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The week wrapped up with all the grace of a drunken uncle at a wedding-loud and embarrassing. And if you thought bulls would be dancing, think again. They were likely hiding under the table.

The Bitcoin Game Theory framework provides a unique way to understand how the Bitcoin market works, looking at price movements and how well different participants are working together. It mainly aims to monitor how coordinated the network is and pinpoint when that coordination starts to fall apart.

Hold onto your blockchain, folks! Morgan Stanley has just filed Amendment No. 3 to its S-1 registration, basically saying, “Hey Blackrock, our Bitcoin ETF is 14bps cheaper than yours. Deal with it.” Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas (aka the ETF whisperer) spilled the tea on X: “Semi-shock: Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF will charge 14bps, making it the cheapest spot Bitcoin ETF on the market. Blackrock’s IBIT? More like I-BIT-overpriced.”

As a crypto investor, I’m watching Morgan Stanley closely – they’re getting ready to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF. Honestly, it seems pretty straightforward. They’re calling it the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, and from what I understand, it’ll actually *hold* Bitcoin, track its price, and won’t use any risky stuff like leverage or derivatives. It’s designed to be super familiar to institutional investors, and will trade on the NYSE Arca. It feels like a natural step for them, but it’s still big news for Bitcoin adoption.

In the realm of Shiba Inu, we see a curious phenomenon: while the price has been doing its usual dance-sometimes up, sometimes down, often resembling a tipsy penguin on ice-the futures traders are pulling back faster than a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Data from CoinGlass suggests that fear is gripping the trading floor, raising questions about whether our beloved asset can ever regain its former glory.

Behold, the delta skew, that harbinger of despair, hath climbed to 15% on Friday-a number that screams of traders clutching at straws, paying a king’s ransom for the illusion of safety. Under calmer skies, this figure would linger modestly between -6% and 6%. Yet, here we stand, gazing into the abyss. Deribit, that oracle of derivatives, reveals put options trading at 0.0580 BTC, or $3,786, for an April 24 contract at the $66,000 strike. A 50% probability, they say, of Bitcoin’s shackles holding firm. Fear, my dear reader, hath reigned supreme since mid-January, a specter haunting the halls of crypto.

In a lengthy discourse on the platform known as X, market sage Crypto Patel disclosed that an astonishing 23,483 BTC, valued at a staggering $1.66 billion, had recently taken flight from crypto exchanges. One might wonder why this stunning development has not garnered more attention from the masses who often gather to witness the latest crypto spectacle, like children at a fair. Perhaps they were too busy chasing the next shiny object, blissfully unaware of the winds of change that swirl around them.

According to a recent post on X, a crypto analyst known as X Finance Bull pointed out a key detail about XRP holders that many overlook. The Asia-Pacific region has the largest share, with around 35-40% of all XRP holders, who each hold an average of 4,200 XRP. These holders primarily use XRP for sending money internationally and trading. The analyst emphasized that this demonstrates XRP’s practical use in facilitating real-world financial transactions.

Ethereum traded near $1,990 on Saturday after losing a major technical support zone around $2,100. 

Coinniel, that sage of the charts, observes with a raised eyebrow that exchange inflows have reversed their course. After a brief flirtation with outflows, Bitcoin has returned to the exchanges, three days in a row. A bearish omen, you say? Perhaps. For when coins gather on exchanges, the specter of sell pressure looms, as inevitable as a Russian winter.