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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Bitcoin's recovery hits a Fed ceiling with no sign of cheaper money Powell m

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Bitcoin's recovery hits a Fed ceiling with no sign of cheaper money

Powell may stay chair pro tem if Warsh's confirmation stalls, and that uncertainty is keeping Bitcoin's recovery rally under a macro ceiling. Bitcoin's latest recovery has pushed the flagship digital asset back toward the $75,000 level, tracking a broader return in risk appetite as hopes for de-escalation in the Middle East lifted global equities to fresh records.

However, the move is running into a quieter constraint than geopolitics or crypto-specific sentiment: the bond market still shows a Federal Reserve that remains in no hurry to loosen policy.

That backdrop has become more important as the succession battle at the US central bank enters a more volatile phase.

The Senate Banking Committee has scheduled Kevin Warsh's confirmation hearing for April 21, while Jerome Powell's current term as chair ends on May 15.

Powell's term as a Fed governor runs until Jan. 31, 2028, and he said last month that if his successor is not confirmed by the time his chairmanship expires, he would serve as chair pro tem until that happens.

Bitcoin's recovery hits a Fed ceiling with no sign

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On April 18, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz led to a 13-day consecutive rise in the Nasdaq, setting new highs, while West Texas Intermediate crude oil saw a sharp decline and gold and silver pr

Analyst: Current Market Remains a Typical 'Headline-Driven Market'

Market Rally! Claim Your Airdrop13 Years Of Data Says Bitcoin Price Has Not Bottomed Yet, Analyst Explains The Trend Bitcoin is now printing green candlesticks on the weekly and daily timeframes, and 

13 Years Of Data Says Bitcoin Price Has Not Bottomed Yet, Analyst Explains The Trend

Bitcoin is now printing green candlesticks on the weekly and daily timeframes, and this raises the question of whether the worst has already passed or maybe the floor is still months away.

An interesting analysis of Bitcoin’s price action over a multi-year time span pushes back against the growing optimism, pointing to a pattern that has held for more than a decade and suggesting that time, not just price, may still be working against a confirmed bottom.

Every Bitcoin Bear Market Has Taken Over A Year To Bottom

Going back to 2013, Bitcoin’s bear market cycles have followed a consistent sequence when it comes to the one metric that matters most, which is time. Each Bitcoin bear cycle differed slightly in severity, but the time requirement it took for it to end was surprisingly consistent.

According to a technical chart noted by a crypto analyst that goes by the name Xremin, the bear market in 2024 stretched to around 426 days before a bottom formed. The 2017 cycle followed with roughly 363 days, while the bear market after 2021’s rally took about 376 days to complete.
Source: Chart from Xremin on X

The current cycle, however, is only about 190 days into its correction phase. This is, of course, taking Bitcoin’s peak above $126,000 in October 2025 as the starting point of the bear market correction. That places it at just over half the duration seen in previous cycles.

Bitcoin is already down about 43% from that all-time high. However, calling a bottom at this stage, according to the analyst, would mean assuming that Bitcoin has suddenly broken a 13-year pattern without any clear structural change to justify it.

Can The Bear Market Already Be In?

Calling the bottom at this point in time would mean that this cycle has resolved itself in under half the time it has taken every single previous cycle to find its floor. However, the bull case for a

13 Years Of Data Says Bitcoin Price Has Not Bottom

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!Dollar slides as Hormuz war premium evaporates Dollar index DXY erases its Iran war gain

Dollar slides as Hormuz war premium evaporates


Dollar index DXY erases its Iran war gains as Hormuz blockade scales down, safe‑haven flows unwind, and traders pivot from conflict hedges to ceasefire politics.

The U.S. dollar gave back all of its war‑related gains on Friday after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” to commercial shipping, sending the dollar index (DXY) down 0.5% intraday to its lowest level since February 27. According to data from Gate, the move marks a full reversal of the safe‑haven bid that drove the greenback higher when the U.S.–Iran conflict first erupted.

As tankers resumed passage through one of the world’s most critical oil chokepoints, positioning in currency markets flipped from defence to détente, with traders now pricing a durable ceasefire and negotiations toward a broader agreement. Jayati Bharadwaj, head of foreign exchange strategy at TD Securities, summed up the shift bluntly: “Safe-haven buying has begun to fade. That is the reason for the dollar’s decline.”

