THE CHAIN JOURNAL
Independent Crypto Editorial
Soneium privacy transfers: Startale adds audit tools in 2026
Soneium privacy transfers get Audit View and private transfers as Startale adds Privacy Boost, with compliance controls now central.
Mauricio Pompilii Marquez
Mauricio Pompilii Marquez is a Senior Financial Analyst at The Chain Journal, bringing a traditional finance perspective to crypto markets. His coverage spans macro analysis, institutional flows, derivatives, and on-chain data, with a focus on how digital assets connect to the broader financial system and what institutional participation means for the market.
Bitcoin support resistance flip keeps bulls in control
Bitcoin support resistance flip at $76,500 Bitcoin support resistance flip is the market’s main question after BTC pulled back to retest $76,500 as support. The move matters because price did not break down cleanly; instead, it returned to an area…
Bitcoin shorts face $1.4B squeeze near $80K
Bitcoin shorts and the $80,000 trap Bitcoin shorts are back in the spotlight because the market has built a dense liquidation zone near $80,000. The immediate setup matters more than the failed push above $79,000: if spot buying stays firm,…
Shekel-Pegged Stablecoin Approval Raises the Stakes
Shekel-Pegged Stablecoin Approval Changes Israel’s Crypto Map The shekel-pegged stablecoin story is bigger than one token. Israel’s approval of BILS, issued by Bits of Gold, gives the country’s first locally referenced stablecoin a regulated path after a two-year pilot on…
Bitcoin whale holdings surge, $80K breaks next?
Bitcoin whale holdings hit a new supply test Bitcoin whale holdings have climbed to a five-month high, and that matters because the market is not trading on sentiment alone. When large wallets keep adding while liquid supply shrinks, price can…
IREN’s AI cloud pivot weakens Bitcoin mining
Bitcoin Miners Are Becoming Infrastructure Plays IREN is no longer being read by the market as a pure Bitcoin miner. Its shift toward AI cloud infrastructure has turned the company into a case study in how capital, power, and compute…
Ethereum Foundation selling keeps ETH traders wary
Why This Rally Feels Less Secure Than It Looks Ether has spent April doing what bulls wanted: moving higher, briefly pushing toward the mid-$2,400 area and recovering roughly 10% over the month. But price action alone is not the whole…
KBank and Ripple test Korea’s remittance edge
Why This Trial Matters Now KBank’s trial with Ripple is notable because it sits at the intersection of cross-border payments, banking infrastructure, and South Korea’s regulatory reset. On paper, it is a remittance experiment. In practice, it is a test…
Bitcoin ETF inflows regain force as demand broadens
Bitcoin Leads, But the Message Is Broader Bitcoin is once again doing what it does best: absorbing capital when investors want crypto exposure without taking on the full complexity of the market. The latest weekly inflow figures show $1.2 billion…
Bitcoin’s $80K wall raises $57K bottom debate
Why $80K Matters Now Bitcoin’s move back toward $80,000 has not settled the argument about direction; it has sharpened it. The market can rally into a familiar resistance zone and still leave behind a larger structural weakness if liquidity thins…
