Oil Hits $111 a Barrel as Trump Speech Crushes April 1 De-escalation Rally Trump delivered the speech on Wednesday evening, warning Iran would be brought “back to the Stone Ages” within two to three weeks. The address erased gains built in the prior session on reports of possible de-escalation and a potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Investors had priced in a quick end to the conflict that began Feb. 28, 2026. That trade unwound real fast. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed as high as $111.50 per barrel…
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Bitcoin Rally To $75K Still Possible Despite Huge Macro Challenges
Key takeaways: Private credit risks and weak US jobs market data drive Bitcoin lower, but is there a silver lining? Institutional Bitcoin ETF outflows and miner sales test BTC’s strength, but the Federal Reserve’s options for addressing the federal deficit may also favor scarce assets. Bitcoin (BTC) faced rejection at $69,000 on Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s speech failed to guarantee an end to the war in Iran. Oil prices soared following the speech and beyond traders’ war-related worries, tumult in the private credit markets is also taking a toll…
Outflows Return for Bitcoin ETFs With $174 Million Exit – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
Ether Sees Renewed Selling as Bitcoin ETFs Lose $174 Million The early-week rebound for crypto ETFs did not last long. After two days of steady inflows, crypto ETFs turned lower again, a reminder of how fragile sentiment remains. Bitcoin ETFs posted a sharp $173.73 million in net outflows, erasing much of the week’s earlier gains. The selling was concentrated in key funds. Blackrock’s IBIT led with an $86.52 million exit, closely followed by Fidelity’s FBTC at $78.64 million. Additional pressure came from Grayscale’s GBTC, which saw $13.26 million in outflows,…
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Trump’s ‘Stone Age’ Rhetoric Triggers $440M Crypto Wipeout as Bitcoin Slips Below $66,000 – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
Market Volatility and Liquidations For the second straight day, President Donald Trump’s shifting rhetoric on the U.S.-Iran conflict served as a primary market catalyst, this time dismantling bitcoin’s gains and dragging the asset below the $66,000 threshold. While his commentary 24 hours earlier sparked a bullish surge past $69,000, his more aggressive stance on Wednesday effectively doused hopes for a swift diplomatic resolution, triggering a sharp reversal in investor sentiment. As shown by market data, bitcoin briefly dipped to $65,696 following Trump’s threat to return Iran to the Stone Age,…
Bitcoin Price Headed To $120,000? Why This analyst Thinks It’s A Good Time To Buy
Crypto analyst Minga has predicted that the Bitcoin price could rally past $120,000 to a new all-time high (ATH) of $190,000 in the next bull cycle. The analyst also indicated that now is a good time to buy as BTC approaches a bottom. Analyst Gives Buy Signal as Bitcoin Price Approaches Bottom In an X post, Minga said that the Bitcoin price is approaching a macro bottom and that this is the phase of the cycle where every dip becomes an opportunity to buy and accumulate long-term holdings. The analyst…
Polymarket Brings TradFi Markets to Prediction Trading With Pyth Integration – Bitcoin News
Pyth Terminal Goes Live as Polymarket Adds Daily Close Markets for U.S. Stocks The partnership, announced Thursday, covers daily up/down and daily close markets for major equity indices alongside commodities including gold, silver, WTI crude, and natural gas. More than a dozen single-name U.S. stocks are included at launch, among them Tesla, Coinbase, Palantir, Nvidia, and Apple. Polymarket is widely regarded as the largest prediction market in the world by volume. The platform now uses Pyth price data to settle outcomes on these new markets, a function where data accuracy…
CFTC and DOJ Sue 3 States as Jurisdiction Battle Raises Stakes for Prediction Markets – Regulation Bitcoin News
CFTC-DOJ Lawsuits Target State Control Over Prediction Markets Authority The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. derivatives regulator, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits on April 2 against three states targeting prediction markets. The agencies challenged Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois, aiming to reaffirm exclusive federal jurisdiction over designated contract markets offering event contracts. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig shared on social media platform X, emphasizing federal authority and recent enforcement action: “The CFTC has clear and longstanding exclusive jurisdiction to regulate prediction markets. But recently, state regulators…
Circle Reveals Wrapped Bitcoin Product With Real-Time Onchain Reserve Verification – Crypto News Bitcoin News
Circle Expands Beyond Stablecoins With cirBTC Wrapped Bitcoin Product The company, best known as the issuer of USDC, posted the announcement on its official X account alongside a dedicated product page. The move marks Circle’s first significant expansion beyond stablecoins into tokenized bitcoin infrastructure. Each cirBTC token will be fully collateralized by native bitcoin held in reserve. Circle says those reserves will be independently verifiable onchain in real time, with no reliance on third-party attestations or opaque custodians. Circle is positioning cirBTC on the same foundational principles it applies to…
XRP NEWS TODAY : The Real Reason SWIFT is Building on Blockchain Right Now
▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io #XRP #XRPNews #XRPToday Swift just published a major blockchain announcement. They named the architecture. They named the banks. They named the technology stack. In 400 words, they mentioned almost everything. They did not mention XRP once. That omission is the story. In today’s episode of The Calm Analyst, we document exactly why. Hyperledger Cacti — the connectivity toolkit Swift’s new ledger runs on — has native XRP Ledger connectors built in. Ripple contributed the Interledger Protocol implementation to Hyperledger specifically to bridge…