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Major Coins and Crypto Stocks Pump — Thank Landmark GENIUS BillBitcoin BITSTAMP:BTCUSD making ATHs? Old news. But Coinbase NASDAQ:COIN and Robinhood NASDAQ:HOOD hitting those record-high notes? And XRP BITSTAMP:XRPUSD dangerously close to eclipsing its own peak, while Ethereum keeps chugging along toward $4,000? Now we’re talking.
In a market-friendly twist, President Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law on Friday — a sweeping legislative win for crypto. Short for Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, the GENIUS Act marks the first major federal framework for digital assets and, more importantly for traders, triggered a firestorm of price action across the space.
Flanked by crypto executives, Republican lawmakers, and a few NFT bros in suits, Trump called the stablecoin-focused bill “perhaps the greatest revolution in financial technology since the birth of the internet.” Bold claim. But judging by what the market’s doing — he might actually be onto something.
The bill, passed 308 to 122 in the House, lays the groundwork for US banks to issue their own stablecoins and create a regulatory moat that finally separates innovation from legal whack-a-mole.
But wait, that’s not all. The House also passed the CLARITY Act and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act. The first one will help determine if cryptos will be considered securities and the second one bans the Federal Reserve from issuing its own coin.
🚀 Crypto Market Cap Hits $4 Trillion
As the bill cleared Congress and Trump picked up the pen, the entire crypto market cap exploded past $4 trillion for the first time in history with the orange coin holding more than 60% of the market .
It wasn’t just Bitcoin BITSTAMP:BTCUSD making noise (although it did quietly retest $120,000 boasting a $2.4 trillion valuation, or more than that of Google parent Alphabet NASDAQ:GOOGL ).
The real momentum was coming from the stocks and altcoins — especially those with exposure to the suddenly green-lit US regulatory scene.
📈 Coinbase: To the Moon and Beyond
Let’s talk about Coinbase, ticker symbol NASDAQ:COIN , and now also, apparently, ticker symbol 🚀.
Shares surged over 8% on Friday to hit a new record session high of $445, giving the US-based exchange a market cap of over $100 billion. Not bad for a company that spent most of 2022 playing dodgeball with the SEC.
The GENIUS Act (and its siblings) cleared a path for institutional crypto adoption — and no one stands to gain more than Coinbase. It’s the go-to exchange for institutional custody and compliance. And now, with banks dipping their toes into stablecoin waters, guess who gets to facilitate those flows? Exactly.
Coinbase has now rallied over 63% year-to-date, putting it back into market darling territory — and giving early bulls a solid reason to post their PnLs again.
📊 Robinhood: Meme Stock No More?
Wait, what’s that clamor? It’s the “HOOD to $100” crowd dusting off their 2021 hats.
Robinhood NASDAQ:HOOD also saw a serious lift from the legislative push — hitting an all-time session high of $113 on Friday. The shares are up 180% in 2025 alone.
While most remember Robinhood for its meme stock legacy, the app has quietly built a towering crypto trading platform in the US. And now, with Congress cracking open the stablecoin lane and clearing legal fog, it’s suddenly a real contender in the digital asset arms race.
Add to that Trump’s pledge to dismantle crypto-hostile policies from the previous administration (many of which affected Robinhood’s crypto operations), and it’s no wonder the stock is flying.
💰 Stablecoins: Boring Coins Are Now Big Biz
You’d be forgiven for snoozing through most stablecoin headlines. After all, they don’t moonshot or do anything but sit idle.
But make no mistake — this is where the real money’s watching. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, not known for casual crypto endorsements, said last week his bank will now be “involved in both JPMorgan deposit coin and stablecoins.”
That’s a seismic shift. For years, traditional banks sat on the sidelines while Circle CRYPTOCAP:USDC and Tether CRYPTOCAP:USDT built billion-dollar stablecoin empires. Now, thanks to the GENIUS Act, the door is open for regulated banks to issue digital dollars backed by FDIC-level trust — and potentially eat into the DeFi-native players’ lunch.
Boring’s about to get very profitable.
💥 XRP: Return of the Ripple?
You know it’s a bull market when XRP BITSTAMP:XRPUSD shows up uninvited and still gets the VIP booth.
The one-time courtroom drama token surged over 60% in the past two weeks, hitting $3.50 and inching dangerously close to its all-time high. Ripple’s comeback arc may finally be getting its payoff.
