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MEGA: Real-Time Execution Layer for EthereumBTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation Contest U.S. hiring slowdown could be great for bitcoin — unless wages spoil the partyFriday

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U.S. hiring slowdown could be great for bitcoin — unless wages spoil the partyFriday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls report could inject volatility into the crypto market. Economists expect April job growth to slow sharply, with payrolls forecast to rise by just 62,000 compared with March’s 172,000, while the unemployment rate is seen holding steady around 4.3%, according to Reuters.

At first glance, weaker hiring data appears supportive for bitcoin and other risk assets. A softer labor market could reinforce expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep rates steady this year and potentially delay any tightening cycle beyond that. As of now, markets are pricing in steady rates through this year, followed by a hike next year.

But the picture is more complicated.

Alongside the payrolls release, markets will also be watching wage growth closely. Average hourly earnings are expected to rise 3.8% year-on-year, up from 3.5% previously. Sticky wage pressures, combined with already elevated oil prices, could strengthen inflation concerns globally and complicate the Fed’s path forward.

In other words, the market reaction may hinge less on headline job creation and more on whether wage growth cools. With traders already pricing in the possibility of future rate hikes next year, risk assets may need a softer-than-expected earnings figure to stage a meaningful rally.

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ECB chief Christine Lagarde raises fresh concerns over euro stablecoinsEuropean Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has intensified her opposition to euro-denominated stablecoins, warning that th

ECB chief Christine Lagarde raises fresh concerns over euro stablecoinsEuropean Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has intensified her opposition to euro-denominated stablecoins, warning that the risks to financial stability and monetary control outweigh any benefit to the euro’s international role.

Speaking Friday at the Banco de Espana LatAm Economic Forum in Spain, Lagarde argued that Europe does not need to replicate the stablecoin models that have emerged around the U.S. dollar. She said the technological benefits tied to blockchain-based payments can instead be delivered through public infrastructure supported by central bank money.

“The case for promoting euro-denominated stablecoins is far weaker than it appears,” Lagarde said during the event.

Her remarks targeted growing calls within Europe to develop a local stablecoin ecosystem under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation framework. Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel publicly supported that idea earlier this year, while several European banks and payment firms have already started preparing regulated products.

Lagarde separated what she described as the monetary role of stablecoins from their technological use. According to the ECB president, reserve-currency expansion tied to privately issued tokens creates vulnerabilities that Europe’s financial system cannot easily absorb.

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S&P 500 call options volume surges to record $2.6 trillion. Here's what it means for bitcoin

The U.S. stock market is heating up in a way that suggests speculative mania. It matters to bitcoin as analysts have linked the cryptocurrency's recent rally to increased risk-taking on Wall Street.

The overheating signals come from options tied to the S&P 500. These are derivative contracts that let traders bet on or hedge against moves in the index. A call option is a bet that the index will rise above a certain price within a set time. A put option does the opposite, offering protection from declines in the index.

On Wednesday, U.S. equity derivative exchanges registered a notional volume of $2.6 trillion in S&P 500 call options, according to data tracked by Zero Hedge. That amounted to 60% of total S&P 500 options activity. To put it into context, the notional amount nearly matched the total crypto market valuation of $2.73 trillion, which represents the combined capitalization of thousands of cryptocurrencies, with bitcoin leading the way.

In essence, the majority of market participants were positioned for upside through calls or bullish exposure.

On the surface, the implication for bitcoin is straightforward: it is bullish. A speculative surge in the S&P 500 could spill over into crypto, driving valuations higher. After all, double-digit gains in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq since early April played a big role in lifting bitcoin to $80,000 from under $70,000 a few weeks ago.

QCP Capital put it best early this week when $BTC broke above $80,000: "After a solid April, $BTC has begun May on firm footing, breaking above $80k for the first time since January 31. The move appears aligned with equities, reinforcing a broader trend as $BTC's correlation with U.S. stocks climbing back toward 2023 levels, signaling a renewed linkage with risk assets broadly."



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Big Bull Tom Lee Explains: “Above This Level in Bitcoin Will Start a New Bull Race!”Tom Lee, founder of Fundstrat and head of BitMine, the largest Ethereum company, has made new statements regarding Bitcoin.

Tom Lee stated that he is very optimistic about Ethereum (ETH), but expects a cautious rise in Bitcoin ($BTC).

Speaking at the Consensus 2026 event in Miami, Tom Lee suggested that the Bitcoin bear market may be coming to an end.

Lee’s analysis shows that signals of a trend reversal are emerging.

According to Tom Lee, if $BTC closes May above $76,000, the bear market will end and a new bull market will begin.

“Bitcoin is emerging from its downward trend that went from $126,000 last October to $60,000 this February.”

Bitcoin recorded consecutive monthly gains in March and April. It also rose by approximately 5% in May.

There has never been a time when $BTC closed higher for three consecutive months during a bear market.

At this point, if $BTC closes above $76,000 this month, it means the bear market is definitely over.”

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BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥 Bitcoin slips below $80,000: Why the 'Trump rally' is hitting a wall of profit-tak

Bitcoin slips below $80,000: Why the 'Trump rally' is hitting a wall of profit-takingBitcoin slipped back below $80,000 on Wednesday after a brief breakout attempt, as onchain data suggested the rally was already running into profit-taking pressure.

