Crypto Industry News & Market Trends

XRP $1.45 Liquidity Zone: Breakout or Breakdown Ahead?

Tech　　XRP $1.45 Liquidity Zone: Breakout or Breakdown Ahead？　　XRPs $1.45 Liquidation Zone Sparks Breakout or Breakdown Watch　　XRP is once again sitting at a technically sensitive level, with traders closely watching the $1.40 zone as momentum tightens and liquidity builds overhead.　　According to market analyst Xaif Crypto, a major liquidation cluster is forming around $1.45, creating what he describes as a “” that could dictate the next short-term move.　　At the time of writing, XRP is trading at approximately $1.39, per CoinCodex data, after facing a sharp rejection that pushed price back below the $1.40 threshold.　　This rejection has left the market in a fragile position, with bulls now tasked with defending the lower boundary of this range if they want to regain control.　　The key concern for short-term traders is the dense concentration of leveraged short positions sitting just above current price levels.　　According to Xaif Crypto, this yellow zone around $1.45 is heavily stacked, meaning any decisive push upward could trigger forced liquidations. In practical terms, this kind of setup often acts like a pressure point, once breached, price can accelerate quickly as shorts are squeezed out of the market.　　XRP at a Crossroads: $1.40–$1.45 Battleground Could Decide the Next Major Move　　For bulls, the immediate objective

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Ostium Announces New Real-Time Execution Layer

Tech　　Ostium Announces New Real-Time Execution Layer　　Ostium, the onchain perpetual futures exchange, announced a fundamental transformation in the backend of its infrastructure. The team announced that they have activated a real-time decentralized execution layer; this is an innovative approach that combines onchain liquidity pools with offchain hedging. The platform stands out as one of the pioneers in access to traditional assets: offering leveraged trading in instruments such as stocks, indices, commodities, ETFs, forex. Users trade directly with their non-custodial crypto wallets. This upgrade transforms Ostium into a decentralized execution layer for global markets.　　Ostiums 50 Billion Dollar Volume and Institutional Partnerships　　Ostium has processed 50 billion dollars in cumulative volume to date and served over 26 thousand traders. Previously, the public liquidity pool was taking on both pricing and directional risks; this limited scale, execution quality, and open positions. In the new model, institutional players like Jump, head prime brokers, and large institutions come in as hedging partners; transferring directional exposure to offchain markets. The onchain liquidity pool now evolves into an “intraday lending buffer” and hedges through a separate capital pool via the institutional network. You can see the platform tokens reaction to these developments by examining the PRIME detailed analysis.　　Co-Founders Fundraising

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USD/CAD Price Forecast: Downside bias holds as BoC interest rate decision looms

In the daily chart, USD/CAD maintains a bearish near-term tone as it holds beneath a cluster of moving averages. The 100-day and 50-day Simple Moving Averages (SMAs) around 1.3730-1.3733 sit overhead as immediate resistance, while the 200-day SMA near 1.3818 further reinforces the topside cap. Momentum indicators align with this soft structure, with the Relative Strength Index (RSI) hovering in the low-40s and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) remaining in negative territory, suggesting lingering downside pressure despite the pair stabilizing above recent lows.　　On the downside, initial support emerges at the horizontal level near 1.3600, ahead of a deeper floor around 1.3500, which would come into focus if sellers regain control. On the topside, bulls would need to reclaim the 100-day SMA at 1.3730 first, followed closely by the 50-day SMA at 1.3733, to ease the current bearish bias; a sustained break above these levels could then expose the 200-day SMA near 1.3820 as the next resistance hurdle.

