Crypto News: BTC's Next Move, OM Collapse, Tariff Turmoil & More!
Published: 2025-04-14
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Published: 2025-04-14
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The Bitcoin to VIX ratio rebounding off a trend line suggests a potential monthly bottom.
"the ratio between Bitcoin and VIX retraced down to this trend line and has rebounded. So again, this could potentially be more evidence of the fact that the recent monthly fall could indeed be a bottom."
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Bitcoin has broken out of a daily downtrend, which is potentially a positive sign if it holds.
"We've also broken out of a daily downtrend over the past few days. This is on the daily. Um, so this is potentially also good if it holds out."
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Significant liquidity pools around $90K suggest market makers may push Bitcoin's price towards that level.
"And another thing on the positives to look at is obviously this is um the liquidity pools. So we've got a lot of liquidity pools around 90K and obviously generally the theory is market makers will try and push the price towards the areas of liquidity."
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The $100K call option is the most actively traded, indicating bullish sentiment among options traders.
"the most traded option contract is the 100K call."
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Ripple acquired Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, a move that could increase demand for the XRP Ledger and XRP.
"Ripple had purchased made an acquisition of Hidden Road for $1.25 billion."
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Sonic Blockchain (rebranded Phantom) reached $1 billion in Total Value Locked (TVL) within 66 days of launch.
"Sonic Blockchain, which is of course the rebranded Phantom. It hit um, 1 billion total value locked or TVL in six within 66 days."
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The speaker would bet on the iPhone reaching $5,000 before Ethereum reaches $5,000.
"iPhone to 5K before ETH to 5K. Would you bet against it? No, I wouldn't."
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Ethereum's price action post-tariffs looks similar to its pre-tariff performance, indicating a round trip back to pre-merge levels.
"ETH after tariffs. Although to be fair, I don't I think that the ETH after tariffs that's what it looked like even before the tariffs to be. Yeah, it's round tripped it right back to I think that that ornate horse must have been ETH before the merge."
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The RWA project Mantra (OM) is experiencing severe difficulties, with its token plunging nearly 90%.
"Mantra Dowo is on the rocks as its token plunges almost 90%."
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Mantra founder JP Mullen is working to provide clarity to the community about leveraged positions on exchanges that led to the token's collapse, though specific exchanges are not yet named.
"JP Mullen has been was on a live stream recently um with uh Gareth Jeninson from Cointelegraph um explaining kind of what's been going on. Um he said he's going to be doing more to sort of try and bring some clarity to the community on what's going on. But yeah, it seems like uh there were, as Nick said, there were leverage positions on exchanges and for some reason that isn't clear. Uh some exchanges, now he's not naming names in this. They say they've been talking to their exchange partners."
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JP Mullen denies insider selling of Mantra tokens and states that the business is solvent.
"He denied that insol uh insiders have been moving and selling tokens and he said quote The business is solvent."
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Mantra's team is present and not evading the situation, as stated by JP Mullen.
"He also said quote We're here and we're not running from this."
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It is expected to be difficult for Mantra to recover, and early investors might need to step in to rescue the project.
"I would say it's going to be pretty difficult. Yeah. I mean I guess this is the this is the point where those early investors assuming that they haven't been selling which is what they're which is what they're saying but early investors could step up to try and to try and rescue the project at this stage."
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Onyxcoin (XCN) saw a rally potentially due to its recent listing on Binance.
"the first one guy is Onyxcoin, XCN. Um, now, uh, I think the main reason here is potentially Binance recently listed per XCN."
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Fartcoin has shown strong performance over the past two weeks, described as a poster child for financial nihilism.
"Fartcoin next. We go again. Fartcoin. Here we've been a storming performance the past two weeks, eh? Yeah, Fartcoin just seems to be the sort of poster child for financial nihilism."
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Jasmycoin's recent pump is difficult to pinpoint, but a Chainlink integration approximately a month ago may have contributed to its accessibility on Ethereum and BSC.
"Jasmcoin. Um it was hard to uh hard to put a finger on what exactly has caused the recent pump. They did have a chain link integration recently about a month ago."
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Helium (HNT) is seeing all-time highs in daily active users, and the SEC has dropped a case against its related entity, Nova Labs.
"Helium H&T. Yeah, Yeah, um the daily active users keeps hitting new all-time highs and I think there was also the case last week or was it that um the SEC was dropping the case against Nova Labs or Yes. Yeah. That was one of the that was one of the SEC cases that has been dropped, one of many."
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Hyperloot's token price suggests it is recovering from previous issues and climbing out of a trough.
"last but not least, we have Hyperlid. Um now, obviously we were talking about Hyperlid in a previous stream not so long ago. it had some problems of its own. Seems to have uh well certainly if token price is anything to go by it seems to be um kind of climbing climbing out of that trough."
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Babylon, a Bitcoin restaking protocol, has performed well.
"Baby Babylon is of course the Bitcoin restaking protocol that seems to be have done well."
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The speaker believes the iPhone will reach $5,000 before Ethereum does.
"iPhone to 5K before ETH to 5K. Would you bet against it? No, I wouldn't."
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Bitcoin has a higher chance of surviving longer than the US dollar within our lifetime, a realization that feels like truth rather than theory.
"Higher chance Bitcoin survives over the dollar in our lifetime after today. First time the thought hit me and didn't feel like theory but an actual truth to grapple with."