CryptoQuant said bitcoin’s 37% rebound from April lows still looks more like a bear-market rally than a confirmed trend reversal, with realized profits hitting their highest level since December and short-term holders increasingly exiting at a gain.

Bitcoin’s rally has pushed traders back into profit, with holders cashing out at the fastest pace since December, as recent buyers increasingly sell into strength, they wrote.

But the rebound still looks more like a relief rally than a true bull-market breakout, since profits remain well below levels seen in past sustained uptrends while unrealized gains are already high enough to tempt more selling, according to CryptoQuant. Traders are also sitting on an 18% unrealized profit margin, the highest since June 2025, a level where profit-taking has historically accelerated.









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BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation ContestEverything Can Be HuobaoU.S. beef producers are pushing for renewed access to the Chinese market ahead of the May 14-15 summit be

U.S. beef producers are pushing for renewed access to the Chinese market ahead of the May 14-15 summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. American exporters hope the meeting will lead to the renewal of expired export licenses that have effectively blocked most U.S. beef shipments to China over the past year.The U.S.-China trade conflict has heavily impacted the American beef industry. U.S. beef exports to China previously reached a peak value of $1.7 billion in 2022, but more than 400 American beef processing facilities have since lost export eligibility after Chinese authorities allowed their registrations to expire. According to Chinese customs records, these expired licenses represent nearly 65% of previously approved U.S. beef plants.Industry groups, including the United States Cattlemen’s Association and the U.S. Meat Export Federation, say China has not provided a clear explanation for failing to renew the licenses despite commitments under the 2020 Phase One trade agreement between Washington and Beijing.U.S. cattle producers are urging the White House to make the issue a priority during the high-level talks. Association president Justin Tupper said administration officials confirmed the topic would be included in summit discussions, raising hopes for a possible breakthrough in U.S.-China agricultural trade relations.Despite optimism, analysts believe renewed market access may not immediately increase U.S. beef exports to China. American beef currently faces tariffs that are 10% higher than those applied to Australian beef, reducing its competitiveness. China also introduced a beef import quota system in late 2025, including a 55% tariff on imports exceeding quota limits.Chinese industry executives say Beijing is increasingly focused on strengthening domestic beef production and reducing dependence on imported premium beef. E

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Coinbase blames AWS for hours-long crypto trading outageBTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥 Coinbase (COIN) reported a

Coinbase blames AWS for hours-long crypto trading outage

Coinbase (COIN) reported a multi-hour disruption to crypto trading on Thursday, which the Nasdaq-listed exchange attributed to an outage at Amazon Web Services. The incident drew criticism as Coinbase continues to grapple with declining trading activity, quarterly losses, and staff layoffs.

The crypto trading platform said users were unable to transact across web and mobile services after failures hit multiple AWS availability zones in the U.S. Eastern Region, located in Virginia.

“Coinbase experienced service disruptions due to increased temperatures in the affected AWS service,” the trading platform said in a status-page update. Trading was later restored after markets were briefly placed into a “cancel only” mode.

“This primary issue is now fully resolved - thank you for your patience,” said Coinbase on Friday in an X post, adding its team would investigate the incident. “Details may change as our investigation progresses and more information is received from AWS’s official retrospective, once published.”

In a separate statement on X, Coinbase said systems initially flagged “high error rates across multiple services,” and engineers traced the issue to failures in AWS infrastructure.

“Coinbase systems are designed to be resilient to a single zone outage,” the company said. “In this case, we observed failures impacting multiple AWS zones, which caused an extended outage of core trading services.”

However, the disruption drew criticism from software engineer Gergely Orosz, formerly at Uber and Skype, who has over 310,000 followers on X.

“Unfortunate optics for Coinbase to have an hours-long outage when customers could not trade, a few days after their CEO said how non-technical teams are shipping code to production,” Orosz wrote on Friday.

Coinbase has faced scrutiny in the past d

Coinbase blames AWS for hours-long crypto trading

BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥 Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen is cautioning that Bitcoin could still be at risk of

Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen is cautioning that Bitcoin could still be at risk of setting a new cycle low later this year, pointing to historical patterns from previous bear markets.In a recent YouTube update, Cowen examines the time gaps between major lows in past cycles, suggesting the current market may not yet be out of danger. "In 2014, Bitcoin set a low in April and the next low wasn't until October," Cowen says, noting that the gap between those lows was about 174 days. He adds that in 2018, the market saw similar behavior, with roughly 143 days between key lows, followed by another stretch of around 147 days before a d om formed.Cowen emphasizes that ev breaking prior Saved lows often takes months. terms of how long did it take to just take out the low, it took about half a year," he explains, referencing prior cycles. Looking at more recent data, he points out that in 2022 it took roughly "140 something days" to break the June low. By comparison, the current cycle may still be early in that timeline. "How long has it taken since the February low? We're currently on day 88. "Based on that historical framework, Cowen warns that further downside remains a realistic possibility. "Who's to know what'll happen in 3 months? Who's to know? I mean, there's certainly a chance that Bitcoin will find a new low later this year, just like it did in prior bear markets.

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