 million merchants worldwide, eliminating high FX fees...
Figure Clashes With Short Seller Over Blockchain Lending Claims
Figure Technology Solutions, a $7.7 billion HELOC fintech, is locked in a public dispute with short‑seller Morpheus Research, which claims the company exaggerates its blockchain usage. Morpheus, holding short positions, labeled Figure a “risky home‑equity lender masquerading as a blockchain innovator”...
Singapore Gulf Bank Launches In-Bank Settlement for USDC on Solana
Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) has launched an in‑bank stablecoin mint and redeem service that lets corporate and high‑net‑worth clients swap fiat for USDC on Solana directly within their SGB accounts. The offering supports transactions above $100,000 and is built into...
Here's What History Says Happens Next With Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s fourth halving in April 2024 cut miner rewards by half, initiating a four‑year price cycle that historically peaks 12‑18 months after the event before a steep correction. The cryptocurrency is now about 43% below its October 2025 all‑time high of $126,000,...
UAE and Saudi Arabia Push Tokenisation to Modernise GCC Real‑Estate Financing
The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are rolling out coordinated blockchain tokenisation programmes for real‑estate assets, backed by new licences from the UAE's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority and a Saudi sandbox. The move seeks to unify property records, enable...
BingX Launches SpaceX Pre‑IPO Perpetual Futures and Xpool Airdrop
BingX announced the debut of SpaceX pre‑IPO perpetual futures on its platform and a concurrent Xpool airdrop campaign. The move adds a high‑profile private‑company asset to its derivatives suite and offers rewards to new and VIP users.
Shift to Bitcoin as Gold Enters Consolidation Phase
I think it's time to focus fully on $BTC and leave Gold for the moment. The reason for that is that we've seen the largest volatility outlier to the upside since 1979. Gold bugs will tell you that it continues to rally. Reality...
The Honest Truth About Investing in Dogecoin
Dogecoin is trading about 86% below its May 2021 peak, with its price largely driven by fleeting celebrity hype rather than underlying fundamentals. The network is maintained by just 17 full‑time developers, while 86 other blockchains boast larger active developer communities....
Giovanni Santostasi - Bitcoin Cycles and Power Law
In this episode, Giovanni Santostasi discusses the Scientific Bitcoin Institute—a $1 M‑budget nonprofit based in Turin, Italy—its mission to foster academic research on Bitcoin across disciplines, and its upcoming hub. He then explains his and Stephen Perino’s eigenmode analysis, showing that...
Blockware Intelligence Newsletter: Week 208
Bitcoin surged roughly 8% over the past five days, breaking out of the long‑standing $60,000‑$75,000 consolidation range and trading near $76,530. The price action reflects a shift toward a bullish market structure, with technical indicators pointing to a lower‑side bottom....
Don’t Get AI Agents and Stablecoin Transfers? Enroll in CoinDesk University
CoinDesk is debuting a School of Stablecoins and Agentic Commerce at the Consensus 2026 conference in Miami, May 5‑7. The program offers hands‑on workshops that walk finance, product and executive teams through USDC wallet creation, stablecoin use cases, and AI‑agent deployment...
Tether Becomes User‑Facing Wallet with Lightning Payments
Tether Shifts From "Plumbing" to "Interface": Capturing End-User Relationships Front-end financial interface via self-custodial wallet. Self-custody = users hold private keys, Tether has zero access. Optional cloud backup (controversial, crypto purists critical like Ledger Recover debate). Only filor 4 assets (USDT,...
Kulipa - The Card Layer Fintechs Need But Cannot Build Themselves
Kulipa, a B2B payment‑infrastructure startup, raised a $6.2 million seed round co‑led by Flourish Ventures and 1kx. The platform, launched in 2025, enables fintechs and crypto wallets to issue stablecoin‑backed cards without becoming licensed issuers, handling authorization, settlement, off‑ramps and compliance....
BTC Tops 100‑day MA, but 200‑day Target Remains
$BTC will close above its 100 day MA for the 1st time since October. Does it mean the bear market is over? Not in my view. In the 2022 bear market it had a 2 month bounce that topped just...
Solana - The Fifth Wave Setup
Solana’s weekly price chart now displays a classic five‑wave Elliott pattern, with the first four waves already completed. The analysis strips away short‑term noise such as memecoin rallies and ETF speculation, focusing purely on price structure. The fifth wave, the...
