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Standard Chartered, which was previously optimistic about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approving spot ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications in May, has now revised its prediction. The bank still sees a positive long-term future for spot ethereum ETFs. Standard Chartered on Spot Ether ETFs Standard Chartered, previously optimistic about a May approval for […]

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The Bitcoin price continues to fluctuate wildly after crashing from its all-time high price above $73,000. This has triggered a wave of bearish sentiment in the market, causing a large number of crypto traders to go short on the pioneer cryptocurrency. As a result, these bears lose, risking a large amount if the Bitcoin price resumes its bullish rally. Bears Will Lose $7.2 Billion If Bitcoin Reclaims All-Time High In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), crypto analyst Ash Crypto revealed an interesting trend concerning Bitcoin that has been developing. The screenshot shared shows that a large number of short trades have been placed on BTC, with the expectation that the price could continue to fall. Related Reading: Analyst Singles Out VeChain And XRP For Parabolic Surge, Here Are The Targets Now, so far, these bulls look to be right as Bitcoin has failed to successfully clear $67,000. However, they stand to lose a lot of money if BTC is able to clear this resistance and resume upward. According to Ash Crypto, there is over $7.2 billion worth of BTC shorts which risk liquidation if Bitcoin were to reach a new all-time high price above $74,000. At the time, the Bitcoin price had recovered above $66,000, spurring a flurry of bearish activity in the market. However, these bears seem to have succeeded, as the BTC price has fallen below $64,000 at the time of writing. As a result, bears have been emboldened, with the expectation that the Bitcoin price will still from here. So far, the liquidation trends risks have continued to rise as the BTC price falls. Data from Coinglass shows that if Bitcoin were to recover above $44,000 and reach a new all-time high, bears stand to lose over $10 billion. Source: Coinglass BTC Bulls Are Not Giving Up Even though Bitcoin bears seem to be making bank with the price of Bitcoin falling, the bulls are far from done. Rather, they have been using this price decline as an opportunity to fill up their bags. This accumulation has been even more prominent among Bitcoin whales, who have picked up 1.4% of the total supply in the last month. On-chain data tracker Santiment reported that in the last four weeks, Bitcoin whales have added 266,000 BTC to their balance. The cohort responsible for this are those holding between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC, making them the mega whales. In total, they spent $17.8 billion on buying BTC in just one month. Related Reading: XRP Price Ready For 70% Breakout As Long-Term Consolidation Nears Its End As a result of this accumulation, these 1,000-10,000 BTC whales now hold 25.16% of all BTC in existence. Their numbers are also on the rise, with Santiment identifying this as the “Highest crowd bullish bias since all-time high week in early March.” For now, Bitcoin continues to struggle with the bears to hold the $63,000 support. Its price is down 4.05% in the last day to trade at $63,600, at the time of writing. BTC bears pull price down | Source: BTCUSD on Tradingview.com Featured image from Coinpedia, chart from Tradingview.com

Morgan Stanley, a leading global investment bank, is reportedly considering expanding access to bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The firm may soon authorize its approximately 15,000 brokers to actively solicit customer purchases. Morgan Stanley to Widen Access to Spot Bitcoin ETFs Global investment bank Morgan Stanley is contemplating broadening access to spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds […]

