During Q1, Solana ranked number 1 among all the other blockchains by DEX trading volume, capturing 39.6% of the market and 52% in January alone. Despite the strong numbers, the network has faced a drop in revenues and activity, specifically after peaking in January with $35.9 billion in daily DEX volume.

Altcoin has been trading between key zones as leverage rises and whale sentiment remains mixed.

One of the altcoins that the market is most interested in, XRP, might be about to make an unexpected bullish breakout. Due to a traditional descending channel breakout formation, the asset is now showing signs of reversing the trend following months of consolidation and downward movement.

XRP dips as Oregon revives a Coinbase lawsuit, raising fears of more crypto crackdowns ahead of the U.S. mid-terms.

Macroeconomist Lyn Alden expects Bitcoin to finish 2025 higher than its current price of around $85,000, though she says it would have been much higher if not for US President Donald Trump's tariff announcement in February.“Before all this tariff kerfuffle, I would have had a higher price target,” Alden told Natalie Brunell on the April 17 episode of Coin Stories.

Bitcoin's market sentiment has shifted green for the first time with whale addresses hitting a YTD high.

On-chain data shows the largest of Bitcoin investors have continued to buy recently. Here's whether the other cohorts have followed in the footsteps of these titans or not.

Canadian billionaire and gold advocate Frank Giustra has dismissed Bitcoin as nothing more than a speculative asset, arguing that it lacks the essential qualities of gold. Despite Bitcoins strong market performance, Giustra believes it has failed to prove itself as a reliable store of value or safe-haven asset.

Solana (SOL), a top-performing altcoin in recent months, is now flashing bearish signals as technical indicators point to a potential downtrend against Bitcoin (BTC). Currently trading at 0.00158 BTC, or approximately $133.16, Solana has shown strong recovery from last weeks lower price levels.

Since adopting Bitcoin as its treasury reserve asset in August 2020, MicroStrategynow rebranded as Strategyhas seen its stock skyrocket nearly 2,500%, entering what many call the Bitcoin Standard Era (BSE). In comparison, Nvidia (NVDA), the poster child of the AI boom, has risen by 808%, while Bitcoin itself gained 614% over the same period.

Lyn Alden expected BTC to surge above $100K before the end of 2025.

Despite broader market interest, Bitcoin continues to hover near the $84,000 mark, showing limited upward momentum. At the time of writing, the asset is trading at $84,596, down 0.1% in the last 24 hours.

Ethereum's MVRV signals an undervaluation of the altcoin, but a bullish reversal remains unclear.

According to a recent CryptoQuant Quicktake post, Bitcoin (BTC) may be close to completing its price correction for the current market cycle. The premier cryptocurrency appears primed for positive movement in 2025, despite lingering macroeconomic uncertainty.

Solana (SOL) price has been under pressure recently, leading to concerns about a potential downtrend against Bitcoin (BTC). On the SOL/BTC price chart are signs that the cryptocurrency could be forming a “death cross,” a pattern that suggests a further decline in price.

A swirl of bullish proclamations is ricocheting across X as macro‑minded influencers argue that a fresh expansion in “Global M2” money supply will trigger a near‑instant rally in Bitcoin—yet a veteran market analyst is warning that the data underpinning those calls is little more than a mirage. The latest wave of optimism was set in motion when Real Vision co‑founder Raoul Pal published an updated overlay of Bitcoin versus Global M2—an aggregate of every major country's broad money supply converted to US‑dollar terms—and told followers, “It is time, give or take a few days.

As Bitcoin continues to trade sideways below the $85,000 mark as of April 18, the latest data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode shows the asset recording significant unrealized losses for short-term holders.

$2.3B in BTC and ETH options expire today—smart money leans bullish on BTC, while ETH faces looming sell pressure.

Solana (SOL) has climbed 13% over the past seven days, showcasing strong short-term performance. While momentum indicators like the RSI and EMA lines remain supportive, recent price action suggests that bullish strength may be stalling just below a key breakout point.

Fear remains the key emotion in the crypto space even as enthusiasts remain optimistic of a recovery in the foreseeable future. While most majors and meme coins are still under selling pressure, Bitcoin has benefited from its stability.

Crypto analyst Quinten recently revealed that Bitcoin has entered oversold levels. However, analyst Dr. Cat has warned that, contrary to public opinion, this development is bearish, not bullish, for the flagship crypto.

An Aptos community member submitted a proposal on April 18 to slash staking rewards for the network's native token, Aptos (APT), by nearly 50%The proposal, submitted by a community member called MoonSheisty, aims at reducing reward yields from 7% to 3.79% in a three-month period, aligning Aptos staking rewards with other layer-1 blockchains and encouraging capital efficiency. The proposal has sparked curiosity on X, but early comments on GitHub show some initial resistance.

