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100 Dollar Survival Game: Hone Your "Trading Discipline" at StandX Recently, many brothers have been talking about the "10x Club" challenge organized by @StandX_Official. I took a glance, and this eve

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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Most investors tracking XRP are watching the wrong screen. XRP’s price action has struggled to show 

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Most investors tracking XRP are watching the wrong screen. XRP’s price action has struggled to show the scale of what has been building around Ripple, RLUSD, and the XRP Ledger. The price action is full of red monthly candles while a much broader institutional foundation is being assembled underneath it.That disconnect is what enthusiast X Finance Bull leaned on in a recent post on X. Recent developments from Ripple itself suggest that the claim is not as easy to dismiss as it once was. Ripple’s Story Is Growing Past PaymentsMany XRP community members are looking at ultra-bullish pictures for the cryptocurrency. One of such community members is X Finance Bull, who recently took to the social media platform X to highlight reasons as to why the mass adoption of Ripple, XRP, XRP Ledger, and RLUSD is already here.Related Reading: Pundit Says Stop Analyzing XRP On A Chart, Do This InsteadOne of the key points the analyst highlighted is Ripple’s strategy to build a full end-to-end treasury ecosystem setup. The setup functions as a financial operating layer that integrates with a company’s existing banks, ERP systems, and internal workflows, linking them to digital asset rails without requiring any overhaul of existing infrastructure.Enterprise platforms such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, and Workday are all connected through a single API layer referred to as ClearConnect. The same API layer bridges traditional rails (ACH, wire transfers, and SWIFT) with XRP settlement, RLUSD, and Ripple’s brokerage and custody infrastructure.  The most important thing in this treasury ecosystem is that Ripple is growing and no longer pitching itself only as a cross-border payments company. On April 1, Ripple announced native digital asset capabilities inside Ripple Treasury, describing it as the first treasury management system with built-in support for digital assets. RLUSD And Ripple Prime Ar

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!SEC charges Donald Basile in $16M crypto fraud tied to ‘insured’ token The US Securities

SEC charges Donald Basile in $16M crypto fraud tied to ‘insured’ token


The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against crypto executive Donald Basile, accusing him and two companies he controlled of raising about $16 million from investors through false claims tied to a so-called “insured” crypto token known as Bitcoin Latinum.

In a complaint filed Friday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the SEC alleged that Basile ran the scheme between March and December 2021 through Monsoon Blockchain Corp. and GIBF GP Inc., offering investors Simple Agreements for Future Tokens (SAFTs) that promised future delivery of the token, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

Regulators said hundreds of investors were told the asset was backed and insured, but the SEC alleged no insurance company ever provided coverage or any proof that these claims were true, per the report.

The case marks one of the few SEC enforcement actions under the Trump administration, which has signaled a more crypto-friendly regulatory stance compared to previous administrations.

Related: Crypto market safe harbor lands at White House for review

Crypto funds spent on luxury

The SEC said Basile repeatedly represented that Bitcoin Latinum was an insured, asset-backed cryptocurrency and that investor funds would help support its underlying value. Instead, the complaint alleges, millions of dollars were diverted to personal spending, including real estate purchases, credit card payments and the acquisition of a $160,000 horse.

The regulator is seeking permanent injunctions, repayment of allegedly ill-gotten gains with interest, civil penalties, and a ban on Basile’s participation in securities offerings, according to the WSJ. It also wants an officer-and-director bar preventing him from leading public companies in the future.

SEC charges Donald Basile in $16M crypto fraud tie

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!Altcoins in “End Stage” Bear Market? Analyst Michaël van de Poppe Turns Bullish Altcoin 

Altcoins in “End Stage” Bear Market? Analyst Michaël van de Poppe Turns Bullish


Altcoin sentiment remains under pressure, and the data backs it. The CMC Altcoin Season Index is currently sitting at 37/100, firmly in Bitcoin season. Just a week ago, it was 34, and a month ago, 53, showing how momentum has faded. Compared to its yearly high of 78, the market is clearly far from an altcoin-driven phase, with most tokens still lagging Bitcoin.

