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Algorand just posted its best weekly performance in months. ALGO is up more than 47% over the past seven days, hitting an 11-week high of $0.126 on Monday before settling at $0.1232 at the time of writing – up 6.8% on the day and carrying a market cap nudging $1.09 billion.

Three things happened in the same window.

Google Named Algorand the Solution to the QC Problem

When Google’s Quantum AI team published its now-viral research paper on the threats quantum computing poses to major blockchains, most of the coverage focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum. That framing missed the more important detail.

Algorand was cited 32 times in the paper – more than any blockchain except Bitcoin and Ethereum. The difference: those two were referenced as vulnerabilities. Algorand was referenced as a solution, specifically for its post-quantum security and Falcon signature technology.

What makes that significant is that Algorand has been running Falcon in production since 2022. And the co-inventor of the cryptographic framework Falcon is built on is Algorand’s own Chief Scientific Officer.

Read More: Quantum Could Crack Your Bank, Stocks, and Nuclear Systems Too – So Why Is Bitcoin More Exposed?

Revolut Just Opened the Door to 70 Million Users

The second catalyst landed when Revolut rolled out native ALGO staking, giving its 70 million+ users direct access through the app.

Algorand staking is now available on @Revolut.

Over 70 million customers can now stake ALGO directly through one of the world’s largest neobanks. pic.twitter.com/yAvjHot4Jr

— Algorand Foundation (@AlgoFoundation) March 29, 2026

Revolut is one of Europe’s largest fintech platforms and one of the few consumer finance apps with genuine mainstream penetration outside the crypto-native audience. Native staking built directly into the app means ALGO is now one of the few assets an ordinary Revolut user can stake without leaving the platform.

That’s distribution at a scale most blockchain projects spend years trying to achieve.

The SEC Cleared a Major Institutional Barrier

The third piece often gets overlooked. The SEC and CFTC jointly classified ALGO as a digital commodity. Algorand Foundation CEO Stacy Warden addressed this directly in a Bloomberg interview, calling it “bedrock regulatory clarity.”

The practical impact is specific: staking is now classified as an administrative act rather than an investment contract. That removes the legal ambiguity that had kept institutional players cautious about engaging with ALGO.

Also Read: Is the Crypto Bear Market Finally Ending? Top 3 Signals and 1 Warning

Algorand Price Prediction: What Comes Next?

The market has responded. Open interest in ALGO futures jumped from $30 million to $75 million in a single week. The long/short ratio moved above 1, suggesting most derivatives traders are leaning bullish.

Analysts point to $0.20 as the near-term target, aligning with the 50% Fibonacci retracement level. A longer-term analyst target of $0.50 has also circulated, contingent on sustained institutional demand.

The broader market is watching whether this momentum holds.

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Tomorrow, Tokyo becomes extremely important for Ripple and XRP going forward.

XRP Tokyo 2026 takes place on April 7 at Happo-en – a 400-year-old Japanese garden – bringing together 3,000+ attendees, 20+ speakers, and the senior leadership of Ripple for Asia’s largest conference dedicated exclusively to XRP and the XRP Ledger.

Why Tokyo, Why Now?

Japan is not a peripheral crypto market. It is one of the most regulated and institutionally developed crypto ecosystems on the planet, and XRP sits near the top of it. The JVCEA Green List – Japan’s FSA-recognised framework for institutional-grade crypto assets – currently shows XRP handled by 20 member exchanges, making it the third most widely adopted asset in Japan’s regulated ecosystem behind only BTC and ETH.

Japan’s tokenized real-world asset market is already managing $2.8 billion in institutional platforms, with projections pointing toward $6-7 billion by year end.

XRP Tokyo is where that infrastructure conversation happens at scale.

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Who’s In the Room

Ripple is the event’s title sponsor and is sending senior leadership including Christina Chan, Tatsuya Kohrogi, and Markus Infanger. J. Ayo Akinyele, Head of Engineering at RippleX, is also confirmed to speak.

The institutional weight extends beyond Ripple. Takuya Sugiyama, Vice President of SBI Ripple Asia, is on the agenda alongside SungMo Park from a16z Crypto, Tatsuya Yamada from Rakuten Wallet, and representatives from Evernorth, Securitize Japan, and the University of Tokyo.

This is a convergence of builders, capital, and policy.