An Aptos community member submitted a proposal on April 18 to slash staking rewards for the network's native token, Aptos (APT), by nearly 50%The proposal, submitted by a community member called MoonSheisty, aims at reducing reward yields from 7% to 3.79% in a three-month period, aligning Aptos staking rewards with other layer-1 blockchains and encouraging capital efficiency. The proposal has sparked curiosity on X, but early comments on GitHub show some initial resistance.

In this edition of Weekly Crypto Regulations News, the SEC reveals plans for a crypto custody roundtable, Russia urges stablecoin development after wallet freezes, and Canada leads with spot Solana ETFs featuring staking. The post Weekly Crypto Regulation News Roundup: SEC Sets Roundtable, Russia Eyes Stablecoins, and Canada Approves Solana ETFs appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto exchange Binance is collaborating with governments to shape their crypto policies. A new report by the Financial Times states that several countries have shown interest in Bitcoin reserves and have sought Binance's advice.

Without sufficient absorption, the risk of continued structural compression remains elevated.

The proposal echoes Solana's recent SIMD-228, which sought to curb inflation on the network, but was voted down by validators in March.

Canadian billionaire Frank Giustra has opined that Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap, is merely a speculative tool:

This week on Public Keys: Reading tea leaves during Circle and eToro quiet periods, Bitcoin miners selling a lot of Bitcoin, and Semler's plan for paying the DOJ.

Strategy chairman Michael Saylor, a vocal promoter of Bitcoin, stoked renewed chatter among crypto circles with his recent enigmatic tweet. Thursday's message stating merely “Bitcoin is Calling” left many asking if a forthcoming significant purchase looms.

Bitcoin ETFs snapped back with a $108 million inflow on Thursday, April 17, recovering nearly two-thirds of the prior day's outflow thanks to strong entries into Blackrock and Fidelity products. Ether ETFs, meanwhile, were frozen in place with no net flows.

Colosseum is something like a hackathon organizer mixed with Y Combinator for Solana startups. I tend to view its hackathon entries as a proxy for what Solana builders are interested in, and I see its hackathon winners as a potential proxy for what Solana venture investors find valuable.

A Brazilian court has sentenced the men behind Bitcoin investment scam Braiscompany to a combined 170 years behind bars.

Bitcoin has spent the past week locked in a sideways range after rejecting from a swing high. Volatility has dried up, and price action remains muted as the market coils tighter.

Having traversed murky waters, all hope is not lost for Ethereum (ETH) after recently reclaiming the psychological threshold of $1,600.

Solana's dApp ecosystem earned more than all other chains combined in the last 12 months, with a revenue of $2.8 billion.

Chinese local governments have been quietly selling confiscated cryptocurrencies worth around $1.4 billion, operating in a regulatory gray area that experts warn could foster corruption and undermine the country's official ban on crypto trading.

Current market price data shows renewed buying activity from large Bitcoin (BTC) holders, sparking talk of a potential rally. According to the market outlook, whales are now buying around three times more Bitcoin than what is being mined daily.

Prominent Bitcoin pundit Davinci Jeremic has shared a bullish outlook for XRP despite his long-standing reservations about the Ripple-linked coin.

SOL's next move could help the bulls in the market.

On April 7, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) posted a rare spike to 60, a level seen as a barometer of extreme market fear and uncertainty. According to Dan Tapiero, CEO of 10Tfund, the VIX has hit 60 only five times in the last 35 years, and data suggests a rebound for risk assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) in 6 to 12 months.

The head of the Presidential Crypto Advisory Committee, Bo Hines, highlighted ways the United States could improve its Bitcoin (BTC) reserves. This comes on the heels of positive developments around digital asset regulation in the country.

Bitcoin (BTC) institutional adoption is growing as more publicly traded companies add the asset to their balance sheets. Over the last three months, institutions have capitalized on price dips to establish good entry positions for the asset class.

Ethereum price continues to struggle just below the $1,590 mark on Friday, having failed to establish steady support above $1,600 this week. Can bullish-leaning derivatives trading signal fuel an ETH price breakout in the days ahead?

Project Eleven is offering 1 Bitcoin to whoever cracks ECC using Shor's algorithm on quantum hardware by April 5, 2026.

Ethereum (ETH) must address its scalability constraints to sustain the growth of layer-2 (L2) networks and avoid future transaction bottlenecks, according to The DeFi Report.

Barry Silbert, CEO of Digital Currency Group, shares how simply holding Bitcoin since 2011 would have yielded higher returns than investing in early crypto projects. Explore why long-term BTC holding remains a winning strategy.

Solana's rise to a top-10 cryptocurrency has been driven by its speed, developer activity, and growing DeFi and NFT ecosystems. But its journey hasn't been without bumps.