Coinbase has officially integrated ZORA, a promising new altcoin, into its trading platform, enhancing investment opportunities. This new listing emphasizes Coinbase’s role in shaping the evolving landscape of decentralized finance
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, started the day with an altcoin listing announcement. Accordingly, Binance announced that it will list the altcoin named MEMEFI with 50x leverage and the altcoin named FIS with 75x leverage in futures transactions. “To expand the list of trading options offered on Binance Futures and enhance users’ trading experience, Binance Futures will be launching the following perpetual contracts: 25.04.2025 at 07:15 (UTC): MEMEFI/USDT Perpetual Contract with up to 50x leverage 25.04.2025time 07:30 (UTC): FIS/USDT Perpetual Contract with up to 75x leverage. Futures and spot token listings are not related. A token listed on Binance Futures does not guarantee that it will be listed on Binance Spot.” After the Binance announcement, MEMEFI and FIS prices rose. *This is not investment advice. Continue Reading: JUST IN! Morning Listing from Binance! Two New Altcoins Listed!
Solana started a fresh increase from the $132 support zone. SOL price is now consolidating and might climb further above the $155 resistance zone. SOL price started a fresh increase above the $135 and $150 levels against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $150 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $150 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it clears the $155 resistance zone. Solana Price Gains Over 10% Solana price formed a base above the $132 support and started a fresh increase, like Bitcoin and Ethereum . SOL gained pace for a move above the $135 and $145 resistance levels. The pair even spiked toward the $150 resistance zone. A high was formed at $154.55 and the price is now consolidating gains. There was a minor move below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $145 swing low to the $155 high. Solana is now trading above $150 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is also a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $150 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair. The trend line is close to the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $145 swing low to the $155 high. On the upside, the price is facing resistance near the $154 level. The next major resistance is near the $155 level. The main resistance could be $162. A successful close above the $162 resistance zone could set the pace for another steady increase. The next key resistance is $175. Any more gains might send the price toward the $180 level. Pullback in SOL? If SOL fails to rise above the $155 resistance, it could start another decline. Initial support on the downside is near the $150 zone. The first major support is near the $145 level. A break below the $145 level might send the price toward the $138 zone. If there is a close below the $138 support, the price could decline toward the $132 support in the near term. Technical Indicators Hourly MACD – The MACD for SOL/USD is gaining pace in the bullish zone. Hourly Hours RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for SOL/USD is above the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $150 and $145. Major Resistance Levels – $155 and $162.
Binance Futures to Launch USD-Margined MEMEFI USDT and FIS USDT Perpetual Contracts 💰Coin: FIS ( $FIS ) $0.1986
Market is still 50/50 on the SEC's decision on U.S Spot DOGE ETF applications.
The on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has revealed how the large Bitcoin investors have been buying during this price rally so far. Accumulation Trend Score Suggests Strong Buying From Mega Whales In a new post on X, Glassnode has discussed about how the Accumulation Trend Score has changed for the different Bitcoin investor cohorts recently. The “Accumulation Trend Score” refers to an on-chain indicator that basically tells us about whether the BTC holders are buying or selling. The metric calculates its value by not only making use of the balance changes happening in the wallets of the investors, but also the size of the wallets themselves. This means that large addresses have a higher weightage in the indicator’s value. Related Reading: Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Back In Green As Price Breaks $94,000 When the Accumulation Trend Score is greater than 0.5, it suggests that the large investors (or a large number of small holders) are participating in accumulation. The closer the metric is to 1.0, the stronger is this behavior. On the other hand, the indicator being under 0.5 implies the investors are distributing or simply not doing any buying. On this side of the scale, the zero mark acts as the point of extreme. In the context of the current topic, the combined Accumulation Trend Score of the entire Bitcoin market isn’t of interest, but rather the separate scores for the different investor cohorts. There are two main ways to divide holder groups: holding time and balance size. Here, the cohorts are based on the latter categorization. Below is the chart shared by the analytics firm that shows the trend in the Accumulation Trend Score for these groups over the past year. As displayed in the above graph, the Bitcoin market as a whole has been in a state of distribution during the last few months, but one cohort started to pull away from the rest last month: the 10,000+ BTC holders. The investors holding between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC are popularly known as the whales, so these investors, who are even more humongous, could be termed as the mega whales. From the chart, it’s visible that the rest of the market continued to sell into this month, but the mega whales, who were already dropping off their distribution, pivoted to buying instead. They have since only strengthened their behavior, with the metric now even reaching a near-perfect score of 0.9. The whales have also turned things around very recently, as the score has hit 0.7 for them. Thus, it would appear that the big-money investors as a whole have been accumulating Bitcoin during the latest recovery rally. Related Reading: Bitcoin Spot Volume Nearly Triples As BTC Breaks $91,000 Among the rest of the market, the sharks (100 to 1,000 BTC) are the closest at catching up to the whales, with their Accumulation Trend Score sitting at 0.5. The investors on the smaller end are still continuing to distribute. The current pattern is sort of similar to what was witnessed back in December 2024, where the Bitcoin mega whales started participating in strong distribution ahead of the rest. Bitcoin Price Bitcoin crossed above the $94,000 level earlier, but it seems the coin has seen a pullback since then as its price is back at $92,600. Featured image from Dall-E, Glassnode.com, chart from TradingView.com
