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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.

For crypto investors, that means the question is no longer only whether Warsh reaches the chair. It is whether the market begins to believe that a change at the top would actually alter the path of rates and liquidity.

The Fed's March meeting pointed in the opposite direction. Officials left the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.5% to 3.75%, said inflation remained somewhat elevated, and repeated that any further adjustments would depend on incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks.





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Bitcoin has spent much of 2026 moving between recovery attempts and macro shocks, yet one part of the market has kept moving in a single direction. Large holders have been buying.



On April 16, Bitfinex highlighted CryptoQuant data showing whales accumulated 270,000 BTC over the previous 30 days, the largest buying spree since 2013, while exchange reserves fell to their lowest level since December 2017.

That combination carries more weight than usual, pointing to a market where available supply is thinning beneath the surface, even while price remains far below the October 2025 all-time high of $126,198.

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Gate Research flags 5x ETFs as tactical, not buy-and-hold Gate Research says

Gate Research flags 5x ETFs as tactical, not buy-and-hold

Gate Research says leveraged crypto ETFs now sit at the center of liquidity and short-term trading strategies on centralized exchanges, but warns their daily reset makes them unsuitable as long-term holdings in volatile markets.

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Gate Research finds leveraged crypto ETFs work best as short-term tactical tools, not long-term investments.

Simulations show 5x products can lose more than 90% of value in 60 days in choppy markets due to "volatility decay."

Strategies using 5x tokens like ETH5S with volume breakout signals and hard time stops show a 67% win rate in backtests.

The latest report from Gate Research argues that leveraged products such as 5x long and inverse tokens are best used in tightly defined, short-duration trades built around "right-side" entries, volume-driven momentum breakouts and strict stop-loss rules.

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestMarket Rally! Claim Your AirdropA fragile but significant ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel took effect Thursday, as Presid

A fragile but significant ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel took effect Thursday, as President Donald Trump signaled that a broader peace agreement with Iran may be within reach. The development marks a pivotal moment in the U.S.-Iran war, which erupted on February 28 following a joint American-Israeli military offensive.Trump confirmed that Iran had expressed willingness to forgo nuclear weapons for over two decades, a notable shift from earlier positions. Speaking outside the White House, he told reporters that a deal was close, and later declared at a Las Vegas event that the war "should be ending pretty soon." If finalized, the agreement would reopen the Strait of Hormuz — a critical global shipping lane carrying roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and gas — potentially easing an unprecedented oil price crisis that has rattled global markets and prompted IMF warnings of a looming recession.Celebrations broke out across Beirut at midnight as the ceasefire began, though early violations were reported by the Lebanese Army, citing Israeli shelling in southern villages. Hezbollah also issued a statement confirming its final strike came just minutes before the truce deadline.Diplomatic momentum is building around Pakistani Army chief Asim Munir, who reportedly made progress on key sticking points during a visit to Tehran. U.S. and Iranian negotiators remain divided over the fate of Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpile and the lifting of international sanctions, though sources suggest a partial compromise is emerging.Trump announced plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to the White House for peace talks, while indicating he may personally travel to Islamabad if a final deal is signed there.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that military operations would resume if negotiations collapse.Gold is

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Bitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?HTX Community Spring Creation ContestClaim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Negative Funding Rates Hit Yearly High as Bitcoin Tests $76K Bitcoin funding

Negative Funding Rates Hit Yearly High as Bitcoin Tests $76K

Bitcoin funding rates hit year-high negative levels, setting up a potential short squeeze—or bull trap—as its price tests $76K.
Bitcoin’s recent rally toward $76,000 faces a dilemma, leaving investors split on its near-term outlook.

Funding rates for Bitcoin—a fee paid by derivatives traders to maintain the alignment between spot and futures prices—have remained negative for over a month and hit the highest level this year, according to Coinglass data.

Negative funding rates indicate investors are shorting the recent rally with the expectation of a reversal.

The divergence between bearish derivatives positioning and bullish spot catalysts sets up a potential short squeeze—or a bull trap—depending on which side breaks first.

“Funding rates this negative tell you the market is heavily short,” Daniel Reis-Faria, CEO of ZeroStack, told Decrypt.

The derivatives data directly contrasts with Bitcoin's recent uptick, which was in part driven by bullish catalysts such as sustained ETF inflows, regulatory development surrounding the CLARITY Act, and the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, Decrypt previously reported.

“For a squeeze to gain real momentum, Bitcoin would need to break and hold above $80,000,” Illia Otychenko, lead analyst at crypto exchange CEX.IO, told Decrypt.

Such a move could trigger “cascading liquidations of short positions and accelerate the rally,” Otychenko said.

Reis-Faria’s bullish forecast involves Bitcoin pushing close to “$125,000 in the next 30 to 60 days,” adding that a short squeeze would help this case.

Bitcoin is currently trading at around $75,580, up 1.2% in the past 24 hours after having reached an intraday high of $76,114, according to CoinGecko data.




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HTX Community Spring Creation ContestBitcoin Up 2 Weeks: Beginning or End?Claim1,200 USDT in the Monthly Creation Challenge Morgan Stanley's Ultra-Cheap Bitcoin ETF Pulls In $100M in Just 6 Days, Leav

Morgan Stanley's Ultra-Cheap Bitcoin ETF Pulls In $100M in Just 6 Days, Leaving WisdomTree In The Dust

Morgan Stanley's newly launched Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), MSBT, has rapidly hauled in more than $100 million, leveraging the lowest fees in the market to outpace the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund (WBTC) in net inflows, despite being live for less than a week.

Morgan Stanley's MSBT has outpaced a key rival in just its first week on the market, highlighting robust early investor appetite for the bank's newest foray into digital assets.

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Within only six trading days of launch, the fund soared past $103 million in total net inflows-overtaking the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund's $86 million cumulative haul, Farside Investors data shows.

MSBT debuted on April 8 with a market-leading fee of 0.14%, narrowly undercutting the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF (BTC) by just 1 basis point. It entered a crowded sector of 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs, alongside major players like BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which leads the market with $64 billion in net inflows, and the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund, which has drawn $10.9 billion since launching in January 2024.

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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

On April 17, influenced by the news that the Iranian Foreign Minister stated that commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has been reopened, U.S. and Brent crude oil prices fell over 6% in one day

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On April 17, according to CCTV News, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi stated that Iran does not accept any form of temporary ceasefire and demands a complete end to conflicts in t

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