What XRP Holders Are Watching

On-chain data adds another layer to the timing. XRP whale accumulation just hit a 10-month high, with large holders taking in more than 11 million XRP per day according to CryptoQuant. XRP is currently trading at $1.35, up nearly 4% on the day.

The agenda centres on institutional adoption, RWA tokenization on the XRPL, and DeFi – the three areas where Japan’s regulatory clarity gives XRP a structural advantage over most competing networks.

The CLARITY Act markup is also expected in late April in the US. What gets said in Tokyo tomorrow will land in a market that is actively repricing what institutional XRP adoption actually looks like.

The event runs from 5F to 6F at Happo-en, with an XRP Tokyo Stage, exhibition floor, and VIP after party. It is part of the broader TEAMZ Web3/AI Summit running April 6-8.

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Oil is sliding. Bitcoin is climbing. And a trader who has made $116 million in five months just opened a $51 million bet that the gap between them is about to widen significantly.

The position – a short on Brent crude opened today – was flagged by analysts on X. The timing is deliberate. Crude is down 0.52% to $110.96 and Brent has fallen to $108.53 as ceasefire talks between the US and Iran gather momentum. Bitcoin is simultaneously trading at $69,894, up 4.30% on the day.

This is a pattern that has played out multiple times since this war began.

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Why Oil Is Bitcoin’s Most Important Signal Right Now

Every significant oil drop during the Iran conflict has been followed by a Bitcoin rally.

The mechanism runs through Fed policy. High oil means inflation stays elevated, rate cuts stay off the table, and liquidity stays tight. When oil falls, that entire chain reverses. Mercado Bitcoin confirmed the broader picture: Bitcoin has historically outperformed both gold and the S&P 500 in the 60 days following major global shocks.

The prediction markets are already moving. Polymarket’s probability of oil hitting $120 by April 30 has dropped from 65% to 47% in a week. Ceasefire odds jumped from 18% to 28% in just 24 hours. Total Iran-related volume on Polymarket has crossed $100 million.

The Dry Powder Building

CryptoTice flagged something equally telling today: stablecoin reserves on Binance just flipped higher.

“This is not panic. This is preparation,” he wrote. “Capital doesn’t move to Binance to sit idle forever. It moves there to become something else. The buyers are loading up quietly. The trigger is getting closer.”

On-chain data from Arkham adds another layer. Large BTC inflows hit Binance hot wallets simultaneously in the minutes before the US market open, with multiple deposits ranging from $1.7 million to $29.9 million arriving in rapid succession.

BREAKING

BINANCE JUST STARTED BUYING BITCOIN RIGHT BEFORE THE U.S. MARKET OPEN!

THEY'RE BUYING MILLIONS EVERY FEW MINUTES, NONSTOP.

LOOKS LIKE THEY KNOW GOOD NEWS IS COMING pic.twitter.com/kHiwlK2rQo

— Wimar.X (@DefiWimar) April 6, 2026

Stablecoins building and BTC flowing in at the same time tells a specific story about positioning.

The Signal Is Not Confirmed Yet

This exact setup – oil dipping, ceasefire headlines, Bitcoin lifting – has appeared and reversed multiple times since February 28. Trump’s deadline for Iran expires tomorrow.

The whale has positioned, Polymarket odds are shifting, stablecoins are staging on Binance, and large BTC is flowing in – all in the same window.

Until oil breaks lower and holds, and until a ceasefire moves from 28% odds to confirmed, the signal remains unconfirmed.

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Bitcoin is trading at $69,230 this morning, up 3.47% in the last 24 hours, after an Axios report confirmed that the US and Iran are in active discussions over a potential 45-day ceasefire, with Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey serving as mediators. Short sellers absorbed the first hit: $196 million in liquidations in 24 hours, with shorts outnumbering longs nearly 3 to 1.

The move pushes Bitcoin toward the top of the $65,000 to $73,000 war range it has been trapped in for five weeks.

Bitcoin Price Level You Need to Watch

Michaël van de Poppe just laid it out.

“If Bitcoin breaks $71K, then markets are in for a test at $80K,” he wrote on X.

The reasoning behind it: volatility is picking up, and he believes the Strait of Hormuz situation is approaching its end stage this week. In that scenario, $71K isn’t just a resistance level – it’s the trigger that opens the door to a move that would mark Bitcoin’s first clean breakout since the war began.

That single level is now the market’s most-watched threshold.

