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Bitcoin is the financial Easter Bunny this weekend as markets close Friday amid critical jobs report
Bitcoin acts as the only live market as key economic data lands during Easter shutdown while war stress continues.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright
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Apr. 3, 2026
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Bitcoin becomes the live market over Easter as oil shocks hit and traditional finance goes dark
The Bitcoin market now has three trading days where it will act as the live venue for geopolitical risk while much of traditional finance is closed.

As of Friday, April 3, Wall Street is closed for Good Friday; several other markets are shut or thinner than normal; and the macro backdrop has become harder, rather than easier, to price.

Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and the Gulf states. Fires were reported at Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi refinery. The Strait of Hormuz remains the central transmission line through which geopolitical risk is moving into oil, inflation expectations, and broader macro sensitivity.

At the same time, WTI surged 11.4% to $111.54, and Brent rose 7.8% to $109.03 in the latest repricing move.

Bitcoin, by contrast, remains open and is still clearing over $33 billion in volume over the last 24 hours.

It is trading around $67,150 after an intraday range of roughly $65,780 to $67,373.

BTC/USD chart showing Bitcoin trading near $66,946 with key support and resistance levels marked.
BTC/USD chart showing Bitcoin trading near $66,946 with key support and resistance levels marked.
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Whale on Hyperliquid opens aggressive short on 5 million XRP with 20x leverageJapanese analysts consider Bitcoin drop to $10,000 a worst-case scenario amid global liquidity crisisEthereum Foundation s

Whale on Hyperliquid opens aggressive short on 5 million XRP with 20x leverageJapanese analysts consider Bitcoin drop to $10,000 a worst-case scenario amid global liquidity crisisEthereum Foundation shifts to staking strategy, with nearly $143 million in ETH lockedCrypto market outlook: Can BTC hold during Easter liquidity vacuum? Advertisement TL;DRXRP whale short: A major player on Hyperliquid opened a $6.5 million short on XRP with 20x leverage, targeting a $1.94 liquidation level amid Easter volatility.Bitcoin to $10,000 warning: XWIN Research Japan warns of an extreme "black swan" scenario, where Bitcoin could hit $10,000 if global liquidity collapses.Ethereum staking shift: The Ethereum Foundation moved 70,000 ETH ($143 million) into staking, signaling a new treasury model to fund operations.Crypto Market Outlook: BTC battles the $67,000 level as a "liquidity vacuum" from the holiday weekend increases the risk of sharp technical breakdowns.Whale on Hyperliquid opens aggressive short on 5 million XRP with 20x leverageWhile traditional finance in the United States stepping away for the Easter holiday, large players — those referred to as whales — on Hyperliquid placed a massive short position against XRP, currently the fourth-largest cryptocurrency. According to monitoring data from CoinGlass, the total size of it reached five million XRP.It is important to clarify that the whale entered the position using 20x leverage at a price of $1.30 per token, with the total position value at the time estimated at $6.59 million. Notably, due to a local price rebound above the entry point, unrealized losses have already reached $85,000. However, with a safety margin of about 49% from the current price, the liquidation level remains at $1.94 per XRP. HOT Stories Hyperliquid Whale Sells Five Million XRP in 20x Short Deal, Japanese Bitcoin Researchers See $10,000 BTC as Worst-Case Scenario, Ethereum Foundation Stakes Nearly $100 Million in Ether: Morning Crypto Report Shiba In

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Monero Holds $324-$332 Support in Two-Day Range Monero is consolidating inside a well-defined support zone after a recent rally, while the broader crypto market drifts without strong directional momen

Monero Holds $324-$332 Support in Two-Day Range

Monero is consolidating inside a well-defined support zone after a recent rally, while the broader crypto market drifts without strong directional momentum and recent XMR news provides structural developments rather than immediate catalysts. Monero first pushed higher over the past week, then began respecting a narrow technical band that traders are monitoring closely. Multiple traders on X point to a 4-hour "order block" or demand zone roughly between $324.90 and $332.40, arguing that as long as price stays in or above this area, the prior uptrend can resume after correction. One trader noted that XMR "formed a 4-hour OB zone in the range of $324.9 to $332.4" and that "if the price holds this zone during the correction, the upward

movement will resume with renewed strength."

Another trader describes XMR as "back around $329.80" and notes that as long as the $323 - $330 range holds, the structure looks like a pullback within a rising trend rather than a breakdown. This reinforces the idea that this band represents a key short-term equilibrium where both buyers and sellers are waiting for a clear breakout signal instead of forcing a large move.

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Shiba Inu Lead Shytoshi Kusama Says Not "Appointed Time" for SHIB Rally to $0.00055 Shiba Inu lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama has clarified a misconception about his recent comment, particularly as it

Shiba Inu Lead Shytoshi Kusama Says Not "Appointed Time" for SHIB Rally to $0.00055

Shiba Inu lead ambassador Shytoshi Kusama has clarified a misconception about his recent comment, particularly as it affects the price of $SHIB.

Kusama sounded spiritual in his string of new X posts, discussing his newfound enthusiasm around doctrines. Meanwhile, a particular comment is drawing attention among Shiba Inu enthusiasts, one they feel relates to the price trajectory of the prominent meme coin.

