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Amid a broader downturn across crypto markets, a recent proposal from X’s Head of Product is drawing attention, with early discussions pointing to Dogecoin payments, which could play a major role in s

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XRP whales accumulate 20 million coinsSHIB just crossed one trillion threshold in outflowsEthereum outpaces Bitcoin as price hits $2,391 Advertisement XRP whales accumulate 20 million coinsXRP volatil

XRP whales accumulate 20 million coinsSHIB just crossed one trillion threshold in outflowsEthereum outpaces Bitcoin as price hits $2,391 Advertisement XRP whales accumulate 20 million coinsXRP volatility hits 2026 low as whales accumulate 20 million coins. The XRP price continues to trade within an abnormally tight range, according to the Bollinger Bands technical indicator as per TradingView, which has recorded a compression down to 6%. This marks the lowest volatility level since the beginning of the year and signals that a major move is expected for the XRP market.For comparison, in January 2026, volatility reached 10%, after which the price increased by 28% by mid-March. A similar style compression to 7.7% led to a 17% impulse within five days. Today’s 6% stands as a zone of extreme compression, where any large market order could trigger a chain reaction for XRP. HOT Stories XRP Signals Breakout Setup, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Crosses 1 Trillion Threshold, Ethereum Outpaces Bitcoin — U.Today Crypto Digest Mow: Strategy's Purchasing Price to Be New BTC Floor Declining trading volumes during such compressions often indicate the dominance of market makers and the absence of strong market drivers, keeping the price within the $1.30-$1.38 range.  Advertisement SHIB just crossed one trillion threshold in outflowsShiba Inu is seeing massive exchange outflows, hinting at quiet accumulation despite a still-weak price trend.With exchange outflows exceeding one trillion SHIB in a brief amount of time, Shiba Inu is exhibiting a change in on-chain behavior. That is a significant shift in the positioning of large holders, particularly in light of the months-long downtrend and low demand.Both exchange inflows and outflows have increased, but outflows are outpacing inflows, according to the data. Net flow is still marginally negative, with total outflows at about 1.24 trillion SHIB and inflows at about 1.13 trillion SHIB. Advertisement At the same time, exchange reserves are still slig

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Amid the growing recognition of the blockchain sector, the Ethereum network continues to be at the forefront of the growth, securing more user activity than most networks. The most recent aspect being

Amid the growing recognition of the blockchain sector, the Ethereum network continues to be at the forefront of the growth, securing more user activity than most networks. The most recent aspect being dominated by the leading network is validator distribution, which makes it a leader in decentralized applications (dApps) activity.

Validator Distribution Strength Puts Ethereum On Top

The Ethereum network has emerged with another reason why it is considered the leading blockchain across the entire cryptocurrency sector. After a wave of demand, a significant milestone has now been reached in the evolution of Ethereum, putting the network in the spotlight once again.

In a report on the social media platform X, Everstake, a leader in global non-custodial staking infrastructure provider, revealed that the ETH network has emerged as the top blockchain in validator distribution. With validation authority distributed more fairly across participants rather than being concentrated among a few entities, this development highlights an increasing degree of decentralization.

As seen in the chart shared by Everstake, the total number of validators on the network is approximately 921,500. The ETH network is exceptionally leading in this context, with Cardano, which comes in the second position, recording a total of just 2,900 validators.

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Source: Chart from Everstake on X

This level of validators enables the ETH network to operate at a scale that clearly sets it apart from the rest of the market. It is worth noting that this development also strengthens the network’s role as a fundamental layer for decentralized applications by bolstering its resilience and security.

At this point, different networks are persistently evolving and optimizing for their own priorities. Ethereum, on the other hand, is showing that it

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Iran's Friday announcement that the Strait of Hormuz would be opened during the current ceasefire triggered one of the sharpest oil reversals of the year.

Brent crude fell 12.95% to $86.52, and WTI dropped 14.26% to $81.19, both their lowest levels since Mar. 11 and the largest single-day declines since Apr. 8. US stocks surged, bond yields dropped, the dollar weakened, and Bitcoin registered an intraday high of $78,336.

Traders stripped the war premium they had spent weeks layering into crude prices, and risk assets repriced accordingly.

Yesterday, the Strait was opened on Iranian terms. Commercial vessels required authorization from Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization and the IRGC and had to transit through Iran-designated safe lanes, but the US blockade on Iranian shipping remains fully in place until a broader diplomatic settlement.

That window has already narrowed. As of Apr. 18, Iran said it had closed the Strait again after the US left its blockade in place, pushing the market back into a countdown toward the Apr. 22 ceasefire deadline.

Only eight oil and gas tankers moved during the reopening, underscoring how far the route remains from anything resembling normal traffic.

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Recent on-chain data shows that Bitcoin miner selling pressure may be approaching exhaustion, potentially setting the stage for the market’s next upward phase. This development comes amid a resilient bullish performance by the leading cryptocurrency in April.

Reduced Mining Selling Weakens Pressure On Bitcoin
In a recent QuickTake post, analysts at XWIN Research Japan postulated that Bitcoin is now entering a phase of demand-led price expansion as the market structure begins to experience supply exhaustion. According to the market experts, data from WuBlockchain shows that publicly listed Bitcoin miners offloaded over 32,000 BTC in Q1 2026, in the largest quarterly outflow ever, in line with a structural market alignment.

Contributing factors to such a selling spree can be traced to the Bitcoin halving in 2024, when block rewards were reduced from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, significantly cutting down revenue. Meanwhile, network hash rate continued rising, further squeezing profitability. As the hash price fell below breakeven levels, many miners were forced to liquidate holdings to maintain cash flow. In addition, some miners are diverting resources toward AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, accelerating Bitcoin’s distribution.



