Day: April 11, 2025

Bitcoin price could underperform stocks as ETF outflows continue

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While Trump’s tariff pause gave some relief to the markets, traders are still reluctant to go all in on risk assets. Crypto markets are caught between cautious optimism and persistent uncertainty. While the tariff pause helped stabilize the markets, traders are still hesitant to fully commit to risk assets, Bitfinex analysts told crypto.news. As a result, Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading sideways, and ETF flows remain subdued. According to Bitfinex analysts, U.S. President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on tariffs is not a long-term solution. Instead, it represents a temporary reprieve…

Speculation is DeFi’s double-edged sword

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Opinion by: Billy Campana, contract developer, Api3  Speculation is a cornerstone of price discovery for traditional finance institutions like hedge funds and major banks and plays an essential role in their day-to-day operations. It is the mechanism by which they can establish reliable valuations for everything, ranging from simple stocks and bonds to complex derivatives and structured products.  While decentralized finance (DeFi) is often criticized for its speculative “casino” nature, this is, in reality, one of its strengths: making practices like arbitrage more accessible to everyone and empowering individuals to…

Vitalik Buterin unveils roadmap for Ethereum privacy

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined an extensive plan to enhance the privacy of the network he helped create. In an April 11 roadmap, Buterin argued for incorporating privacy tools into Ether (ETH) wallets and implementing privacy-enhancing norms and features in the Ethereum ecosystem and protocol. He explained that the roadmap in question is a short-term solution that requires limited changes to the base protocol along with supplemental long-term updates. Buterin recommends adopting privacy-enhancing systems such as Railgun or Privacy Pools by existing wallets, according to the plan. When funds are…

Solana Approaches Make-or-Break Level As Technicals And Fundamentals Align – Analyst

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Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Solana is now facing critical liquidity resistance as the broader crypto market attempts to stabilize following weeks of extreme volatility and uncertainty. After a brutal downtrend that saw SOL…

Best Presales to Benefit from Trump’s IRS Broker Rule Reversal

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Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. The IRS revised its definition of a broker last year to include decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges (DEX). However, Trump has now signed a new law that will overturn this change, thereby exempting DEXs from IRS regulations. Keep…

Cointelegraph’s Q1 crypto editorial roundtable

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The year 2025 kicked off with a bang and a meme. Just weeks into the New Year, a frenzy of politically fueled memecoins sent Crypto Twitter into overdrive, while lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic turned up the heat on stablecoins, securities laws and tokenized assets, usually with different approaches. It was a whirlwind first quarter, shaped by Bitcoin’s dominance in the crypto market and a US political climate that put digital assets back in the spotlight. Q1 delivered no shortage of storylines. Who better to break it all…

Trump memecoins worth $321M to hit the market next week

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United States President Donald Trump’s official memecoin is set to unlock $321 million worth of vested tokens on April 18. Token vesting tracker Tokenomist data shows that 40 million Trump tokens will be released in a cliff unlock, meaning the tokens will be available all at once. With the tokens currently trading at about $8, the unlock represents about $321 million in supply entering the market at once. Token vesting is a common practice in the crypto space to incentivize long-term holding and prevent early investors or team members from…

StarkWare researchers propose smart contracts for Bitcoin with ColliderVM

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Sidechain developer StarkWare and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers claim to have created a workaround for multiple Bitcoin script limitations. According to a recent research paper, the new design claims to allow the deployment of complex smart contracts on Bitcoin in a more capital-efficient manner. The new system may also be vastly more efficient from a computing standpoint. ColliderVM is a protocol designed to enable stateful computation on Bitcoin, allowing multi-step processes to be securely executed over multiple transactions. Traditionally, Bitcoin script output is not accessible to other scripts, making…

US dollar index crashes, raising hopes of Bitcoin and altcoin prices

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The US dollar index crashed to its lowest level since April 2022 as the trade war between China and the US escalated and jitters in the bond market continued. The DXY index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of developed-world currencies like the euro, sterling, and Japanese yen, dropped to $99—down 10% from its highest point this year. This crash came after China announced its retaliatory tariffs against the United States. All US goods entering the country will now face a universal 125% tariff. Beijing made this announcement after…