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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!CoinDesk 20 performance update: Stellar (XLM) gains 1.5%, leading index higher CoinDesk 

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Stellar (XLM) gains 1.5%, leading index higher

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.

The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2125.52, up 0.3% (+7.28) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Nine of 20 assets are trading higher.


Leaders: XLM (+1.5%) and HBAR (+1.4%).

Laggards: NEAR (-2.3%) and DOT (-1.6%).

The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.

CoinDesk 20 performance update: Stellar (XLM) gain

WL: Ethereum L2/Sidechain

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UBS Expects 50 bps Fed Rate Cuts as Gov Miran Downplays Inflation Risks
UBS predicts 50 bps Fed rate cuts later this year.

Fed's Stephen Miran and Trump-nominated Fed Chair Kevin Warsh could push for more rate cuts.

Stocks, Bitcoin and crypto market would rally amid positive macro tailwinds.
Wall Street banking giant UBS forecasts further Fed rate cuts later this year. This comes as Fed Governor Stephen Miran claims the US-Iran war and tariffs will not have long-term impacts on inflation, but expects three rate cuts instead of four in 2026.
Bitcoin and gold will rise further if the Federal Reserve proceeds with more rate cuts this year. The broader crypto market will follow, with the S&P 500 hitting new highs.
The U.S. Federal Reserve would deliver 50 bps rate cuts later this year, UBS reported in the latest insights. Economists at the bank, including those in Global Wealth Management, project two 25 bps reductions potentially in September and December.

This would bring the federal funds rate to roughly 3.00-3.25% by 2026-end. The CME FedWatch Tool shows traders currently expect no rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year.

This forecast assumes Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s downplaying of monetary policy tightening and inflation remaining under control despite rising oil prices. US CPI and PPI inflation data showed readings coming in line or under with Wall Street estimates.

UBS expects Treasury yields to fall toward its year-end targets of 3.25% and 3.75% for 2-year and 10-year Treasuries, respectively.
If oil supply from the Strait of Hormuz starts to normalize, the bank giant sees treasury yields falling as investors scale back their expectations for rate hikes. However, if the disruption continues for a prolonged period, Fed rate cuts should drive yields lower.



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Will XLM hit $0.1800 amid a surge in transaction activity?



Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are currently trading in the red, but Ripple ($XRP) is outperforming the broader cryptocurrency market.

Stellar ($XLM) moves similarly to $XRP as they are both cross-border tokens. However, $XLM is currently outperforming $XRP as it is up 3.5% in the last 24 hours.

$XLM briefly hit the $0.169 level on Friday, after breaking above the descending trendline and rallying over 10% so far this week.

The bullish sentiment continues to increase as $XLM’s network transactions reach a quarterly high, alongside positive funding rates and bullish momentum indicators.

$XLM rally as network activity reaches a quarterly high

$XLM is one of the best performers among the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap. The positive performance comes amid improving on-chain data.

Chainspect, a blockchain fundamentals tracker, revealed that Stellar processed over 14.19 million transactions on Thursday, its highest level in the past quarter.

These surging transactions highlight increased interest and liquidity among traders in the $XLM, supporting a bullish outlook.

The improvement in $XLM’s on-chain data is also supported by retail demand from leveraged traders.

Data obtained from CoinGlass shows that $XLM’s funding rates have also flipped positive on Monday and read at 0.011% on Friday.

This shows that the longs are paying the shorts. Usually, when funding rates have turned positive and surged, the $XLM price has rallied sharply.

The futures Open Interest (OI) also reads $94.73 million on Friday, up from the $82 million recorded last week.

The increasing OI and the surging network activity could push $XLM’s price higher in the near term, with the bulls already targeting a 4-hour swing high.

$XLM price forecast

Similar to $XRP, the $XLM/USD 4-hour chart is bearish and eff

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On April 18, according to Farside Investors, the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF saw a net inflow of $663.9 million yesterday, with IBIT net inflow at $284 million, FBTC net inflow at $163.4 million, and ARKB n

Bitcoin ETF Sees $663.9 Million Net Inflow, Ethereum ETF Sees $127.4 Million Net Inflow

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Around 22,200 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, April 17, with a notional value of roughly $1.66 billion. This event is a little smaller than last week’s expiry, so it is unlikely to have any impact on spot markets.

Crypto prices have been climbing slowly this week, with around $150 billion being added to total capitalization since Monday.

Bitcoin Options Expiry
This week’s batch of Bitcoin options contracts has a put/call ratio of 1, meaning that sellers of longs and shorts are evenly matched. Max pain is around $71,000, according to Coinglass, which is a little lower than current spot prices, so some could be out of the money on expiry.

Open interest (OI), or the value or number of Bitcoin options contracts yet to expire, remains highest at the $80,000 strike price on Deribit, with $1.5 billion as bullish bets take over, but bears still have $1.4 billion in OI at $60,000.

Total $BTC options OI across all exchanges has been steadily climbing this month and is at $35.6 billion, according to Coinglass.

“Positioning has shifted from last week. $BTC flipped from call-heavy to puts leading, while $ETH OI grew week-on-week despite the broader market move,” commented Deribit.

🚨 Options Expiry Alert.
At 08:00 UTC tomorrow, ~$2.1B in crypto options are set to expire on Deribit.$BTC: ~$1.63B notional | Put/Call: 1.02 | Max Pain: $71K $ETH: ~$444.7M notional | Put/Call: 0.94 | Max Pain: $2,250

Positioning has shifted from last week. $BTC flipped from… pic.twitter.com/VMjM3W3XSV

— Deribit (@DeribitOfficial) April 16, 2026

As the price of Bitcoin continues to rebound, “the IV [implied volatility] of major-term options is actually decreasing, while Skew is clearly skewed positively,” stated crypto derivatives provider Greeks Live this week.

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Claim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation ChallengeVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!Post To Earn BonusThe U.S. government moved about $606,000 in bitcoin tied to the 2016 Bitfinex hack to Coinbase 

The U.S. government moved about $606,000 in bitcoin tied to the 2016 Bitfinex hack to Coinbase Prime, a transfer that may not necessarily signal imminent selling.

Federal proceedings require that the seized Bitfinex-related bitcoin be returned in kind to the exchange, rather than sold and sent to the U.S. Treasury.

Bitfinex plans to use the returned coins to redeem all Recovery Right Tokens and devote at least 80 percent of remaining net proceeds to repurchasing and burning its UNUS SED LEO token.

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