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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestDaily $5000U Airdrop: One Tap to ClaimSantiment Spots Contrarian Signal As Bitcoin Breaks $77K Ceiling Bitcoin topped $77,000 

Santiment Spots Contrarian Signal As Bitcoin Breaks $77K Ceiling

Bitcoin topped $77,000 this week for the first time in 11 weeks, yet social chatter skews sharply negative. Santiment counts three bearish comments for every two bullish ones.

The on-chain analytics firm posted the reading on X, pointing to retail fatigue after weeks of conflicting ceasefire headlines tied to the war in Iran. Many traders, it said, are discounting news flow regardless of direction.

According to Santiment, the end-of-week rally followed President Donald Trump's latest ceasefire announcement. Most small traders still expect BTC to top out near $84,000, the firm added.

"Markets nearly always move opposite to the crowd's expectations, so avoid following the herd," Santiment wrote. The firm suggested a push past $90,000 remains on the table if fear keeps rising.
Analysts often treat lopsided bearish sentiment at local highs as contrarian fuel. Santiment argues the current profit-taking and FUD raise the odds the rally extends rather than stalls.

The firm flagged variables that could shift the picture quickly, including the war's trajectory, the S&P 500's push toward record highs, and the progress of the Clarity Act. Any single headline can reset positioning.

Bitcoin's recent climb tracks a volatile stretch driven largely by Middle East developments. Prices pushed near $78,000 Friday after Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, with the April 22 U.S. ceasefire deadline approaching. That run marked Bitcoin's highest level since February.

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestDaily $5000U Airdrop: One Tap to Claim XRP Price Eyes Breakout as ETF Inflows Hit 2026 High The $XRP price is gaining signific

XRP Price Eyes Breakout as ETF Inflows Hit 2026 High

The $XRP price is gaining significant traction amid rising ETF inflows, which push the altcoin toward a potential breakout. Despite a short-term loss, the Ripple token has seen more than 7% uptick in a week, outperforming several top cryptocurrencies.

Notably, this price spike is driven by a steady increase in institutional adoption. As the $XRP ETF weekly inflows have hit the highest level in 2026, momentum is building around the asset. This strengthens the bullish case.

$XRP has now emerged as a major player, becoming one of the most talked-about cryptocurrencies. This is mainly due to its positive sentiment and growing institutional exposure.

As of press time, the $XRP price$XRP-2.65% is trading at $1.43, with a slight decline of 2.7% in a day and 1.5% in a month. However, the token has surged by about 7.5% in a week. This indicates that despite the current slowdown, the overall sentiment remains positive.

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Alcoa is reportedly in advanced discussions to sell its long-idle Massena East smelter site in upstate New York to NYDIG, marking another example of traditional industrial infrastructure being repurpo

Alcoa is reportedly in advanced discussions to sell its long-idle Massena East smelter site in upstate New York to NYDIG, marking another example of traditional industrial infrastructure being repurposed for digital asset operations.
According to reports, Alcoa CEO Bill Oplinger indicated that the transaction could be completed by mid-year if negotiations proceed as planned. The site, which spans roughly 1,300 acres along the St. Lawrence River, has been inactive since 2014 due to high energy costs and global competition that weakened US aluminum production.
From Smelter to Mining Hub
If finalized, NYDIG would convert the former industrial complex into a large-scale Bitcoin mining infrastructure site. The company has already been indirectly involved in operations at the location through its partnership with Coinmint, which has been hosting mining hardware on the campus since 2018 under a long-term lease agreement with Alcoa.
The site’s access to hydroelectric power from the New York Power Authority makes it particularly attractive for energy-intensive Bitcoin mining operations, offering both low-cost electricity and stable supply—two critical factors for large-scale mining profitability.
Expanding Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure
NYDIG has been steadily expanding its footprint in the Bitcoin mining sector through acquisitions and partnerships. Its involvement with Coinmint has already helped bring significant computing capacity to the Massena facility, which has hosted mining operations for firms such as CleanSpark, Gryphon, and Bit Digital.
The company has also pursued broader expansion strategies, acquiring mining-related assets and increasing its exposure to industrial-scale energy infrastructure across the United States.


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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!White House to Outline Plans for Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Soon, Trump Crypto Advisor Sa

White House to Outline Plans for Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Soon, Trump Crypto Advisor Says

Patrick Witt, the Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, has provided an update on the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, stating that they plan to announce plans towards implementing President Trump’s executive order soon. This comes as the CLARITY Act takes center stage, with the bill to codify the initiative still on the sidelines.

