Trading

On April 3, bitcoin traded largely sideways near $67,000 even as U.S. political developments and renewed geopolitical risks grabbed headlines. The session ranged from $66,345 to $67,195, leaving market cap around $1.34 trillion and 24-hour BTC liquidations below $31 million. Oil prices jumped at the same time, with WTI up about 11.4% to $111.54 and Brent rising 7.8% to $109.03.

Fidelity macro director Jurrien Timmer says ETP flow data indicate investors who left Bitcoin in late 2025 are rotating back as gold loses momentum. He describes Bitcoin’s drop from above $124,000 in October to near $60,000 as a "mild winter," with BTC now holding the $65-$70k area while it tries to build a base.

BlackRock and other major Wall Street firms are advertising roles for permanent digital-asset desks, including a New York Managing Director position listed at $270,000–$350,000. The article says crypto firms posted 5,154 openings in early 2025, and highlights Singapore job listings rising 158% as institutional hiring spreads beyond New York.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) rose 6.01% in the past 24 hours to $0.00000609, moving in step with a modest broader market uptick. Despite the price gain, futures flows and liquidation activity suggest traders remain defensive, while SHIB has largely traded between $0.00000562 and $0.00000644 since March 11, 2026.

The Worldcoin Foundation, linked to Sam Altman’s Worldcoin, sold about 239 million WLD via an over-the-counter deal valued around $65 million, with execution beginning around March 20. The average price was cited near $0.27 per WLD, close to the token’s recent lows, and the placement was reportedly spread across four institutional counterparties with part of proceeds subject to a six-month lock-up. Separately, a vesting schedule highlighted that more than half of WLD’s total supply has yet to enter the market, with a notable unlock dated July 23, 2026.

Ethereum traded at $2,060.48 at 12:12 UTC on April 3, with RSI at 48.24 and price still under the 50 SMA at $2,079.21 after a sharp drop from $2,160 to $2,020 following a Trump speech on April 2. CryptoQuant data shows ETH derivatives open interest has fallen to 13.4B and funding rates in 2026 have moved to near-zero and, at times, negative. A weekly channel analysis highlights $2,060 as a key level, with $1,551 and $1,070 as potential supports if it breaks.

XRP has posted six straight months in the red, marking its longest monthly losing streak since 2014, and has fallen more than 55% since October 2025. The token is hovering around $1.32 and is now being watched for a possible shift in momentum, with $1.38 highlighted as a key resistance level.

Bitcoin (BTC) rose modestly on April 3 and briefly traded above $67,200 as daily funding rates increased by more than 300%. The move suggests leveraged traders expanded bullish positioning, though open interest was down 0.12% at the time of writing. Analysts framed the divergence as a funding spike driven more by trader repositioning than by a clear surge of new capital.

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood said Bitcoin is now a "proven" technology and asset class and should no longer suffer 85% to 95% collapses from all-time highs. In comments aired April 1, she argued that even a 50% drop would be viewed as comparatively mild, while a separate forecast on X pointed to $34,000 as the next potential BTC floor.

As of April 3, 2026, XRP’s market depth on Binance remains depressed after a sharp pullback in the first half of 2025. The XRP 30-Day Liquidity Index has been pinned near 0.062 since July 2025, while 30-Day Turnover has hovered around $4.46 billion and both metrics are down over 98% from their Dec 2024–Jan 2025 peaks.