The cryptocurrency whipsawed right after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivered a damning indictment of President Donald Trump's tariffs in a Wednesday speech.

Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) may be setting up for a breakout moment, with Felix Jauvin dubbing it the “cleanest trade after the trade." What Happened: In an article on April 17 on X, ‘Forward Guidance' podcast host Jauvin said that he sees investors reducing risk and offloading positions.

Bitcoin's realized cap hits $872 billion, but slow growth and cautious investor behavior suggest the market may be entering consolidation.

Barry Silbert, the CEO of Digital Currency Group, said he would have secured higher investment gains by just holding the Bitcoin that he invested in early-stage crypto projects around 2012.During an April 17 appearance on Raoul Pal's Journey Man podcast, Silbert said he discovered Bitcoin (BTC) in 2011, purchasing BTC at $7-$8 per coin. Once the price of BTC surged, Silbert started looking for early-stage crypto companies to invest in.

Global economic tensions and trade policy uncertainties continue to create volatility in the crypto market, with SOL navigating these challenges better than many alternatives.

Solana (SOL) and Raydium (RAY) have jumped in the past 24 hours after the decentralized exchange launched a new tool called LaunchLab that competes directly with its former partner, Pump.fun.In late March, Pump.fun launched an automated market maker (AMM) and broke up with Raydium after collaborating for many months. Introducing LaunchLab, Raydium's all-in-one token launchpad.

Coinbase International's Bermuda‑licensed derivatives exchange processed nearly $100 billion in Bitcoin perpetual futures volume last week.

Gary Gensler has broken two months of public silence with a combustible appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box, granting his first interview since stepping down as chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 20 January.

XRP is making headlines this month as whale activity surges across the network. In a surprising twist, reports indicate that XRP whales have dumped more than $700 million worth of tokens just this April.

Over the past year, most altcoins have struggled to keep up with Bitcoin, but one project is breaking away from the pack: XRP.While other tokens have stagnated or slid, XRP (XRP) has surged more than 300% in just six months against Bitcoin (BTC) to quickly become one of the best-performing assets in the crypto space. But what's really behind this rally — and more importantly, can it last?

Luring quantum tinkerers, Project Eleven is dangling a one‑bitcoin bounty to whoever first demonstrates Bitcoin's cryptographic Achilles' heel using a quantum computer.

XRP has posted a 1% gain today, with its completion of a double-bottom bullish reversal suggesting that it's in the middle of breakout. The post XRP Flashes Double Bottom Reversal – Is $10 Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The cryptocurrency market remained subdued on Thursday. Bitcoin's price was stuck below the $85K mark, while other major coins like XRP and ETH showed muted movement. The global cryptocurrency market cap stands at $2.66 trillion, down 0.29% over the past 24 hours. Total market volume in the same period is $71.

Galaxy Digital's research team has unveiled a proposal to reform how Solana adjusts its token inflation rate. Part of the proposal introduces a new voting mechanism called Multiple Election Stake-Weight Aggregation.

TL;DR EigenLayer activated slashing, a feature that allows penalizing malicious operators by removing part or all of their restaked collateral. Each validated service will be able to define its own penalty rules, enabling a progressive and controlled implementation.

XRP has just achieved a feat few anticipated: surpassing Ethereum in market capitalization, if only for a few hours. This surge, unprecedented since 2018, is not insignificant.

AAVE's ecosystem upgrade could mark the beginning of a new wave of liquidity inflows.

The overall cash inflows to Solana DeFi products have gradually grown in the past few weeks. SOL price has consolidated between $123 and $134 in the past three weeks amid a growing bullish outlook.

The Bitcoin price has been struggling after crashing more than 20% from its January all-time highs, and has taken the entire crypto market down with it. This has been a point of concern for many investors, especially as BTC continues to struggle.

Veteran trader Peter Brandt has dropped a bold comment about Bitcoin (BTC), the world's leading digital currency. In his characteristic manner, Brandt was frank with his assessment of Bitcoin's price performance, referring to BTC as an asset in a box.

Bitcoin mining company Bit Digital has acquired an industrial building in Madison, North Carolina, upping the ante in a business diversification strategy that includes strategic pivots into AI and high-performance computing. Bit Digital agreed to buy the property for $53.2 million through Enovum Data Centers Corp., the company's wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, regulatory filings show.

Could quantum computers break Bitcoin's cryptography? Project Eleven's Q-Day Prize challenges experts to find out — and offers 1 BTC for the first success!

