Bitcoin Price Reclaims $80,000 Amid Surging ETF Demand, Positive Iran News

Bitcoin price crossed the $80,000 threshold late Sunday and into today, posting a brief 2% gain over 24 hours to reach a high of $80,750 — a level analysts describe as a major psychological resistance zone that has flipped to potential support.

The move caps a recovery of 15-20% from February lows, placing the bitcoin price inside what chart watchers call a critical magnet zone: a price band where long-term trendlines converge and carry a history of triggering sharp directional moves. The central question is whether Bitcoin can hold above $80,000 and extend gains toward $86,000, or whether resistance reasserts and pulls the price back into the $70,000s.

April’s recovery…

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Bitcoin Could Hit $180,000 Until 2028, But The Best Altcoin Is Not XRP, Analyst Says

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) could trade as high as $180,000 between this year and next, with confirmation likely coming from holding the mid-$80,000s short term, according to analysts.

The Saylor Supply Shock Math

Prominent crypto analyst Pentoshi projected broke down the numbers behind Strategy Inc.’s (NASDAQ:MSTR) Bitcoin buying spree.

Strategy has purchased 88,568 Bitcoin so far with total holdings reaching 818,334 and a goal of hitting at least 1 million by year-end.

The average works out to roughly 730 BTC per day. Meanwhile, miners produce 450 BTC per day. 

Strategy is currently on pace to buy 1.6 times the supply mined, meaning one single corporate buyer has purchased more than double…

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Bitcoin-Funded ‘Satoshi Scholarship’ Opens Lomond School Doors To Global Students

Lomond School in Helensburgh, Scotland has launched a fully funded “Satoshi Scholarship,” extending its experiment with Bitcoin from the payments desk into the heart of school life. 

The award will cover two years of tuition and boarding at Burnbrae, the school’s boarding house, for one student who would struggle to access this kind of education without support. 

Applications are open worldwide, with a deadline of May 24.

The scholarship follows a year of rapid change at Lomond, which became the first school in the world to accept Bitcoin for tuition from Autumn 2025. Some parents already pay fees in Bitcoin, and the school has begun building a BTC treasury funded by…

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Bitcoin Rises Above $80,000 As Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Gain 2%

Bitcoin is back above $80,000 level, notably outperforming stocks on Monday.

Notable Statistics:

Coinglass data shows 121,511 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $542.80 million.       

SoSoValue data shows net inflows of $629.7 million from spot Bitcoin ETFs on Friday. Spot Ethereum ETFs saw net inflows of $101.2 million.

In the past 24 hours, top gainers include SKYAI, Dash and siren.

Notable Developments:

Trader Notes:

Michael van de Poppe argued that attempts to precisely time market bottoms or compare portfolios to recent all-time highs often lead to emotionally driven decisions.

He said both Bitcoin and several altcoins appear undervalued relative to…

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Trump’s Pro-Crypto Stance Losing Appeal With Voters: Report

A new survey on cryptocurrency policies details that President Donald Trump’s stance on cryptocurrency is increasingly called into question by the public.

Public Trust In Crypto Oversight Declines

A CoinDesk poll, which surveyed 1,000 U.S. voters, found that 62% do not trust Trump’s administration to oversee the crypto industry.

While Trump has advocated for more crypto-friendly policies, respondents expressed broader concerns about governance and conflicts of interest in the sector.

A key issue highlighted in the survey is the overlap between public office and private crypto ventures.

About 73% of respondents opposed government officials having personal financial ties to crypto projects.

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Bitcoin Breaks $80,000: Is The Bull Run Coming Back?

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) crossed $80,000 Monday as Senate Banking Committee chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) declared the CLARITY Act is in the “red zone.”

Scott Targets May Markup, June Vote

Scott told Fox Business he hopes to hold a markup of the CLARITY Act in May and bring the bill to the Senate floor in June or July. 

The legislation passed the House in July 2025 but stalled in the Senate as banks and stablecoin companies fought over stablecoin yield.

Coinbase had pulled its support of the bill in mid-January due to a draft amendment that would have prevented crypto firms from offering yield on user stablecoin balances.

ETF Inflows Hit $630 Million Friday

Monday’s rally followed stronger…

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Strive’s (ASST) Bitcoin Treasury Crosses 15,000 BTC After $33.9 Million Purchase

Dallas-based Strive, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASST) disclosed Monday that its Bitcoin treasury has crossed the 15,000 BTC threshold, following the purchase of 444 bitcoin for $33.9 million at an average cost of $76,307 per coin. 

CEO Matt Cole announced the acquisition on X, and the company filed an 8-K with the SEC confirming the details.

The purchase extends a string of accumulation moves that have positioned Strive as one of the more active corporate Bitcoin buyers in the market. 

As of April 24, Strive held 14,557 BTC after a separate purchase of 789 bitcoin at $77,890 per coin. The latest transaction pushes the total stack past 15,000 BTC, a holding valued at around $1.2 billion…

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Trump-Linked WLFI Sues Justin Sun As Token Jumps 20% In 3 Days

World Liberty Financial (CRYPTO: WLFI) sued Justin Sun for defamation Monday as WLFI surged more than 20% in three days.

The Short-Selling Accusations

World Liberty filed the lawsuit in Florida state court, claiming Sun funded a deliberate short-selling campaign to suppress WLFI’s price when the token launched in September.

The company froze Sun’s token position to prevent further harm, citing rights outlined in his unlock agreement.

Sun began privately threatening litigation afterward, allegedly claiming his lawsuit would “light World Liberty on fire” and cause WLFI’s price to “go to shit.” 

World Liberty argues Sun then launched a coordinated media smear campaign.

The company…

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Wall Street Tycoon DTCC Sets July Pilot, October Launch For Tokenized Securities Shift

For decades, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has operated as the financial system’s invisible backbone — the institution that processes virtually every securities trade in the United States, sitting between buyer and seller in near-total anonymity. 

On Monday, it stepped into the open with something that Wall Street has been debating for years: a concrete timeline to put real assets on a blockchain. DTCC announced today it will begin live, limited trades of tokenized securities in July 2026, with a full commercial launch of the service set for October. 

The service lives inside its subsidiary, the Depository Trust Company, which currently holds more than…

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A Currency Intervention – Japan Imploding?

This week, the Bank of Japan wrecked havoc on the foreign exchange market. What’s the Yen Carry Trade, how does an intervention work, and what does it all mean?

Years ago, a massive money printer emerged out of Japan. It was called “The Yen Carry Trade”, and it provided trillions of dollars of capital that would flow into US Treasuries, stocks, and other financial assets.

To deal with the enormous economic pain that Japan was suffering after the 1990 bubble burst, the Bank of Japan took its overnight interest rate to 0.0%, and from 2016-2024, even negative.

Japanese overnight interest rate, 1990-present

Remember, the central bank’s overnight interest rate is the price of money. In…

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