Day: April 18, 2025

volatility drops as market awaits breakout

Bitcoin has spent the past week locked in a sideways range after rejecting from a swing high. Volatility has dried up, and price action remains muted as the market coils tighter. Traders are now watching key intraday levels for potential fakeouts and liquidation runs while awaiting a more decisive directional move. Bitcoin (BTC) has entered a phase of clear contraction, with price moving sideways throughout the week inside a well-defined local trading range. After a swing failure pattern marked the recent local high, the market has remained captive within the…

Firing Jerome Powell will crash financial markets — Sen. Elizabeth Warren

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US Senator Elizabeth Warren warned that if President Donald Trump eventually moves to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, it could undermine investor confidence in the integrity of US capital markets and trigger a financial crash. During an appearance on CNBC, the Massachusetts Senator said the President does not have the legal authority to remove Powell from his position. Moreover, removing Powell would weaken the financial infrastructure of the US, Warren added: “If Chairman Powell can be fired by the President of the United States, it will crash the markets.…

Bitcoin Enters Oversold Levels, Analyst Warns This Is Bearish, Not Bullish

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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. Crypto analyst Quinten recently revealed that Bitcoin has entered oversold levels. However, analyst Dr. Cat has warned that, contrary to public opinion, this development is bearish, not bullish, for…

Canary Capital files for staked TRX ETF

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United States asset manager Canary Capital has filed to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding the Tron blockchain network’s native token, TRX (TRX), regulatory filings show.  The fund intends to hold spot TRX and stake a portion of the tokens for added yield, the filing said.  According to CoinMarketCap, the TRX token has a total market capitalization of more than $22 billion. Staking TRX generates an annualized yield of approximately 4.5%, data from Stakingrewards.com shows. The filing is the latest in an outpouring of submissions aimed at listing ETFs holding alternative…

Aptos community proposal seeks to slash staking rewards by nearly 50%

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An Aptos community member submitted a proposal on April 18 to slash staking rewards for the network’s native token, Aptos (APT), by nearly 50% The proposal, submitted by a community member called MoonSheisty, aims at reducing reward yields from 7% to 3.79% in a three-month period, aligning Aptos staking rewards with other layer-1 blockchains and encouraging capital efficiency. The proposal has sparked curiosity on X, but early comments on GitHub show some initial resistance. A community member going by ElagabalxNode noted that reducing the staking reward without “compensatory mechanisms like…

MoonPay CEO calls on Congress to keep state authority over stablecoins

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Ivan Soto-Wright, CEO of cryptocurrency payment firm MoonPay, is calling on US lawmakers to leave a path open to state-level regulators when passing legislation on stablecoins. In an April 18 X post, Soto-Wright said he wanted Congress to “keep state-regulated issuers in the game” when it comes to stablecoin regulation, referencing efforts in the House of Representatives and Senate to create a federal regulatory framework. Lawmakers are considering whether to pass the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, or GENIUS Act, in the Senate and the Stablecoin Transparency…

Tokenized stocks could top $1T in market cap — Execs

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Tokenized stocks are on track to exceed $1 trillion in market capitalization in the coming years as adoption accelerates, two industry executives said at the TokenizeThis conference in New York.  The total addressable market for tokenized stocks — a type of tokenized real-world asset (RWA) —  is difficult to project but is “definitely a bigger trillion-dollar market,” Arnab Naskar, STOKR’s CEO, said during an April 16 panel at the event. In 2025, demand for the instruments has “exploded” from institutions ranging from Web3 wallets to neobanks to traditional financial services…

Saylor Stirs The Market With Cryptic Clue

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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. Strategy chairman Michael Saylor, a vocal promoter of Bitcoin, stoked renewed chatter among crypto circles with his recent enigmatic tweet. Thursday’s message stating merely “Bitcoin is Calling” left many…