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Ethereum Shortfall Says Price Is Headed Lower Unless This Happens Ethereum has moved higher with the broader crypto market this week, but its rebound is now facing a technical test that may decide whe

Ethereum Shortfall Says Price Is Headed Lower Unless This Happens

Ethereum has moved higher with the broader crypto market this week, but its rebound is now facing a technical test that may decide whether the move has real strength or only a reflection of Bitcoin’s momentum. 

A recent technical outlook points to a shortfall on the ETH daily candlestick chart, as the price continues to stall below the upper end of its rising channel despite repeated attempts to extend the rally.

Ethereum’s Rally Is Showing A Shortfall
Technical analysis of the Ethereum daily candlestick timeframe chart shows that Ethereum has been trading inside a rising channel since February 2026. This is a structure that, in theory, should allow bulls to progressively push the price toward its upper boundary. 

The structure has produced a sequence of higher lows, which is usually a good sign. However, the problem is that ETH has not matched that strength on the upper side of the pattern, at least in May. 

According to a crypto analyst that goes by the name Ardi on the social media platform X, the channel’s upper boundary currently is around $2,520, but ETH’s recent advances have repeatedly stalled around $2,420. That leaves the price about 6% below the channel high, creating a shortfall.

The daily structure is also not fully bullish. While ETH has reclaimed its short- and medium-term moving averages, the 200-day EMA is still above the current price, meaning the recovery is still incomplete.

The concern becomes more serious because Bitcoin has already achieved what Ethereum has not. The Bitcoin price has reached the upper side of its own channel structure to create a higher high around $81,000, meaning Bitcoin has been leading the market rally more cleanly.



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XRP Price Alert: Major Buy Signal Flashes as Analysts Expect Massive Move Ahead
In February, $XRP tried to break out after the early-month calamity but was stopped at $1.65. A month later, the bears stepped up even before that when the asset challenged $1.60. During the following couple of months, the cross-border token’s attempts were exhausted long before those levels, at $1.50 in April and $1.47 in May.

On the positive side, all of these rejections were met by fresh buying power at around $1.30, which became $XRP’s most important support since then. Now, another buying signal has flashed, and the question is whether this time will finally be any different for the token or if it will be more of the same.

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SEC Chair Paul Atkins is done waiting. On April 9, 2026, Atkins publicly urged Congress to move the CLARITY Act across the finish line and deliver it to President Trump for signature, signaling that both the SEC and CFTC stand ready to begin implementation the moment the bill becomes law.

The push comes as the legislation, formally known as H.R. 3633, enters a critical phase in the Senate. It already cleared the House back in July 2025 with a bipartisan 294-134 vote. But Senate negotiations have dragged, and Atkins apparently decided a public nudge was in order.

The bill draws a clear line between digital asset securities and digital commodities. The SEC would retain oversight of tokens that function as securities. The CFTC would regulate most blockchain-native tokens as commodities. For the vast majority of tokens that exist today, that means shifting from SEC jurisdiction to CFTC oversight.

The Act also includes provisions for DeFi protections, an acknowledgment that decentralized protocols can’t simply be shoved into regulatory boxes designed for traditional finance.

Atkins highlighted an initiative called “Project Crypto” as part of his remarks, describing it as an effort to streamline agency readiness for the Act’s implementation.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and tech advisor David Sacks have both voiced support for the legislation, giving it heavyweight backing from within the administration.

A compromise reached in May 2026 addressed stablecoins: the resolution prohibits passive yield, meaning holders cannot earn interest on parked stablecoins. However, it allows for activity-based rewards, which means issuers can incentivize specific behaviors without running afoul of securities law.

Current odds for the CLARITY Act’s passage sit at roughly 55%. The 294-134 House vote reflects bipartisan support for the bill.

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HTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits You The Senate Banking Committee scheduled a May 14 markup for the CLARITY Act, settin

The Senate Banking Committee scheduled a May 14 markup for the CLARITY Act, setting up the Senate’s first formal committee debate over digital asset market structure legislation. The executive session will allow lawmakers to debate amendments and determine whether the bill advances toward a full Senate vote.

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Senate Banking scheduled a May 14 markup for the CLARITY Act at 10:30 a.m.

Committee members will debate amendments before deciding whether the crypto bill advances further.

Industry groups say the markup could advance long-delayed federal digital asset market structure rules.


The U.S. Senate Banking Committee scheduled a May 14 executive session to consider H.R.3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, after months of delays and negotiations over crypto market oversight. The markup, which marks the Senate’s first formal committee debate over the legislation, is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. in Room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Committee materials said live video will be available once proceedings begin.Industry voices quickly lined up behind the CLARITY Act after the Senate Banking Committee scheduled its May 14 markup, framing the session as a long-awaited opening for federal digital asset rules following months of Capitol Hill negotiations.

That urgency has become a central theme for supporters as the Senate calendar tightens. Blockchain Association said the markup is a critical procedural step because the bill still requires a 60-vote threshold on the Senate floor, reconciliation with the Senate Agriculture Committee’s version, alignment with the House-passed bill, and a presidential signature before becoming law.

The legislation is designed to establish a federal framework for digital asset markets while emphasizing consumer protections, disclosure standards, and regulatory clarity for crypto 

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HTX Community April Creation ContestHTX Creation Challenge — Post and Win 1,500U 💥BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits You The US labor market just delivered its second consecutive month of solid job gains

The US labor market just delivered its second consecutive month of solid job gains, with nonfarm payrolls growing by 115,000 positions in April 2026. That nearly doubled what economists had penciled in. The unemployment rate held firm at 4.3%.

