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The SEC looks at a 1990s fix for crypto markets to allow true “innovation pathway”

In a May 8 speech, SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the agency could consider a limited “innovation pathway” for on-chain trading systems in the near future. Meanwhile, the agency will reserve formal notice-and-comment rulemaking to determine how crypto platforms fit inside the exchange definition. Atkins tied that idea directly to the SEC's handling of electronic […] The post The SEC looks at a 1990s fix for crypto markets to allow true “innovation pathway” appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Ethereum Is Going Up While Shorts Are Piling In: Find Out What Usually Follows

Ethereum has lost ground below $2,300 as the market cools after weeks of cautious recovery. The price is retreating — but a CryptoQuant report tracking Binance derivatives activity has identified a dynamic beneath the surface that complicates the bearish reading considerably. Related Reading: Bitcoin Found Support Where Recent Buyers Can’t Afford to Lose: Discover the Mechanics The data shows that derivatives traders on Binance have been aggressively betting against Ethereum throughout the recent rebound — and they are still adding to those positions even as the price pulls back. Cumulative ne

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XRP Flashes Historic Rally Signal, Fueling $12 Price Speculation

A 65,900% price surge. That’s what followed the last time XRP touched the trendline it’s sitting on right now — back in 2017, when the token was trading at less than a penny. Related Reading: Bitcoin Eyes $90K As Bears Get Burned Again Amid $30B Open Interest Surge Pattern Repeats At Key Support Market analyst Mikkybull flagged the development this week, pointing to a multi-year ascending parallel channel that has shaped XRP’s price movement since its early days. The channel has three trendlines running in parallel — lower, middle, and upper. XRP has now dropped to the lower trendline for only

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14,600 Bitcoin Sold in Profit in One Day: Here Is How BTC’s Own Structure Broke It Below $80K

Bitcoin is facing resistance after weeks of upside that carried it significantly above the lows that defined the worst of the correction. The recovery had been building momentum — and today that momentum met a specific kind of obstacle that XWIN Research Japan has analyzed in detail, with findings that change how the decline should be read. Related Reading: Bitcoin Found Support Where Recent Buyers Can’t Afford to Lose: Discover the Mechanics Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000 today. Ethereum dropped under $2,300. More than $90 billion was erased from the combined crypto market cap from recent

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XRP Pulls Back, But TD Sequential Flashes Buy Signal

A crypto analyst has highlighted how the Tom Demark (TD) Sequential has given a buy signal for XRP following its latest pullback. XRP Has Seen A TD Sequential Signal On Its 4-Hour Chart In a new post on X, analyst Ali Martinez has shared a TD Sequential signal that has appeared in the 4-hour price of XRP. The “TD Sequential” here refers to an indicator from technical analysis (TA) that’s generally used for pinpointing potential locations of reversal in an asset’s price. Related Reading: XRP Network Quiet: Adoption & Activity Plunge From 2024 Peak The indicator involves two phases. In the first