Crypto Market Fear Subsides Significantly, Today's Fear and Greed Index at 45

April 14 — According to Reuters, Federal Reserve Chair nominee Jerome Powell disclosed in a recent financial filing that he holds a range of forward-looking assets, including stakes in SpaceX and prediction platform Polymarket. These investments are among several small bets he’s made on emerging, even “sci-fi” startup projects. Powell’s core assets total more than $100 million, with two investments tied to the Duquesne Family Office (managed by investor Stanley Druckenmiller) each valued at over $50 million — holdings seemingly linked to his advisory work for the family office. More notable, however, is his position in DCM Investments 10 LLC. That portfolio segment, valued at no more than $500,000, is diversified across dozens of companies spanning sectors like: AI virtual assistants offering investment advice; AI-powered art creation; a new herpes vaccine; long-term reversible male contraception technology; and decentralized derivatives trading. In crypto and fintech, his hol

April 14: Per Coinglass data, if Bitcoin breaks above $77,000, cumulative short liquidations across major centralized exchanges (CEXs) will total $1.086 billion. Conversely, if Bitcoin drops below $73,000, cumulative long liquidations on these major CEXs will reach $1.512 billion. BlockBeats Note: Liquidation charts do not display the exact number of contracts or their total value at risk of liquidation. The bars on the chart actually indicate each liquidation cluster’s relative importance to adjacent clusters—i.e., its intensity. As such, the chart shows how strongly a given price level will impact markets. A taller “liquidation bar” means the price will react more pronouncedly due to a liquidity cascade once that level is hit.

As of April 14th, per HTX market data, Bitcoin has rebounded to surpass $75,000, currently trading at $75,202 with a 24-hour gain of 5.72%.

April 14: WTI crude oil fell 3% intraday, per Bitget market data, last trading at $95.07 per barrel.

On April 14, CNBC reported Citigroup upgraded its outlook on U.S. equities, citing the "eventual halt to the U.S.-Iran war."

April 14: Per Bitget market data, U.S. stock indices were higher at the open, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow) rising 0.07%, the S&P 500 gaining 0.31%, and the Nasdaq Composite advancing 0.73%.