With legal pressure fading and Congress setting new guardrails for digital assets, XRP’s regulatory risks just got a lot less scary. Plus, institutions looking for faster cross-border rails may find XRP’s network a bit more attractive when Washington’s no longer breathing down its neck.
🐂 Ethereum: Quietly Eyeing $4,000
Ethereum BITSTAMP:ETHUSD might not be making headlines like Bitcoin or XRP, but don't let the quiet confidence fool you.
ETH has been rising steadily, gaining almost 50% in the last two weeks, and Monday morning was trading just shy of $3,800. With regulatory uncertainty waning, and the market treating Ether more like an investment than a utility token, it’s slowly reclaiming its 2025 highs.
Factor in the growing number of ETH-based ETFs , tokenized real-world assets (hello, Treasury bills onchain), and the boom in stablecoins running on Ethereum rails… and you’ve got a slow-burn bull case building brick by brick.
🦅 Washington, WAGMI?
So, what’s the takeaway?
For the first time, Congress passed crypto legislation that didn’t come with a hidden poison pill. The GENIUS Act, along with the CLARITY Act, have made more legislative progress in a week than years of courtroom wrangling and ETF lobbying combined.
Trump, with his pro-crypto stance and deep industry ties (after all, he did launch his own coin not too long ago), just turned crypto into a political weapon — and a market darling. Is 2025 shaping up to be the year Washington went full Web3?
Let’s hear it from you : Drop your thoughts in the comments and let’s spin up the discussion.
XRP clears Point of Control to test highs.XRP is breaking out of a consolidation zone and above a volume point of control that has been massive since its November rally onward.
Looks like next node is to $3.14
Super strong coin.
Ripple testimony in banking committee yesterday was bullish. Ripple partnering with BNY Melon yesterday was bullish. Ripple leading regulation standards with their XRP case is bullish. Ripple winning the status of XRP as one of a kind is bullish. Ripple getting a bank charter and fed master account is bullish.
Not much is close to XRP fundamentally.
Major Move Ahead for ADA – Breakout or Breakdown?
🔍 ADA/USDT Analysis – Dual Scenario Setup (BUY & SELL)
Currently, ADA is ranging between major supply and demand zones. Two clear scenarios are in play depending on how price reacts to key levels:
📈 Bullish Scenario (Long):
Entry: On breakout and confirmation above $0.6027
Target: $0.869 (major resistance zone)
Stop Loss: Below $0.523
Trigger: Break of descending trendline and solid structure above $0.6027
📉 Bearish Scenario (Short):
Entry: Around $0.5120 (rejection from supply zone)
Target: $0.315 (strong demand zone)
Stop Loss: Above $0.6027
Trigger: Failed breakout and rejection from $0.5120 level, with confirmation below it
📌 Based on the descending channel structure, this might have been the final leg of the downtrend, and a reversal to the upside could be underway. However, for confirmation, we prefer to wait for stronger price action signals before fully committing.
🛑 Always use risk management. Market remains bearish until proven otherwise.
Wings of Opportunity: LINK’s Harmonic Setup Unfolding🦋 Title: A Butterfly on the Edge – But Only with Confirmation
On the 2H timeframe, a Bullish Butterfly Harmonic Pattern is unfolding. The wave structure (X → A → B → C → D) aligns closely with harmonic principles, and point D lies above X, within the 1.27 to 1.618 Fibonacci extension of XA — reinforcing the pattern’s validity.
📌 No entry has been triggered yet.
We are currently waiting for price to break and hold above the key resistance at 13.60 to confirm the bullish scenario.
🔹 Bullish Scenario (our primary and preferred outlook):
Given the strong reaction around the 12.74 demand zone and the harmonic structure completion, we are primarily focused on a long opportunity, if and only if confirmation is achieved above 13.60.
📥 Entry Zone: 13.05 – 13.65
🎯 Target 1: 17.94
🎯 Target 2: 18.76
🛑 Stop-Loss: Below 12.74 (structural invalidation)
🔻 Alternative Bearish Scenario:
If price fails to break 13.60 and instead loses the 12.74 support, the bullish setup becomes invalid, and the market could enter a deeper correction phase.
Potential downside targets in that case:
📉 11.80
📉 10.90 – 10.30 (if bearish momentum continues)
📊 Risk Management Notes:
Position sizing should not exceed 1% of total capital
Avoid early entries before confirmation
Prefer partial entries after breakout and retest
Stick to the invalidation level strictly
📈 While both scenarios are on the table, we are currently favoring the bullish setup, as long as price action supports it. Discipline and patience are key — confirmation first, trade second.
