Category: Crypto news

Now, as we all know, Google search trends are usually a good indicator of retail curiosity. But, according to Horsley, the latest Bitcoin surge is not being driven by your average retail investor. Nope, it’s those big, corporate, institutional suits—corporations, advisors, even nations getting cozy with BTC. It’s not the “little guy” this time—who needs the “little guy” when you’ve got institutional money flowing in? 💼💸

On the 28th day of April, Tomasz K. Stańczak, a co-master of this digital empire, spoke from his electronic pulpit on a platform once known as X, decreeing:

Out there in the wild west of cryptoland, rumors swirl. The whole market smelled a buying frenzy, with altcoins popping green like fresh spring leaves. Wu Blockchain, who’s usually got an ear to the ground, spotted a curious sight—3,520 BTC, about $330 million worth, moving like a river from some poor soul’s wallet. Wham! That Bitcoin took a shortcut, slipped through a few shady backdoors, and turned into Monero. The price shot up faster than a scarecrow running from crows—50% in a blink.

All them crypto ETPs around the globe hauled in a whopping $3.4 billion between April the 21st and 25th — which last I checked, is the fattest haul since December of ’24. That’s according to CoinShares, who apparently keep track of these shiny gold bricks in the virtual world.

Before you roll your eyes and treat this like some crypto horoscope, here’s the tea: Historically, when Bitcoin’s about to moon, Tether’s been busy printing these digital dollars like it’s Black Friday every day. Spoiler alert—it’s not sorcery, just good old-fashioned liquidity engineering. Think of these freshly minted USDT as the ammo exchanges load up before the shooting starts. 🎯

And then, in a truly thrilling turn of events, the stolen loot was rapidly shuffled through over six different exchanges—because, you know, that’s what every law-abiding citizen does with $330 million—and converted into Monero (XMR). Yes, Monero, the cryptocurrency that loves to play hide-and-seek. Talk about a disappearing act! 🕵️‍♂️✨

Over at the SBI VC Trade platform, XRP is eating Ethereum’s dust in the trading volume race. XRP/JPY outshone ETH/JPY. Let that sink in. Ethereum was once the cool kid in the crypto playground, but now? Not so much. Solana and Dogecoin barely made it into the fourth and fifth spots. The Japanese seem to have picked their crypto hero, and Ethereum is left behind in the dust. It’s like the sequel to a movie where everyone’s favorite character gets written out. Oops.

Apparently, the whole market is jogging along a bit better, so now the usual suspects—those XRP traders and stubborn long-timers who’ve been holding since the dawn of time—are *mostly* not freaking out and dumping their coins. Imagine that.

Enter the onchain detective, ZachXBT—because apparently, we need Sherlock Holmes for crypto now—who claims some genius swapped a buttload of bitcoin into XMR. According to him (and who else are we gonna believe?), this swap is what shoved Monero’s price up like it was on Red Bull.

Of course, there’s a catch. It’s not just about Hoskinson’s vision of grandeur—it’s about the community too. According to him, the willing support and relentless contributions from the Cardano faithful are key to unlocking these astronomical prices. So, all you loyal Ada holders, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and make this dream a reality—or at least buy a few more tokens. 🤑