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Notably, XWIN Research experts note that On-chain metrics also reinforce this narrative, as miners’ reserves have gradually declined, while net position change has remained negative. This combination confirms there has been sustained distribution over time. However, the more critical signal lies in recent flow dynamics. While the Miner Position Index (MPI) remains negative, the Miner Selling Power has dropped sharply, indicating that although miners have consistently offloaded their holdings, the intensity of selling is now weakening, i.e., the market is no longer facing inc

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In a recent tweet, Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL) shares a security disclosure regarding vulnerabilities in zcashd and Zebra, which were discovered and patched, including a bug that could crash nodes handling certain Orchard transactions. Advertisement In this light, ZODL stated that it has released zcashd v6.12.1, and the Zcash Foundation has released Zebra v4.3.1, addressing four vulnerabilities, including an Orchard action-encoding bug that could crash nodes and a related consensus-split issue between the two clients.Security Disclosure: We've released zcashd v6.12.1, and the Zcash Foundation has released Zebra v4.3.1, addressing four vulnerabilities – including an Orchard action-encoding bug that could crash nodes and a related consensus-split issue between the two clients. Mining pools… HOT Stories Most Important Bitcoin (BTC) Price Test in 2026, Ethereum (ETH) Hits Ceiling, XRP Will Go Parabolic If Price Growth Accelerates: Crypto Market Review Ripple Exec Slams Anti-Crypto Documentary Directed by 'The O.C.' Star — Zcash Open Development Lab (@zodl_co) April 17, 2026 Several vulnerabilities in zcashd and Zebra were discovered and patched, including a bug that could crash nodes handling certain Orchard transactions, a consensus enforcement gap between the two implementations that could have triggered a chain fork, a bug that could disable enforcement of zcashd’s turnstile accounting and undefined behavior due to unchecked integer arithmetic in pool balance calculations. Advertisement Mining pools running both implementations have already deployed patches, with no evidence that any of the bugs were exploited. You Might Also Like Wed, 01/14/2026 - 19:03 Zcash Foundation No Longer in SEC's Crosshairs ByAlex Dovbnya In addition, the vulnerabilities were not exploited to affect the consensus chain. Zcash maintains that all user funds remain s

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BYDFi Marks 6th Anniversary with Month-Long Celebration, Built for Reliability Over the past six years, BYDFi has expanded into a global crypto trading platform serving more than 1 million users acros

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Over the past six years, BYDFi has expanded into a global crypto trading platform serving more than 1 million users across 190+ countries and regions. Since launch, BYDFi has continued to broaden product offerings, strengthen user safeguards, and extend access across both centralized and on-chain trading.

Recent milestones have further shaped BYDFi’s growth story:

July 2025: BYDFi expanded its integrated on-chain trading capabilities by supporting tokenized U.S. equities through xStocks, broadening access to on-chain market opportunities.

August 2025: BYDFi entered a multi-year partnership with Newcastle United, becoming the club’s Official Cryptocurrency Exchange Partner and significantly expanding BYDFi’s global brand visibility.

August 2025: BYDFi launched BYDFi Card, extending BYDFi’s ecosystem from trading access into a real-world payment utility.

February 2026: BYDFi launched TradFi trading on Web and App, expanding beyond crypto to offer access to traditional financial assets such as stocks, gold, and silver.

March 2026: BYDFi integrated perpetual futures market data into TradingView, giving traders direct access to real-time BYDFi market data within one of the industry’s most widely used charting environments.


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The US-based crypto exchange Coinbase has added two little-known crypto assets to its listing roadmap.The exchange says it’s considering adding Diem (DIEM) and Opengradient (OPG) to its platform for s

The US-based crypto exchange Coinbase has added two little-known crypto assets to its listing roadmap.The exchange says it’s considering adding Diem (DIEM) and Opengradient (OPG) to its platform for spot trading.“The launch of trading for these assets is contingent on market-making support, and sufficient technical infrastructure. We will announce the launch of trading separately once these conditions have been met.”DIEM is an ERC-20 token on the Base blockchain from Venice.ai. The coin is designed to tokenize AI compute as an onchain asset, with each token representing $1 per day of renewable, never-expiring access to Venice’s AI models and API capacity.Meanwhile, Opengradient’s OPG is the native token of a decentralized network built for verifiable on-chain AI inference, designed to pay for model executions, stake for security and rewards and govern the protocol.Roadmap inclusion signals that the assets have entered Coinbase’s formal review process. It does not guarantee they will eventually trade on the platform.Generated Image: Midjourney

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Market Updates: CoinGecko Reports 39% Drop in Q1 CEX Volumes, Arthur Hayes Discloses 90% Bitcoin Position, Key Researcher Josh Stark Exits Ethereum Foundation

A fresh analysis from CoinGecko indicates that the cryptocurrency market has entered a sustained "crypto winter" in the first quarter of 2026, reversing much of the momentum seen in late 2025.

According to the report, total crypto market capitalization declined by more than 20% in Q1 2026. Trading activity also weakened sharply. Spot volumes across the top 10 centralized exchanges dropped to $2.7 tril for Saved down from $4.5 trillion in the previous quarter, a steep 39% decline.

Bitcoin reflected this broader weakness, falling 22% over the same period. This came despite having reached an all-time high of roughly $126,000 six months earlier.

Notably, Bitcoin underperformed traditional equity markets during the same period. The NASDAQ Composite declined 7.1%, while the S&P 500 fell 4.8%, marking their weakest quarterly performance since 2022.

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