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27 Apr 2026, 08:15

Bitcoin Could Hit New All-Time High Fast On Quantum Fix, Capriole Founder Says

Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards says Bitcoin may be positioned for a sharp upside repricing if the network shows tangible progress on post-quantum security. Speaking on Bitcoin Suisse AG’s podcast with Dominic Weibel and Luca Gnos, Edwards argued that Bitcoin’s recent underperformance, weak sentiment and institutional hesitation suggest quantum risk may already be partly reflected in the market. Edwards framed the current setup as one of the strongest Bitcoin opportunity zones in months, but with a major caveat. In his view, Bitcoin has “completely flipped the script” after a nine-month downtrend, showing relative strength against equities and gold even as geopolitical risk, oil-market concerns and macro uncertainty remain elevated. “Bitcoin, which has been in a massive downtrend for the last nine months completely flipped the script in the last two, three weeks,” Edwards said. “Those are very strong signals that you usually only get every couple of years in my experience.” Quantum Risk Is Now Central To Bitcoin The central variable, according to Edwards, is no longer the traditional four-year cycle, miner supply or even short-term macro volatility. It is whether Bitcoin can show credible movement toward quantum-resistant signatures before the perceived threat window tightens further. Related Reading: Bitcoin Sees Renewed Demand From US Institutional Players — What’s Changing? Edwards said he remains constructive on Bitcoin as an investment because the asset has already been heavily discounted. But he was blunt about the longer-term risk if Bitcoin Core contributors and the broader ecosystem continue to treat quantum security as a distant issue. “I’m constructive and optimistic from an investor point of view because we had such a big discount,” he said. “Today it’s fully priced in the risk and more so. For me that means it’s a good opportunity in the near term.” That opportunity, however, is conditional. Edwards said his concern is that Bitcoin’s current cryptographic assumptions could become a live market issue before the network has completed the long process of developing, agreeing on and rolling out post-quantum upgrades. “If we do nothing for two years, I probably won’t have any Bitcoin,” Edwards said. “There is a time limit to some of this stuff.” Edwards criticized what he sees as complacency among parts of the Bitcoin development community. While he acknowledged that some preparatory work has been done, including references to BIP 360, he argued that Bitcoin still lacks a concrete migration path for post-quantum signatures and for coins that may remain exposed. “Some of the biggest core developers recently said it’s not even our top 100 priorities,” Edwards said. “And I’m just like, how? For me this is the only priority that Bitcoin should have. Nothing else matters.” Related Reading: Peter Brandt Sees Bitcoin Hitting $300,000-$500,000 By Late 2029 He said the technical problem is solvable, but not trivial. Post-quantum signature schemes can be larger, raising questions about block space, throughput, wallet migration and the treatment of dormant coins. Edwards also highlighted the unresolved issue of lost coins, including older outputs that could become vulnerable if sufficiently powerful quantum computers arrive before a network-wide transition. His base case is not that Bitcoin fails. Rather, he expects growing pressure from institutions, Ethereum’s quantum-readiness work and Bitcoin-focused companies to eventually force progress. He described any clear signal from major Bitcoin Core contributors that quantum resistance is becoming a serious priority as a potential catalyst. “As soon as there’s any traction from implementing code to improve Bitcoin, I think we’ll reprice higher and this risk goes away,” Edwards said. “If we get traction on quantum, we could have a new all-time high very quickly, I think. If we don’t, we may not get one.” Bitcoin Metrics Signal Value Beyond quantum, Edwards said several Capriole metrics point to Bitcoin trading in a deep value zone. He cited Capriole’s energy value model, which he said placed Bitcoin’s fair value around $115,000, implying roughly a 43% discount at the time of the discussion. He also pointed to discounted readings across metrics such as dynamic range NVT, Yardstick, MVRV Z-score and miner-related indicators. Still, Edwards stressed that mining metrics matter less than they once did. In his framework, institutional demand from ETFs and treasury companies has become the dominant supply-demand force. He said institutional buying had recently turned positive again, while long-term holder supply was beginning to rise after a long period of selling. That combination, he argued, is consistent with seller exhaustion. It also helps explain why Bitcoin has held up despite weak sentiment. For the near term, Edwards pointed to $71,000 as a key level and said Bitcoin could move toward $80,000 to $82,000 if current strength holds. A weekly or monthly close below $71,000, he said, would challenge that setup. At press time, BTC traded at $77,629. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com

27 Apr 2026, 08:13

DOGE Technical Analysis 27 April 2026: Market Structure

DOGE is maintaining its uptrend structure with HH/HL, $0.1022 BOS is critical. A break below $0.0955 brings CHoCH and initiates LH/LL.

27 Apr 2026, 08:03

Bitcoin to Hit $83K-$87K Before Brutal Reversal, Says Trader

Doctor Profit, a well-known crypto trader, has said that Bitcoin (BTC) could climb into the $83,000 to $87,000 range before a sharp sell-off. According to him, both bulls and bears are about to get wiped out in what he calls a “brutal event.” A Bull Trap Playing Out to Plan In his April 27 Sunday Report on X, Doctor Profit laid out his positioning in detail. After riding a long from $71,000, he’s now preparing to take profits and “add more shorts to the existing 120K short position” in the $83,000 to $85,000 range. More than 90% of his short orders are clustered there, and he still sees the $79,000 to $84,000 zone as “a great area to accumulate shorts.” However, he said he’s “certain” the market pushes past $83,000 first, which is why he moved his entries higher. The market watcher also flagged a resistance level sitting at $87,700, just 3% above the $85,000 area, and kept it on the table as a possible extension before the larger drop. His longer-term targets remain below $50,000, a call baked into his plan well before the current bounce started. Doctor Profit’s read on the dynamic is blunt: influencers calling for shorts too early are providing the fuel to push prices higher, their positions getting liquidated on the way up while the real move gets set up. “It will be a brutal event that is liquidating late bears and bulls! Both sides will lose unless you play it clever,” he wrote. On the macro side, he flagged Wednesday’s FOMC as a likely non-event for rates but noted it’s Jerome Powell’s final press conference as Chair, with Kevin Warsh widely expected to take over, which would potentially put rate cuts on the table as early as June or September. However, Doctor Profit said he “highly doubts” that the dovish pivot materializes. Sentiment Swings and Analysts Disagree The setup Doctor Profit is describing fits a broader pattern playing out in real time. On-chain analytics firm Santiment tracked a swing from “extreme pessimism” at the start of last week to what it called “ultra FOMO mode” by Thursday, April 23, after Bitcoin recovered above $78,000. The firm flagged the crowd’s enthusiasm as a “clear caution signal” rather than a green light. Analyst views beyond that are all over the place. Writing on April 26, Ali Martinez pointed to $96,000 as the next major resistance after BTC reclaimed the $73,700 MVRV band but warned a break below that level could send prices toward $55,000. EGRAG CRYPTO’s worst-case target lands at the same level, although that analyst also mapped out a path to a new all-time high if Bitcoin reclaims $90,000. On his part, Michaël van de Poppe believes a breakout above $84,000 to $87,000 would be enough for him to call the bear market over, with $100,000 as his most bullish scenario. The post Bitcoin to Hit $83K-$87K Before Brutal Reversal, Says Trader appeared first on CryptoPotato .

27 Apr 2026, 07:55

Bitcoin developer unveils eCash hard fork with free tokens

🚨 Developer Paul Sztorc announces the eCash hard fork, giving every $BTC holder free matching eCash tokens. Sztorc’s plan involves redistributing Satoshi’s coins to incentivize growth, sparking heated debate among crypto advocates. 🔎 Critical point: The community is divided on ethics and property rights, and consensus on the fork’s future is unclear. Continue Reading: Bitcoin developer unveils eCash hard fork with free tokens The post Bitcoin developer unveils eCash hard fork with free tokens appeared first on COINTURK NEWS .

27 Apr 2026, 07:52

UNI Technical Analysis 27 April 2026: Support and Resistance Levels

UNI at 3.23$ is near the critical support at 3.1335$, testing EMA20 (3.28$) resistance. Upside targets 3.44$-4.42$, downside risk at 2.15$; BTC correlation is key.

27 Apr 2026, 07:51

Cardano stalls below $0.25 as mixed signals cap breakout momentum

The cryptocurrency market conditions have been fragile over the past few hours. Bitcoin and other leading altcoins rallied in the late hours of Sunday but have since given up their gains after failing to take out key resistance levels. Cardano’s ADA hit the $0.2562 level late on Sunday but has since dropped below $0.2500, failing to take out the $0.2577 resistance level. However, the bulls could retry again in the near term. A decisive break above this resistance level could open the door to further gains. The derivatives data reflect mixed trader sentiment, with the recent shift in funding rates and neutral positioning across spot and futures markets suggesting cautious optimism is beginning to build. ADA fails to rally as derivatives data remains mixed ADA is down 1.5% over the last 24 hours and now trades at $0.2477 per coin. The bearish performance comes as ADA’s derivatives data shows mixed signals, limiting the upside move. Data obtained from CoinGlass reveals that Cardano’s OI-Weighted Funding Rate flipped positive on Monday, reading 0.0085%. This indicates that long-position traders are paying shorts and suggesting a mildly bullish market bias. However, funding rates have been swinging between positive and negative since last week, indicating unstable trader conviction. It also suggests that bullish momentum still lacks strong confirmation. In addition, CoinGlass’ long-to-short ratio for ADA reads 0.86 on Monday, nearing its lowest level in over a month. With the ratio dropping below one, it indicates a bearish sentiment in the market, as more traders are betting on the asset’s price to fall. This combination suggests indecision among Cardano investors, which limits the chances of a sustained recovery in the near term. CryptoQuant’s summary data for Cardano further shows neutral conditions among the spot and futures traders. The neutral conditions suggest that market participants remain cautious despite the recent price recovery. ADA price forecast The ADA/USD 4-hour chart is bearish and efficient as the broader cryptocurrency market retraces from its earlier gains. ADA is currently trading at $0.2477 after failing to take out the 50-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $0.258. The 100-day and 200-day EMAs at $0.292 and $0.379, respectively, are also capping upside movement in the near term. Momentum has improved, with the Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 4-hour chart hovering above 50. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) line is in marginal positive territory, hinting at stabilizing downside pressure. If the bulls regain control, initial resistance emerges at the 50-day EMA around $0.258, followed by the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement at $0.269. A break above this level would expose the stronger supply near the 100-day EMA at $0.292 and the $0.299 band. However, if the bears remain in control, immediate support emerges at the horizontal level of $0.243. A break below this level would expose the substantial structural floor at the Fibonacci anchor near $0.220, where buyers are expected to defend the latest cycle low. The post Cardano stalls below $0.25 as mixed signals cap breakout momentum appeared first on Invezz