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The crypto market is facing volatility and uncertainty as the US-Israel-Iran conflict continues to develop. Markets are reactive. Capital is cautious. And an XWIN Research Japan report has just added a dimension to the current risk landscape that has nothing to do with geopolitics — and everything to do with what happens to crypto users when attention is elsewhere. The FBI’s 2025 fraud data reveals a number that demands to be read in full: crypto-related losses reached $11.3 billion last year — the largest single fraud category in federal law enforcement reporting. Investment scams alone accounted for $8.6 billion. Romance scams, impersonation schemes, and tech support fraud completed the picture, each one using crypto as the payment rail of choice precisely because of the properties that make it valuable — irreversibility, pseudonymity, and instant settlement. The demographic data removes any comfort in the idea that scams target only the unsophisticated. Those aged 60 and above suf...

The Bitcoin, XRP, and Dogecoin prices are surging today, recording significant gains. This follows an agreement between the U.S. and Iran to a 2-week ceasefire as they work towards a peaceful settlement of the war.  Why The Bitcoin, XRP, And Dogecoin Prices Are Up Today The Bitcoin, XRP, and Dogecoin prices are up over 4% today, according to CoinMarketCap data . This comes amid the announcement by both the U.S. and Iran of a 2-week ceasefire. In a Truth Social post , U.S. President Donald Trump announced that both sides had agreed to a temporary ceasefire and that Iran also agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  Bitcoin, XRP, and Dogecoin prices also rose as Trump announced that, as part of the ceasefire, he has agreed to suspend bombing and attacks on Iran for 2 weeks. This came just as the president’s deadline to attack Iran’s energy infrastructure neared, with the president already threatening to wipe out their ‘civilization.’ Trump also signaled that they are close...

Bitcoin surged above $72,000 yesterday and is holding above $70,000 today. The narrative of a bottom is building. And an XWIN Research Japan analysis is asking the more important question: not whether Bitcoin has bounced, but whether anyone understands why it fell. The report from XWIN Research Japan reframes the past six months in a way that changes how the current recovery should be read. Bitcoin is not, in their framework, a standard risk asset that rises and falls with market sentiment. It is a terminal liquidity asset — the last recipient in a hierarchical financial system where capital flows from central banks to government bonds to equities and finally, at the very end of the chain, to crypto. When the upstream flow weakens, Bitcoin does not experience demand destruction. It receives nothing. The capital simply never arrives. That is what happened over the past six months. Elevated US interest rates, a strengthening dollar, and rising Japanese bond yields simultaneously tighte...

On-chain data shows the Bitcoin network activity has seen a sudden rebound after months of staying down, with transactions hitting 615,000. Bitcoin Transaction Count Has Reached The Highest Level Since November 2024 In a new thread on X, on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant has discussed the revival that the Bitcoin network activity has witnessed recently. CryptoQuant has cited its “ Network Activity Index ” to showcase the rebound. This index combines the data related to different metrics like active addresses and transactions to provide an overview of the blockchain. From the above chart, it’s visible that the Bitcoin Network Activity Index plunged below its 365-day moving average (MA) back in late 2024 and remained in a downtrend during 2025. The trajectory continued into the first quarter of 2026, but since the onset of the second quarter, fates appear to have flipped for the indicator. Not only has the Network Activity Index managed to break past its 365-day MA, it has done ...

Crypto analyst KrissPax has provided a bullish case for the Dogecoin price , explaining why the foremost meme coin could soon see gains. This comes as DOGE struggles to reclaim the psychological $0.10 level, with the risk of further declines.  The Dogecoin Price Could Soon See Gains In an X post , KrissPax stated that the Dogecoin price has been tightening within a symmetrical triangle for two months, with strong support at $0.09. He added that with crypto market sentiment and trading volume both low, he could see big gains, though he warned they could quickly reverse. On the other hand, he said that any quick drops will get bought up.  His accompanying chart showed that the Dogecoin price could target the $0.10 level in the short term. Crypto analyst CW also indicated that DOGE could soon see a bullish move. In an X post , he said that DOGE is approaching the end of its descending channel and that a breakout would signal a trend reversal . He added that market participant...

The Solana Foundation has unveiled new security initiatives framed as a “new wave” of ecosystem security. Solana Attempts To Rebuild The Trust This Monday, the Solana Foundation announced on a blog post the launching, in collaboration with Asymmetric Research, of the STRIDE (Solana Trust, Resilience and Infrastructure for DeFi Enterprises) program. STRIDE is an organized framework designed to continuously assess and oversee the security of projects built on the ecosystem. According to Assymetric Research’s own blog post , STRIDE works as an eight‑pillar security framework that will carry out independent reviews of ecosystem protocols to verify they comply with it. The results of these assessments will be released publicly, giving users and investors clear visibility into the safety of the platforms they use. In parallel to STRIDE, the foundation also released the Solana Incident Response Network (SIRN), a member‑driven coalition of security companies and researchers focused exclus...

Strategy purchased about 89,599 Bitcoin in the first quarter of 2026, its second-largest quarterly accumulation on record, doing so while Bitcoin traded in a downtrend and sentiment across the crypto market was pessimistic. According to crypto expert Adam Livingston, the market still is not fully valuing what that pace of accumulation could mean over time. Q1 2026 Changed How The Market Reads Weakness According to numbers from its Bitcoin purchases page, Strategy bought a total of 89,599 BTC in the first quarter of 2026, taking its total holdings to 762,099 BTC . This was the second-largest accumulation range period, and only the fourth quarter of 2024 was larger. According to Livingston, if Strategy were to sustain Q1’s acquisition pace for three consecutive years, its holdings would reach 1.84 million Bitcoin by April 2029, equivalent to roughly 2.4 times its current holdings of 762,099 BTC. That projection, he notes, assumes no improvement in capital market conditions and no...