Litecoin Continues Its Bullish Cycle As ExpectedLitecoin Continues Its Bullish Cycle As Expected, which can send the price even higher from technical point of view and by Elliott wave theory.
We talked about Litecoin back on May 30, when we spotted a bullish setup formation with waves (1) and (2) that can extend the rally within wave (3) of a five-wave bullish impulse.
As you can see today on July 18, Litecoin with ticker LTCUSD is now breaking strongly back above May highs after we noticed a complex W-X-Y correction in wave (2). Now that ALTcoin dominance is stepping strongly in, we may easily see more gains within a projected five-wave bullish cycle during the ALTseason, just be aware of short-term pullbacks.
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COIN (Update) -- Potential Max Price TargetHello Traders!
Coin seems to potentially have a little bit more steam left. If it does make one more push... where will price go?
At $429.54 we have the All Time High for COIN.. interesting enough that price was hit on the first day of trading for COIN which adds to the significance of this price level. There is also a trendline connected from pivot to pivot. These two factors converge and create a significant level of resistance.
Most likely I will be entering a short position at this level.
Thanks everyone and best of luck on your trading journey!
MARA Is Waking Up And Looks Promising For The Crypto MarketMARA Is Waking Up And Looks Promising For The Crypto Market, as it can send the price even higher this year from a technical and Elliott wave perspective.
Marathon Digital Holdings with ticker MARA nicely and sharply recovered away from the strong support after a completed projected higher degree abc correction in wave B/2. So, similar as Crypto market, even MARA can be forming a bullish setup with waves »i« and »ii« that can soon extend the rally within wave »iii« of a five-wave bullish cycle within higher degree wave C or 3, especially if breaks above 21 first bullish evidence level. It could be easily supportive for the Crypto market if we consider a positive correlation.
Total crypto MC - 1DThe total crypto market capitalization on the daily timeframe has formed a Falling Wedge pattern, which is typically a bullish reversal pattern. The price has broken out above the upper resistance line of the wedge, confirming the breakout. Currently, the price is undergoing a retest of the breakout level, which now acts as support. If this support holds successfully, it is expected that the market will experience an upward move in the near term, signaling potential bullish momentum.
COIN -- Major Trendlines + Bearish Divergence = Breakdown?Hello Traders!
Today I have shared the chart of COINBASE. Of course we cant know for sure what price will do, however you can take clues and combine them to give you a high probability reading of the chart.
Here are the clues:
1) MAJOR TRENDLINE
2) TRENDLINE
3) BEARISH DIVERGENCE
4) BULL FLAG MEASURED MOVE
When we combine these clues, a very bearish picture is painted... This signals to me that there is a high probability price will likely reverse and trade to the downside in the near future.
I hope everyone enjoyed this post and is able to use it as an educational tool.
Thanks everyone and best of luck on your trading journey!
BTCUSD • 1H ABCD Completion at Key Confluence – Long Bias1) Macro → Micro Context
Daily / 4H Trend:
Still a clear up-trend on the daily & 4-hour: higher highs / higher lows above the 8, 34 & 55 EMA ribbon.
The $120 K–$121 K zone houses the largest Volume-by-Price node in two weeks, now acting as near-term support.
1H Context:
X→A: $106 100 → $118 950 impulsive run
A→B: ~15% pullback into $117 000 (≈0.15 XA)
B→C: 3.06× extension to $123 230
C→D: Retrace into $119 900–$120 300, matching 0.618 BC & ~80% XC Fib
2) Structural & Momentum Breakdown
AB=CD & Fib Confluence: D at $119 900–$120 300 aligns perfectly with both 0.618 BC and ~80% XC retracements.
1H Bullish Order Block: $119 900→$119 750
20-period SMA (mid-BB): ≃$120 100
VRVP High-Volume Node: Centered ≃$120 400
RSI (14): Holding 47–50 on the hour, flattening and poised to curl up
PVT: Flat-to-up on the pullback—sign of absorption
Volume: Contracts into D, then a slight uptick on the last 1 h bar
3) Exact Trade Plan
Entry: $119 400 - $120 300
Stop-Loss: $117 300 - $118 000
Take-Profit 1: $121 800 → $122 200
Take-Profit 2: $123 000 → $123 500
Optional “Hype” TP instead of TP 2: $125 000 → $126 500
(for a parabolic push if the upcoming House vote prints strong headlines — targets at 78.6%–100% BC extensions)
Entry Confirmation (any one):
1 h bullish engulfing or inside bar within entry zone
RSI (14) closes back above 50 on the hourly
PVT prints a higher low with renewed buy-side volume
ETH / USDC Liquidity Pool RangeEthereum is climbing alongside Bitcoin, but it’s clearly outperforming. In many ways, ETH is the Microsoft of the crypto space—serving as a foundational platform on which countless networks and tokens are built, much like Windows supports a broad software ecosystem. In contrast to Bitcoin’s role as a digital currency, Ethereum functions more like a software operating system.
