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AMB Crypto 2026-04-21 01:00
China and Saudi Arabia turned up pressure on Trump and Iran on Monday as Xi Jinping spoke by phone with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and called for ships to keep moving through the Strait of Hormuz. According to Xinhua, the call came as Beijing stepped up efforts to help stop the Iran war, and Xi said China wants a ceasefire and wants the crisis handled through diplomacy, not more fighting. Iran has shut the Strait to ships other than its own since the United States and Israel launched the war in February. But the Trump administration has also enforced a blockade on Iranian ships since last week, and that matters to China because it is the biggest buyer of Iranian crude. “The enemy is confused, because they get these same Media “reports,” and yet they realize their Navy has been completely wiped out, their Air Force has gone onto darker runways, they have no Anti Missile or Anti Airplane Equipment, their former leaders are mostly gone,” said Trump on Truth. Xi chats with friend MBS about ways to keep Hormuz open Xi’s call with the Saudi crown prince came after a meeting in Beijing last week with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi. In that meeting, Xi pushed for respect for international law. On Monday, he repeated that message to the Saudi leader. He said China backs countries in the Middle East in “taking their future and destiny into their own hands, and promoting long-term regional stability and peace.” He also said, “The Strait of Hormuz should remain open to normal passage, as this serves the common interests of regional countries and the international community.” China’s foreign ministry followed with a harder line on the cargo ship incident. Spokesman Guo Jiakun said Beijing was concerned by what he called the “forced interception” of an Iranian-flagged vessel by the United States. He urged all sides to follow the ceasefire agreement in a responsible way. Guo told reporters, “The situation in the Strait of Hormuz is sensitive and complicated.” He added that parties should avoid more escalation and should “create the necessary conditions for normal transit through the strait to resume.” The United States said earlier that it fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to break its blockade of Iranian ports. Iran’s military said the vessel had come from China and promised retaliation. It called the incident “armed piracy by the U.S. military.” Beijing urged the parties to “continue the ceasefire and negotiations.” Guo said, “Now that a window for peace has opened, favorable conditions should be created to bring the war to an end as soon as possible.” Markets reverse as oil shipments freeze and truce nears expiry The shipping fight is hitting the oil supply and market mood. Kuwait has declared force majeure on oil shipments as Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz. Before the Iran war, Kuwait was producing 2.5 million barrels of oil per day. Analysts said “complacent” investors risk getting caught wrong-footed because they keep reading the war too softly. Hopes had jumped after the strait briefly reopened on Friday, but that mood did not last. Stocks had rallied as traders bet the Gulf fight was cooling after a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was agreed on April 7. Tehran’s Friday announcement that the strait was open to shipping pushed that move further. The S&P 500 rose 4.5% last week. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 6.8%, and Friday marked its 13th straight winning session, matching a run not seen since 1992. Then markets lost steam on Monday when traffic through the strait stopped again. Global equities turned lower, the ceasefire looked shaky, and strategists warned that investors may still be misreading how news from the Iran conflict is moving prices ahead of Tuesday’s ceasefire expiry. Don’t just read crypto news. Understand it. Subscribe to our newsletter. It's free .
Cryptopolitan 2026-04-21 01:00
Binance’s top traders are leaning more aggressively toward the long side in Dogecoin, even as broader price action remains muted. Data shared by CryptoQuant verified author CW on a 4-hour basis, along with an additional 24-hour Coinglass snapshot reviewed for NewsBTC, points to the same underlying trend: large traders on Binance are building bullish exposure to DOGE. CW framed the move in simple terms: “Amidst the current sluggish trend, Binance top traders are increasing their long positions on DOGE. They are quietly increasing their bets on a rise in DOGE.” The charts back that up. On the 24-hour view, the long/short ratio for top trader accounts reached 3.63 as of April 20 at 02:00, with 78.4% of accounts positioned long versus 21.6% short. The positions-based ratio, which tracks the size of those bets rather than just the number of traders, climbed to 2.52, with 71.61% of positions long and 28.39% short. What This Means For Dogecoin Price The accounts ratio shows how many of Binance’s top traders are net long or net short. The positions ratio goes a step further, capturing how much capital those traders have allocated to each side. When both metrics rise together, it suggests the signal is not just a matter of more traders leaning bullish. It also indicates that the aggregate size of long exposure is increasing. Related Reading: Dogecoin Could Shock Traders With A Run To $5, Analyst Says The 4-hour view points in the same direction, only on a shorter time frame. Over the last several sessions, both the accounts-based and positions-based long/short ratios trended upward, with the accounts ratio pushing toward roughly 3.7 and the positions ratio nearing 2.4. In practice, that means the latest move is not isolated to a longer-dated snapshot. The build in long exposure has also been visible in more recent trading intervals. For DOGE, the immediate implication is straightforward: top Binance traders appear to be positioning for upside before price has fully broken into a stronger trend. That can matter because futures positioning often shifts ahead of spot confirmation. If the market begins to move higher, that existing long bias can amplify momentum as traders who are already leaning bullish add conviction and sidelined participants chase the move. Related Reading: Dogecoin Just Failed At A Key Level, Now $0.088 Is In Focus But the data does not amount to a guarantee of a breakout. Positioning is a directional clue, not a completed price move. A market with a heavy long tilt can support a bullish case, especially when large traders are scaling in during a quiet stretch rather than after an obvious vertical rally. Even so, a crowded long trade can cut both ways. If DOGE fails to attract fresh spot demand or the broader market weakens, the same leverage that helps accelerate an upside move can increase the risk of a flush lower. That is why the combination of these two charts is notable. The signal is not merely that sentiment has improved. It is that large traders on Binance appear willing to express that view with actual size. The 24-hour charts show a sustained rise over weeks, while the 4-hour view suggests the trend has remained intact into the latest readings. At press time, DOGE traded at $0.09489. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
NewsBTC 2026-04-21 01:00
🚀 XRP Ledger’s RWA tokenization has jumped 875 percent. Mastercard and BlackRock are now actively using $XRP Ledger for key digital asset strategies. Continue Reading: XRP Ledger sees 875 percent RWA growth, hits $2.5 billion The post XRP Ledger sees 875 percent RWA growth, hits $2.5 billion appeared first on COINTURK NEWS .
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