Oil Prices Bounce as Middle East Conflict Reignites
Key Takeaways: President Trump announced that an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA tried to go through the naval blockade, and...
Bitcoin (BTC)
Bitcoin Drops Below $74,000 After Iran Rejects Second Round of US Peace Talks
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin fell to approximately $73,753 on April 19, 2026, after Iran rejected a second round of U.S. peace...
Polymarket Traders Give Bitcoin 31% Chance of Hitting $80,000 This Month
Key Takeaways:Image source: Polymarket wager on April 19, 2026.Image source: Kalshi market on April 19. Myriad offers a simpler framing:...
TIm Draper’s $250,000 BTC Call, New Whale Data, and More – Week In Review
Key Takeaways: Editor’s comment: In the span of just a few months, the quantum threat went from a nothingburger to...
Bitcoin Rebounds, But Crypto’s Security Crisis Intensifies – Week in Review
This editorial is from last week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this...
Arthur Hayes Warns Bitcoin May Stall Until Liquidity Returns
Key Takeaways: Arthur Hayes ties bitcoin’s outlook to global liquidity, with upside dependent on policy-driven liquidity. Geopolitics create a bearish...
Morgan Stanley’s MSBT Bitcoin ETF Wallets Now Publicly Trackable via Arkham
Key Takeaways:Screenshot from Arkham on April 18, 2026.Screenshot from Morgan Stanley’s ETF web portal on April 18, 2026. Arkham published...
Bitcoin ETFs Add $664 Million as Assets Top $100 Billion Again
Key Takeaways:Four days of straight inflows for bitcoin ETFs worth $1.28 billion. Further support came from Bitwise’s BITB and Grayscale’s...
Bitcoin CME Options Open Interest Stays Put-Heavy as Price Stalls Around $76,000
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin Bitcoin options open interest on April 18, 2026, via coinglass.com. Max pain data across three major platforms...
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Hours After Trump Said It Would ‘Never’ Close Again
Key Takeaways:Trump’s Truth Social post on April 17.Bitcoin Hits $78,348 as Strait of Hormuz Reopening Ignites Global Relief RallyBitcoin Hits...
Bitcoin, Ether Lead Sustained Gains for Crypto ETFs
Key TakeawaysThree straight days of inflows worth $623 million for bitcoin ETFs. Ether ETFs extended their own streak, marking six...
Bitcoin Hits $78,348 as Strait of Hormuz Reopening Ignites Global Relief Rally
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin hit $78,348 as Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, marking its highest price since Feb. 4. Global...
Bitcoin Rips Higher as Hormuz Reopening Lifts Sentiment and Keeps Bulls in Control
Key Takeaways: Bitcoin’s 4-hour chart on April 17 via Bitstamp Geopolitical Developments Add Macro Context Geopolitical developments are also in...
Cryptoquant Data Shows Whale Deposits at Highest Level Since July 2024 Near Bitcoin Key Resistance
Key Takeaways:Source: Cryptoquant Research. Cryptoquant researchers noted a parallel with January 2026, when the average deposit size peaked near 2...
Bitwise: Geopolitical Chaos Might Push Bitcoin Over $1 Million
Key Takeaways: On social media, Hougan stressed that this new possibility of bitcoin becoming a “traditional currency,” while unlikely, was...