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestDaily $5000U Airdrop: One Tap to Claim Why Kevin Warsh should become Bitcoin's most impactful Fed chair yet Kevin Warsh may be

Why Kevin Warsh should become Bitcoin's most impactful Fed chair yet

Kevin Warsh may become the first Fed chair with disclosed crypto-linked holdings, but the bigger question is whether his policy instincts would make life harder for Bitcoin.

Kevin Warsh is set to become the first Federal Reserve chair with disclosed crypto holdings, and the first whose policy instincts could still squeeze the sector harder than his predecessors.

Most Americans don't follow Fed personnel drama closely, but they feel its aftershocks every month through mortgage rates, savings yields, and the temperature of equity markets.

Bitcoin feels those same currents even more acutely than most traded assets, which is why the question of who leads the central bank matters to crypto long before that person says a word about digital assets. When Warsh's odds of becoming Fed chair were rising, Bitcoin sold off, as traders read him as a central banker who favors a smaller Fed balance sheet and a tighter monetary regime.

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestHTX DAO's First Hackathon Launches! RAVE spikes 47% in squeeze-driven move: Is $29 about to get wiped? $RAVE’s 47.97% surge to

RAVE spikes 47% in squeeze-driven move: Is $29 about to get wiped?

$RAVE’s 47.97% surge to $27.21 came as derivatives activity intensified, with Open Interest nearing $500M and extreme Funding Rates triggering forced short liquidations.

The rally had clearly outpaced the broader market’s 2.7% gain, reflecting a highly concentrated move driven by positioning.


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Can a $1,000 Investment in Bitcoin Turn Into $1 Million By 2045?

Turning a tiny initial stake into a hearty fortune is the oldest fantasy in investing, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has done quite a bit to keep that fantasy alive. Over the past decade, the cryptocurrency delivered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) exceeding 67%, dramatically exceeding both stocks and gold.

But could it turn a $1,000 investment made today into $1 million by 2045, nearly 20 years from now? Let's see what the numbers say. To project how Bitcoin could do over the next 19 years, it won't work to use its historical CAGR; the odds of it continuing to grow at that very fast pace are close to nil, even if everything in its investment thesis plays out.

Using Bitcoin's power-law model, a logarithmic regression of its price history, a 30% CAGR is a "conservative" forward trajectory, at least in the eyes of some Bitcoin analysts and investors

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Chainlink’s role at the center of international digital asset policy continues to rapidly accelerate:

🗓️ Just this week, Chainlink:

• Engaged with leaders at the International Monetary Fund (@IMFNews) and @WorldBankGroup Spring Meetings on the emerging role of tokenized assets in global markets

• Joined the @AtlanticCouncil to examine the latest shifts in U.S. crypto policy and their implications for global markets

• Took part in engagements at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (@NIST) and on Capitol Hill aimed at advancing the understanding of blockchain technology

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation Contest Blockchain Forum 2026, Moscow XRP Price Dips, Investors Take Profit as Iran Closes Hormuz XRP’s price has declined to $1.43 o

XRP Price Dips, Investors Take Profit as Iran Closes Hormuz

XRP’s price has declined to $1.43 over the past 24h, from $1.50, amid a risk-off shift in crypto markets following renewed Iran-U.S. geopolitical tensions.

Geopolitical risk-off sentiment after Iran reversed its stance on the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a broad crypto selloff. Prices fell after Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz was again under strict military control, reversing earlier optimism about a ceasefire.

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This renewed geopolitical tension caused a risk-off move across crypto, with XRP showing a higher beta (down 4.12%) than Bitcoin (down 2.33%).

This sector-wide weakness contributed to XRP’s underperformance.  In risk-off environments, altcoins like XRP often see outsized declines as traders reduce exposure to higher-beta assets.

The immediate trigger is the scheduled 1 billion XRP escrow unlock on May 1. If buying interest absorbs this potential supply and price holds above the strong $1.30 support, a rebound toward the $1.50 resistance is likely.

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However, a break below $1.30 could trigger accelerated selling toward the next support near $1.15.  The market is at a technical inflexion point, balancing positive ETF inflows against macro uncertainty and supply dynamics.

Investors are awaiting whether the 24-hour trading volume, which fell 38.48%, recovers on any rebound attempt to confirm genuine buying interest.

The combination of macro headwinds and outflows from the altcoin sector has exerted clear selling pressure. The sustainability of the recent rally now depends on holding key support levels.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse highlighted rising XRP demand following the launch of wrapped XRP (wXRP) on the Solana blockchain via Hex Trust and LayerZero.

This integration allows XRP holders to participate in Solana’s decentralised finan

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