Crypto News: BTC To $90K? Trump Vs Powell, XRP, ETH & More
Published: 2025-04-21
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Published: 2025-04-21
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Bitcoin is predicted to reach $90,000 within the next two weeks.
"I think that there's a potential chance we could hit 90K within the next two weeks."
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There's a possibility Bitcoin could reach an all-time high in the coming months, following gold's trend.
"we've seen gold at an all-time high. Now the question is, will we see Bitcoin follow suit in the next in the next few months?"
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Dual staking requiring both BTC and CORE tokens is expected to increase buying pressure and reduce supply for the CORE token.
"potentially means more buying pressure for the core token and less supply."
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Tesla earnings will be announced tomorrow at 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
"Tomorrow we've got Tesla earnings. Um, so they're announcing close of the close of play? So 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. Keep an eye on that."
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Bitcoin has the potential to reach $90,000 within the next two weeks.
"I think that there's a potential chance we could hit 90K within the next two weeks."
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Alphabet earnings will be reported on April 24th.
"speaking of Mag 7th on the April 24th we've got Alphabet also reporting."
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Michael Saylor bought $555 million in Bitcoin, suggesting a significant increase in buying pressure and potential upward momentum for Bitcoin.
"So, coming back to what's happening, what's coming this week and what's happening. As I mentioned at the top of the stream, Sailor did indeed buy today uh 555 million. So, it's ratcheting up again. Gosh, that is a that's quite a punchy one."
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Stablecoin market cap is predicted to reach $1 trillion by 2028, after halving Standard Chartered's more bullish prediction.
"two trillion by okay let's just let's slash it by half one trillion by 2028 I think that's reasonable"
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Michael Saylor bought $555 million in Bitcoin, suggesting a significant increase in buying pressure and potential upward momentum for Bitcoin.
"So, coming back to what's happening, what's coming this week and what's happening. As I mentioned at the top of the stream, Sailor did indeed buy today uh 555 million. So, it's ratcheting up again. Gosh, that is a that's quite a punchy one."
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Passage of the Stable Act or the Genius Act is expected to lead to a significant increase in stablecoin adoption and market size.
"we get this legislation, which we will at some point, at some point we'll either get the Stable Act or the Genius Act passed or maybe, you know, a mishmash of the two, the Stable Genius Act, as you said, um in which case I think we can expect to see an absolute explosion of stable coins."
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Bitcoin broke through $87,000, driven by a weakening dollar.
"We broke through 87K this morning. Um and this appears to have been driven by a collapse in the dollar."
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Initial jobless claims are expected to be 220K, providing insight into the job market's condition in light of tariffs.
"220K is expected. Of course, very important from the perspective of seeing what the temperature is like on the job market given the tariffs etc."
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Bitcoin has broken out of a range on the hourly chart, indicating potential bullish momentum.
"And we've also seen on an hourly chart we've broken out of a range here. So again confirming that potentially bullish momentum."
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In a scenario of hyperinflation due to a dismissal of the Fed chair, gold and Bitcoin are predicted to perform well as hard money and digital currencies.
"Um, but there would be one asset class potentially that could do well in this outcome. Uh potentially gold, hard money like gold and a digital currency. Potentially heard a bitcoin. Digital currency, you say. Have you heard of Bitcoin before, guy?"
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The potential dismissal of Jerome Powell by Donald Trump could be beneficial for Bitcoin.
"Um, in theory, Trump trying to fire Pal or actually firing Pal could be good for risk assets like Bitcoin."
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Tron (TRX) is highlighted as a fast-growing network generating significant fees from stablecoin usage, particularly in Southeast Asia.
"So that's the likes of Ethereum, Salana and especially well, I mean, Tron because that's one of the fastest growing and they've generated the most a lot of fees from stable coin use in Southeast Asia especially."
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The purchase of Hidden Road by Ripple is expected to increase demand for the XRP Ledger and XRP as a currency, with RLUSD potentially being used as a settlement currency.
"And the significance of this for RLUSD as well as XRP cannot be understated because of the fact that I think that RLUSD will be used as a settlement currency with Hidden Road and obviously that's more demand for the XRP ledger and XRP as a currency."
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Coinbase will receive 50% of Circle's reserves as part of an agreement stemming from their past association in the Center consortium, a significant financial benefit for Coinbase.
"Coinbase obviously with its uh with its Coin stock. Yeah. So, um Circle had to release uh financials as part of this IPO disclosure uh preIPO disclosure and uh yeah, it turns out that um because of an that Circle and Coinbase used to be part of the center consortium. Um Circle wanted uh wanted out. So, they reached some agreement and yeah, Coinbase gets 50% of the reserve."
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The Core token (CORE) is gaining traction as a Bitcoin layer-2 staking protocol, attracting a significant following due to increased interest in earning yield on Bitcoin holdings.
"So, Bitcoin and I think this is kind of perhaps reflective of the sort of wider market. Altcoin's really suffering, but people sitting on a lot of BTC and thinking, well, I want to earn a yield on this. Um, so core obviously core is not the only uh BTC staking protocol. Um, but interestingly I was looking it has has around 2.3 million followers on X which is quite a lot for for a relatively new project I think."
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Barry Silbert, a significant proponent of TAO (Betensor), suggested that simply holding Bitcoin since 2012 would have yielded greater returns than investing in crypto businesses.
