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Crypto pundit Crypto Dyl has revealed how high the XRP price could reach if it replicates its historical surge in 2017. This comes amid former Ripple CTO David Schwartz’s statement in which he addresses predictions that the altcoin could rally to $10,000. Pundit Reveals XRP Price Target If It Mirrors 2017 Surge In an X post, Crypto Dyl stated that the XRP price could rally to $1,044 if it sees another supply shock and records a 768x gain as it did in 2017. He noted that in 2017, the altcoin rallied from $0.005 to $3.84 due to a supply shock.…
Riot Platforms posted $167.2 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2026, with its newly launched data center business contributing $33.2 million.The data center revenue helped offset a decline in Riot’s core Bitcoin mining business, which fell to $111.9 million from $142.9 million in Q1 2025, driven by lower average Bitcoin prices and a 24% rise in the global network hash rate. Riot produced 1,473 Bitcoin during the quarter, down from 1,530 a year earlier, while the average cost to mine one coin increased to $44,629 from $43,808, according to an announcement.“The first quarter of 2026 marks a definitive…
The S&P 500 just closed at another record high while bitcoin made another run to the $80,000 level earlier Saturday.The largest crypto traded at $78,180 in Asian hours Saturday, up 0.8% on the week and recovering from a Wednesday low near $75,500 that came on the back of fresh Iran military escalation reports. The bounce arrived alongside Friday’s reports that Tehran had relayed a new ceasefire proposal to Washington through Pakistan, which sent WTI crude falling nearly 3% to around $102 a barrel.Equities had a much better week. The S&P 500 closed 0.3% higher Friday at an all-time high, marking…
Shiba Inu (SHIB), one of the market’s largest memecoins, is still far from its glory days. The token is trading more than 90% below the all-time highs it reached in October 2021. Even with gains of about 5% during April’s price action, the rebound looks limited in the broader context—especially as investors weigh the long-term forces that can either lift a token or keep it pinned. No Fast Scarcity, Bigger Downside A recent Motley Fool report points to several structural factors that have helped shape Shiba Inu’s current performance and could continue to influence where it goes next. One of…
JP Richardson, co-founder and CEO of Exodus Movement (NYSE American: EXOD), opened part of the Exodus Summit today in Omaha, Nebraska, with an announcement about where he thinks the company’s customers already are. Exodus is becoming the official payments partner of the UFC, Richardson said, with the partnership going live June 1. This launch coincides with the UFC staging its “Freedom 250” fight event on the White House lawn to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, making it the first UFC event held on those grounds. Branding will appear inside the octagon, in broadcast spots, and through activation…
Key takeaways:Bitcoin options markets price in low odds of BTC reaching $84,000 in May, while the monthly futures basis rate reflects weakness.Significant Bitcoin accumulation by listed companies and rising spot Bitcoin ETF inflows absorb mining supply, reducing the impact of potential selling.Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $78,000 level amid broader risk-on sentiment, as the S&P 500 Index jumped to an all-time high on Friday. Despite 15% gains over the past 30 days, options markets are pricing in 25% odds that Bitcoin will trade above $84,000 by the end of May. Derivatives markets remain skeptical of further gains, although institutional spot demand remains…
ChainCatcher 消息，MN Trading Capital 创始人 Michael van de Poppe 表示，比特币或许不需要新的故事或催化剂来推动其重返 100,000 美元——比特币已近五个月未达到该价格。van de Poppe 在周五的一篇 X 帖子中先抛出问题“什么样的叙事能将比特币推升至 100,000 美元？”随后表示：“不需要任何叙事来推升价格。”他补充：“价格上涨，叙事自会出现。这就是为什么仅依靠数学、统计学与逻辑就足以制胜，也是为什么比特币当前所处的这些区间仍是良好的吸筹区域。”许多加密市场参与者仍认为比特币需要强势叙事才能推动价格上行。近期，市场关注的焦点集中在美联储利率决议、美国监管进展、以及现货比特币 ETF 资金流入等潜在催化剂上。部分参与者还指向 CLARITY 法案可能通过，作为推动比特币上行的因素。但资深交易员 Peter Brandt 表示，CLARITY 法案对该行业是积极一步，但不太可能成为推动比特币价格上行的主要催化剂。Brandt 表示：“这是一项震撼世界的宏观进展吗？不是。当然必要，但并非应重新定义价值的事件。”与此同时，白宫加密顾问 Patrick Witt 本周在拉斯维加斯的比特币大会上表示，关于美国总统特朗普比特币储备的“重大公告”将于数周内发布。
Riot Platforms (RIOT) shares jumped about 8% on Friday after Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expanded its capacity at the company’s Rockdale, Texas campus, highlighting Riot’s continued pivot from bitcoin mining into AI and high-performance computing. According to the Q1 financial results, AMD exercised an option to double its contracted capacity to 50 megawatts (MW), with the potential to upsize to 150MW. According to the earnings transcript, Riot said the agreement could generate roughly $636 million over a 10-year term.Riot also secured improved terms on its $200 million bitcoin-backed credit facility with Coinbase, lowering the rate to a fixed 6.15% from…
XRP ended April with momentum, posting gains of roughly 9.4% over the month. Still, the bigger question for traders is whether the next leg can come faster—and push the altcoin beyond the narrow consolidation zone that has defined much of its recent trading. According to market expert Sam Daodu, May has unusually strong timing and catalysts stacked together that could lift XRP to price levels not seen since the start of the year, especially if a key piece of US crypto legislation progresses as expected. May Catalyst Watch Daodu points to a current consolidation range for XRP between $1.30 and…
Shares of Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) surged roughly 9% on Friday as Bitcoin clawed back to the $78,000 level. This movement comes just days after Executive Chairman Michael Saylor delivered a headline-grabbing keynote at the Bitcoin 2026 conference in Las Vegas. MSTR climbed above $180 per share during Friday’s session, building on a prior close near $165. The move tracked Bitcoin’s intraday advance, which pushed BTC to $78,961 as of Friday afternoon, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data. The rally is building up a welcome reprieve for MSTR investors who have endured a brutal stretch — the stock remains down more…