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Data from analytics platform IntoTheBlock have illuminated a troubling trend within the Cardano (ADA) network, showing a significant dip in ‘profitability’ for its holders. While cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and TRX show a high percentage of holders in profit, Cardano stands in stark contrast, with only 35% of its holders currently seeing gains. This insight into the Cardano ecosystem reveals deeper challenges, as many of ADA’s transactions now appear to be at a loss. The chart below shows the percentage of holders in profit on several top layer 1 networks 👇 Bitcoin remains king, with $TRX being a close second. $DOGE and $ETH also have the vast majority of holders in profit. $ADA stands out with only 35% of holders in profit. But is this… pic.twitter.com/x9YwfuNIN4 — IntoTheBlock (@intotheblock) April 24, 2024 Details Into ADA Investors Profitability The report’s specifics indicate that out of 1.59 million addresses holding 14.07 billion ADA, a substantial amount of these tokens were acquired at higher price points that are not profitable under current market conditions. Related Reading: Cardano ADA Trades Below The $0.41 Mark, Will It Break The Barriers? In particular, 2.73 million addresses are underwater, holding 20.07 billion ADA purchased at price levels between $0.5975 and $0.7265. This significant segment of loss-bearing investments places downward pressure on ADA’s market price, contributing to recent price volatility. Despite the immediate bearish outlook, ADA has shown resilience with a weekly gain of 4.2%, bringing its price to $0.4661 at the time of writing. This slight recovery suggests that while short-term pressures are evident, investor confidence remains in the token’s fundamentals. Notably, the crypto community is buzzing about potential future gains for ADA based on historical data and technical analysis. Prominent crypto analyst Ali has pointed out that ADA’s Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) ratio is lower than -22%, indicating that the asset is significantly undervalued. This situation is similar to June 2023, following which ADA experienced a substantial 75% increase in value. Ali forecasts a potential surge in ADA’s price to $0.80 from these past trends, which would mark a significant recovery and the highest value for the token in over a year. The last time #Cardano‘s MVRV Ratio dipped below -22%, $ADA‘s price soared by over 75%. With the #ADA MVRV Ratio back under -22%, we could see another impressive rebound! pic.twitter.com/ABf0mp4pR4 — Ali (@ali_charts) April 19, 2024 Cardano Technical Analysis Supports Bullish Predictions Another analyst, Trend Rider on X, further supported the optimistic projections for ADA and noted that Cardano’s technical indicators signal a potential bull run. According to Trend Rider, ADA’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) and Simple Moving Average (SMA) crossovers form a pattern that mirrors previous setups, leading to major price increases. For instance, a similar formation was observed before ADA’s monumental rise from $0.05 to $3.00. This confluence of technical and market value analyses presents a compelling case for Cardano’s potential turnaround. While current holder profitability is low, the technical indicators and historical performance suggest that ADA could be on the cusp of a significant upward trajectory. Featured image from Unsplash, Chart from TradingView

Memecoins in the Solana ecosystem defy the recent bearish downtrend in the crypto market by managing to generate double-digit gains.

While Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), IBIT, experienced a continuous influx for 71 days before halting this week, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) holds the record with 72 consecutive days of outflows, surpassing all other ETFs on record. “No ETF has ever done anything close to that,” observed Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst, on […]

An analyst has explained how Bitcoin is forming both a death cross and TD sell signal, which may lead to potential dips in these targets. Bitcoin Looking In Trouble As 12-Hour Chart Forms Two Bearish Signals In a new post on X, analyst Ali discussed two signals that have recently formed in Bitcoin’s 12-hour chart. The first of these is a “death cross,” which occurs when an asset’s short-term simple moving average (SMA) dips below its long-term SMA. Related Reading: Bitcoin Whales Continue Buying, Now Hold 25.16% Of All Supply Regarding the death cross, the 50-day and 100-day SMAs make up for the short-term and long-term trend lines. Historically, such formations have been considered bearish signals, with the price potentially suffering once the pattern is confirmed. The other signal that has appeared for the cryptocurrency involves the Tom Demark (TD) Sequential. This indicator is popularly used for finding locations of probable tops and bottoms in any asset’s price. The TD Sequential has two phases: the “setup” and “countdown.” The first phase, the setup, is said to be complete once the asset has gone through nine candles of the same polarity. After these nine candles, the price may have reached a likely reversal point. Naturally, if the candles in the setup’s formation were red, then the signal would be a buy one, while if the prevailing trend were bullish, the reversal would be towards the downside. Once the setup is complete, the countdown phase begins. This phase works much like the setup, except that candles are counted up to thirteen instead of nine. After the countdown’s completion, the commodity may be assumed to have reached another potential top/bottom. Now, here is the chart shared by Ali that highlights how signals about both of these technical analysis patterns have been witnessed in the 12-hour price of Bitcoin recently: The two signals that the 12-hour BTC price has formed in recent days | Source: @ali_charts on X As is visible in the graph, the 12-hour price of Bitcoin first saw a death cross form with the 50-day SMA moving under the 100-day SMA. Then, it observed the completion of a TD Sequential setup, with the indicator suggesting a reversal to the downward direction. Since this double bearish pattern has appeared, BTC has been heading down, suggesting that these signals may already be in effect. “If BTC falls below $63,300, brace for possible dives to $61,000 or even $59,000,” says the analyst. Related Reading: Newbie Bitcoin Whales Hold 2x As Much As Veterans: What’s Behind This Trend? From the current price of the cryptocurrency, a potential drawdown to the first of these targets would mean a decline of 4.6%, while one to the latter level would suggest a drop of nearly 8%. BTC Price So far, Bitcoin has managed to prevent falls under the $63,300 target listed by the analyst, as it currently floats around $64,000. Looks like the price of the coin has lost its earlier recovery during the past 24 hours | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView Featured image from Shutterstock, charts from TradingView.com

