Author: John Smith
Cardano price continues to weaken as bearish market structure remains intact, with failed resistance retests and weak demand raising the risk of a deeper correction. Summary Bearish market structure with consecutive lower highs intact. Loss of the Point of Control shifts the price to a lower value. Weak demand raises downside risk toward $0.27. Cardano price (ADA) price action continues to reflect persistent bearish pressure, with market structure firmly tilted to the downside. Despite brief consolidation attempts, each rally has been capped by lower highs, reinforcing the broader downtrend. Recent price behavior suggests that sellers remain in control, and without…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Institutional Bitcoin (BTC) holders started 2025 with Bitcoin trading around $94,000. By October, they watched it surge to an all-time high of $126,200, a move that validated the macro thesis for digital scarcity and institutional adoption. Corporate treasuries that held through the volatility, miners that resisted selling, and funds that stayed allocated all captured that appreciation on paper. Summary Bitcoin’s 2025 round-trip exposed a hidden tax on institutions: Prices ended flat-to-down, but custody fees quietly turned conviction…
Ethereum price is compressing into a triangle apex as volatility tightens, signaling an imminent breakout that could drive expansion if confirmed by strong volume. Summary Ethereum consolidates within a tightening triangle structure. Price is compressing near the Point of Control. Volume will determine breakout direction and validity. Ethereum’s (ETH) price action has entered a critical phase as it continues to consolidate within a tightening triangular structure that has been forming over the past several weeks. With both dynamic support and resistance converging, price is being compressed into an apex zone where equilibrium can no longer be sustained. Historically, such compression…
The Bitcoin price has closed its yearly candle with a shooting-star-like pattern, raising concerns that selling pressure near highs could signal a broader bearish shift ahead. Summary Yearly shooting star suggests selling pressure near all-time highs. Bitcoin is consolidating within a tightening triangle structure. Breakout direction and volume will confirm the next major move. Bitcoin’s (BTC) latest yearly close has drawn attention after printing a candle that closely resembles a bearish shooting star. This candlestick formation typically appears near market tops and reflects a failed attempt by buyers to sustain higher prices. In Bitcoin’s case, price wicked aggressively into all-time-high territory…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. For the past several years, airdrops and point systems have been the lifeblood of crypto user acquisition. Crypto projects simply had no alternative. After the initial coin offering boom caused severe regulatory pushback, projects faced a difficult question: how do you get tokens into the hands of users without selling anything that might be construed as an unregistered security? Airdrops emerged as the answer. Summary Airdrops were a regulatory workaround, not a healthy market: They emerged after…
As on-chain liquidity deepens and decentralized exchanges quietly absorb market share once dominated by centralized platforms, the question is no longer whether DeFi can compete—but how far it can go. Rachel Lin, co-founder and CEO of SynFutures, sits at the center of that shift. A former Deutsche Bank global markets executive and founding partner of Matrixport, Lin brings a rare blend of TradFi rigor and DeFi-native execution to decentralized derivatives. In this Q&A, she breaks down why order-book DEXs are closing the gap with CEXs, what recent exchange failures have permanently changed about user trust, and how on-chain markets could…
The CFTC brings back Bitcoin futures veteran Amir Zaidi as chief of staff amid expanding crypto oversight. Summary CFTC Chair Michael Selig named Amir Zaidi chief of staff as the agency’s digital asset mandate grows. Zaidi previously led the CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight and helped oversee the launch of U.S. Bitcoin futures contracts. His return comes as Congress advances market-structure bills that would expand CFTC authority over crypto markets and derivatives. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig has appointed Amir Zaidi as the agency’s new Chief of Staff, the CFTC announced. Zaidi previously played a role in overseeing…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Western Union’s stablecoin integration, alongside issuances from PayPal and Ripple, signals that the shift toward a multi-trillion-dollar stablecoin economy is already underway. Summary Stablecoins are already systemically important: Processing $46T annually and rapidly accumulating U.S. debt, issuance has grown to ~$300B and could reach $7–10T as regulation, banks, and corporates align. Demand is coming from everywhere: Cross-border payments, EM dollarization, corporate treasuries, money market substitution, RWA settlement, and DeFi collateral each add trillion-dollar tailwinds. A new corporate…
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, has urged major economies to focus on developing central bank digital currencies instead of stablecoins, which it believes pose mounting risks to financial stability and monetary sovereignty. Summary The Reserve Bank of India has urged global policymakers to prioritize central bank digital currencies over stablecoins. The central bank said stablecoins fall short of key monetary principles and could weaken domestic monetary policy transmission. CBDC adoption has been slow across the globe. “Stablecoins have emerged as a key component of the crypto asset ecosystem, and their prominence has risen following legal and regulatory…
Ethereum price trades in a tightening downtrend, with sellers capping rebounds below a descending resistance line and a break of nearby support likely to decide the next major move. Summary Ethereum price remains stuck below a descending resistance trendline, with every rebound attracting renewed selling. Price is consolidating near support after a rejected spike higher, and loss of this zone could accelerate downside continuation. A sustained reclaim above the broken trendline would flip bias toward a broader relief rally by signaling fading seller control. Ethereum (ETH) price continued to trade beneath a descending resistance level, with technical charts indicating limited upward momentum,…