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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Staggering $28 trillion flows through crypto’s ‘agent economy’ – but 76% of 

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Staggering $28 trillion flows through crypto’s ‘agent economy’ – but 76% of it is just bots shuffling stablecoins

A rising share of on-chain payments is machine-led, but DWF, BCG, and others show the so‑called agent economy still depends on centralized gateways.
Artificial intelligence and crypto-native tools are quickly shaping a future where software agents can fund themselves, run cross-chain strategies, and move through financial markets with no one at the controls.

According to a recent report by DWF Ventures, automated and agentic activity now accounts for an estimated 19% of all on-chain transactions, with 17,000 agents launched since 2025.

The report added that the agent economy is already here.

For now, most of this machine-driven money movement happens through bots shuffling stablecoins across a patchwork of payment systems that still lean on centralized gateways, managed issuers, and card-linked rails.

Crypto is building the interfaces for machine payments before it has built the autonomy those interfaces are supposed to enable.

Before treating DWF's 19% figure as a clean measure of autonomous finance, it helps to understand what it actually measures.

Stablecoin Insider's data for the first quarter of 2026 shows that bots accounted for roughly 76% of stablecoin transaction volume, while total stablecoin transaction volume reached $28 trillion, up 51% quarter over quarter.

Retail-sized transfers fell 16% over the same period, the sharpest decline on record.

Automation, routing, and high-frequency machine activity drove that growth. Software systems moving programmatic dollars across exchanges, wallets, liquidity venues, and payment intermediaries constitute the machine economy's currently visible form.




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Citi Says Mixing Bitcoin With Gold Can Boost Your Portfolio Performance

Citi analysts say holding both gold and bitcoin can improve portfolio performance compared with traditional bond-and-equity mixes. In a new report cited by CNBC, analyst Alex Saunders said a 5% allocation to gold enhances portfolio efficiency, while splitting that exposure between gold and bitcoin produces stronger results.

The analysis found the mixed allocation improves returns in bond bull during bear-steepe concerns and rising Saved provides resilience jed to fiscal

Citi noted that bitcoin often performs better than gold when bond markets weaken, highlighting recent gains amid geopolitical and equity market stress.

Citi Says Mixing Bitcoin With Gold Can Boost Your

South Korea's financial markets are staging a powerful comeback, drawing foreign investors back after a turbulent March that saw billions in capital flee. A combination of easing Middle East tensions,

South Korea's financial markets are staging a powerful comeback, drawing foreign investors back after a turbulent March that saw billions in capital flee. A combination of easing Middle East tensions, surging demand for AI memory chips, and long-overdue corporate governance reforms are fueling renewed confidence in both Korean stocks and bonds.The KOSPI benchmark index has recovered nearly all of its 19% March decline, building on momentum that made it the top-performing major stock index last year. Year-to-date gains now stand at 44.5%, following a remarkable 75% surge in 2025. While approximately $4.2 billion in foreign capital has returned this month, the market's volatility remains a concern — single-day swings of up to 12% in losses and 9% in gains have tested investor nerves.Much of the renewed interest centers on South Korea's dominant position in high bandwidth memory chips, a critical component in AI-powered data centers. Institutional investors have been rotating out of Taiwanese semiconductor stocks and into cheaper South Korean chipmakers like Samsung Electronics, betting on a sustained AI-driven megatrend.Seoul's push to address the so-called "Korea Discount" — a long-standing valuation gap tied to weak governance among family-controlled conglomerates known as chaebols — is also attracting activist funds looking for Japan-style reform gains. Corporate fundraising remains robust, with Korean companies raising $74.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026 alone.The bond market tells an equally encouraging story. The 10-year government yield has dropped significantly this month, and South Korea's anticipated inclusion in the FTSE World Government Bond Index could unlock between $50 billion and $70 billion in passive fund inflows, according to market analysts.One persistent headwind remains the South Korean won, which continues trading near 17-year lows. Currency weakness raises energy import costs and limits monetary policy flexibility, keeping policymakers a

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Iran declares Strait of Hormuz fully open, Bitcoin flirts with $77K

The Strait of Hormuz has been fully reopened to commercial shipping during the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, with ships required to follow a designated route established by Iranian authorities, said Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in a Friday statement.

