Category: Analysis

Co-Founder Sold BTC Not XRP

David Schwartz, formerly Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer and widely known online as JoelKatz, disclosed this week that he once held 26 million XRP, a sum worth roughly $36.6M at current market prices. XRP was trading near $1.40 at the time of writing, up approximately +0.4% over the prior 24 hours, with technicals on shorter timeframes sending mixed signals. Responding to a question on X about the scale of his personal XRP position, Schwartz offered an unexpected benchmark. “My idea of not a lot is still more than a million,” he…

Crypto Equities Surge on Compromise News

In CLARITY Act News today, shares of digital asset-focused firms, including Coinbase (COIN), Circle, BitGo, and Galaxy Digital, rose sharply on Monday, May 4, 2026, after lawmakers reached a bipartisan weekend compromise on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, resolving the stablecoin yield dispute that had blocked Senate progress since January and prompting immediate repricing across crypto equities. This is not simply a market reaction to positive legislative headlines. It is the first concrete signal that the multi-year effort to establish a federal statutory framework for digital assets has cleared…

Ripple News: The Firm Takes Stand Against North Korean Hacking with Threat Intelligence Push

Ripple back in the news as they announced a proactive threat intelligence initiative that will distribute actionable indicators of compromise, including DPRK-linked wallet addresses, malicious domains, and documented tactics, techniques, and procedures, to other cryptocurrency firms, with the stated purpose of creating a unified defensive front against North Korean state-sponsored hackers, most prominently the Lazarus Group, whose operations have extracted an estimated $577 million from the crypto sector in the first months of 2026 alone, while simultaneously providing participating firms with structured data that directly supports Anti-Money Laundering and OFAC…

Crypto News: BTC Breakout But Why ETH, SOL, and DOGE Are Lagging

Bitcoin just cleared $81,000, its highest print since late January, having risen from $79,000 at the end of U.S. hours Monday, a 5.3% weekly gain that puts it squarely in breakout territory. Bitcoin is in the crypto news spotlight again. The move came with institutional trading desks already positioned for it: options markets had been quietly accumulating cheap upside exposure through call ratio structures, and the price finally delivered the trigger. What it has not delivered, at least not yet, is any meaningful participation from the altcoin complex. Ether held…

Solana (SOL) Range-Bound Below $90, Control Battle Intensifies

Solana started a fresh increase from the $83.50 zone. SOL price is now consolidating and might aim for more gains above the $85.50 zone. SOL price started a fresh upward move above the $83 and $84 levels against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $84 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $83.80 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could extend gains if it clears the $85.50 resistance zone. Solana…

Ethereum Price Coiling Tight, Explosive Move Could Trigger Anytime

Ethereum price started a fresh increase and remained stable above $2,355. ETH is now consolidating and might aim for more gains if it clears $2,400. Ethereum started a steady increase above the $2,365 zone. The price is trading above $2,350 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $2,350 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move up if it stays above the $2,300 zone. Ethereum Price Looks To Claim $2,400 Ethereum price managed…

Bitcoin Price Holds Firm Near Highs, More Gains Could Follow

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Bitcoin price started a fresh increase and cleared the $80,500 zone. BTC is consolidating and might aim for more gains above the $81,200 level. Bitcoin managed to stay above $78,500 and started a fresh increase. The price is trading above $78,800 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $79,200 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might extend gains if it stays above the $79,200 and $78,800 levels. Bitcoin Price Eyes Fresh Highs…

Bitcoin Price Just Reclaimed $80,000, the First Time Since January

Bitcoin price has climbed back above $80,000 for the first time since late January, a level that carries both technical and psychological weight. The recovery has been swift, BTC printed a 24-hour gain of roughly 0.72%, recovering from a recent low near $75,658, yet the rally is stirring more caution than celebration among professional traders. Something about the composition of this move does not quite add up, and the data makes that tension visible. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have absorbed approximately $2.7 billion in net inflows over the past three…

Ripple XRP Price Zooms Above $1.40 on Rising Volume: Further Breakout Coming?

Ripple XRP pushed back above $1.40 during early Asia hours, trading near $1.41–$1.42, up roughly 0.50% in 24 hours from intraday lows around $1.37, as a sharp volume surge raised the immediate question of whether bulls can sustain the reclaim. The move matters precisely because $1.40 had capped multiple upside attempts in recent sessions, making its breach something traders will watch closely on any pullback. What happens at this level over the next 24–48 hours could define XRP’s near-term trajectory. The breakout unfolded as Bitcoin climbed during the same window,…

CoinFund’s Chris Perkins Says Crypto Ecosystem Is ‘Just Fine’ Without CLARITY Act

Chris Perkins, Managing Partner at CoinFund, publicly argued this week that the crypto industry does not require passage of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act to maintain its operational and investment trajectory, a position that cuts directly against the prevailing industry posture of treating legislative certainty as a prerequisite for sustained institutional engagement. Perkins cited the joint interpretation released in March 2026 by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Michael Selig on the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets…