The proposal echoes Solana's recent SIMD-228, which sought to curb inflation on the network, but was voted down by validators in March.

This week on Public Keys: Reading tea leaves during Circle and eToro quiet periods, Bitcoin miners selling a lot of Bitcoin, and Semler's plan for paying the DOJ.

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 asking if a forthcoming significant purchase looms.

Bitcoin ETFs snapped back with a $108 million inflow on Thursday, April 17, recovering nearly two-thirds of the prior day's outflow thanks to strong entries into Blackrock and Fidelity products. Ether ETFs, meanwhile, were frozen in place with no net flows.

Colosseum is something like a hackathon organizer mixed with Y Combinator for Solana startups. I tend to view its hackathon entries as a proxy for what Solana builders are interested in, and I see its hackathon winners as a potential proxy for what Solana venture investors find valuable.

A Brazilian court has sentenced the men behind Bitcoin investment scam Braiscompany to a combined 170 years behind bars.

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.

Having traversed murky waters, all hope is not lost for Ethereum (ETH) after recently reclaiming the psychological threshold of $1,600.

Solana's dApp ecosystem earned more than all other chains combined in the last 12 months, with a revenue of $2.8 billion.

Chinese local governments have been quietly selling confiscated cryptocurrencies worth around $1.4 billion, operating in a regulatory gray area that experts warn could foster corruption and undermine the country's official ban on crypto trading.

Prominent Bitcoin pundit Davinci Jeremic has shared a bullish outlook for XRP despite his long-standing reservations about the Ripple-linked coin.

SOL's next move could help the bulls in the market.

On April 7, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) posted a rare spike to 60, a level seen as a barometer of extreme market fear and uncertainty. According to Dan Tapiero, CEO of 10Tfund, the VIX has hit 60 only five times in the last 35 years, and data suggests a rebound for risk assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) in 6 to 12 months.

The head of the Presidential Crypto Advisory Committee, Bo Hines, highlighted ways the United States could improve its Bitcoin (BTC) reserves. This comes on the heels of positive developments around digital asset regulation in the country.

Bitcoin (BTC) institutional adoption is growing as more publicly traded companies add the asset to their balance sheets. Over the last three months, institutions have capitalized on price dips to establish good entry positions for the asset class.

Project Eleven is offering 1 Bitcoin to whoever cracks ECC using Shor's algorithm on quantum hardware by April 5, 2026.

Ethereum (ETH) must address its scalability constraints to sustain the growth of layer-2 (L2) networks and avoid future transaction bottlenecks, according to The DeFi Report.

Barry Silbert, CEO of Digital Currency Group, shares how simply holding Bitcoin since 2011 would have yielded higher returns than investing in early crypto projects. Explore why long-term BTC holding remains a winning strategy.

Solana's rise to a top-10 cryptocurrency has been driven by its speed, developer activity, and growing DeFi and NFT ecosystems. But its journey hasn't been without bumps.

The wider altcoin market, led by memecoins, has signaled a bullish breakout soon amid ongoing trade war negotiations. ETH/USD has been following a similar fractal pattern in the ongoing macro bull run to the 2020/2021 cycle. Ethereum (ETH) price has stabilized around $1,583 in the past three days.

Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading in a tight range for a few days, but a minor positive is that the bulls have kept the price above $83,000. Usually, a low volatility period is followed by a range expansion, but it is difficult to predict the direction of the breakout with certainty.Cryptocurrency analysts remain bullish on Bitcoin's prospects because gold's rally in 2017 and 2020 was followed by a sharp rise in Bitcoin's price.

Solana is showing signs of pre-breakout behavior as it consolidates below an important price threshold. According to a new technical analysis shared by RLinda on the TradingView platform, the $136 level is currently a decisive resistance point, and Solana's current trading behavior suggests that a move above this level could ignite a fresh bullish push even as the global market situation is bearish.

Bitcoin is showing bullish indicators, with its price above the 50-day simple moving average. However, low volumes raise concerns.

After several solana-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) debuted on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), solana climbed more than 11% over the past seven days, earning its place as the leading gainer among the ten largest crypto assets by market capitalization. Solana Advances 11% on TSX ETF Debut; Polymarket Bettors Wager on U.S.

A widely followed crypto analyst says that the top crypto by market cap may be on the verge of an explosive breakout.

Bitcoin price consolidated around the $85,000 support level on Friday, April 18, despite escalating sell-offs in the broader US stock market. On-chain divergence data highlights a sharp investor pivot toward Bitcoin since Trump's “Liberation Day” tariff announcement on April 2.