"Um, and, uh, it's interesting. I I saw a snippet from that interview and apparently he said that uh, if he just bought and held Bitcoin, the bit the Bitcoin that he bought in 2012 when he first started buying Bitcoin 2012 2013 instead of try to invest in crypto businesses, he would have been a lot richer, which goes without saying."
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Betensor (TAO) has achieved its first $100 million subnet, indicating significant network growth and development.
"And Betensa recently gained its first $100 million subnet."
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The Artificial Super Intelligence Alliance (ASI) has released ASI1 extended, the most advanced iteration of its Web3-native Large Language Model (LLM).
"So they recently released ASI1 extended. It's the most advanced iteration of the web 3 native LLM."
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Significant announcements were made at the recent RenderCon event, potentially driving bullish sentiment for Render (RNDR).
"Render con just just finished. I think there was a lot announced there."
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Hyperliquid (HAPI) is experiencing rapid growth in trading volume and is listing new coins, indicating strong performance in the current market environment.
"DGN's of course looking for risky markets given how weak spot trading is and they're growing very fast they take in they in terms of growth trading volume and everything and they list in a lot of the latest coins as well"
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Tesla (TSLA) earnings will be announced tomorrow at 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
"Tomorrow we've got Tesla earnings. Um so they're announcing close of the close of play. So 5:00 p.m. Eastern time."
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Alphabet (GOOGL) is scheduled to report earnings on April 24th.
"As well as uh speaking of Mag 7th on the April 24th we've got Alphabet also reporting."
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Significant amounts of Solana (SOL) are being moved from exchanges and staked, indicating increased holder confidence and potential long-term commitment.
"Arkham also flagged this up. They've been moving some significant amounts of soul from exchanges. Yeah, exactly. Um, and also staking a fair significant amount of it as well."
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A Sui (SUI) event called "Base Camp" is scheduled, which the speakers plan to attend.
"There's a Sooie event coming up soon. There is. It is the uh base camp I believe which we will be attending."
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Following gold's all-time high, there is a possibility that Bitcoin will also reach an all-time high within the next few months.
"And indeed today, we've seen gold at an all-time high. Now the question is, will we see Bitcoin follow suit in the next in the next few months?"
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The stablecoin market cap is projected to reach $1 trillion by 2028.
"two trillion by okay let's just let's slash it by half one trillion by 2028 I think that's reasonable"
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Interest rate cuts are not expected in the May Federal Reserve meeting.
"And indeed it doesn't seem like there'll be rate cuts coming into the May meeting."
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Jerome Powell intends to serve out his term as Fed Chair until May 2026.
"He intends to serve out his term until May 2026."
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If Jerome Powell were fired, he would likely ignore the dismissal, continue working, and challenge the decision in the courts.
"He would ignore it. He would continue working. He would challenge it. And then this goes through through the courts."
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The US Treasury Secretary supports the Federal Reserve's independence.
"Treasury Secretary Well, not a terrible idea. He said that he backs Fed independence obviously."
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The total supply of stablecoins has significantly increased, reaching over $234 billion.
"The total supply of stable coins over the past year has just ballooned right over to $234 billion."
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In the past year, stablecoins settled $27.6 trillion in value, surpassing Visa's transaction volume.
"apparently last year, just in the last year, yeah, stable coins settled more dollar value, 27.6 trillion than Visa."
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The stablecoin market cap is projected to reach $1 trillion by 2028.
"two trillion by okay let's just let's slash it by half one trillion by 2028 I think that's reasonable"
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Two pieces of stablecoin regulation, the "Genius Act" and the "Stable Act," are currently progressing through the US Senate and House of Representatives, respectively.
"So the Genius Act um is in front of the Senate at the moment. The Stable Act is in front of the house."
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Upon the passage of stablecoin legislation, an 'explosion' in stablecoin adoption is anticipated.
"And if we get this legislation, which we will at some point, at some point we'll either get the Stable Act or the Genius Act passed or maybe, you know, a mishmash of the two, the Stable Genius Act, as you said, um in which case I think we can expect to see an absolute explosion of stable coins."
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Circle's initial public offering (IPO), originally planned for 2022, was postponed due to market conditions following the FTX collapse.
"Circle is preparing for its IPO. It was going to IPO back in 2022. Um, and thanks to uh FTX and the resulting market uh wipeout that got that got postponed."
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Protocols like MakerDAO, Sky, and Ethena are identified as potential investments in the decentralized stablecoin issuance space.
"So those are potential, um, stable coin issuers in terms of not issues, but like protocols that issue decentralized stable coins that you could look at."
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DeFi lending applications have experienced significant growth following the bankruptcies of centralized issuers like BlockFi and Celsius.
"You'll see that the growth of DeFi stable coin or DeFi lending apps. So this relates to the likes of Aveand etc has grown quite considerably since the massive wash out we saw we saw in DeFi when once these centralized issuers such as BlockFi Celsius etc went went bankrupt."
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Initial jobless claims are expected to be 220K, a slight increase from the previous reading of 215K, and will be released on April 24th.
"So the 24th is actually a busy day because there's also the initial jobless claims coming out as well. 215K was the previous reading and um 220K is expected."
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The expected increase in initial jobless claims to 220K provides insight into the current state of the job market, particularly in light of recent tariffs.
"215K was the previous reading and um 220K is expected. Of course, very important from the perspective of seeing what the temperature is like on the job market given the tariffs etc."
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