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A large-scale dumping of US treasuries could lead the Fed to print money, devaluing the dollar, whereas Bitcoin's secure supply makes it a potential long-term survivor.
"Especially what you've seen in terms of uh the fall in Dixie and um the thought that potentially if there is this largecale dumping of US treasuries, there is only one buyer who could step in to buy it and that would be the Fed and that would be money printing and money printing of course devalues the dollar and uh their only asset that has secure supply is Bitcoin."
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Recovery for the OM token is unlikely without external intervention, potentially needing an altcoin season and several years to reach previous levels, though time is a healing factor.
"I mean what time frame we talking? Yeah, Brillo disagrees. OM fully recovering. Doubt it. Yeah, like like we were saying, this is I mean it there's there's no way of knowing like I like I say, I think there's going to have to be some sort of outside um uh outside interference for for to recover to anything like the previous level probably and uh probably in an alt season as well. and and a few years I think and a fair bit of time. Time is a great healer. Whether or not it's that great, we'll see."
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There is a higher probability that Bitcoin will survive longer than the US dollar within our lifetime.
"Higher chance Bitcoin survives over the dollar in our lifetime after today. First time the thought hit me and didn't feel like theory but an actual truth to grapple with."
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Gold is predicted to reach $8,500 per troy ounce and the US dollar will be revalued in 2026 or 2027.
"bullish gold will be revalued to $8500 per troy ounce and back the US dollar in 2026 or 2027."
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Gold is projected to exceed $4,000-$4,500 this year, indicating it's a strong year for the asset.
"Goldman Sachs came out with a projection for gold like easily go above 4,000 this year. Um 4,000 4,500. This is gold's year."
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China has stopped exporting rare earth minerals crucial for semiconductor manufacturing.
"the rare earth minerals needed for semiconductor manufacturing are from China. Yes, that is that is an elephant in the room and they've actually they've actually talking about um limiting the export of rare earth. They're not talking about it. They've stopped it. They've they've done it."
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US retail sales are expected to be 1.2%, a significant increase from the previous 0.2%, which is important for recession analysis.
"on the 16th we've got US retail sales. Uh there's 1.2% expected versus 0.2% previous. Obviously important from the perspective of coming back to the questions around recession."
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Initial jobless claims are expected to be released on Thursday; the previous figure was 223,000, which is relevant for the Federal Reserve's decisions.
"And then on Thursday, we've got initial jobless claims um on the job market front, of course, important for Fed. And the previous one was 223,000. So, let's see what comes in."
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There is a hope for a balanced and fair SEC, contrasting with past confidence in Gary Gensler's understanding of crypto.
"We want a balanced and fair SEC. Which I'm confident that we'll get. Mind you, I I was sort of confident that Gary Gendler would be good because he understood understood how crypto worked and well, look how that turned out."
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The 'Stable Act' framework has been approved by a House committee, indicating progress towards regulating stablecoins.
"the stable act um is advancing through Congress. Um the House committee has approved the framework for it. Um so this is obviously a bill aimed at regulating stable coins."
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A $40 million token unlock for Trumpcoin, representing 20% of its circulating supply, is scheduled for April 18th at 12 AM UTC.
"On the 18th of April, we have a $40 million token unlock for Trumpcoin. And this is 20% of its circulating supply at 12 a.m. UTC."
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Economist surveys indicate a significant increase in the probability of a recession over the past two months.
"the probability of a recession according to economists and surveys and it's gone up a lot at just in the past two months which is crazy considering where it was uh just before the uh inauguration."
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The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index has fallen to its lowest point in over three years.
"the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index and it came out at its lowest level for over 3 years which is obviously bad."
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12-month inflation expectations are at their highest level since the early 1980s, exceeding nearly 7%.
"These are the the 12-month inflation expectations. They're at the highest level since the 1980s, early 1980s at over nearly 7%."
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A significant sell-off in US bonds and the dollar occurred as investors moved out of US-based assets, indicating a 'short America' sentiment.
"there was just a massive sell-off in bonds and the dollar as people were moving out of US-based assets. These being the supposed safest havens, safe haven assets that are treasuries. Investors are shorting America."
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The weekly spike in the 30-year interest rate was the largest since 1982.
"the move on the 30-year interest rate in the weekly move right was the highest the biggest weekly spike in the 30-year rate since 1982."
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US Treasury yields exceeding 5% would represent very scary levels.
"if it goes above I don't know if it goes above 5% that's very very scary levels."
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Trump's inauguration has unexpectedly led to a 'risk-on' rally in Euro and Euro bonds.
"as you can see there. So if you told me at the beginning of the year that Trump's inauguration would lead to a euro and euro bond risk on rally, it would never have thought that."
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Trump repealed a controversial IRS crypto reporting rule that targeted DeFi platforms with broker reporting requirements.
"the repeal of the controversial IRS crypto reporting rule by Trump. Um, now this was a rule that was targeting DeFi platforms with broker reporting requirements."
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The Trump administration has disbanded the crypto investigations unit at the Department of Justice.
"his administration has also scrapped the crypto investigations unit of at the Department of Justice."
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The Stable Act aims to establish clear rules for transparency, reserve backing, consumer protection, and efficient payments in stablecoins.
"The stable act is uh looking to set clear rules around transparency um the reserve backing so what you know what assets are used to back stable coins um consumer protections as well and also but obviously promoting faster and cheaper payments at the same time."
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