Key Points

A tweet by Shytoshi Kusama stating that the "next appointed time" has arrived is drawing reactions from the Shiba Inu community.

One reaction suggested that Kusama was discussing the appointed time for $SHIB to rally to $0.00055.

However, Kusama quickly discarded this line of thought, clarifying that the tweet had nothing to do with the token's price.

Shiba Inu at $0.00055 would imply a market cap of $324 billion at the current circulating supply.

"Appointed Time" for Shiba Inu to $0.00055

One of Kusama's tweets stated that the "next appointed time" has arrived. While the $SHIB ambassador mentioned other things, this part

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Guess BTC Price, Share 540M HTX!HTX Community Spring Creation ContestBASED: Hyperliquid’s On-Chain Super AppUS Non-Farm Payrolls Data Exceeds Expectations Much More! Here Are the Detail The latest dat

US Non-Farm Payrolls Data Exceeds Expectations Much More! Here Are the Detail

The latest data released on the US labor market indicated that the strong performance of the economy continues. According to data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, non-farm employment increased by 178,000 people in February, significantly exceeding the market expectation of 65,000.

During the same period, the unemployment rate also remained below expectations. According to the released data, the unemployment rate was measured at 4.3 percent, while market expectations were at 4.4 percent. These figures revealed that the labor market maintained its resilient structure.

Non-farm payrolls data, released by the U.S. Department of Labor, is considered a key economic indicator covering changes in employment across both the private and public sectors. This data plays a critical role, particularly in monetary policy decisions.

Analysts say strong employment data could put pressure on the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates high or raise them. The Fed, which wants to prevent the economy from overheating, is known to closely monitor such data.

On the other hand, weak employment data often triggers interest rate cuts to support economic growth. However, current data indicates that the US economy remains strong in the short term.

Market participants continue to closely monitor the impact of upcoming macroeconomic data and the Federal Reserve’s decisions on global markets.

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Check In to Win a 20g Gold BarSatoshi's Bitcoins Under Threat, Bloomberg Says According to a recent report published by Bloomberg, the long-dormant wallets belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym

Satoshi's Bitcoins Under Threat, Bloomberg Says

According to a recent report published by Bloomberg, the long-dormant wallets belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the original cryptocurrency, could be in the crosshairs of future hackers.

It was previously assumed that Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin wallets would never be moved or sold.

The mysterious Bitcoin creator handed over the project in 2011 and disappeared.

Due to lost private keys and the deaths of early adopters, an estimated 2.3

If quantum hackers successfully break into these dormant wallets, the economic impact on the crypto market would be catastrophic.

In 2024, the German government seized and liquidated 50,000 $BTC. That relatively small sell-off alone caused a massive sell-off. If quantum thieves were to suddenly dump over 2 million recovered tokens onto the open market, the supply shock would likely cause an unprecedented price collapse.

Satoshi Nakamoto owns approximately 1.1 million $BTC (roughly 5% of the total maximum supply).

Remaining challenges

The Bitcoin network will eventually need an upgrade to become "quantum-proof." However, deciding exactly how to handle the dormant coins is extremely challenging. Some advocate for doing nothing, while others propose burning the coins.

Creating a Bitcoin fork is notoriously difficult and highly controversial, given how decentralized the network is.

The recent anxiety in the cryptocurrency community stems from a highly publicized whitepaper released at the end of March 2026 by Google Quantum AI. Researchers discovered new algorithm optimizations that reduce the required hardware by a factor of 20.

It seems like the entire blockchain industry must migrate to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).



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NFTs After the Hype: IP, Utility and the Fight to Stay Relevant


A small group of collections has moved beyond crypto-native speculation and into consumer-facing brands. Pudgy Penguins has continued to present itself as a broader IP business, with recent CoinDesk Research describing more than $13 million in retail sales and over 2 million units sold, while Doodles now frames itself less as a pure collection and more as a creative platform built around content, AI, and brand expansion.

Indeed, the $NFT sector has become more selective, with utility-led and gaming-linked activity holding up better than the broad speculative frenzy that defined the earlier cycle.

While a handful of projects are trying to build durable intellectual property, the long tail of profile-picture collections continues to fade.

BeInCrypto asked three industry experts how the $NFT market is restructuring, and what will determine which projects survive.

Brand Equity vs. On-Chain Scarcity

The divide now sits at the center of the $NFT market’s recovery: whether value can be sustained through real-world brand equity, or whether it still depends on on-chain scarcity.

Federico Variola, CEO of Phemex, is skeptical that most projects can successfully make that transition.

“There are still some difficulties in tying the value of NFTs to brand equity in the physical world when there isn’t a clear revenue or distribution funnel.”

In his view, the core issue is that many $NFT brands have yet to prove they generate meaningful business outcomes outside of crypto.

“Because of that, I think the real value of NFTs has always been rooted in on-chain scarcity.”

As market sentiment around scarcity weakened, projects began searching for alternative narratives, from media expansion to merchandise, but often without a clear product-market fit.

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“Mining Centralization Concerns Increasing”
There are growing concerns about mining power becoming concentrated in fewer large companies.
👉 Risks:
reduced decentralization
potential control by large players
network vulnerability concerns
Although Bitcoin is still decentralized overall, this trend is being closely monitored by experts

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