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Bitcoin $BTC traders are keeping their eyes on the screen as the price stays around $95,000. Nothing too exciting has happened in the past week, but some believe that could change soon. Sometimes when things are quiet, it means something big is about to happen.
The total value of the crypto market is getting close to $3 trillion again. While Bitcoin hasn’t made any big moves lately, some analysts think we might not be waiting much longer for a breakout.
Market staying calm with mixed results
Most of the big coins like Ether ($ETH ), BNB, and Solana’s SOL haven’t moved much in the last few days. XRP and Cardano’s ADA dropped about 2%, while Dogecoin (DOGE) had a slightly rougher time, falling around 3%.
Earlier this week, spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a small outflow of $56 million. That ended an eight-day streak where nearly $3 billion had flowed into these funds. It’s not a huge drop by any means, but it’s worth noting after such a strong run.

Quiet markets often lead to big moves
Alex Kuptsikevich from FxPro shared his thoughts with CoinDesk, saying that long periods of sideways action usually mean the market is building energy for a bigger move. He thinks Friday’s jobs report could be the spark that gets things moving again.
He also mentioned that crypto is still hanging below its 200-day average, which is now around $3.01 trillion. If it breaks above that level, it could open the door for a climb toward $3.5 trillion.
Pat Zhang from WOO X agreed. He pointed out that Bitcoin has been stuck between $93,000 and $95,000 since late April, which looks like it’s setting up for a breakout.
He also noted that Bitcoin’s funding rates have been negative over the past week — something that doesn’t happen very often. When it does, it usually means big players are buying behind the scenes.
In the past two years, there were only four times when Bitcoin’s funding rate went negative — and each time, it was followed by a strong upward move.
That pattern suggests we could be in for another push higher, especially if whales keep stacking.

What’s going on with Trump and tariffs?
On the macro side, global traders are watching how things play out with Donald Trump and international trade deals. According to Bloomberg, Trump said progress is being made with countries like South Korea, India, Japan, and China on tariff agreements.
While it may not seem directly related to crypto, big shifts in trade policy can affect investor mood across markets — and that includes digital assets.
So while nothing seems to be jumping off the charts right now, the pieces might already be in place for a shift. All it might take is one big move in the wrong or right direction to get things rolling again.
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On April 22, the bitcoin developer known by the pseudonym 'mononaut' shared a finding on X, revealing that on the same day, someone had moved 200 bitcoins from mining rewards that had not been touched for 12 years.
In reality, there were ten coinbase transactions (rewards granted by the network to mining nodes), each with amounts close to 25 bitcoins that came out of their dormancy and were transferred to new addresses. In total, 250 BTC that this miner had accumulated at a time when mining was more an act of faith than a business.