U.S. hits China with 245% tariffs, fueling global tension. Will Bitcoin rally as a safe haven? Here's what the charts say about BTC's next move. The post Will Bitcoin Explode as US Slaps 245% Tariffs on China? Here's the Price Outlook appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) investors are facing unprecedented pressure as Glassnode data shows the largest unrealized losses on record, concentrated among new market participants. Despite Bitcoin's relative price resilience, capital inflows have slowed, and liquidity continues to tighten across the digital asset landscape.

A big-time Ethereum (ETH) investor who had been sitting dormant for a while, and had accumulated 76,000 ETH during the 2015 ICO, has reappeared after three years of radio silence.

The price of Ethereum has started to move horizontally after remaining above the $1,400 support level.

Bitcoin ETFs and whales like Strategy are creating price stability as institutional inflows replace retail speculation in BTC markets.

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic hints at a Solana meme coin-related law, prompting the CAR token to spike.

TL;DR Converge, the upcoming blockchain developed by Ethena and Securitize, is scheduled to launch its mainnet by the end of Q2 2025. It will leverage Arbitrum's scalability technology and Celestia's data availability layer to deliver superior performance with low latency.

Binance CEO Richard Teng made a statement about Bitcoin in a recent tweet. Teng stated in an X post that Bitcoin is "the only truly neutral currency—available 24/7 worldwide, without bias or borders.

Cryptocurrencies have been performing positively in the past week after President Trump hit the pause button on his decision to implement high tariffs on imported goods from all countries.

The crypto ecosystem on Solana is experiencing an unprecedented rivalry. Raydium, a giant in decentralized exchanges, unveils LaunchLab, a token creation platform designed to counter the meteoric rise of Pump.fun.

Oklahoma's Senate has voted against the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) bill introduced in January, leaving it out of the race to establish crypto-based reserves at the state level in the US.

A further crash may be well on its way.

Recent happenings with whales have caused turbulence in the XRP market. A transaction of 131 million XRP tokens, which is around $273 million worth, has sent jitters among investors.

In today's crypto for advisors, Todd Bendell from Amphibian Capital breaks down bitcoin yield products as a strategy to grow bitcoin holdings beyond price appreciation.

Solana price has risen by more than 10 percent in the last week and its momentum indicators and fundamentals align for further gains.

BTC has been shaky in the uncertainty surrounding Trump's tariffs. The World Trade Organization warned they could be a "brake on global growth.

Crypto exchange Binance is now actively assisting several countries in drafting crypto regulations and establishing national digital asset reserves, according to CEO Richard Teng. What Happened: The move comes amid shifting global sentiment following the United States' more favorable stance on cryptocurrencies under President Donald Trump, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

Welcome to the US Morning Crypto News Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead.

The investment universe for non-crypto native investors has largely revolved around Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs. But that's changing fast with the introduction of a new Solana product on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

XRP has been outperforming Ethereum for five straight months in terms of price performance. This is a record run in the battle between these two top cryptocurrencies.

The crypto market continue to waver this week as fears of a downturn in the United States remain. Ethereum has stalled below $1,500, while Bitcoin and Ripple have remained in a narrow range.

While there are still two weeks until the end of April, Bitcoin miners managed to net stack approximately 759 BTC, the first positive month since January. Daily net flow dropped from a +1,175 BTC inflow on Apr. 6 to a -1,627 BTC outflow on Apr. 7, mirroring Bitcoin's rapid dip.

The Bitcoin (BTC) bottom is in, according to the crypto analytics firm Swissblock. The firm notes on the social media platform X that sometimes the top crypto asset just needs time to consolidate. “For consolidation to continue, Bitcoin may need to revisit the $80,000–$82,000 zone.

The crypto market is going nowhere at the moment, stabilizing instead of rallying or crashing. However, this is not stopping meme coins from noting extravagant rallies as displayed by MANEKI.

Bitcoin's (BTC) price failed another attempt at breaking above resistance at $86,000 on April 16 as Fed Chair Jerome Powell dashed hopes of early rate cuts, citing the impact of Trump's tariffs. Since April 9, BTC price has formed daily candle highs between $75,000 and $86,400, but has been unable to produce a close above $86,000.

The year 2025 opened with a rude awakening for the crypto world. After the euphoria that characterized the end of 2024, the first quarter of the year marked a clear trend reversal, with a significant contraction of the market. According to the Crypto Industry Report by CoinGecko, updated in April 2025, the overall crypto market capitalization has decreased by -18.6%.