Bitcoin Price Below Miner Costs Fuels Structural Sell Pressure
Bitcoin near $73,500. Miner production costs roughly $80,000 per coin. Hash rate has dropped 8-12% in recent weeks. Miners operating below production cost have two options: absorb losses or sell reserves. That sell pressure is structural — not sentiment, not macro...
Dogecoin Cash, Inc. (OTCQB: DOGP) Announces Development Initiative for "Dogecoin Gold” Digital Asset Framework
Dogecoin Cash, Inc. announced it is developing "Dogecoin Gold," a blockchain‑based digital asset that would represent physical gold at the nanogram level. The proposed model ties one billion tokens to a single gram of gold, with tokens minted only when...
The 4 Core Assets Still Need Confirmation
The author observes that Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Solana are still trapped in corrective patterns, with no impulsive moves to confirm a breakout. Despite having entered positions at the lows of February and March, the market shows no clear expansion...
Blockchain Gets Real: Where MSPs Fit In
Blockchain is shedding its pilot status as enterprises begin tokenizing mortgage loans, automating cross‑border settlements, and deploying decentralized identity solutions. Managed service providers (MSPs) are poised to capture this shift not by building core protocols, but by delivering the surrounding...
Evernorth's Leverage Can Push Price Above NAV
Evernorth is a digital asset treasury company. Unlike an ETF that tracks NAV one to one, Evernorth can issue debt, raise capital, and borrow to buy XRP. That creates the potential for the share price to trade at 1.2 to...
Bitcoin Unlikely to Break Lower Highs, Bear Market Persists
#BTC For Bitcoin to build renewed and sustained macro bullish momentum it would need to reclaim not just $82500 but also break its multi-month series of Lower Highs (Macro Downtrend) History suggests neither of these technical milestones will happen and that...
Hopes Mount for Sustainable Bitcoin Rally
Bitcoin surged 8.1% to trade above $74,000 as of April 14, sparking optimism among investors and the CoinShares Bitcoin ETF (BRRR). Analysts highlight the $75,500 threshold, where roughly $20 million of short positions could be liquidated, potentially amplifying the rally. Open interest...
BTC Near $76K: Reset, Not Final Top
Crypto — Fri Apr 17. BTC $76,364 (+2.0%), ETH $2,398 (+2.3%), oil −9%+ after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz "completely open." Third test of $76K this week. I think this one breaks. But I'd buy the retest of $76,800...
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Bitcoin Rises Past $76,000, Aiming at Major Breakout as Oil Plunges on Iran Cooldown
Bitcoin surged past the $76,000 mark, climbing to $77,014 and gaining roughly 3% in the last 24 hours, as the Strait of Hormuz was declared fully open. The announcement triggered a near‑10% drop in WTI crude, which fell to $85.90...
Secured Profits, Trimmed Risk, Enjoy Weekend Family Time
Always feels good taking profits into the weekend. Stop losses adjusted. Exposure reduced. It was a solid week in what's been mostly choppy conditions for a while now. Will be nice to spend time with the family and come back fresh on Monday.
Vitalik’s Transparent Funding Proves He Isn’t Dumping ETH
People screaming that Vitalik is "dumping" ETH need to chill. He announced this publicly in January. It's funding open-source infra, privacy tech, and Ethereum ecosystem development. This is what transparent leadership looks like.
Bitcoin Holds at $74K — But Institutional Capital Is Calling the Shots
Bitcoin is trading near $74,000, maintaining market dominance as institutional investors take the lead. Spot Bitcoin ETFs now hold over $150 billion in assets, with daily net inflows of roughly $230 million, indicating a shift from retail‑driven moves to macro‑linked demand. The...
Bull Euphoria Masks Ongoing Bear Trend—Stay Cautious
BULLS EUPHORIC 😈😈 Big ooopsie coming (we are still in bear trend 🧸 don’t get complacent)
Aggressive $TAO Bet Targets $500 by 2026
Bought another ~$50k in $tao Current exposure is ~$750k My price target is $500 in 2026 My thesis is subnets are shipping product This is not investing advice, this is me asking you to savage my trade so I learn #jaytrading
MicroStrategy Shares Plunge 67% as 75% Yield Bitcoin‑linked ETF Raises Risk Concerns
MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares have slumped about 67% from their all‑time high, and the newly launched YieldMax MSTR Option Income Strategy ETF (MSTY) – touting a 75% yield – has already lost 47% on a total‑return basis. Analysts warn the fund’s...
