XRP jumps 3% as breakout above $1.39 ends early-2026 downtrend
Volume surged more than 300% during the move, per CoinDesk analytics data, with traders watching whether the token can hold the former resistance as support.
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Bitcoin above $71,000, ETH, SOL, ADA zoom higher as cryptos shrugs off stock weakness
Majors posted modest gains Friday with BTC hovering near the top of its month-long range even as equities struggle under rising energy prices and geopolitical stress.
Bitcoin climbs to near $72,000 after Treasury Secretary Bessent attempts to calm oil fears
Bessent said the U.S. Treasury Department will provide temporary authorization to allow countries to purchase Russian oil currently in transit.
Crypto investor turns $50 million into $36,000 in one botched move
Aave founder Stani Kulechov said the interface displayed multiple slippage warnings, which the user manually accepted on a mobile device.
Meet LITRO: The tokenized crude project to start pilot testing soon for 2027 debut
LITRO aims to modernize the $6 trillion oil market by replacing slow, paper-based settlement with 24/7, on-chain trading and redemption.
Asia’s biggest bitcoin buyer now wants to build the BTC ecosystem
Tokyo-listed Metaplanet is expanding beyond holding BTC into funding, incubating, and granting to companies building bitcoin financial infrastructure.
Across’s acx rockets 80%, massively beating bitcoin, on plans to dump its DAO structure
The bridging protocol’s team wants to exchange ACX tokens for equity in a new U.S. C-corp or buy holders out at a 25% premium, in what would be one of the first major reversals from token to traditional corporate structure.
XRP steadies near $1.38 as Bollinger squeeze hints at breakout before CPI
nvestors are closely watching the upcoming U.S. Consumer Price Index release, which could influence Federal Reserve policy expectations and risk appetite.
Bitcoin slips below $69,500 as tanker attacks send oil back above $100
Brent crude surged 10% after attacks on two oil tankers in Iraqi waters, with the prompt spread hitting levels not seen in years and MSCI Asia Pacific stocks falling 1.8%.
Bloomberg strategist doubles down on $10,000 bitcoin call but peers say it would take a nuclear war to get there
The longtime bitcoin bear’s gloom-and-doom call met with fierce rebuttal from industry analysts.