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In the recent market scenario, the definition of safe-haven assets is constantly changing. With the US dollar toppling and plummeting at a rapid pace, investors are now on the lookout for more stable assets, the ones that help them retain their investment value, posing little to no fluctuations in the long haul. While gold remains one of the best safe haven assets that investors can explore at present, another new asset, Bitcoin, has now joined the current race, with experts touting the new digital phenomenon as better than gold. Here’s how. Also Read: De-Dollarization: 5 Oil Giants Now Settling in Yuan, Not USD Bitcoin Better Than Gold? One Analyst Claims So Image Source: Watcher Guru Alex Stanczyk, a notable financial expert, took to X to share a detailed synopsis on the Bitcoin vs. gold debate. He stated in his X thread how gold has been the largest store of value till now, but the metal has now garnered a competitor, which is Bitcoin. “Gold is eternal. It’s the largest store o...

Summary: ⚈ Ripple will unlock 1 billion XRP on May 1, worth over $2.2 billion. ⚈ The added supply may briefly pressure XRP, already down 2.78% today. ⚈ Most unlocked XRP is usually relocked, limiting long-term price impact. While XRP has been on a mild uptrend since mid-April, reaching two temporary highs near $2.30, the last 24 hours saw a substantial downtrend as the token plunged 2.78% to its press time price of $2.23. XRP 30-day price chart. Source: Finbold The timing of the downward correction has been particularly unfortunate as Ripple Labs is scheduled to unlock 1 billion XRP, worth just over $2.2 billion, tomorrow, on May 1. Under most circumstances, the company’s scheduled unlocks, which are part of its long-term strategy and the long-standing escrow system, don’t have a meaningful impact on the token’s price action. However, the sudden jump in supply could exacerbate the existing downtrend. In the May cycle, two Ripple wallets will become active...

Crypto trader Michaël van de Poppe believes that altcoins are primed for a bull run following an extended bear winter. Van de Poppe tells his 784,800 followers on the social media platform X that three tailwinds are pushing crypto prices higher. At the top of his list is that financial conditions are starting to ease across the world, which he says is highly favorable for risk-on assets such as altcoins and Bitcoin (BTC). “Liquidity is increasing, and therefore, Bitcoin is expected to go up… China has started firing up QE (quantitative easing), Europe has lowered the interest rates and we’re at the forefront of the US lowering interest rates and expanding the money supply (or easily said: starting doing printer brr again). That is a heavy trigger for risk-on assets and will likely start pushing Bitcoin towards a new all-time high.”  Next up, Van de Poppe thinks that investors who benefited from gold’s strong rally over the past few...

With the asset turning around its 2025 fortunes in a big way last week, $1.1 trillion asset manager Standard Chartered has predicted that Bitcoin will hit a new all-time high in Q2. Indeed, the firm says that the leading cryptocurrency is set to target the $120,000 mark amid its recent performance. The firm’s global head of digital asset research, Geoffrey Kendrick, urged investors to “buy now” regarding BTC. Moreover, he notes that its price is set to explode amid the ongoing strategic reallocation away from United States assets. Subsequently, it should be set to reach a new landmark price in the coming quarter. JUST IN: Standard Chartered Bank predicts Bitcoin to reach all-time high in the second quarter. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) April 28, 2025 Also Read: Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered Eye Expanded US Crypto Operations Standard Chartered Says Bitcoin Will Hit $120,000 in Q2 Earlier this year, Standard Chartered predicted that Bitcoin was on a $500,000 pace be...

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The US stock market has finally turned around after a month of poor performance. That has been true specifically for the Magnificent 7, as the mega-cap shares have looked to rebound from plummeting values throughout April. Among them is Nvidia (NVDA), which is facing a $1 trillion opportunity with its stock facing a notable 50% upside for this year. The AI chipmaker has been one of the most promising stocks for the last two years after jumping more than 174% over the course of 2024. Things went far differently this year, as macroeconomic circumstances threatened its potential gains. Yet, that could be in the rearview mirror as the company’s value faces a key point. Source: Investopedia Also Read: Why Magnificent 7 Stocks are Rallying Today: AAPL, AMZN, & More Nvidia Debuts Potential Game Changer as Stock Nears Turning Point Despite back-to-back fantastic days, the US stock market was flat on Friday. Indeed, the Dow dropped around 200 points as both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq had ...

Shiba Inu (SHIB) has had a rough few years. The asset had an incredible run during the 2021 bull run. From its launch in August 2020 till it hit an all-time high of $0.00008616 in October 2021, SHIB’s price rallied by many million percent. Early investors made massive returns with small investments. Many who got into the project after its peak await a similar rally. Let’s discuss how long you have to wait to turn $1000 in SHIB into $1 million. Also Read: Top 3 Cryptocurrencies To Watch This Weekend How Long Until $1000 in Shiba Inu Becomes $1 Million? Source: Watcher Guru If you purchase $1000 worth of SHIB today, you will receive about 70,703,786.19 coins (70.70 million). For 70.70 million SHIB tokens to become $1 million, the price of each coin has to hit $0.01414. SHIB’s price has to rally by about 99,858.29%. While the figure may seem large, it is not something the asset has not done before. According to Changelly, Shiba Inu (SHIB) may hit the $0.01414 target somet...

