Avec la nouvelle vague de tarifs de Trump, Bitcoin et le reste du marché crypto ont été pris dans un tourbillon de ventes, avec XRP qui a chuté de 5% et a déclenché $18.51 millions en liquidations futures. Les positions longues ont perdu $12.067 millions et les positions courtes ont vu $6.45 millions s’évaporer comme neige au soleil, selon les données de CoinGlass.
Now, here’s where things get interesting. A whale 🐳 – and we’re talking about a crypto whale, not the aquatic kind – decided to deposit 312,000 SOL tokens, worth more than $37 million, into Binance. This was done in four separate transactions, suggesting someone might have a case of the sells. 😬
XRP’s recent price action has been about as exciting as watching paint dry, hovering around $2.04 at press time. But fear not! Market projections suggest that a steady monthly gain of 10% could catapult XRP to $10 by August 2026. This estimation, derived from compound growth calculations (a fancy way of saying “math magic”), aligns with forecasts from Bitget’s Rayan Lee, who predicts XRP will hit a maximum of $10.18 by 2026. 🧙♂️
On April 3, Watr made the big announcement via a press release shared with crypto.news. Because nothing says “serious business” like a press release in the crypto world. 📰
“It does, perhaps, dim its luster somewhat,” Dorsey confessed when prodded on the subject of institutional involvement. Yet he conceded the march of the titans is as unstoppable as the tides, appending, “Surely, we shall witness more of their numbers, and I do hope they embrace the very essence of Bitcoin’s triumph.”
Jason Brink, the czar of this digital domain, opines with the gravity of a Tolstoyan character: “What we really are is a substrate and foundation upon which other DePINs can be built and can operate. When you think of Ethereum, you think of token launches. When you think of Solana, you think of meme coins. When you think of DePIN, you should think of Datagram.” And with that, he might as well have been laying the cornerstone of a new cathedral.
Tether’s strategic advisor Gabor Gurbacs has taken to his X account to discuss the prospects Bitcoin may have in the next few years. He has shared his bullish opinion with the community, drawing parallels to another popular safe haven asset – gold.
On a fateful Thursday, Bybit, in a press release that could rival the proclamations of emperors, announced this union with Zodia Custody. They promised, with all the fervor of a zealot, to provide their institutional clientele with the hallowed gift of segregated custody and off-venue settlement solutions. One can almost hear the collective sigh of relief from the larger investors, who, in their quest for transparency, have often found themselves lost in a labyrinth of fees and risks.
Since plummeting to the depths of the2022 bear market, XRP’s active addresses have mushroomed by a staggering490%, signifying a retail investor gold rush that would make even the most seasoned hitchhikers do a double-take. Meanwhile, Bitcoin, the granddaddy of cryptocurrencies, has seen a mere10% bump, suggesting its rally is more of a slow march led by institutional elephants rather than a sprint of excitable retail rabbits.
ClearBank, not one to shy away from the whims of the crypto market, has expanded its role in this fantastical realm by partnering with Kraken to provide GBP clearing services for the exchange’s U.K. clients. This development follows hot on the heels of Kraken’s recent acquisition of an EMI licence through its entity Payward Services. How very… respectable of them. 📈