Cryptocurrency punters are growing less optimistic about XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) reaching new highs this year.

XRP To Miss All-Time High Bus Again?

Similarly, chances of XRP hitting all-time highs by Sept. 30 stood at 12%, down from 35% at the start of 2026.

Nearly $250,000 has been wagered on the outcome. The market resolves to “Yes” if any XRP/USDT 1-minute candle on Binance on the specified date has a final “High” price higher than any previous Binance 1-minute candle for the same pair.

What’s The Current Sentiment?

XRP, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has been weighed down by the geopolitical fallout of the Iran war. Year-to-date, it has collapsed 22%.

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The Justice Department charged an Army soldier on Thursday with allegedly using classified details about a mission to capture Venezuela’s ousted leader, Nicolás Maduro, to profit on Polymarket.

How A Solder Exploited Classified Intel

Authorities said that Gannon Ken Van Dyke had a role in planning and carrying out the military operation, giving him access to “sensitive” information.

The indictment says he staked about $33,034, consistently taking the “YES” side of contracts tied to Venezuela, including the U.S. invasion of Venezuela and Maduro’s ouster. All of this occurred ahead of Trump’s public statement on Jan. 3 confirming Maduro’s capture.

Van Dyke won all his wagers,…

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Leading cryptocurrencies retreated alongside stocks on Thursday, amid lingering uncertainty over the Iran conflict.

Crypto Market Cools After Rally

Bitcoin wobbled in the $78,000 zone after teasing $80,000 the day before. Trading volume plunged 23% over the last 24 hours.

Ethereum also consolidated at $2,300, failing to sustain Wednesday’s momentum, while Dogecoin traded upward.

Over $200 million was liquidated in the past 24 hours, with $126 million in bullish long positions erased, according to Coinglass data.

Open interest in Bitcoin futures fell 3.66% over the last 24 hours to $61.57 billion. Bitcoin’s Long/Short ratio on Binance remained below 1, indicating that derivatives traders were…

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There are moments in the history of any asset class that, in hindsight, everyone agrees were turning points. The problem is that most people do not recognize them as they happen.

April 21, 2026, may be one of those moments.

What a Four-Star Admiral Said About Bitcoin Under Oath

Admiral Samuel Paparo, the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee to discuss the FY2027 defence budget. It was a routine hearing by Washington standards. 

Then, he went on to describe Bitcoin as a “peer-to-peer, zero-trust transfer of value” and called it a meaningful computer science tool for American power projection. 

He stated, unambiguously,…

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Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) received in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to offer brokerage services.

The Singapore Milestone

The in-principle approval allows Robinhood to offer trading of securities, exchange-traded derivatives, custody, product financing, and collective investment funds through its local entity, Robinhood Singapore Pte. Ltd.

“Singapore’s world-class regulatory environment, high rates of digital adoption, and growing population of retail investors make it the ideal hub for our mission,” said Patrick Chan, Head of Asia for Robinhood.

Singapore will serve as Robinhood’s Asia-Pacific headquarters. The firm’s subsidiary Bitstamp Asia…

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is entering a structurally different phase of market development, according to Matt Hougan and Ryan Rasmussen at Bitwise Asset Management.

Weak Q1, Strong Narrative Shift

In a Apr.22 interview with Milk Road, Hougan and Rasmussen described Q1 as the weakest crypto quarter in several years across price action and on-chain metrics. However, they emphasized a sharp divergence between weak data and strong fundamentals.

They noted that while market performance lagged, major developments, including ETF expansion, regulatory clarity, and institutional participation, remained strongly positive.

This disconnect, they argue, could set up a delayed rebound in Q2 as markets begin…

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has broken above the True Market Mean at $78,100 for the first time since mid-January, but Glassnode data shows profit-taking spiked to levels that marked every local top this year.

The $80,000 Resistance Wall

The Short-Term Holder Cost Basis at $80,100 represents the average acquisition price of investors who purchased within the last 155 days. 

A recovery toward $80,000 would push more than 54% of recent buyers into profit, historically the threshold where distribution pressure has exhausted bear market rallies.

“This is the second instance of this structure forming,” Glassnode analysts wrote. “Repeated encounters with this threshold reinforce its reliability…

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