The block explorer BaseScan apparently crashed earlier today at the same time web3 social network Zora rolled out its airdrop program in chaotic fashion. The ZORA token and airdrop went live shortly before 2pm without any fanfare. Indeed, the company’s last pre-launch communication about the project was an X post from two days ago that simply said, “$ZORA will be live on April 23, 2025.” Zora finally got around to making an official announcement two hours after it launched, and even then, its first tweet was quickly deleted before the current one was uploaded.  Zora’s first announcement tweet was quickly deleted seconds after it was uploaded. X users noticed that BaseScan had crashed during the launch, and that blocks on the Base blockchain hadn’t been created for at least 15 minutes. Blockscout also went down. ZORA’s market cap fell 64% from a $461 million high to a low of $167 million over these two hours, resulting in upset us...

Global payment infrastructure platform Mercuryo has announced the launch of a new cryptocurrency debit card on the Mastercard network. The new card, Spend, is available via companion app Ledger Live, and allows Ledger users to seamlessly make purchases using their digital holdings, which are converted to fiat currency. Moreover, users can fund the new debit card directly from self-custody. Ledger’s more than 7 million-strong user base can open the card instantaneously and without any new fees through the companion app. At present, fiat purchases can be made with the more than 150 million merchants across the globe that accept Mastercard. Mercuryo’s new cryptocurrency debit card represents a significant milestone Spend currently supports Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), although support will expand to stablecoins and other digital tokens in the coming months. Reflecting on the debit card’s launch, Petr Kozyakov, the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of M...

Ripple’s XRP token had an explosive rally earlier this year. The asset breached the $3 mark for the first time in nearly seven years. The January rally was likely due to a pro-crypto administration taking power in the US. XRP has faced a substantial price dip since January. The asset is down 0.7% in the daily charts, 2.6% in the weekly charts, and 12.2% over the previous month. Despite the dip, the asset has maintained some gains in the other time frames. XRP is up 11.1% in the 14-day charts and 293.9% since April 2024. Also Read: Cardano: Will ADA Reach $5 During the Bull Market? Source: CoinGecko XRP Gains Amid Bullish Developments Source: Bitcoin News Ripple’s XRP has several bullish factors around its recent climb. The SEC dropped its litigation against Ripple in March. The lawsuit was one of the most substantial reasons for XRP’s lackluster performance over the last few years. Also Read: BlackRock Buys $41 Million Bitcoin, Ark Buys $116 Million: $90K Next? There a...

Next-Gen MEV: Untraceable & Profitable — A Glimpse Into the Future of On-Chain Arbitrage! In a rapidly evolving DeFi landscape, Miner Extractable Value (MEV) has transformed from a niche concept into a billion-dollar game. But what’s next for MEV in a world demanding both privacy and performance? Enter Next-Gen MEV: Untraceable & Profitable. Backed by cutting-edge innovations in cryptographic obfuscation, private relays, and stealth mempools, the new breed of MEV strategies promises to deliver maximum profit with minimum traceability . Forget the noisy sandwich attacks or front-running visible to all on-chain sleuths—this wave is about invisible arbitrage and undetectable alpha . What Makes Next-Gen MEV Different? 1. Privacy-Enhanced Execution Through integration with zero-knowledge proofs and privacy-centric blockchains, trades are no longer exposed to frontrunners or bots. Techniques like sealed bid auctions and private ordering protocols make it near impossible to decode ...

After quite some time, the launch of a new cryptocurrency in the market made headlines. Pi Coin (PI) managed to catch the attention of the entire industry with its initial growth in price. The asset started at a low of $0.66 before jumping to an all-time high of $2.98 just days after its launch. While the community lauded the altcoin for this uptick, it failed to maintain this trend. PI was seen struggling to retain itself over the $1 mark. The asset went on to record lows as opposed to highs. Also Read: Tesla: Barclays Cuts TSLA Price Target To $275 Is Pi Coin Still Stuck In Its Price Rut? Source: The Network Journal Sadly, yes. The fairly new cryptocurrency is still trading at a lower price level. At the time of writing, the altcoin was trading at $0.6325. This comes after a 1.55% rise over the past 24 hours. It should be noted that Pi Coin has recorded a 65% drop since its launch towards the end of February 2025. In addition, the altcoin dipped to an all-time low of $0.4012 earlier ...

Polygon, an Ethereum scaling solution network, has received recognition this week for flipping the Ethereum L1 blockchain network in terms of non-fungible token sales volume for the first time in 2025. The historic NFT market shake-up appears amid brutal bear season in the crypto market, which has held the Ethereum (ETH) price below $2,000 and Bitcoin (BTC) below $90,000. NFTs Weekly Sales Fall 9.37% To $93M Data compiled by cryptoslam.io, an on-chain crypto market data aggregator and multi-chain non-fungible token collection explorer, shows that the NFT market has recorded negative gains again this week. In the past seven days, the global NFT market has attracted a trading sales volume of $93 million, down 10 % from the past week. Last week, the NFT market recorded a trading sales volume of $95 million, down 2% from the previous week. Despite the negative market growth, the number of traders buying non-fungible token collections has increased this week. In the past seven ...