Regulators now have 90 days to review rules that may be blocking crypto firms from getting banking licenses and deposit insurance. The Fed will also study whether crypto-focused institutions could gain direct access to payment systems and reserve bank services.
If implemented, this could become one of the biggest shifts in US crypto banking policy in years and may open the door for firms like Ripple, Kraken-linked entities, Anchorage Digital and others to integrate deeper into traditional finance.

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Just a few days ago BTC was trading near $82K thanks to strong spot ETF inflows and optimism around the CLARITY Act, but sentiment shifted fast as markets moved back into risk-off mode.

Main pressure factors right now:

— rising US Treasury yields.

— stronger dollar,

— oil prices moving higher,

— fresh geopolitical tension around Iran,

As Brent and WTI keep climbing, markets are starting to price in the possibility that inflation could stay elevated for longer than expected.

That also increases fears that the Fed may keep policy tighter for longer.

Spot BTC ETFs also weakened. Over the past week they recorded nearly $1B in net outflows, ending a six-week streak of inflows.
Still, some analysts don’t see this as a full market breakdown yet.
For now it looks more like a short-term repricing of risk, with BTC remaining highly sensitive to macro conditions, oil markets and geopolitical headlines.

Fear & Greed Index sits at 28 firmly in fear territory.

In the last 24 hours more than $670M in positions were liquidated:

— longs over $601M

— shorts around $69M

More than 109K traders got wiped.

A part of analysts still believes the market hasn’t seen the kind of deep capitulation that usually happens before a full reset. Because of that, they think downside potential still remains.

At the same time, this cycle looks very different from previous ones. Spot ETFs, corporate accumulation, government interest and expanding crypto regulation are creating steady demand from larger players entering the market legally and at scale

Right now the most interesting part isnt even the size, its how close the liquidation levels are sitting. ETH liquidation around $2227 and BTC around $78k means even a mid sized flush could completely wipe the position.

This dude already made almost $8M trading both directions with high leverage, so clearly its not some random degen clicking buttons. But setups like this usually increase short term volatility because market makers know exactly where the pain levels are sitting.

Feels like one of those moments where either we see another squeeze higher very fast…

Lately I keep seeing people lose their minds over this move. Every day it’s the same stuff: economy looks cooked, headlines are messy, markets “should” dump already, so this rally must be fake.

But honestly, zoom out for a sec and look at the charts without all the doomposting.

Most major liquid coins got nuked 50–60%, and after that the market bounced only around 20% in three months. Yet people already act like we’re deep into euphoric mania mode. That alone tells you how destroyed sentiment still is.
Traders got so used to pain, chop and endless red candles that even a small recovery now feels illegal. People ape in late, panic on every pullback, overtrade every headline and get farmed by volatility.
To me this still doesn’t look like some giga bull run. Feels more like a fat sideways range where the market is slowly trying to build a new support base before the next real move hits.

After the correction in the second half of April, which was linked to rising oil prices, I expect the uptrend in precious metals like gold and silver to continue.

With inflation moving higher, gold continues to act as a store of value asset.

Watching three main targets: $4865, $5015 and $5185.

On Friday, Tether (USDT) on Ethereum saw around $1.29B in net outflows from exchanges. According to Santiment, this was the biggest exchange outflow in roughly the last three months.

At first glance, this may look bearish since exchanges now hold less stablecoin liquidity available for instant buying pressure. But moves like this often don’t mean capital is leaving crypto entirely.

Santiment notes that large USDT withdrawals are usually tied to repositioning into cold storage, DeFi protocols, OTC deals, or preparation for larger market activity.

Interestingly, after a similar major outflow on February 9, Bitcoin stayed under pressure for some time before eventually forming a much stronger entry zone.

Big money rarely moves this much without a reason.

After that nasty flush XRP swept the $1.3813 level, but now things are finally starting to cool off a bit. Price moved into consolidation while RSI is printing a pretty clean bullish divergence usually the type of setup that can spark a local bounce.

Doesn’t mean full trend reversal yet, but bears are clearly running out of gas. Selling pressure slowed down hard and the market looks ready for at least some kind of reaction move.

If XRP breaks above $1.3895 and holds, the next magnet could easily become the $1.48 zone. Bulls finally trying to wake this thing up.

The project updated its roadmap with ambitions around quantum resistance, Visa-level scalability, and a major redesign of its infrastructure. At the same time, ZEC rallied more than 110% over the past month while institutional interest toward the sector started returning.

For years the market treated privacy coins like a dying narrative under regulatory pressure. Now the conversation is shifting again.

If Zcash manages to combine privacy, scalability, and long-term security against future quantum threats, the project could become one of the few old-cycle coins that actually survives into the next era of crypto.