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XRP $13 Cycle Target: Analyst Flags Major Breakout Setup

Tech　　XRP $13 Cycle Target: Analyst Flags Major Breakout Setup　　XRP Builds Pressure: Multi-Year Triangle and Rising Volume,Could Define the Next Major Move　　According to market analyst Ali Martinez, a multi-year triangle formation on XRP is starting to draw serious attention among traders watching higher-timeframe structure.　　This pattern, which has been developing over several market cycles, suggests a wide-ranging outcome: a potential bear market floor near $0.90 and a bullish expansion target as high as $13 if the next major breakout phase fully plays out.　　At first glance, these levels might seem far apart, but thats exactly what makes this structure noteworthy. Multi-year compression patterns like this typically reflect long periods of accumulation and distribution, where momentum quietly builds before volatility returns in a decisive way.　　If the upper boundary eventually gives way, historical analogies suggest the move can be rapid once liquidity and sentiment align.　　For now, XRP is per CoinCodex data, sitting in a tightly watched range that traders are treating as a short-term equilibrium zone.　　Source: CoinCodex　　Price action has been relatively restrained compared to broader crypto volatility, but underneath that calm surface, market activity is telling a different story.　　XRP Coils Beneath the Surface as Volume Signals and Gaussian Setup Hint at Imminent Breakout Pressure　　Volume is

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MSTR Stock Price Outlook as STRC Dividend Vote Drives Volumes Ahead of Q1 Earnings

Tech　　MSTR Stock Price Outlook as STRC Dividend Vote Drives Volumes Ahead of Q1 Earnings　　Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is dumping just before its Q1 2026 results come out on May 6. This is happening when those holding STRC shares have an opportunity to vote whether they want their dividends every month or twice a month. On top of this, STRC volumes increased again, and this means that another Bitcoin (BTC) buy by Strategy could be around the corner. With this going on, what is the outlook for MSTR stock price, and where is it headed？　　STRC Volumes Spike Amid Dividend Amendment Vote　　The executive chairman of Strategy, Michael Saylor, has come up with a dividend proposal for STRC holders. He says they can now vote on whether they can continue getting their dividends once every month or they can change that to semi-monthly.　　Strategy says that this proposal is good because, as a holder, one can reinvest more, and there could also be some stability with the price. And if it passes, it will be rolled out before this quarter ends.　　This news appears to have revived interest in STRC. On NASDAQ, one can see that there was a rise in these volumes. The highlight is

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FOMC Decision Collides With 4 AI Mega-Cap Earnings, Setting Bitcoin’s Next Move

Bitcoin　　FOMC Decision Collides With 4 AI Mega-Cap Earnings, Setting Bitcoins Next Move　　The Federal Reserves interest rate decision is in focus today, alongside Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta report first-quarter (Q1) earnings after the close. Combined, the events layer monetary policy and the AI capex debate onto a single window that crypto traders cannot ignore.　　Bitcoin (BTC) trades near short-term support as Wall Street braces for Chair Jerome Powells press conference and a combined 2026 AI infrastructure spending guidance approaching $600 billion from the four mega-caps.　　Powells Final Hold and What It Means for Bitcoin　　The FOMC is expected to keep its target range at 3.50% to 3.75%, the third consecutive hold. Without a dot plot or Summary of Economic Projections, every line in Powells statement carries weight through June.　　Interest Rate Probabilities Ahead of Powells Final FOMC. Source: CME FedWatch Tool　　Bitcoin has historically reacted more to Powells framing than the rate decision itself. Recent FOMC minutes already pushed cut expectations into mid-2026.　　If Powell leans hawkish on inflation, risk assets including Bitcoin face renewed pressure. A more balanced acknowledgment of growth risks could ease selling and lift altcoins.　　AI Mega-Cap Earnings Test the Crypto Risk Trade　　After the close, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta report Q1 results.

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Bill Ackmans $5 billion Pershing Square IPO to start trading, testing Berkshire-style vision

Finance　　Bill Ackmans $5 billion Pershing Square IPO to start trading, testing Berkshire-style vision　　Bill Ackman, Founder and CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management speaks about higher education and Harvard University during at the 28th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on May 6, 2025.　　Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images　　Bill Ackmans long-awaited push into public markets is set to debut Wednesday, marking a scaled-back but still ambitious step toward building a Berkshire Hathaway-like investment platform.　　The Pershing Square Capital Management founders combined initial public offering raised $5 billion, pricing at the low end of expectations after marketing a deal that initially targeted between $5 billion and $10 billion. The haul is a far cry from earlier ambitions floated two years ago to raise as much as $25 billion.　　The transaction creates two separately traded entities on the New York Stock Exchange: closed-end fund Pershing Square USA Ltd., which will trade under the ticker PSUS, and asset manager Pershing Square Inc., listed as PS. The dual structure allows investors to gain exposure either to the underlying portfolio or to the management business itself.　　“Hedge funds are sort of known for managing money for rich people. And now we

