Ripple has officially integrated its US-pegged stablecoin, RLUSD, into its enterprise-grade cross-border payments platform. This strategic move expands RLUSD's utility within Ripple's global transaction infrastructure, enhancing efficiency and scalability for international payments. The integration coincides with RLUSD's listing on Kraken, increasing its accessibility to both institutional and retail users.

Asian equities and U.S. stock futures have declined, while bitcoin is nearing a bearish technical pattern amid escalating trade tensions.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently released a 4-minute video announcing that Ripple had won its long-standing legal battle against the SEC. The regulatory body decided to drop its appeal, marking the end of over four years of legal disputes.

Bitcoin edged down 0.3% to $84,965.1 on Wednesday following U.S. President Donald Trumps unexpected tariff announcement, which triggered a wave of caution across global markets. Trump revealed plans to impose at least a 10% reciprocal tariff on all imported goods, with even steeper rates for countries levying higher duties on U.S. exports.

Michael Saylor, chairman and founder of Bitcoin-focused firm MicroStrategy, revealed via X on April 2 that the companys Bitcoin treasury operations have generated a profit of 15,586 BTC. The recent market uptrend has pushed Bitcoin past $87,000, delivering $1.36 billion in gains for the company over the past week alone.

Ripple, the San Francisco-based blockchain company, has announced the integration of its RLUSD stablecoin into its cross-border payments platform. The growing adoption of RLUSD is already evident, with major providers like iSend and BKK Forex utilizing the stablecoin for efficient and cost-effective global transfers.

XRP, Solana (SOL), and Dogecoin (DOGE) have recorded the largest percentage drops in supply currently in profit, according to on-chain analytics firm Glassnode. Over the past 30 days, these cryptocurrencies saw a significant decline in the Percent Supply in Profit metric, reflecting reduced investor profitability as prices fell across the market.

A massive Bitcoin transfer worth 1,097 BTC, valued at around $94 million, has just been moved to Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange. While initially flagged by Whale Alert as coming from an unknown address (bc1qumh), blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence has identified the sender as ARK Investspecifically its Bitcoin ETF, ARKB.

XRP price started a fresh decline below the $2.120 zone. The price is now consolidating and might face hurdles near the $2.10 level.

Soon, altcoins may stop riding BTC's coattails.

Ye Zhang called imposing fees on Layer 2s a "toxic idea" and argued that Ethereum's success depends on expansion, not short-term extraction.

The cryptocurrency market was in the red on Thursday. Bitcoin plunged to $82,000 following President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff announcement, which sent shockwaves through financial markets. During his ‘Liberation Day' speech, Trump unveiled aggressive reciprocal tariffs, calling them a long-overdue correction to trade imbalances.

Bitcoin has seen a notable price consolidation over the past few weeks, trading between the $84,000 and $86,000 levels. Despite the initial surge in price, the cryptocurrency has faced a decline of 3.7% in the past week and nearly 10% in the past month, signaling a period of stagnation in its upward momentum.

Ethereum price attempted a recovery wave above the $1,880 level but failed. ETH is now trimming all gains and remains below the $1,880 resistance zone.

EY's upgrade removes waiting periods and retains privacy-enhancing features while adding near-instant finality over a simplified architecture.

PayPal's expansion of crypto offerings enhances digital asset accessibility, potentially boosting mainstream adoption and merchant integration. The post PayPal adds SOL and LINK for customers in the US and US territories appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Ripple's massive XRP inflow and surging leverage hint at a possible explosive breakout.

Russian bailiffs say they have developed new methods to help them convert Bitcoin (BTC) seized in criminal cases into cash for the state's treasury. The post Russian Bailiffs ‘Can Now Turn Criminals' Bitcoin Into State Revenue' appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin price started a recovery wave above the $85,500 zone. BTC is trimming all gains and might decline again toward the $80,000 zone.

Trump's new tariff policies sent shockwaves through the crypto market, triggering a $500M wipeout in liquidations. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana all took major hits.

XRP slides as Trump's trade war jolts markets. Eyes now turn to the SEC's potential appeal withdrawal and prospects for a US XRP-spot ETF.

Data shows the Bitcoin market sentiment has closed in on the neutral territory as the cryptocurrency's price has recovered to $85,000. Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Is Now Close To Neutral Region The “Fear & Greed Index” refers to an indicator created by Alternative that tells us about the average sentiment present among the investors in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency markets.

“Silver will slingshot to all-time new highs”—Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki says silver is currently more valuable than gold or bitcoin.

Bitcoin plunged as low as $82,143 on Wednesday as Trump's sweeping tariffs shook global markets. With multiple nations including India and the United Kingdom (UK), now weighing retaliatory responses, BTC price remains at risk as safety trades drive Gold (XAU) price to all time highs near $3,200.

Bitcoin faces correction risks amid rising inflows, but whales and institutions remain unfazed.

Bitcoin could soar to $250,000 by year's end, says Arthur Hayes, who argues the Fed's pivot to money printing signals fiscal dominance has overtaken inflation control.

