Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF Is Pulling Cash as BlackRock’s IBIT Stumbles

Money is flowing into Morgan Stanley’s newly launched bitcoin exchange-traded product, despite investors yanking funds from several of the bigger U.S. spot bitcoin offerings. That’s putting Wall Street banks to the test for the first time in a space historically dominated by BlackRock and Fidelity.

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What Really Moves Bitcoin Price? 11 Forces That Quietly Push BTC Up or Down

What Really Moves Bitcoin Price? 11 Forces That Quietly Push BTC Up or Down

Ask a group of traders what moves Bitcoin and you’ll probably walk away with a dozen competing theories. Halving? Some say that’s it. Others point to the Fed, the whales, ETF inflows, money printing, Binance order book flows, or just plain old greed and fear—sometimes even the meme-driven “number go up” mindset. Frustratingly, each answer grabs a piece of the truth. Bitcoin’s underlying design is straightforward, but the price action rarely is. Jim Ferraioli at Charles Schwab breaks it down simply: for the long haul, it’s money supply growth, the four-year halving, and adoption that matter; short run, you’re looking at risk appetite, rate moves, the dollar, liquidity, supply held by big players, and potential spillover effects.
28 April 2026
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XRP Price Today: Ripple-Linked Token Slips Near $1.39 — Why K Bank’s Deal Hasn’t Moved the Market

XRP Price Today: Ripple-Linked Token Slips Near $1.39 — Why K Bank’s Deal Hasn’t Moved the Market

XRP slipped to roughly $1.39 on Monday, logging a 2.7% drop for the session despite Ripple’s latest banking partnership in South Korea. The move didn’t boost sentiment across a sluggish crypto landscape. Trading volumes landed around $2.37 billion, and CoinMarketCap kept XRP in the number four spot by market value, its capitalization hovering near $85.9 billion.
27 April 2026
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Bitcoin Supply Shock? Saylor’s Latest Buy Puts Strategy Ahead Of BlackRock

Bitcoin Supply Shock? Saylor’s Latest Buy Puts Strategy Ahead Of BlackRock

Strategy Inc. picked up an additional $255 million in bitcoin last week—a smaller haul than some prior buys, but enough to keep Michael Saylor’s firm out in front of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust. The move also intensified the ongoing debate about whether big players are soaking up too much of the available supply. Bitcoin hovered near $77,660, a touch lower on the day, still flirting with that $80,000 mark traders have circled.
27 April 2026
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BMNR Stock: BitMine’s $24 Million Ethereum Deal Puts Its 5% ETH Bet Back in Focus

BMNR Stock: BitMine’s $24 Million Ethereum Deal Puts Its 5% ETH Bet Back in Focus

The Ethereum Foundation unloaded 10,000 ether—Ethereum’s native token—in a direct OTC deal with Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc., pocketing roughly $23.9 million. That move throws the spotlight back on the public company’s ambitious Ethereum treasury strategy as U.S. markets get set to reopen Monday. OTC, or over-the-counter, refers to private block trades executed off public exchanges.
26 April 2026
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XRP ETFs Hit $1.53 Billion as Bitwise Pulls Ahead, but the Chart Has a Catch

XRP ETFs Hit $1.53 Billion as Bitwise Pulls Ahead, but the Chart Has a Catch

On April 24, Bitwise pulled in the full $6.4382 million of net inflows into U.S. spot XRP products—no other issuer brought in a dime that day, underscoring how issuer jockeying is getting more aggressive as XRP itself remains stuck in a range. With that bump, Bitwise’s total net inflows hit $426 million, according to SoSoValue data cited by PANews. U.S. spot XRP ETFs collectively reported $1.095 billion in net assets and $1.291 billion in cumulative net inflows.
26 April 2026
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Keel Infrastructure’s Paraguay Sale Puts Former Bitfarms’ AI Data Center Bet on the Clock

Keel Infrastructure’s Paraguay Sale Puts Former Bitfarms’ AI Data Center Bet on the Clock

Keel Infrastructure Corp. has wrapped up the sale of its 70-megawatt Paso Pe facility in Paraguay, pulling in around $13 million after adjustments—less than half of the original deal’s potential $30 million price tag. The move marks the former Bitfarms' full exit from Latin America, as it pivots harder toward AI-driven data-center infrastructure. A megawatt represents power capacity, essential for large-scale computing.
24 April 2026
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Bitcoin Price Today Falls Back Below $78,000 as BTC’s $80,000 Test Stalls Despite ETF Inflows

Bitcoin Price Today Falls Back Below $78,000 as BTC’s $80,000 Test Stalls Despite ETF Inflows

Bitcoin dipped below $78,000 Thursday, losing momentum after briefly pushing close to $80,000—the highest mark for the cryptocurrency since late January. The price hovered near $77,400 in recent trading, off about 0.9% for the day. Earlier, Bitcoin had hit a session peak of $79,426, but sentiment cooled as news broke that Iran had seized two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
23 April 2026
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Why Strategy Stock (MSTR) Is Outpacing Bitcoin Again After a $2.54 Billion Buy

Why Strategy Stock (MSTR) Is Outpacing Bitcoin Again After a $2.54 Billion Buy

Strategy—previously known as MicroStrategy—has once more outperformed bitcoin this month, following a $2.54 billion buy and a wave of renewed institutional interest that’s put it back in the spotlight as a stock-market stand-in for the cryptocurrency. Heading into Wednesday’s session, shares were set to open about 4% down, but the stock had already rallied close to 37% in April as of Monday’s close. Bitcoin, for its part, was trading north of $78,000.
22 April 2026
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