Bitcoin's Critical Test: Is a New Bottom Forming?
BITCOIN PRICE EMERGENCY 🚨🚨🚨 Is the bottom in? $86,000 lower high in progress? Bears rekt? Or it’s all mirage before bulls are wagyu? EVERYTHING ANSWERED BELOW 👇
AI Agents Gain Business Autonomy Through Web3 Integration
Web 3 and AI mix. Meet the guys who are bringing your AI Agents the ability to run their own business: @eigencloud Conversation with @sreeramkannan founder about the shifts happening as Web 3 and the AI worlds collide. https://t.co/Q0SFBhdjp7
Investors Oversubscribe First Securitization of Crypto-Backed Loans
Ledn became the first issuer of a bitcoin‑backed loan securitization, completing a $188 million Rule 144A asset‑backed security that was oversubscribed by 2.5 times. The deal, rated by S&P and underwritten by Jefferies with Fidelity as custodian, offered more than 6 % yield on...
Took 6‑7% Profit After 99 SMA Rejection
$OKLO Wow big rejection at 99smma. Going to take my 6 or 7% profit and get out here heading into the weekend. Still a solid trade https://t.co/7xwdBhw0CZ
Regulation Gaps Leave Exchanges without Proper Accounting Systems
If only there were some sort of regulations that would require the exchanges to create accounting systems, but unfortunately those were rescinded and apparently the blockchain is not actually a functional ledger. #FAFO
Bybit Card Reaches 3 Million Users and Other Digital Transactions News Briefs From 4/17/26
Bybit announced its Mastercard‑branded Bybit Card has reached three million users, a milestone achieved just over three years after launch. The card lets holders spend both fiat and digital currencies, bridging crypto and traditional payments. Meanwhile, Doxo’s Cost of Bills...
Anthropic's Mythos Fix Raises Trust Questions Amid DeFi Risks
Did Anthropic handle the issues with Mythos the right way? And do we trust them to do it? On @DEXintheCityPod this week, Jessi, @kkirkbos, and @TuongvyLe12 say crypto has a proposed answer — decentralization — but the track record on DeFi...
When Newbies Ask to Buy, Market's Already Peaked
It’s happening… People who don’t usually talk about crypto are asking me if now is a good time to buy You know what that typically means...
BTC Breaks $74k Resistance as Trump Praises Iran Reopening Strait
HAPPENING NOW: $BTC has breached $74,000 weekly resistance President Trump thanked Iran for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. HIGHER https://t.co/BBkx8Qwq4W
Crypto Volatility Cycle Reignites as Treasuries Become
Treasury company balance sheets are now currency.... The vol cycle has started again in crypto..... If you know you know..... @dgt10011 @qthomp @fejau_inc
Holding BTC, Targeting $84k, Shorting MSTR at 1
Back when i bought BTC at 69,420 I had a plan. Sell at JoshMan_Oracle price of 84,000 but by shorting $MSTR at 1.25 MNAV or higher. That's still the plan $IBIT
Starknet Delivers Production Ready Futures While Others Await
Starknet is that chain that already has in production stuff that other chains tweet about adopting or building in the future. It really is Future Proof, and like all things that live in the future, it'll take time for most of...
AI Boosts CFTC Surveillance Amid Staff Cuts
NEW: 🇺🇸 CFTC Chair Selig said AI is helping offset staff cuts by improving surveillance and investigations as the agency takes on growing crypto and prediction market oversight
13‑Year Chart Reveals Bitcoin’s True Long‑Term Trend
Bitcoin #BTC $BTCUSD i realize everyone is always so zoomed in these days but this 13-year monthly chart provides perspective that the minute by minute charts simply cannot (imo)... https://t.co/EiDvPIgLZ9
Kraken's Acquisition of Bitnomial Boosts Speed and Compliance
Kraken @krakenfx is a powerhouse and this is a great acquisition. @Bitnomial moves fast and has good regulatory positioning.
Aave V4 Hits $10M in Loans, Shows Growing Adoption
Aave V4 has surpassed its first $10M in outstanding loans since inception. While our focus remains on a secure launch, it’s encouraging to see users exploring Aave V4. https://t.co/KJSHsYRJMt
BNB Near Diamond Bottom, Eyes $700 Retest
$BNB Potential diamond bottom/double bottom formation down here. We've been holding from the lows in telegram. Looking for $700 area retest https://t.co/LpuMn0yxsc