CEX Trading Plunges 39% in Q1 as CoinGecko Warns of Brutal Crypto Winter
The cryptocurrency market has experienced a “prolonged crypto winter” as per CoinGecko, mainly because volumes of CEX spot trades fell by 39% in the first quarter of 2026. Market capitalization decreased by more than 20% as the bearish momentum from late 2025 was combined with a rise in geopolitical instabilities. The CEX trading activity on
Tether uses $127M Drift rescue to challenge Circle’s grip on Solana payments
USDT stablecoin issuer Tether has stepped in to anchor a massive recovery plan for Drift Protocol, the Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) that was crippled by a $286 million exploit earlier this month. However, the rescue package includes a potent commercial string that could challenge Circle’s dominance of USDC on the Solana blockchain. According to the recovery plan, Drift […]
Bitcoin’s ceasefire boost is starting to fizzle out as investors look for real-world results
What you need to know for April 17, 2026
Bitcoin stalls below $76,000 as sell wall caps rally despite rising derivatives activity
The bitcoin price is hovering near a key resistance level with $450 million in sell orders overhead as liquidations surge and derivatives data signal caution.
ORDI Crypto Slams $10 in Huge Reversal: Is NAT Behind ORDI Price Boom?
ORDI crypto just did something most traders had written off as impossible six weeks ago. The flagship BRC-20 token smashed through the $10 psychological barrier this week, posting gains of up to 190% in a single 24-hour window from lows near $3.23, and the question of what’s actually driving this reversal matters more than the […]
Bitcoin Derivatives Are The Earliest Signal Of A Quantum Selloff: Joshua Lim
Bitcoin’s quantum risk may show up in derivatives markets well before any compromised coins move on-chain, according to FalconX co-head of markets Joshua Lim, who used an X thread on April 16 to map out what he sees as the most tradable signals around a potential “q-day” event. Lim’s core argument is that the market […]
Bitcoin Pressure Builds As Miners Dump 32K BTC In Just 3 Months
About 20% of the Bitcoin mining industry is operating at a loss right now. That single fact explains much of what has been unfolding across the sector in early 2026, as publicly traded miners race to sell off holdings just to keep the lights on. Profits Squeezed To The Bone Hashprice — the daily revenue […]
Bitcoin Breaks Above $75K, But Bears Refuse To Blink
Bitcoin has reclaimed and held above the $75,000 region after the latest rebound, but derivatives data shows the recovery lacks broad conviction. Bitcoin In The Middle Of A Credibility Problem Bloomberg claims Bitcoin has a credibility problem right now. Funding rates on perpetual futures have stayed negative for around a month and a half, meaning […]
Popular Analyst Remains Aggressively Bullish on Crypto Prices, Predicts Parabolic Surges Soon
The crypto community continues to hold high hopes for the crypto market to enter a bullish trend and reclaim higher prices over the coming months. As the price of Bitcoin (BTC), the pioneer crypto asset, continues to trade in the $75,000 – $74,000 price range in a continued effort to break past the $76,000 resistance […]
Ripple’s dollar stablecoin hits a wall in Japan, one of XRP’s friendliest markets, as megabanks earn most of the trust
Japan has long been one of Ripple’s most fertile markets. SBI’s investment in Ripple dates to 2016, SBI Remit launched Japan’s first XRP-enabled international remittance flow in 2021, and SBI VC Trade counts XRP among its most popular assets. When Ripple and SBI announced in August 2025 that SBI VC Trade intended to distribute RLUSD […]
Pre-IPO Investing 2026: Critical Analysis of 6 Major Platforms and Risks
Pre-IPO investing is gradually becoming a focal point of private equity and blockchain infrastructure convergence. Recently, SpaceX’s pre-IPO sale went viral in the crypto market. To allow for early exposure to private firms via tokenization, digital asset platforms are designing compliant tokenized private exposure routes. The Biteye report furnishes an up-to-date comparative analysis of 6
Pi Network Reaches 18 Million Verified Users, Challenges Crypto Growth Metrics
Pi Network took a direct swipe at the measurement of growth across the cryptocurrency sector with its most recent achievement, prompting an industry-wide discussion about the very definition of “users” in blockchain networks. In a recent update, it is noted that their Mainnet has surpassed 18 million verified user identities. However, the difference of this