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The top memecoins are far from previous highs, yet retail investors may view them as fairer opportunities than VC-backed coins with high fully diluted valuations.

In a significant legal move, Consensys has initiated a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to protect the Ethereum blockchain from what it deems overreaching regulations. A report further alleges that the SEC issued a Wells Notice to Consensys, asserting that Metamask functions as an “unlicensed broker-dealer.” Consensys Confronts SEC Following Receipt […]

Dogecoin (DOGE), the foremost meme coin, is down over 6% in the last 24 hours according to data from CoinMarketCap. This downtrend can be attributed to the price movement of the flagship crypto, Bitcoin.  Dogecoin Drops Alongside Bitcoin Dogecoin’s price also experienced a sharp decline as the flagship crypto dropped from over $66,000 to below $64,000 in the last 24 hours. Altcoins like DOGE are known to experience a similar downtrend whenever Bitcoin’s price records a correction like the way it has done. Generally, the global crypto market is down over 4%, thanks to this occurrence.  Related Reading: Shiba Inu Exchange Balances Reach New Low As SHIB Bounces Off Golden Ratio Several factors are believed to have contributed to Bitcoin’s recent decline (and, by extension, Dogecoin and other altcoins). One is the upcoming release of the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation data on April 26. Despite estimates from the Cleveland Fed, predicting that the PCE data will show that inflation has slowed, crypto investors are still wary, given that the March Consumer Price Index (CPI) data didn’t show any disinflationary progress.  Crypto investors are also still apprehensive about the conflict in the Middle East. Although tensions between Israel and Iran seem to have subsided, there is still the belief that things could quickly get heated again. The impact this geopolitical conflict has on the crypto market has become evident, and investors want to avoid getting burned again.  Meanwhile, the Spot Bitcoin ETFs, which now significantly impact the crypto market, have seen their inflows slow this month. The demand for these investment funds has drastically dropped, contributing to the unimpressive price action among crypto tokens like Dogecoin, given the amount of liquidity they brought into the market at their peak.  Interestingly, the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, recorded zero daily inflows into its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) for the first time on April 24, further underscoring how bad things have become.  DOGE Still Expected To Experience Further Price Declines Based on crypto analyst CrediBULL Crypto’s recent analysis, the foremost meme coin is still expected to experience further price declines even when the crypto market picks up again. The analyst mentioned that the crypto market is getting to the point where liquidity in memes like Dogecoin and other altcoins will get sucked by Bitcoin as it makes its move to $100,000.  Related Reading: Analyst Singles Out VeChain And XRP For Parabolic Surge, Here Are The Targets The crypto analyst predicts that Dogecoin could drop to as low as $0.5 when this happens, suggesting there wouldn’t be enough liquidity for the meme coin to maintain any uptrend. However, crypto analyst Kevin (formerly OG Yomi) offered a different opinion, noting that nothing on the monthly time frame suggests Dogecoin will drop to as low as $0.5. DOGE price drops below $0.15 | Source: DOGEUSDT on Tradingview.com Featured image from Cryptoast, chart from Tradingview.com

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