We broke out of the previous range for strong profits. The new range is tighter, with the lower boundary set just above the current ETH spot price at $2,995.91 and the upper boundary at $3,340.90, as marked by the horizontal yellow lines. On the 3-hour chart, momentum is beginning to turn upward. To enter the liquidity pool within this range, we must be fully allocated in ETH.
Feeling the waves (Ripple $XRP)Setup
The price has been consolidating since the explosive move from ~50c to $3 last year. There has been a wide $1 price range between $2 and $3. A failed breakdown below a still rising 30-week moving average and new 4-month high suggest underlying bullishness.
Signal
Should there be any follow-through to last week's big up-move, then any pullback to the golden pocket between the 50% and 61.8% Fibonacci retracement levels could trigger a rebound.
Bitcoin Smashes Records, Hits $117,000Bitcoin has climbed to a new all-time high of approximately $117,000, gaining further credibility as an institutional asset class. Strong demand from ETFs, growing mainstream adoption, and a favourable stance from President Trump regarding crypto regulation are all contributing to this momentum.
As Bitcoin grows in market cap and adoption, its volatility has been slightly dampened, but it remains highly reactive at technical pivot points.
Technical View (BTC/USD):
The next resistance sits at $118,000, which also coincides with the 161% Fibonacci extension level. If price stalls here, expect potential pullbacks toward $114,000 or even down to $110,000. However, a confirmed breakout above $118,000 could re-establish a new bullish leg.
COIN long -- currently in Wave 3 of 5 wave advance I've been using Elliott Wave Theory to look at COIN's price action. We seem to be in the middle of Wave 3.
- Wave 1: April 7, 2025 to May 22, 2025
- Wave 2: May 23, 2025 to June 13, 2025 - we pulled back right below the 23.6% Fibonacci retracement level with ~$244 serving as support.
- Wave 3: June 14, 2025 - now. The third wave usually has 5 distinct sub-waves. As of July 7, 2025 We appear to be in the 3rd sub-wave of wave 3. Using the upper channel line, price target for this wave is around $408-$410. Quite possible if we see BTC move up explosively, which also seems imminent given the highest weekly close on July 6, 2025.
COIN is a very volatile stock that has explosive moves to the up and downside. I think we still have more room to run in this current wave 3--even beyond sub-wave 1 peak at $380.
Crypto at All Time Highs! But...Last month I shared a chart of an equal-weight crypto basket suggesting crypto may be on the cusp of fresh All Time Highs -- those highs have arrived! While that is certainly exciting for crypto holders one should take note of other aspects of the rally.
The US Dollar has depreciated substantially against foreign currencies this year (2025)
Bitcoin has yet to reach a fresh high against Gold
Bitcoin is strongly correlated to US equities, which are also at all time highs
USD Decline
The US Dollar is down a whopping 10% against a basket of foreign currencies this year, lead ostensibly by President Trump's raucous political policies, most notably aggressive tariffs across the globe and industries. The crypto rally therefore could be characterized as more of a Dollar softening than a crypto strengthening.
Bitcoin v Gold
Bitcoin - still the epicenter of all things crypto has not topped Gold.
Gold in fact has been on a heater of late against the Dollar.
Many folks still regard Gold as "real money". As such crypto could be said to be in a "stealth bear market", especially considering the declining momentum against Gold while failing to match its highs.
Bitcoin v Stocks
Bitcoin is also strongly correlated to US equity performance, despite claims that it's a hedge. The correlation has only grown stronger as Bitcoin's price against the Dollar has soared.
That said, it does consistently outperform equities, as long as the music is still playing!
Closing Thoughts
Most people likely don't care about how Bitcoin is faring against Gold. Bitcoin, the highest quality form of crypto is itself still highly speculative. While an equal-weight basket of cryptos is impressively reaching an all time high against the Dollar, coins with smaller market caps will surely be the first to go when this speculative impulse subsides.
There's probably still some gas in the tank at this point, but now is a good time to consider trimming positions before you miss the chance 🤑