Bitcoin Bear Market Bottom: What Traders Are Reading Right Now

On-chain analyst Willy Woo published a framework laying out the three signs we need to watch for.

“Idle smoking of hopium gives way to rabid clicking of the BUY button chasing the price,” Woo wrote.

His full sequence: price first breaks the cost basis of recent investors, then passive hope gives way to genuine aggressive buying, and that demand surge pushes the cost basis from red to green on-chain. When all three align, the regime has shifted – not just the price.

Whether those conditions are met right now is the open question. One data point that’s hard to ignore: long-term holders now control roughly 80% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply.

Historically, bear market bottoms have coincided with that figure reaching 85%. The market isn’t there yet, but the direction of travel is clear.

Update: Fresh on-chain data posted today supports that direction. CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost confirmed that LTH supply has turned positive again for the first time since November, with roughly 308,000 BTC now being added to long-term holder supply on average.

“Historically, this type of behavioral shift has often preceded positive price developments for Bitcoin,” he noted, while cautioning it is still too early to draw firm conclusions.

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Does 2026 Still Have a Shock Coming?

The ceasefire is only one piece of a broader picture that several analysts believe the market is underestimating.

If the Iran conflict ends, a new Fed chair cuts rates, the CLARITY Act passes, and TradFi begins injecting capital via stablecoins – all of which are either in motion or actively being discussed – the setup for the second half of 2026 looks structurally different from anything the current price reflects.

ETH/BTC is showing signs of gearing up for its strongest move of the cycle.

The Russell 2000, which tracks small-cap stocks and serves as one of the clearest signals for broader risk appetite, has broken out and retested – exactly the pattern it followed in the previous two cycles before a sustained move higher.

April, by this read, is the final month of corrective price action. May is where things start moving.

The Reason to Stay Cautious

This exact setup has appeared around three times since the war began. Each time, ceasefire signals lifted Bitcoin before the rally faded. Bitcoin’s technical panel currently shows a Strong Buy on Moving Averages and a Strong Sell on the Oscillator simultaneously.

The market is split. Will $71,000 settle the argument? We’ll keep you posted.

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“Bitcoin going to zero” searches have been trending lately, and Scott Melker says that’s exactly why he’s buying.

In a new interview on Binance’s Inside the Blockchain 100, the Wolf of All Streets made a case that most people caught in the current drawdown aren’t considering: the bear market playbook doesn’t apply to a cycle that never followed the bull market playbook.

Bitcoin’s 4-Year Cycle Is Broken

Bitcoin hit its all-time high of $126K in October 2025 early – too early, driven by ETF flows before the market was ready. There was no altcoin season and no blowoff top. We didn’t even hit 2x the previous all-time high, when history suggested 3-4x.

“The cycle is largely broken,” Melker said. “For those who believe we’re about to get an 85 or 90% trip to the downside like previous bear markets, I would ask why we would get commensurate downside if we never got the proportional upside.”

His parallel is summer 2021, when Bitcoin dropped 55% from $65K to $28K before recovering to a new all-time high. The current drawdown from $126K sits at a similar percentage. If that pattern holds, this isn’t a bear market, but just a painful but temporary pause.

Bitcoin Bottom 2026: Four Signals Are Flashing at Once

Melker flagged four signals he watches at cycle bottoms and says all four are flashing right now.

Weekly RSI on the Bitcoin chart is at historic lows, even below 2022 levels. The Fear & Greed Index has hit its lowest reading ever. “Bitcoin going to zero” Google searches are at an all-time high. And Bitcoin is approaching the 200-week moving average, which is a level that has historically marked the bottom of every major cycle.

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Crypto Rover added more context today: 44% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply is now held at a loss. That is a capitulation signal.

Is Altcoin Season Dead for Good?

Melker is explicit: Bitcoin bottoming doesn’t mean altcoins recover. His diagnosis for why altcoin liquidity collapsed is specific: prediction markets.

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“I believe prediction markets have very little to do with Bitcoin but have largely destroyed the altcoin cycles,” he said. The gamblers who drove memecoin and altcoin cycles found a better casino. That liquidity isn’t coming back the same way.

His advice for Bitcoin specifically: automate, dollar-cost average, stop watching the price. “I’ve been buying quite a lot in the 60s.”

The silence in the market right now isn’t just fear. According to Melker, it’s what a bottom looks like before anyone admits it.