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April 17: Bitcoin briefly topped $76,000 before paring gains, extending this week’s volatile trend. The ~10% jump spurred by US-Iran ceasefire news is fading, with markets shifting from emotion-driven moves to verifying signs of actual economic recovery. Institutional outlooks note a ceasefire alone no longer supports further upside in risk assets. Investors are now focused on tangible progress: restored energy supplies, reduced oil risk premiums, and cooling inflation. The key variable still hinges on oil transport recovery in the Strait of Hormuz, which handled ~20% of global oil shipments pre-conflict. In energy markets, WTI crude has dropped to ~$87.50, while Brent hovers near $90—signaling market caution about supply recovery. Derivatives data shows Bitcoin and Ethereum’s 30-day implied volatility (IV) continues to decline, suggesting markets expect clearer macro progress short-term. Meanwhile, Solana and DOGE futures open interest hit multi-week highs, pointing to rising

April 17th — Per Polymarket data, Bitcoin briefly topped $76,000 today. The probability of the crypto hitting $80,000 this year is now 86% (up 7 percentage points from yesterday), while the chance of it dropping below $50,000 stands at 47% (down 3pp from the prior day).

April 17 — A senior Gulf official says former President Trump could offer a new concession in talks with Iran, adding he’s approaching the discussions in earnest to resolve the matter.

On April 17, per DefiLlama data, Hyperliquid raked in $3.27 million yesterday—hitting its highest daily revenue since Feb 7. It trails only Tether ($16.41M) and Circle ($6.77M) in daily earnings.

April 17 — On-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) notes the SIREN token manipulator has repeated its prior strategy over the past six hours, withdrawing another 1.369 million tokens (valued at $2.45 million) from Binance’s Alpha wallet. Token concentration now exceeds 93%.