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Analysts have turned bearish on Ethereum amid a breakdown in its technical structure, with other market dynamics adding further pressure. CryptoQuant’s verified author Pelin Ay is one analyst fronting this narrative. In her recent market outlook, she noted that Ethereum ($ETH) has confirmed a bearish breakdown and could potentially trend lower. Key Points Ethereum ($ETH) has confirmed a bearish breakdown and could potentially trend lower. The asset slipped below a key multi-month ascending triangle pattern. Ether also remains below key moving averages, further pressuring prices. Several long liquidation spikes have occurred recently without a following price rebound. Ethereum Breaks Down…

Cryptocurrency wallet provider Exodus Movement, Inc. (EXOD) announced it has resumed purchasing Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana during April, adding to its corporate treasury after a significant sell-off earlier this year. The company now holds 629 BTC, 1,872 ETH, and 19,234 SOL, signaling a renewed accumulation strategy. Strategic Shift in Treasury Management The resumption of purchases follows a notable first quarter during which Exodus sold over 60% of its Bitcoin holdings. That sale was part of a broader strategy to raise capital for acquiring a payments business, a move that marked a temporary pivot away from its usual accumulation approach. The…

Ansem, a well-known figure in the cryptocurrency market, has offered a noteworthy assessment of the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid ($HYPE). Ansem stated that Hyperliquid’s current circulating market capitalization is similar to Solana’s market capitalization when it was trading at around $20 in October 2023. According to Ansem, Solana surged from $20 to $200 in less than six months following that period. Today, the $HYPE price has reached an all-time high, but considering the recent wave of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), cryptocurrency followers should exercise extra caution regarding this altcoin. Related News Bloomberg Analyst James Seyffart Comments on the Reason…

Morgan Stanley has begun instructing bankers traveling to mainland China to carry separate, dedicated phones, a policy shift driven by escalating concerns over data security and surveillance in the country. The move reflects a quiet but accelerating trend among global financial institutions rethinking how they operate on Chinese soil. Morgan Stanley’s travel security guidelines already recommend using so-called “burner” phones for certain high-risk destinations. The guidelines also caution employees against connecting to unsecured Wi-Fi networks and using public charging ports, both of which can serve as vectors for data interception or malware installation. China’s data regulatory environment has tightened considerably…

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has renewed his assault on Bitget, accusing the exchange of knowingly enabling market makers to run supply control manipulation schemes on retail traders, the latest move in a months-long campaign targeting what he has called a “Chinese CEX cartel.” Key Takeaways: ZachXBT has accused Bitget of enabling supply control manipulation across $RAVE, $RIVER, $SIREN, and $LAB tokens. Ten wallets pulled 100M $LAB tokens ($480M, 32% of supply) from Bitget in 12 hours, per onchain data. ZachXBT recently named Bitget’s founder Shawn Liu as a behind-the-scenes enabler for Bitget and posted a $10K bounty for evidence in relation…

Bitcoin is trading at $77.3k to close out the week, locked in a consolidation that has now been running for nearly two weeks around the $75k–$80k range. The ascending channel from February is intact, the short-term support zone at $75k is holding, and the funding rates are positive again. This shows a market that is neither panicking nor rushing. What is building beneath the surface may matter more than what the price chart is showing. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, the ascending channel continues to provide the macro framework, with the lower boundary rising toward…

A cryptocurrency address linked to the investment firm K3 Capital has withdrawn 7,930 Ether ($ETH), valued at approximately $16.88 million, from the Binance exchange. The transaction was flagged by on-chain analytics platform Onchain Lens. On-chain activity signals potential long-term holding Large withdrawals from centralized exchanges are often interpreted by market analysts as a signal of accumulation. When assets are moved to private wallets, it typically suggests that the holder intends to store them for the long term rather than trade them in the near future. This pattern has been observed repeatedly among institutional and high-net-worth investors. The address associated with…

Macquarie Group, the Australian financial services giant, significantly reduced its exposure to spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds during the first quarter of 2025, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Details of the ETF Reduction The 13F filing, which discloses institutional holdings of U.S.-listed securities, shows that Macquarie cut its position in BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) by approximately 19%. The group held 5.126 million shares at the end of December 2024 but reduced that to 4.139 million shares by March 31, 2025. The market value of those holdings dropped from roughly $255 million to $159…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating more than $800 million in oil futures trades that landed just days before President Trump surprised markets with a social media post about US military actions against Iran. The timing has raised a question regulators take very seriously: did someone know what was coming? The trades in question were executed on March 23, three days before Trump’s March 26 post revealed that the US had called back planned strikes on Iran. That announcement jolted crude oil prices, and anyone positioned correctly beforehand would have been sitting on a very profitable bet. What the…

Decentralized exchange Aster ($ASTER) has unveiled a new permissionless listing mechanism called ‘Listing Vote,’ designed to allow any user with a sufficient stake to propose and vote on new token listings without requiring approval from a centralized authority. The system, announced via the project’s official channels, shifts listing control to the community through on-chain governance. How the Listing Vote Works Under the new framework, any validator who has staked at least 20 million $ASTER tokens can submit a proposal to list a new trading pair. Once submitted, the proposal enters an on-chain voting period where voting power is proportional to…