ECB chief economist Philip Lane warned the central bank could still raise 
interest rates if inflation’s impact lasts longer than expected, keeping 
tightening risks alive even after March’s pause. European Central Bank chief 
economist Philip Lane has warned that interest…

ECB’s Lane says persistent inflation could still force rate hikes

Strategy&#8217;s perpetual preferred stock, STRC, played a key role in the company&#8217;s 
Bitcoin strategy this week after it saw more than $1.1 billion in daily 
trading volume. In an X post, Strategy declared April 13 the record date for 
STRC. Michael Saylor also noted that the security closed at par with just &#8220;one 
penny of volatility&#8221; after […]
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Strategy’s STRC hits record trading volume after massive $1B Bitcoin purchase as market cap doubles since Friday

Across multiple market cycles, Bitcoin has shown a consistent technical 
pattern that often goes unnoticed until it’s already underway. Whenever price 
breaks down from a macro triangle structure, it has historically marked the 
beginning of a broader retracement phase rather than an immediate recovery. 
These large-scale consolidation formations often signal periods of 
compression, where price action tightens as the market prepares for a decisive 
move. How Large-Scale Consolidation Patterns Form On The Bitcoin chart The 
Bitcoin behavior is following a macro triangle breakdown that has remained 
structurally consistent across cycles. An analyst known as Rekt Capital on X 
mentioned that when BTC breaks down from its black macro triangle, price tends 
to retrace until it forms a bear market bottom over time. Related Reading: 
Bitcoin On The Brink: One Move Could Trigger A Massive Shift In cycles like 
2018 and 2022, the macro triangle breakdown triggered rapid bearish 
acceleration before transitioning into a final accumulation range at the 
bottom. However, the current market structure echoes the 2014 macro triangle, 
where price was consolidating beneath the orange macro triangle base. If BTC 
continues to mirror 2014, it may remain in consolidation for an extended 
period, with the previous triangle base at around $82,500 acting as a ceiling 
for price action. Rekt Capital highlighted that BTC tends to form orange boxes 
as major consolidation zones after breaking down from macro triangles. In 2018 
and 2022, these consolidation phases developed at the bear market bottom. 
Meanwhile, in 2014, BTC formed two distinct consolidation ranges, one 
immediately after the macro triangle breakdown and another later at the 
ultimate bear market bottom. If that historical structure repeats, the current 
consolidation may not mark the end of the downtrend. Instead, it could be an 
intermediate phase, potentially preceding additional macro downside over time, 
with a more definitive consolidation range forming closer to the eventual bear 
market bottom. Trading Below HTF EMAs Confirms Bitcoin Trend Direction 
Bitcoin’s current structure continues to support a strongly bearish bias. 
According to a crypto trader known as ctm_trader on X, a high-timeframe 
bearish head-and-shoulders pattern is forming, and the price is rejecting at 
the range highs, an area where risk-to-reward clearly favors short positions. 
Related Reading: Bitcoin Just Deviated From The Bearish Trend That Began In 
January And $86,000 Could Be Next At the same time, the majority of liquidity 
is sitting below the current price, while much of the upside liquidity has 
already been swept. The recent daily close printed a bearish doji candle. 
Meanwhile, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) remains in overbought territory, 
and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) shows bearish momentum 
shifts. From a technical perspective, the price is trading below the high- 
timeframe Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs), showing that the broader trend 
remains bearish despite recent upward moves. On lower timeframes, BTC has 
already experienced a market structure shift, followed by a breakdown below 
recent lows. Furthermore, the latest rally was largely driven by news and not 
supported by organic price action. Historically, such impulsive moves tend to 
retrace. All of these combined make the downside the higher probability moves. 
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Why Every Bitcoin Macro Triangle Breakdown Has Led To A Retracement Phase

The stablecoin news out of JPMorgan&#8217;s Q1 2026 earnings call Tuesday landed 
directly in the middle of the CLARITY Act negotiations when CFO Jeremy Barnum 
warned that yield-bearing stablecoins risk becoming a tool for regulatory 
arbitrage unless they are held…

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Cow Swap, a decentralized exchange aggregator built on Cow Protocol, paused 
its protocol Monday after attackers hijacked the DNS records for its main 
frontend at swap.cow.fi. Key Takeaways: Cow Swap’s frontend at swap.cow.fi was 
hijacked via DNS at 14:54 UTC on April 14, 2026. Cow DAO paused Cow Protocol’s 
APIs and backend as a precaution, […]

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