But according to Michaël van de Poppe, this is exactly the kind of setup where reversals begin, and he’s leaning strongly bullish on altcoins from here.

“This Is the End Stage, Not the Beginning”

He says that 2025 has already acted as the bear market for altcoins. “The markets are approaching the end stage of the bear market… not the start,” he said, noting that most altcoins are down more than 90%.

While that drop makes sense after inflated valuations, he now sees the opposite problem. “Markets are currently underpricing the upside of altcoins massively,” he said, signaling his bullish stance on altcoins specifically at current levels.

On Bitcoin, he’s more neutral-to-bullish, suggesting the downside is likely done.

“The bear market of $BTC rarely goes deeper… we’ve already hit that,” he added, implying Bitcoin has likely bottomed and won’t see major further downside.

Macro and Sentiment Starting to Align

He also pointed to macro shifts. Lower volatility in gold and oil typically supports risk assets, while equities lead the move. “Nasdaq vol up → more confidence → $BTC to follow → altcoins to follow,” he explained.

Altcoins in “End Stage” Bear Market? Analyst Micha

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Major Crypto levels and bias summaryGold is meant to be a ‘safe haven’ in uncertain times. Why is it crashing amid a war?Wall Street Slides as Iran War Uncertainty, Oil Surge, and AI Fears Rattle Mark

Major Crypto levels and bias summaryGold is meant to be a ‘safe haven’ in uncertain times. Why is it crashing amid a war?Wall Street Slides as Iran War Uncertainty, Oil Surge, and AI Fears Rattle MarketsSpaceX IPO Filing Expected This Week as Valuation Could Surpass $75 BillionStagflation Shadows: U.S. Manufacturing Shines as Services Slump to 11-Month LowScarcity and Strife: Bitcoin Hits Historic Milestone Amid Geopolitical TremorsStrategy's Multi-Billion Dollar Bitcoin Accumulation: A 2026 Milestone

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!A $760 mln ‘insider’ move exposes crypto’s sensitivity to an October-style correction If

A $760 mln ‘insider’ move exposes crypto’s sensitivity to an October-style correction

If you thought market FUD was over, think again.

At the macro level, the situation around the U.S.–Iran ceasefire remains unclear.

While U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that the Strait of Hormuz has reopened, triggering a risk-on move across crypto, the Iranian government disputes this, calling his statement false in an official response.

From a broader market perspective, this brings uncertainty back into focus.

The U.S. has yet to respond, but recent price action suggests sentiment is already shifting, especially after reports of $760 million in insider activity, adding fuel to another round of manipulation-driven volatility.

Source: TradingView (BRENT/USD)

For context, market participants spotted investors selling a combined 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures, a roughly $760 million bet that oil prices would move lower.

More notably, this positioning came just 20 minutes before President Trump’s announcement regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

The result? As the chart shows, oil closed the day down 5.9%, slipping back to early March levels. Following the Strait of Hormuz headlines, this $760 million position therefore appears to have been highly profitable.

Notably, as these events unfolded, the crypto market also saw a spike in volatility, with some participants pointing to another “Friday manipulation” around the news flow.

In this context, the U.S.-Iran geopolitical narrative continues to add uncertainty, with markets reacting sharply to shifting headlines and positioning.

Naturally, the question becomes, does this volatility make the recent inflows into crypto temporary?

A $760 mln ‘insider’ move exposes crypto’s sensiti

The $LILPEPE token is currently witnessing a rise in demand as the project is in the final selling phase of its ongoing presale. The project, having crossed the $28 million milestone, is still witness

Little Pepe ($LILPEPE) Builds Strong Momentum as Presale Enters Final Selling Phase

Decred v2.1.5 is now live! This patch release addresses potential denial-of-service attack vectors, hardens the RPC layer, and improves peer behavior prior to handshake, alongside efficiency gains in 

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This patch release addresses potential denial-of-service attack vectors, hardens the RPC layer, and improves peer behavior prior to handshake, alongside efficiency gains in memory usage and mixing.  
  
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With use cases and layer 1 infrastructure , the price of this token suppose to reach minimum 20$ . This is my assumption . But I ask you to do your own research

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