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One of the major talking points in the digital assets industry so far this year has been regulation , with the crypto market structure bill in the United States drawing the majority of the attention. The US legislators will be returning to Capitol Hill next week, as they look to pass the bill before the end of the month. Treasury Secretary Calls US Senate Banking Committee To Action Over the past week, individuals and stakeholders from different quarters of the government and private sector have been weighing in on the crypto market structure bill, the CLARITY Act. These conversations have swirled around negotiations over how to treat stablecoin rewards, as the US lawmakers return to Washington DC next week. The bill, which has been on the table of the Senate Banking Committee since January, has been stalled by concerns over ethics, tokenized equities, stablecoin yield, and other crypto-related issues. However, the Senate Banking Committee is expected to reconvene and hold a hearin...

Bitcoin could be gearing up for its next bull phase as a crypto analyst has outlined the timeline for when the BTC price may reach its bottom. Contrary to widespread belief, the analyst does not consider the previous cycle low around $60,000 to be the final bottom . Rather, he expects further downside in the market, forecasting a deeper move toward $41,400. From this projected price floor , the market could reset, potentially giving way to the next bull cycle.   Bitcoin Past Cycle Patterns Signal Next Bottom  A crypto market analyst known as Philarekt on X has predicted the precise timeline and target for Bitcoin’s final cycle bottom. To support his predictions, the expert presented a chart comparing Bitcoin’s past market cycles from 2013 to 2026, showing when each bull run began, when the bear market ended, and how long each phase lasted.  According to Philarekt, Bitcoin’s bull phase usually begins the moment it confirms a final bottom and typically lasts abou...

The Bitcoin price and the general cryptocurrency market received a major boost over the past week, as the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East seemingly reached a temporary halt. The premier cryptocurrency has maintained relatively strong momentum since breaking the psychological $70,000 resistance on Tuesday, April 7. Now, this sudden resurgence has sparked conversations among the crypto crowd on whether the Bitcoin price has formed a structural bottom yet. According to a prominent crypto founder, the world’s largest cryptocurrency might still experience “one final dump” before the end of this bear phase. On-Chain Signal Points To One More BTC Drop In an April 10 post on the X platform, the Alphractal founder and CEO, Joao Wedson, highlighted an emerging signal that suggests that the Bitcoin price still likely has one more trip to the downside. This projection is based on an on-chain insight that suggests that BTC’s price tends to move toward a cycle bottom when the Investor ...

The debate over quantum computers and their risks in the crypto space is gaining traction as new insights emerge about the safety of XRP holders . A crypto pundit has shared information examining how exposure levels to these risks differ across accounts and what that could mean if quantum computing becomes a threat . The expert’s analysis also offers a closer look at whether holders could face significant risk or remain largely protected under current security conditions.  XRP Holders Face Risks From Quantum Computers Concerns about quantum computers and digital asset security resurfaced following new remarks from Vet, an XRP Ledger dUNL validator. He explored potential risks, focusing on how transaction activity and the exposure of wallet keys could increase an holder’s vulnerability in a future in which quantum technology poses a threat. According to Vet’s post on X, about 300,000 XRP accounts, holding a combined 2.4 billion tokens, have yet to make a transaction. Because th...

Since falling from its all-time high in 2025, the Bitcoin price has failed to initiate another major upward move, reinforcing the bear market narrative. After this sharp downward action over the past few months, the amount of BTC supply in loss is spiking hard, reaching levels not seen in years. Profit Supply On Bitcoin Contracts To Multi-Year Lows Bitcoin’s price may have witnessed a brief upswing , reclaiming the $72,000 mark, but the underlying structure remains highly bearish. The prolonged negative price performance has started to influence BTC’s market dynamics, with supply in the loss territory rising at a fast rate. With the price of Bitcoin falling sharply, Darkfost, a market expert and CryptoQuant’s verified author, revealed that profit supply has collapsed, nearing levels last seen in the last bear market phase. This decline, which reflects the strain of recent market activity, indicates that an increasing percentage of holders are either at breakeven or sitting on unre...

The Bitcoin long-term holders have seen their losses balloon recently, but historical data shows bear markets bottomed out at yet higher levels. Bitcoin LTH Losses Currently Equivalent To 14% Of The Market Cap As pointed out by on-chain analytics firm Glassnode in an X post , the Unrealized Loss among the Bitcoin long-term holders has been elevated recently. The “ long-term holders ” (LTHs) here refer to to the BTC investors who have been holding their tokens since more than 155 days ago. This group is considered to include the resolute “HODLers” of the market. Since the last quarter of 2025, BTC has significantly gone down along with the wider cryptocurrency sector, and these long-term holders have also naturally been affected. An indicator that can be useful for gauging the effect of a drawdown on investors is the “ Unrealized Loss ,” which measures, as its name suggests, the total amount of loss that BTC investors are carrying right now. The metric works by going through the tra...

The Ripple ecosystem has reached a new milestone that could significantly impact the trajectory of the XRP price. The crypto company recently launched a Treasury Management System (TMS) designed to expand its digital asset solutions. At the same time, comments from crypto founders have added a fresh perspective to ongoing discussions about XRP. Even updates on the progress of the CLARITY Act continue to shape sentiment and influence the direction of Ripple and XRP.  Ripple Launches First Treasury Management System Ripple has announced the launch of the first Treasury Management System with native digital asset capabilities this April. The system is part of its newly rebranded Ripple Treasury , developed following its acquisition of GTreasury . It introduces Digital Asset Accounts and a Unified Treasury designed to strengthen the company’s enterprise offerings. With the new Treasury Management System, Ripple Treasury can now enable CFOs and their treasury teams to view, hold, ...