Bitcoin's sideways price action contrasts with rising spot CVD - a trend that could hint at possible stealth accumulation and future volatility if resistance breaks.

Ethereum's price was in a tight range this week as crypto investors remained on the sidelines and exchange-traded fund outflows rose. Ethereum (ETH) was trading at $1,580 on Friday, where it has remained throughout the week.

The price of Solana (SOL) has broken above the moving average lines and is approaching the next resistance level at $140.

Pedro Guerra, chief of staff to Vice‑President Geraldo Alckmin, has reaffirmed that he intends to press ahead with the idea of adding Bitcoin to Brazil's sovereign reserves, arguing that the country can no longer afford to ignore “the most rigorously stress‑tested monetary network on the planet.

Chainlink price could be on the verge of a bullish breakout after testing a crucial resistance, forming a bullish divergence, and as its exchange outflows rise. Chainlink (LINK) was trading at a crucial resistance point at $12.

Bitcoin's spot price could take a hit after the US Federal Reserve reported some of the worst manufacturing data in recent history, according to several cryptocurrency analysts.On April 17, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Manufacturing Index — a monthly survey of 250 US-based manufacturers — reported the sharpest declines in overall business activity since 2020. The data puts Bitcoin (BTC) “under short term pressure,” researchers at Bitunix, a crypto exchange, said in a post on the X platform.

According to onchain analytics from Arkham Intelligence, in the past 27 days, North Korea's hacking arm Lazarus Group, has orchestrated the transfer of 3,932 BTC, valued at $331.99 million. Even after dispatching such a considerable portion, the remaining cache still cements North Korea's standing as the third-largest nation-state bitcoin holder.

Ethereum (ETH) has been consolidating since it dropped sharply to around $1,375 in early April following President Donald Trump's tariff announcement.

Bitcoin's (BTC) market dominance has surged to 64%, reaching its highest level in over four years.

A branch of the international grocery store chain Spar in Zug, Switzerland, now accepts Bitcoin for payments. The news broke after the Spar supermarket became visible on the BTC map, a community-driven project that shows businesses accepting cryptocurrencies.

In a Thursday announcement, the Panama City Council has officially unveiled that is has approved the acceptance of Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital assets for municipal services including tax, fees and permits.

Editor's Note: This article has been updated to clarify that the Bitcoin ETF positions disclosed in Bank of America's 13F filings represent client holdings, not investments made by the firm itself. Bank of America has no direct exposure to Bitcoin ETFs.

TL;DR Over $2.2 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire today, potentially increasing short-term market volatility. The “maximum pain” price for BTC is set at $82,000, and for ETH, it's $1,600. Despite global uncertainty, technical indicators reflect cautious optimism from investors, reinforcing a crypto outlook for the coming days.

Project 11 offers 1 BTC to anyone who cracks simplified Bitcoin encryption with a quantum computer—testing how close we are to the crypto apocalypse. The post Can Quantum Computing Really Kill Bitcoin? $85K Bounty Says It's Time to Find Out appeared first on Cryptonews.

Stablecoin growth stagnation signals low liquidity. Are traders hesitant to deploy sidelined capital?

Bitcoin's (BTC) richest traders and investors are increasingly bullish on BTC despite facing downside risks from unfavorable macroeconomic factors, the latest onchain data suggests. Bitcoin whales absorbing 300% of new supply Bitcoin whales and sharks are now absorbing BTC at record rates—over 300% of yearly issuance—while exchanges are losing coins at a historic pace, according to Glassnode.

The popular alternative cryptocurrency Solana (SOL), which has emerged as one of the hottest assets on the market in recent months, may be on the verge of a painful downtrend against its main counterpart, Bitcoin. At least, this possibility is suggested by the intersection of moving averages on the SOL/BTC price chart.

Aptos' proposal targets a 1% monthly staking yield decrease.

Spar's Bitcoin adoption in Switzerland could accelerate crypto integration in retail, influencing global payment trends and regulatory frameworks. The post Global retail giant Spar introduces Bitcoin payments via Lightning Network appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Solana (SOL) has been consolidating in the past few days as the market has struggled to find direction amid the absence of clarity regarding the macro outlook for the U.S. economy.

Bitcoin (BTC) is likely headed for a period of heightened volatility as 170,000 BTC — worth over $14 billion at its current price of $84,500 — have moved from wallets held for three to six months, a cohort often linked to market turning points, CryptoQuant warned in a post.

The digital asset's price remained largely unchained on Good Friday even after President Donald Trump threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell the day before.