Asset manager ARK Invest has raised its Bitcoin bull case price prediction from $1.5 million to $2.4 million by the end of 2030. The firm argued that the rise in its BTC price target was driven largely by institutional investors and Bitcoin’s increasing acceptance as “digital gold.” ARK’s Big Ideas 2025 report noted that the firm updated its Bitcoin price target for 2030, projecting bear, base, and bull cases of ~$300,000, ~710,000, and ~$1.5 million per BTC, respectively. The company also bumped its bear and base case scenarios for the price of BTC up to $500,000 and $1.2 million. ARK’s new bear and base targets were bumped up from its $300,000 and $700,000 Bitcoin predictions of February 11. ARK Invest elevates Bitcoin bull case prediction to $2.4M We’ve published our bitcoin price forecast through 2030. Read our research from @dpuellARK and share your thoughts. https://t.co/CH7y5EyUjY — ARK Invest (@ARKInvest) April 24, 2025 ARK Invest has raised its bull case Bitcoin price prediction from $1.5M to $2.4M by the end of 2030. The firm’s research trading analyst David Puell said in an April 24 report that the rise in BTC’s prediction was driven largely by institutional investors and the digital asset’s continued acceptance as “digital gold.” Puell acknowledged that ARK’s price targets relied on assumptions made regarding the total addressable markets (TAMs) and penetration rates, which is the percentage of BTC’s TAM that it could capture in certain cases. He added that the digital currency’s supply schedule, which will approach ~20.5 million units by 2030, can also determine its BTC price targets. The analyst also highlighted that Bitcoin may fail to reach ARK’s price targets if any TAMs or penetration rates are unmet. Source: ARK Invest. 2030 Bitcoin price target. The Florida-based investment management firm found that digital gold contributes the most to its bear and base cases, while institutional investment contributes the most to its bull case. The company also highlighted that nation-state treasuries, corporate treasuries, and Bitcoin’s decentralized financial services contribute relatively little in each case. Cathie Wood’s company also revealed that as of 2024, the global portfolio’s TAM, excluding gold’s 3.6% share, is ~$169 trillion. The firm applied an assumed 3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), resulting in a value of ~$200 trillion by 2030. Puell estimated that the virtual asset would achieve a 6.5% penetration rate into the $200 trillion financial market in a best-case scenario (excluding gold). The investment manager acknowledged that Bitcoin’s acceptance as “digital gold” was a major contributor to its elevated estimate. Puell also estimated that it could capture up to 60% of gold’s $18 trillion market cap by the end of 2030 in a bull scenario. ARK sees Bitcoin as a potential contributor to capital accrual Puell argued that BTC becoming a “safe haven” in emerging markets was the third-largest contributor to ARK’s $2.4 million bull case prediction at 13.5%. He pointed to the digital asset’s ability to protect wealth from inflation and devaluation in developing countries. “This Bitcoin use case has the greatest potential for capital accrual.” -David Puell, analyst at ARK Invest. ARK Invest’s BTC price projections also included nation-state and corporate Bitcoin financial services, which was initiated by the success of MicroStrategy ’s BTC purchases in 2020. The firm argued that if corporate strategies prove successful over the next six years, its bear and base cases’ conservative penetration assumption – 1% and 2.5%, respectively – could move toward its bull case assumption of 10%. According to Puell, a $2.4 million BTC price tag would send the virtual asset’s market cap to $49.2 trillion if Bitcoin’s total supply will have reached 20.5 million by the end of 2030. The firm also argued that Bitcoin’s native financial services are an emerging contributor to capital accrual. ARK noted the Lightning Network’s dedication to scaling BTC’s transaction capacity and Wrapped BTC (WBTC) on the Ethereum network, which enables BTC to participate in decentralized finance. The investment manager believes that such on-chain financial services generate a baseline CAGR of 40%, which is a realistic expectation between now and 2030. Cryptopolitan Academy: Coming Soon - A New Way to Earn Passive Income with DeFi in 2025. Learn More
According to recent data from Farside Investors, the US Bitcoin spot ETF has exhibited a robust performance, recording net inflows for five consecutive trading days starting from April 17th. This
The post Ripple News: CME to Launch XRP Futures, CEO Reacts appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News There’s big news for XRP holders — the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has officially announced it will launch XRP futures contracts starting May 19th. These new futures will be available in both large and micro-sized contracts, giving traders more flexibility and precision in managing their exposure to XRP. This move is a huge milestone for XRP, as the CME is considered one of the most trusted and regulated futures exchanges in the world. While XRP futures have already been launched on platforms like Coinbase and Bitnomial, those are relatively small players compared to the CME. Many experts believe this development is a key step toward the long-awaited approval of an XRP Spot ETF. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) often looks to the CME as a gold standard when considering futures markets, and having XRP futures listed there strengthens the case for an ETF. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse also reacted to the announcement, calling it “an incredibly important and exciting step in the continued growth of the XRP market”, though he admitted it was long overdue. While overdue in a bunch of ways, this is an incredibly important and exciting step in the continued growth of the XRP market! https://t.co/mnwJXKH5hi — Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) April 24, 2025 Looking ahead, there’s growing speculation that the SEC could approve not only an XRP Spot ETF but possibly a Solana ETF and others by later this year. With Paul Atkins recently sworn in as SEC Chair and a noticeably more pro-crypto stance from the agency, analysts believe there’s a high chance of ETF approvals by Q2 or Q3 2025. If these ETFs get the green light, it could mark a major turning point for XRP’s market growth and wider adoption.
The Lazarus Group's tactics highlight the growing sophistication of state-sponsored cybercrime, posing significant threats to global cybersecurity and economic stability. The post North Korea’s Lazarus Group sets up fictitious US companies to farm dev wallets appeared first on Crypto Briefing .