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Tax season fuels rise in crypto wallet scams, Kaspersky reports

Crypto holders are not the only targets.　　Kaspersky found a larger number of phishing sites in the same countries that were stealing personal information from regular taxpayers. One fake site in Chile promised a tax refund of about $375, but then took money directly from the victims credit card.　　In Colombia, fake government websites tricked people into downloading ZIP files that were password-protected and installed malware on their devices.　　A French campaign pretended to be a tax auditor and sent out a PDF with malware instead of an official document, warning people about incomplete income filings.　　In Brazil, scammers set up websites that claim to help people file their taxes for a fee. They then collect names, phone numbers, addresses, birth dates, email addresses, and taxpayer identification numbers (TINs).　　Kaspersky said that giving out a TIN makes victims vulnerable to fake loan applications, hacked government accounts, and more social engineering attacks.　　A growing threat environment for crypto holders　　Tax phishing schemes expose crypto holders to danger from multiple sides.　　In January 2026, French crypto tax application Waltio disclosed that hackers from the group “Shiny Hunters” claimed to have stolen personal data from ~50,000 users, according to Cryptopolitans reporting at the time.　　Waltio, which helps users calculate capital gains for

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Liminal Custody Partners with Taiwan Mobile & SYSTEX to Build Taiwans Institutional Digital Asset Infra

Finance　　Liminal Custody Partners with Taiwan Mobile & SYSTEX to Build Taiwans Institutional Digital Asset Infra　　Tech-driven synergy: Empowering banks, VASPs, and enterprises to seize virtual asset opportunities with institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure in a maturing regulatory environment.　　Liminal Custody, a Singapore-headquartered institutional digital asset wallet infrastructure platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Taiwan Mobile, one of Taiwan‘s most established telecommunications groups. Under this collaboration, Taiwan Mobile and its strategic partner SYSTEX will serve as Liminal Custody’s distribution partner in Taiwan, bringing institutional-grade digital asset custody and wallet infrastructure to banks, virtual asset service providers (VASPs), and enterprises operating in the local market.　　The partnership arrives at a defining moment for Taiwan‘s digital asset sector. Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has already approved five banks for a virtual asset custody pilot programme, signaling active institutional demand for compliant custody infrastructure ahead of the Virtual Asset Service Acts expected passage. The partnership positions both organizations to serve the growing demand for compliant, bank-grade custody infrastructure across the island nation.　　Linking Compliance Value: Empowering Digital Finance Transformation with Robust Blockchain Infrastructure 　　This collaboration brings together Liminal Custody‘s specialized blockchain infrastructure expertise with Taiwan Mobile’s extensive enterprise reach and established relationships across the financial services sector.Liminal Custody contributes proven

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UN reports Iran executes 21, arrests 4,000 amid Israel conflict crackdown

Tech　　UN reports Iran executes 21, arrests 4,000 amid Israel conflict crackdown　　The UN reports Iran has executed at least 21 people and arrested over 4,000 since the war with Israel began. The Iranian regime fall by April 30 market sits at 0.1% YES, unchanged from yesterday.　　The continued crackdown has not moved expectations around the Iranian regimes stability. The April 30 market remains at 0.1% YES, pricing in near-zero likelihood of imminent regime collapse. The May 31 market holds at 3% YES, a consistent low probability for change within the next month. These markets have $2.6M in face value and $92.5K in actual USDC traded daily.　　The UN report fits a pattern of the regime tightening its grip, which makes the prospect of Reza Pahlavi entering Iran by June 30 even more remote (that market has yet to see significant volume). Iranian leadership change by December 31 also looks less likely given the regimes demonstrated control over dissent through mass arrests and executions.　　For traders, current odds price in deep skepticism about near-term regime change despite international condemnation. At 3¢, a YES share for regime fall by May 31 pays $1 if it resolves, but the trade requires belief in a significant shift within

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