JP Morgan&#8217;s acceptance of Bitcoin as collateral signals growing institutional 
trust, potentially boosting long-term crypto adoption and integration.
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JP Morgan Chase to accept Bitcoin as collateral for institutional loans

The indictment could intensify political tensions, influence prediction 
markets, and raise significant First Amendment legal challenges.
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James Comey indicted for threatening Trump in Instagram post

The formation of the &#8220;Together&#8221; bloc signals potential shifts in Israel&#8217;s 
political landscape, challenging Netanyahu&#8217;s long-standing dominance.
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Bennett, Lapid form “Together” bloc, challenging Netanyahu ahead of 2026 elections

CryptoCred, the prominent trader and educator behind Breakout, has warned that 
crypto’s old market structure may no longer offer the broad, reflexive upside 
that defined previous cycles. In a blunt assessment posted on X, Cred argued 
that participation alone is no longer enough, with market quality, liquidity, 
correlation and speculative attention all deteriorating at the same time. 
“Crypto’s current state is a bit shit,” Cred wrote, setting the tone for a 
critique that went beyond short-term price weakness. His argument was not 
simply that markets are down or that altcoins have underperformed. It was that 
the assumptions traders carried from earlier cycles may now be structurally 
less reliable. Crypto Has A Brutal New Problem At the center of his thesis is 
the idea that market capitalization has become a poor proxy for quality. Cred 
argued that much of the top 50 now consists of “ghost coins or bloated 
governance slop” that has underperformed and is difficult to treat as 
investable. That matters because previous cycles often allowed traders to use 
size and liquidity as rough filters for relative safety. In his view, that 
shortcut has become less useful. Related Reading: CEO Behind $4.7 Billion 
Crash Banned From Crypto, But How Will This Work? The problem is even sharper 
further down the risk curve. Cred said the long tail of speculative crypto 
assets has shifted from a high-risk, high-reward arena into something more 
predatory and time-sensitive, where holding for too long can mean getting 
caught by insiders, mercenary liquidity or violent rotations. The result is a 
market where speculation still exists, but the distribution of risk and reward 
has changed. “Everything is extremely correlated and you can’t meaningfully 
make bets based on sectors as it all converges into a tightly correlated mush, 
especially to the downside,” he wrote. “Broad brush alt season is an artefact 
of the past that’s very hard to replicate given that there are simply too many 
coins and the excess of speculation doesn’t really happen on centralised 
exchanges anymore.” That point cuts directly against one of crypto’s most 
durable cycle narratives: that capital eventually rotates from Bitcoin into 
majors, then into mid-caps, then into the speculative long tail. Cred’s 
argument is that the market has become too fragmented for that rotation to 
work cleanly. With too many tokens competing for attention and much of the 
highest-velocity speculation happening away from centralized exchanges, the 
classic “alt season” wealth effect becomes harder to reproduce. He also 
pointed to a reputational shift. Crypto, in his view, is no longer the obvious 
frontier for speculative capital. Institutional demand has moved toward 
artificial intelligence, while retail appetite has been absorbed by 0DTE 
options, single-name equities and other high-beta venues. That does not mean 
crypto has no bid. It means it may no longer monopolize the appetite for 
asymmetric risk. Related Reading: April’s Crypto Carnage: North Korea Hit 
Twice And Snagged 76% Of 2026 Hack Value The most important part of Cred’s 
post may be his claim that convexity has flattened. Even assets once treated 
as relatively safe crypto beta, including BTC and ETH, have disappointed some 
of the old cycle expectations, he argued. The familiar logic of buying deep 
drawdowns because new highs and explosive upside were assumed to follow has 
become harder to justify if the magnitude and reliability of those rebounds 
are weakening. “Convexity has flattened,” Cred wrote. “Even a lot of the 
historically safe blue chip stuff has underperformed and the historical anchor 
of ‘buy deep drawdowns because all-time highs are guaranteed and explosive’ 
has disappointed. All the shit we used to put up with because of the 
accessibly massive trend and momentum effects is now harder to justify because 
those same effects are getting neutered or siphoned off into other arenas.” 
Cred acknowledged the obvious counterargument: cycles. Crypto has repeatedly 
gone through periods where market structure looked broken before liquidity 
returned and risk appetite revived. But he said the most recent cycle itself 
supports his concern, because gains were “extremely concentrated” rather than 
broad-based, and “something very obviously broke after 10/10.” His conclusion 
was that trading crypto now requires more precision than it did in earlier 
eras. Timing alone may no longer be enough if the rising tide does not lift 
the entire market. Selection matters more. So does actual trading skill. 
“Participation alone can be an edge if the asset class is early enough and/or 
mispriced enough,” Cred wrote. “I don’t think that holds either, and we might 
actually have to learn how to trade.” At press time, the total crypto market 
cap stood at $2.57 trillion. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from 
TradingView.com

Crypto’s Golden Era Is Over, Top Trader Warns

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse declared at XRP Las Vegas that the CLARITY Act 
will pass by the end of May, his third public deadline for the bill after 
predicting 80% odds of April passage on Fox Business in February and…

Why Brad Garlinghouse believes the CLARITY Act will pass in May despite missing two deadlines

The conflict&#8217;s economic strain may prompt swift military resolutions, 
impacting global markets and reducing diplomatic engagement prospects.
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