Sweeping tariffs from Trump sent U.S. futures and Bitcoin lower, as investors fled risk amid fears of rising inflation and slowing growth.

The XRP price is showing signs of a strong bullish reversal, with a crypto analyst predicting a potential rebound toward $3.5 and even higher. After experiencing significant volatility and undergoing a consolidation due to recent price declines, technical indicators now show support for XRP's bullish outlook.

The crypto market is witnessing a fresh wave of liquidations as President Trump's new global tariffs rock markets. Trump new blanket tariffs target a long list of nations and go further than many analysts expected, sparking widespread economic uncertainty and volatility in both traditional and digital asset markets.

With Bitcoin's price indicating that capital inflows are softening and investors are stepping back from large-scale buying, on-chain data provides clues about how Bitcoin holders react to market conditions. The sell-side risk ratio (SSR) is an important predictor of holder behavior.

Dogecoin is currently negotiating a narrow trading range that is surrounded by three significant levels of support and resistance that could impact it in the near future. The asset is currently trading at $0.173, down a little for the day and exhibiting signs of indecision as it lingers in the middle of the price range.

Cryptocurrency analyst Benjamin Cowen is warning that a weakening stock market may cause Ethereum (ETH) to retest lower price levels. In a new strategy session, Cowen tells his 889,000 YouTube subscribers that the S&P 500 may continue to show weakness in April, which, based on historical precedence, may result in ETH also declining.

Experts warn rising hardware costs could squeeze U.S. miners, while others speculate the government may use new tariff revenues to acquire Bitcoin.

Standard Chartered thinks the price of Avalanche's AVAX token could dramatically increase over the next few years, outpacing Bitcoin's gains.

Bitcoin hit a record high of $109,000 earlier this year, but the level of sales remains far below the peaks seen in previous cycles.

Bitcoin ( BTC) experienced a swift and pronounced decline hours after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled new tariff measures, collapsing to an intraday floor of $82,352 by 7:15 p.m. ET.

Enish, a Japanese, Tokyo Exchange-listed gaming company, has become the latest developer to announce plans to buy Bitcoin (BTC). The post Tokyo Exchange-listed Japanese Gaming Firm Enish Announces Bitcoin Buy appeared first on Cryptonews.

Fidelity Investments is launching zero-fee retirement plans that will provide investors exposure to three major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC). The product is available to US citizens over 18 who reside in states where Fidelity Digital Assets supports crypto individual retirement arrangements (IRAs).

Solana's price action is flashing warning signs as bearish pressure intensifies, threatening to push the asset below the critical $125 support level. Despite previous recovery attempts, sellers remain dominant, preventing any meaningful upside momentum.

The Big Four accounting firm formerly known as Ernst & Young has changed its enterprise-focused layer 2 blockchain Nightfall to a zero-knowledge rollup design, which it says offers near-instant transaction finality on Ethereum.EY said in an April 2 announcement that Nightfall's new source code, “Nightfall_4,” simplifies the network's architecture and makes it more accessible to users than its previous optimistic rollup-based version. The move away from optimistic rollups means Nightfall users won't need to challenge potentially incorrect transactions on Ethereum and wait out the challenging period, leading to faster transaction finality.

Ripple has integrated RLUSD into its enterprise-grade cross-border payments platform, Ripple Payments, amid a 118% monthly growth in its market cap. The move expands US-pegged RLUSD's utility within Ripple's global transaction infrastructure and coincides with the token's listing on Kraken, further increasing access to institutional and retail users.

President Donald Trump announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on global imports and declared April 2, 2025, “Liberation Day” for American industry, as U.S. stock markets climbed and bitcoin briefly surged during his address.

As Bitcoin continues to reflect bullish signals, recording an intraday high of $87,892 on April 2nd, Whale Alert has detected a large Bitcoin transfer involving 1050 BTC from leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance to an unknown wallet.

Fidelity Investments has introduced an IRA that permits private investors to invest in cryptocurrencies under its web3-focused subsidiary, Fidelity Digital Assets.

Bitcoin is currently holding above the $81,000 level, but bulls continue to struggle with reclaiming the $86,000 mark — a key resistance that must be broken to signal the start of a meaningful recovery.

US President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs against every country with a trade relationship with the US. Trump said the US would enact varying tariff percentages against each country based on the tariffs they impose on American goods.

A measure of bitcoin's volatility reached its highest value in close to a year in March, during a month where the cryptocurrency experienced sharp price fluctuations.

Ether (ETH) price has risen 6.4% from its March 30 $1,768 low but the altcoin has struggled to regain the $2,000 level. Some traders believe that the downturn is partially connected to the deflating memecoin market, which, while not exclusive to the Ethereum network, significantly reduced activity across the decentralized applications (DApps) ecosystem and broader crypto space.Ether is currently 44% down year-to-date, and derivatives metrics indicate that traders are far from bullish and show little confidence in a strong recovery in the near term.