A year ago, the monthly jobs number was basically a rounding error. The 2025 average came in at a paltry 10,000 jobs per month. So 115,000 feels less like a recovery and more like the labor market finally remembering how to walk after a long nap.

The private sector did the heavy lifting, contributing 123,000 of those jobs. That means federal employment actually shrank.

Healthcare led the charge, adding 37,300 positions. Transportation and warehousing followed with 30,000 new roles. Retail trade rounded out the top three at 21,800.

Year-to-date, the economy is averaging 76,000 jobs per month in 2026. Compare that to the anemic 10,000 monthly average throughout 2025, and the trajectory looks encouraging.

Average hourly earnings grew 3.6% year-over-year. The problem is that the expected inflation rate sits around 4%. Workers are getting raises that don’t actually keep up with the cost of living.

Part-time employment for economic reasons, meaning people who want full-time work but can only find part-time gigs, has been ticking higher. That’s the kind of data point that doesn’t show up in the unemployment rate but tells you something about the quality of jobs being created versus the quantity.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report dropped and crypto barely flinched. Equity markets, however, remain in a constructive mood. The stronger-than-expected payroll number feeds into a risk-on narrative: the economy isn’t collapsing, but it’s not running hot enough to force the Federal Reserve into aggressive tightening.

The 115,000 number exceeded the 62,000 to 65,000 consensus estimate by a wide margin. On one

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14,600 Bitcoin Sold in Profit in One Day: Here Is How BTC's Own Structure Broke It Below $80K Bitcoin is facing resistance after weeks of upside that carried it significantly above the lows that defined the worst of the correction. The recovery had been building momentum and today that momentum met a specific kind of obstacle that XWIN Research Japan has analyzed in detail, with findings that change how the decline should be read.

Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000 today. Ethereum dropped under $2,300. More than $90 billion was erased from the combined crypto market cap from recent highs, with approximately $331 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours - nearly $100 million of that occurring within a single two-hour window. The speed and scale of the move created the kind of alarm that typically accompanies a macro shock.

But the macro environment did not produce this decline. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ remained near record highs throughout the same period. Traditional equities did not sell off. Risk appetite in broader markets did not deteriorate. The forces that drove Bitcoin below $80,000 were not external.

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ECB President Christine Lagarde has pushed back against the idea that Europe should answer dollar crypto stablecoin dominance by promoting euro-denominated stablecoins of its own, arguing instead that the region should build tokenised financial infrastructure anchored in central bank money.

In a speech at the Banco de España LatAm Economic Forum in Roda de Bará, Spain, Lagarde framed stablecoins as one of the fastest-moving policy questions in global finance. The market, she said, has grown from less than $10 billion six years ago to more than $300 billion today, with close to 98% of stablecoins denominated in US dollars and nearly 90% controlled by Tether and Circle.

Lagarde: ECB Must Not Copy US Crypto Stablecoin Model
That concentration has turned crypto stablecoins into more than a crypto-market instrument. In Lagarde’s view, they now sit at the intersection of monetary power, financial stability and tokenised-market infrastructure.

“The growing argument is that to remain relevant, Europe must respond by promoting euro-denominated stablecoins of its own,” Lagarde said. “Otherwise, it faces a future of digital dollaritation and a loss of monetary sovereignty.”

But she argued that this framing misses the central issue. Stablecoins, according to Lagarde, perform two separate functions that are often conflated: a monetary function, by extending the reach of a currency, and a technological function, by acting as the cash leg for settlement on distributed ledger infrastructure.

“The argument I want to develop today is that once we disentangle those two functions, the case for promoting euro-denominated stablecoins is far weaker than it appears,” she said. “And a more fundamental question comes into view: do we actually need stablecoins to obtain the benefits they are said to provide? Or are we mistaking the instrument for the outcome?”

Lagarde acknowledged that stablecoins have become central to crypto settlement and increasingly relevant for cross-border paymen

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BTC Price Guess: 18M HTX Awaits YouHTX Community April Creation ContestEverything Can Be HuobaoThe U.S. dollar weakened on Friday after stronger-than-expected April jobs data reduced speculation about

The U.S. dollar weakened on Friday after stronger-than-expected April jobs data reduced speculation about potential Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. Investor sentiment also improved after President Donald Trump stated that the ceasefire between the United States and Iran remained active despite renewed tensions near the Strait of Hormuz.The U.S. Dollar Index fell 0.2% to 97.91 as traders reacted to the latest nonfarm payrolls report. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the American economy added 115,000 jobs in April, surpassing analyst expectations of 65,000. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.3%, signaling continued labor market stability.Market analysts believe the stronger labor data could encourage the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged for a longer period. Economists noted that inflation concerns remain elevated, especially as rising oil prices linked to Middle East tensions continue to pressure global markets. Higher inflation combined with stable employment conditions may limit the Fed’s willingness to ease monetary policy in the near term.Geopolitical developments in the Middle East also influenced currency trading activity. Ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil shipping routes, have created uncertainty in global energy markets. Recent military actions involving U.S. and Iranian forces increased concerns about oil supply disruptions, although Trump attempted to calm markets by describing the latest clashes as minor incidents.Elsewhere, the British pound gained strength following local election results in the United Kingdom, while the euro also moved higher against the dollar. The Japanese yen edged up slightly amid continued speculation over possible intervention by Japanese authorities in currency markets.Gold is meant to be a ‘safe haven’ in uncertain times. W

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