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27 Apr 2026, 13:00
BitMine’s Ethereum Holdings Top 5 Million ETH After Largest Purchase Since December
The former Bitcoin miner turned Ethereum accumulation firm, chaired by Tom Lee, continues to increase its exposure to the world’s largest altcoin, now holding over 4.2% of its total supply. The firm announced another major acquisition completed last week for 101,901 ETH, which was the single-largest purchase since December last year. Over 5M ETH Tom Lee outlined the increase to over 5 million ETH, which he categorized as a “major milestone” since the company is inching closer to acquiring 5% of the total supply. He also praised the pace of this stash growth, as it has taken less than a year to reach and exceed five million. “Several recent research reports, including the latest research by Etherealize, argue [that] ETH is a ‘store of value’ and will be held as collateral as digital assets are increasingly used in financial transactions. This new role for ETH has arguably been demonstrated by its outperformance since the Iran War commenced. ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by 1,696 basis points since the war started and remains the single best-performing asset in the world (besides crude oil prices),” he added. He also doubled down on his belief that the ‘mini-crypto winter’ is in its final stages, which is why BitMine has accelerated its purchasing speed with the largest buy since December. Lee added that Ethereum “continues to benefit from the dual tailwinds of Wall Street tokenizing on the blockchain and from agentic AI systems increasingly needing public and neutral blockchains.” The company he chairs believes ETH continues to serve as the “best wartime store of value.” BitMine has also staked just over 3.7 million ETH, currently worth nearly $9 billion at today’s prices. Total Positions In addition to its vast Ethereum fortune, BitMine’s total stash comprises the following positions: it owns a $91 million stake of Eightco, described as the “one of the only publicly-listed equities to give investors direct exposure to OpenAI,” cash holdings of $940 million, 200 BTC, and a $200 million stake in Beast Industries. BitMine remains the world’s second-largest corporate holder of any cryptocurrency, trailing only Michael Saylor’s Strategy. Recall that the NASDAQ-listed firm announced another major purchase today , bringing its total BTC stash to 818,334 BTC, worth almost $64 billion at today’s prices. The post BitMine’s Ethereum Holdings Top 5 Million ETH After Largest Purchase Since December appeared first on CryptoPotato .
27 Apr 2026, 08:34
Top Analyst Says This XRP Multi-Year Triangle Could Send Price to $13
XRP’s multi-year price structure is coming into focus as a defined triangle, with clear levels guiding expectations for both downside support and future upside. Crypto analyst Ali Martinez (@ali_charts) shared a monthly chart that highlights this formation, pointing to $0.9 as a potential bear market floor and $13 as a long-term target. The chart spans several years, starting from 2017 through a projected path into 2028. Price action shows repeated reactions along an ascending trendline that connects higher lows over time. Each touch of this trendline has led to a bounce, reinforcing it as a key support level. At the same time, XRP has struggled to break above a horizontal resistance above $3. The asset hit this level in 2018, and failed to surpass it again in 2025 when it hit an all-time high of $3.65 . This price movement has created the triangle structure, where rising support meets flat resistance. The pattern reflects tightening price action over multiple cycles. A multi-year triangle on $XRP points to $0.90 as a potential bottom for the bear market and $13 as a target for the next bull run. pic.twitter.com/hivhREjZIO — Ali Charts (@alicharts) April 25, 2026 Key Support Holds Near $0.9 Martinez’s chart places strong emphasis on the ascending trendline, as it has defined XRP’s previous climbs. This level aligns with previous reaction points and sits above earlier lows marked near $0.11. The structure suggests that buyers have consistently stepped in at higher levels over time. Arrows on the chart highlight past moments where XRP touched the trendline and moved higher. This repeated behavior strengthens the case for $0.9 acting as a foundation if the asset revisits that zone. The consistency of these bounces adds weight to the level. The current price region, marked around $1.43, sits above this trendline. A projected path on the chart shows consolidation near this area before a potential continuation higher. The setup keeps the ascending support intact while price compresses within the triangle. We are on X, follow us to connect with us :- @TimesTabloid1 — TimesTabloid (@TimesTabloid1) June 15, 2025 Resistance Defines the Breakout Level The upper boundary of the triangle remains fixed near XRP’s all-time high. This level acts as the main barrier to higher prices. A decisive move above it would complete the triangle pattern . Technical structures of this type often resolve with strong directional moves once resistance breaks. Martinez’s chart reflects this expectation with a sharp upward projection following a breakout. The projected move extends toward $13 , which aligns with the measured height of the triangle added to the breakout point. This approach follows standard technical analysis methods for estimating targets from consolidation patterns. Disclaimer : This content is meant to inform and should not be considered financial advice. The views expressed in this article may include the author’s personal opinions and do not represent Times Tabloid’s opinion. Readers are advised to conduct thorough research before making any investment decisions. Any action taken by the reader is strictly at their own risk. Times Tabloid is not responsible for any financial losses. Follow us on X , Facebook , Telegram , and Google News The post Top Analyst Says This XRP Multi-Year Triangle Could Send Price to $13 appeared first on Times Tabloid .