Dollar sheds war premium

The dollar index had previously climbed as investors sought protection from the risk of supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, which handles roughly a fifth of global seaborne crude flows, pushing oil well above $100 per barrel at the height of the crisis. With the channel now reopened and headlines dominated by ceasefire mechanics rather than escalation, that conflict premium is rapidly being unwound across foreign‑exchange markets.

Bharadwaj and her team at TD Securities have argued in recent research that while the dollar can still behave like a haven in acute shocks, its longer‑term appeal is weakening as U.S. growth “exceptionalism” fades and capital rotates into Europe and Asia.

That narrative appears to be reasserting itself as the Iran risk recedes, with DXY slipping back toward levels last seen befo

Dollar slides as Hormuz war premium evaporates

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Amid the growing recognition of the blockchain sector, the Ethereum network continues to be at the forefront of the growth, securing more user activity than most networks. The most recent aspect being

Ethereum Showcases Dominance, Claiming No.1 Spot In Global Validator Network Spread

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!OpenLedger Introduces OctoClaw Intelligent Agent for Workflow Automation in Real Time Op

OpenLedger Introduces OctoClaw Intelligent Agent for Workflow Automation in Real Time



OpenLedger, a renowned blockchain AI infrastructure entity, has announced an exclusive project, OctoClaw. OctoClaw serves as a cutting-edge and intuitive AI agent to streamline and organize complicated workflows. As OpenLedger disclosed in its official social media announcement, OctoClaw’s launch underscores a key move in connecting research, automation, execution, and generation within an inclusive platform. Additionally, the project is set to work efficiently across on-chain execution and data retrieval.

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— OpenLedger (@OpenledgerHQ) April 17, 2026

OpenLedger Unveils OctoClaw to Drive Real-Time Automation of On-Chain Workflows

OpenLedger’s launch of OctoClaw presents a seamless and intelligent agent solution for consumers for the real-time automation of on-chain workflows. The development permits clients to streamline their tasks in real time. Additionally, by placing OctoClaw in the form of a next-gen “Octo” platform, OpenLedger stresses the vision of robust automation while adapting dynamically to consumer needs.

Apart from that, the OctoClaw agent is developed to tackle different tasks dealing with data research as well as execution across different decentralized ecosystems. OpenLedger indicates that the new project can effectively generate insights, execute commands, and automate recurrent processes on-chain. The respective integration of execution and research within one agent minimizes friction for consumers who formerly depended on diverse tools. With the real

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#The U.S. dollar surrendered most of its war-driven gains on Friday after Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was "completely open," reducing the safe-haven appeal that had propped up the currency sin

#The U.S. dollar surrendered most of its war-driven gains on Friday after Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was "completely open," reducing the safe-haven appeal that had propped up the currency since the U.S.-Iran conflict began nearly 50 days ago.The U.S. Dollar Index slipped to an intraday low of 97.63 before recovering slightly to 98.21, placing the greenback on pace for a second straight weekly decline. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed the strait's reopening on social media, tying it to a 10-day ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon. President Donald Trump echoed the announcement but clarified that the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports would remain in place.Currency strategists linked the dollar's pullback directly to easing geopolitical tensions. "As risk retreats from the Middle East, the safety move into the U.S. dollar is being reversed," said Dennis Kissler, Senior Vice President at BOK Financial. The dollar had previously benefited from investor confidence that the U.S., as a major energy exporter, was more insulated than other economies from oil supply disruptions caused by the strait's effective closure.Peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran are progressing, with talks reportedly centered on the release of $20 billion in frozen Iranian assets in exchange for Iran surrendering its enriched uranium stockpile. Trump later stated that Iran agreed to suspend its nuclear program indefinitely without receiving frozen funds.In broader currency markets, the euro edged 0.1% lower against the dollar to $1.1766, while the British pound held steady at $1.3521. Both currencies remain near seven-week highs. The Australian dollar, often used as a risk sentiment barometer, hovered near four-year peaks, while the Japanese yen gained modestly as Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda offered no signals of an imminent rate hike.Gold is meant to be a ‘safe haven’ in uncertain times. Why is it crashing amid a war?Wall Street Slides as Iran

The U.S. dollar surrendered most of its war-driven

Crypto pundit SMQKE has raised speculations that SWIFT may be integrating XRP for payments. He alluded to a code, which suggests that Ripple could easily move to establish connections between SWIFT-li

Crypto pundit SMQKE has raised speculations that SWIFT may be integrating XRP for payments. He alluded to a code, which suggests that Ripple could easily move to establish connections between SWIFT-linked institutions and the XRP Ledger.

Pundit Highlights Alleged Link Between XRP and SWIFT
In an X post, SMQKE drew attention to the R3 Corda codebase, which he noted links XRP to ISO 20022 and SWIFT. He noted that any token or company aspiring to operate on the SWIFT network must comply with ISO 20022. He added that since XRP is ISO 20022-ready, and SWIFT relies on these standards, Ripple can technically establish direct connections and settlements with any SWIFT-enabled institution through the XRP Ledger.

XRP stakeholder RippleXity was the first to highlight the R3 Corda codebase, noting modules named XrpPayment, XrpSettlement, SWIFTService, and SWIFTPaymentStatusType, which point to XRP integration. However, there has been no confirmation from SWIFT regarding a potential integration.


Source: Chart from SMQKE on X
Meanwhile, it is worth noting that the only known connection between XRP and SWIFT is through Ripple. SWIFT is named as one of the connectivity partners for Ripple Treasury for payments. Furthermore, the Treasury Management firm is also part of the SWIFT Certified Partner program. However, SWIFT doesn’t use XRP for its payment services.

SWIFT announced last year plans to launch its distributed ledger, signaling that it had no intention of adopting the XRP Ledger or XRP for its payment services. However, Ripple has continued to integrate XRP into the operations of other firms it acquired last year, including GTreasury, now known as Ripple Treasury. Last month, Ripple integrated XRP and RLUSD into its treasury management system, marking the first time a management system has native on-chain capabilities.

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Crypto pundit SMQKE has raised speculations that S

Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestVote to help HTX win & share 300 USDT!Прогноз цены HBAR: Hedera и Stellar превзошли CoinDesk 20, а BTC приблизился к отметке в

Прогноз цены HBAR: Hedera и Stellar превзошли CoinDesk 20, а BTC приблизился к отметке в 76 000 долларов

Прогноз цены HBAR улучшился в пятницу, поскольку Hedera выросла на 1,4%, а Stellar (XLM) — на 1,5%, возглавив рейтинг CoinDesk 20 и достигнув отметки 2125,52, что на 0,3% выше, чем на закрытии четверга. При этом только 9 из 20 активов с более высоким уровнем роста показали рост, который превзошёл все основные попытки ралли в 2026 году.

Прогноз цены HBAR улучшился в пятницу, поскольку оба токена значительно превзошли рост CoinDesk 20 на 0,3%, при этом Hedera выросла на 1,4%, а Stellar — на 1,5% по сравнению с индексом, в котором 11 из 20 активов остались на прежнем уровне или снизились. Стремительное движение Биткоина к отметке в 76 000 долларов привело к избирательной ротации альткоинов, и как $HBAR, так и $XLM обладают профилем, который обычно лидирует на ранних этапах таких движений — инфраструктура платежного уровня с институциональным управлением и регуляторной надежностью.

Near Protocol упал на 2,3%, став худшим показателем сессии, а Polkadot снизился на 1,6%. Универсальные сети первого уровня с более медленными темпами разработки показали худшие результаты, в то время как токены со специфическими краткосрочными катализаторами и поддержкой предприятий привлекли незначительное количество покупок в ходе сессии.

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Резкий рост объема торгов Hedera до 103 миллионов долларов — на 57,6% больше, чем за день — сигнализирует о целенаправленном позиционировании, а не о пассивном дрейфе вместе с $BTC. С марта в экосистеме сформировалось несколько катализаторов. Команда McLaren Racing присоединилась к Управляющему совету Hedera в марте 2026 года в качестве полноправного члена с правом голоса, взяв на себя обязательства по программам цифровых коллекционных предметов в течение сезонов Формулы-1 и IndyCar и предос

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