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Strategy Shares Surged 6% on Bitcoin Surge: 762,000 Bitcoin and a Massive De

Strategy Shares Surged 6% on Bitcoin Surge: 762,000 Bitcoin and a Massive Debt Mountain Divides Investors

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Strategy (MSTR) shares jumped Friday morning as Bitcoin soared to $76,885, hitting a two-month high amid signs of a ceasefire in Iran.

Strategy, which holds 762,099 Bitcoin at an average price of $75,694, has nearly reached breakeven on its massive holdings-a psychologically important threshold for the leveraged Bitcoin equivalent.

Finally! You can open a SoFi Crypto account and access over 25 cryptocurrencies without the hassle of apps or logins. Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) shares rose 6% in early trading on Friday, following a sharp surge in the price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC). Bitcoin rose to $76,885.19, hitting a two-month high, fueled by signals that the war with Iran might be over. For a company that has built its entire identity on accumulating Bitcoin, this rise is almost directly reflected in the stock's performance.

MSTR shares closed at $148.94 on April 16, after rising 16% over the past week. This momentum makes today's move less of a surprise and more of a continuation of a broader recovery trend.

Strategy Shares Surged 6% on Bitcoin Surge: 762,00

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commission-free trading platform for stocks, options, and crypto, closed Thursday at $86.85, down 0.54%. The stock moved lower as investors reacted to Charles Schwab’s planned spot crypto trading platform launch while continuing to watch how SEC rule changes reshape Robinhood’s retail trading volumes and revenue mix.


The company’s trading volume reached 51.3 million shares, which is

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XRP Price Prediction: $1.50 Next?

The technical picture is constructive, especially with its RSI sitting at neutral territory still, which usually precedes expansion moves. Price is consolidating just beneath the $1.50 resistance, with key support anchored at $1.29.

If the Senate Banking Committee advances the CLARITY Act markup in late April, XRP could clear $1.5 with volume, and the $1.60 near-term target cited by most analysts comes into play. Standard Chartered maintains a $200 longer-range call. Saved

However, in the case of a failure to hold $1.29 support, it will reopen the sub-$1.00 risk flagged by our analyst in a brief flush before a potential double-digit recovery. Painful but not unprecedented for XRP.

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Bitcoin’s ceasefire boost is starting to fizzle out as investors look for real-world results


Bitcoin's price action signals the momentum from U.S.–Iran ceasefire headlines is fading and markets are looking for substantive progress that could unwind war-driven stress across the global economy.

The largest cryptocurrency briefly topped $76,000 early today, only to fall back in a repeat of Tuesday's choppy pattern. The stall follows a 10% climb, predominantly driven by news of the Iran-U.S. ceasefire from a week ago.

However, while optimism persists and President Donald Trump suggests the conflict is nearing an end, progress in negotiations to restore oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint that accounted for 20% of global flows before the war began, remains limited.

"A ceasefire extension alone is no longer enough. Markets need tangible progress such as restored energy flows, compression in crude premia, and clearer disinflation," QCP Capital, one of the largest digital asset market makers in the world, said in an email.

"Until then, this remains a story of partial normalization rather than full repair. Constructive, but not yet comfortable."

Traders should keep an eye on oil prices, as signs of normalization are likely to be evident in energy markets first. WTI recently traded near the weekly low of $87.50 and Brent around $90, a level it has held since April 8.

The continued decline in bitcoin and ether's 30-day implied volatility indexes suggests traders expect material progress soon.

In the meantime, solana (SOL) and could see increased volatility as open futures contracts tied to these tokens have climbed to multiweek highs. The increases point to rising demand for leveraged exposure, which often amplifies price swings through liquidations and heightened market turbulence.

"Solana has significantly outperformed the market over the

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What Should the Best Bitcoin (BTC) – Gold Allocation Be Like? Wall Street Giant Citi Reveals!

The rivalry between Bitcoin ($BTC) and gold has been ongoing for a long time. Some analysts advocate for Bitcoin, others for gold, while some argue that both should be included in portfolios.

At this point, Citi, one of the most important names on Wall Street, also states that both $BTC and gold should be included in portfolios.



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Stanford’s 2026 AI Index shows the performance gap between US and Chinese AI models has compressed to just 2.7%, down from a double-digit lead as recently as 2023, as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 holds

Stanford’s 2026 AI Index Shows US-China AI Gap Has Collapsed to 2.7% Where the US Still Leads

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