26 Apr 2026, 23:50
Wall Street wants quantum profits, but banks still disagree on whether the technology is ready or still years away
Folks, the quantum trade is already on Wall Street’s screen, but the boys can’t seem to agree on when this potential tool of doom actually becomes useful. Though to be fair, Goldman Sachs (GS) once looked early in the race. I mean, just three years ago, the bank hired a small group of scientists and worked with Amazon (AMZN) to test whether quantum computing could help wealthy clients get stronger portfolio returns. The test was kind of a smack on Goldman’s face, as they had to find out that the algorithm would need millions of years to finish the task. The computer would also need at least 8 million logical qubits, which are protected quantum bits used to build a reliable machine. Today’s systems still have fewer than 100. Banks are chasing quantum gains as the hardware still falls far short Goldman later cut most of that team during a wider cost-cutting round. JPMorgan Chase (JPM), meanwhile, went the other way, keeping more than 50 physicists, computer scientists, and mathematicians working on optimization, machine learning, and cryptography. Some on the Street think quantum will be the next big computing trade after artificial intelligence, while others are not ready to spend heavily on a tool that still has limited use in real business. Tech and market experts say quantum computing could help with drug research, machine learning, finance risk models, and other hard problems that normal computers struggle to solve. The issue is the clock we’re working with. Useful quantum systems are still seen as years away since they use physics such as superposition and entanglement. A normal computer works with bits, which are either 0 or 1. A qubit, short for “quantum bit,” can exist as a mix of two states before it is measured. When the machine handles qubits in the right way, wave effects can raise the chance of getting the needed answer. A large quantum computer could run some calculations far faster than a classical computer; it could also help physicists run physical simulations and break some common encryption systems. Another super interesting angle to the story is Xanadu Quantum Technologies, whose founder, Christian Weedbrook, became a billionaire within literally 6 days of the company going public. Christian’s stake in Xanadu was valued at about $1.5 billion by midday Friday after the company’s value more than tripled during the week, and Xanadu closed at $31.41 on Friday, up by 251% on the weekly charts, per data from Google Finance. Xanadu says it plans to build one of the first quantum data centers by 2030, and it uses photons, or light particles, sent through fiber-optic links. Then, we have the most valuable company on earth (Nvidia), which released open-source artificial intelligence models on Tuesday to support research in quantum computing. Google lowers the bitcoin threat estimate as exposed wallets face the bigger risk Now let’s talk about the elephant in the room: Bitcoin. But first, a trip down memory lane, all the way to 1994, when mathematician Peter Shor created Shor’s algorithm, a method that can break the trapdoor behind some cryptographic systems. Peter’s algorithm solves the discrete logarithm problem efficiently. A classical computer would need longer than the universe has existed for some versions of that math. Shor’s method handles it in polynomial time, where the difficulty grows slowly as numbers get larger. The algorithm has been known for more than 30 years. Bitcoin still works because no one has built a quantum computer with enough stable qubits to keep coherence through the full attack, but we wonder:- how many qubits would be enough? Previous estimates had pointed to millions of physical qubits, but last month, Google (GOOGL, GOOG) released an investigative report that reduced that number to fewer than 500,000. The paper also laid out a more direct attack path. Part of Shor’s algorithm depends only on fixed elliptic-curve data. That data is public and the same for every Bitcoin wallet. A future quantum machine could do that part early and wait in a ready state. Once a public key appears, either in the mempool during a transaction or on-chain from an earlier spend, the machine would only need to complete the second stage. Google’s report estimated this part will take about nine minutes to be done, whereas Bitcoin’s average block time is 10 minutes, so that gives a potential attacker a short window (41% to be precise) to calculate the private key and submit a competing transaction that sends the coins somewhere else. The larger issue is already sitting on the blockchain, where 6.9 million bitcoin, roughly one-third of the total supply, is held in wallets where the public key has already been exposed forever. Those coins face an at-rest attack. But again, who knows when the danger will actually get here? The smartest crypto minds already read our newsletter. Want in? Join them .
26 Apr 2026, 18:34
Wall Street Still Controls XRP Prices, New Research Shows
The data paints a clear picture for cryptocurrency investors: XRP and its peers are not yet independent financial safe havens.
26 Apr 2026, 14:02
Ex-Ripple CTO Drops Bombshell Statement That Shocks XRP Army
As XRP sits more than 50% below its July 2025 peak , crypto analyst AllInCrypto (@RealAllinCrypto) noticed something worth examining. David Schwartz, Ripple’s former CTO, made a statement about the XRP community’s relationship with speculation and hype. The timing of this post made it notable. Schwartz’s Opinion on Speculative Investment Schwartz addressed rumors and speculation directly. He acknowledged that Ripple operates with real confidentiality. “Many of Ripple’s partners insist on NDAs to keep their business secret,” he wrote. He confirmed secrets exist, but he drew a clear line between legitimate confidentiality and community-driven speculation. “The conspiracy theories that constantly claim something big is about to happen or that the government is going to do something massive are almost always going to be completely false,” he stated. He added, “If you’re investing time, money, or emotion based on them, you’re fooling yourself.” Interesting signal from @Ripple CTO David Schwartz as he is killing any $XRP price hype. He says: “the conspiracy theories… are almost always going to be completely false…” Which is fair but a strange time to kill hype when $XRP is down over -50% from last July. pic.twitter.com/7scoOpqJTy — ALLINCRYPTO (@RealAllinCrypto) April 24, 2026 Is Schwartz Working Against XRP? AllInCrypto described Schwartz’s post as an “interesting signal.” His read is that Schwartz is actively working against price hype at a moment when the XRP community might expect the opposite. AllInCrypto called the timing “strange.” XRP is deep in a drawdown, and community sentiment often leans on speculation and rumor cycles during these periods. Schwartz’s post pushes against that pattern rather than feeding it. According to AllInCrypto, Schwartz is killing any XRP price hype. Interesting signal from @Ripple CTO David Schwartz as he is killing any $XRP price hype. He says: “the conspiracy theories… are almost always going to be completely false…” Which is fair but a strange time to kill hype when $XRP is down over -50% from last July. pic.twitter.com/7scoOpqJTy — ALLINCRYPTO (@RealAllinCrypto) April 24, 2026 Why the Timing Matters Price drawdowns create demand for catalysts. XRP holders who entered near the July 2025 highs are sitting on significant losses. In that environment, rumors about government deals, major institutional partnerships , or regulatory breakthroughs tend to circulate more aggressively. Schwartz’s post targets that behavior directly. He does not dispute that Ripple has confidential business activity. He disputes the interpretation that silence or NDAs signal imminent large-scale events. His position is that community theories built on that logic are almost always wrong. We are on X, follow us to connect with us :- @TimesTabloid1 — TimesTabloid (@TimesTabloid1) June 15, 2025 What This Signals About Ripple’s Communication Approach Schwartz stepping into this conversation publicly carries weight. He spent years as Ripple’s CTO and remains one of the most recognized voices connected to the digital asset. His willingness to push back on community speculation tells a story about how Ripple wants investors approaching the asset. While Schwartz is right to push against rumors, many in the community are desperate for a breakthrough and may see his statements as an attack on XRP and the community. Disclaimer : This content is meant to inform and should not be considered financial advice. The views expressed in this article may include the author’s personal opinions and do not represent Times Tabloid’s opinion. Readers are advised to conduct thorough research before making any investment decisions. Any action taken by the reader is strictly at their own risk. Times Tabloid is not responsible for any financial losses. Follow us on X , Facebook , Telegram , and Google News The post Ex-Ripple CTO Drops Bombshell Statement That Shocks XRP Army appeared first on Times Tabloid .
26 Apr 2026, 10:00
Bitcoin Sees Rising Inflows Despite Bearish Positioning — Impact On Price
Crypto education page XWIN Research Japan has revealed an ongoing divergence between Bitcoin spot demand and derivatives positioning. This divergence points to an evolving structure of the Bitcoin market, providing pivotal insights for long-term growth. Related Reading: The Ethereum Golden Triangle That Has Predicted Every Move Shows Where Price Is Headed Bitcoin Spot ETFs Record Steady Net Inflows Since February In a QuickTake post on CryptoQuant, educational institute XWIN Research Japan highlights that Spot Bitcoin’s ETF inflows have been quite strong since late February. According to a group of crypto experts, these ETFs have seen approximately $1 billion in net inflows per week, with nine consecutive days of positive returns at some point. Notably, this trend of positive ETF inflows extended into April, with the Bitcoin ETFs recording approximately $14.45 million in net inflows as of Friday. At the same time, the Ethereum ETFs saw about $23.38 million in net deposits. According to the crypto research group, this confirms that institutional demand is robust in the market, despite current uncertainties. XWIN Research Japan notes that readings from the Coinbase Premium Index have also remained in positive territory, further reinforcing the growing bullish pressure from institutional investors in the US. Seeing as this positive trend has also persisted since early April, the analytics group explains that it reflects a broader structural recovery. Related Reading: Bitcoin Traders Double Down On Bearish Bets Amid Consolidation – What This Means For Price Bearish Derivatives Sentiment Raises Short Squeeze Potential While institutions are actively accumulating Bitcoin, XWIN Research Japan notes that derivatives markets are actively preaching an opposing message. According to group’s analysis, funding rates remain negative, suggesting that Bitcoin traders are stacking positions in anticipation of downside moves. The crypto experts explain that this bearish sentiment could be due to “recency bias” and is intended to avoid further losses after recent volatility spikes. However, this could be dangerous for leveraged traders, as institutional demand continues to pick up. When this divergence between institutions and the derivatives market occurs, XWIN Research Japan notes that a typical short squeeze setup would emerge. If the Bitcoin price continues to rise due to institutional demand, leveraged shorts could be liquidated. As of this writing, Bitcoin is trading at $77,590, with CoinMarketCap data showing a measly 0.23% gain over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, the daily trading volume has declined by 39.19% and is valued at $16.37 billion. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview
