On Wednesday, Bitcoin fell about 3% to $76,000 as a tech-driven selloff on Wall Street spilled into Asia, weighing on risk appetite. Early trading saw weaker openings in Japan and Australia, with Hong Kong futures pointing to declines, while traders rotated toward more cyclical exposures.

Nvidia is close to committing $20 billion to OpenAI, a move that would be the chipmaker's largest single investment and part of a funding round that could reach $100 billion. Both companies' CEOs rejected speculation of strained ties, with Jensen Huang saying the next financing is a major commitment and Sam Altman signaling long-term demand for Nvidia's AI chips.

Solana’s price has bounced from the $100 support area toward $104 while the TD Sequential indicator has issued a new buy signal after a completed downside phase. Market data show easing bearish momentum, aggressive spot buying, and negative exchange netflows helping to stabilize SOL, but descending regression resistance still limits the upside and keeps the move corrective.

XRP recently recovered from around $1.50 to trade near $1.60, even as resurfaced emails linked to Jeffrey Epstein and leaked Mojaloop discussions reignited debate over early payment networks. The rebound aligns with broader market stabilization, regulatory progress on an EU EMI license, a DXC Technology integration, and more than $280 million in diamond tokenization on XRPL.

NeoBurger, a smart contract staking protocol launched in 2021, will wind down operations following Neo's planned overhaul of voting rewards and staking. Services continue until May 1, 2026; GAS distribution stops from May 1 to Aug. 1; all functionality ends after Aug. 1. Users are advised to redeem bNEO and withdraw funds.

According to the article, Bitcoin traded around $76,273 after a 3% move over the past 24 hours, while spot Bitcoin ETFs registered $562 million in net inflows as buyers stepped into weakness. Daily volume reached $67.8 billion, and UK‑listed SWC now holds 2,674 BTC, as chart signals highlight support near $74,000 and resistance around $84,000.

Bitcoin extended its drop under $75,000 and briefly touched $72,865 before attempting a rebound toward $76,500. The price is still trading beneath $79,000 and the 100-hour simple moving average, with a bearish trend line capping BTC near $77,200. If it fails to clear resistance around $77,000–$77,200, another move lower toward $74,000 or even $72,850 remains possible.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shifted away from his earlier view that layer-2 networks should be the main path to scaling Ethereum, arguing many are still controlled by multisig bridges rather than fully inheriting mainnet security. He now favors scaling the Ethereum base layer via higher gas limits and precompiled native rollups, while encouraging L2s such as Arbitrum, Optimism, Base and Starknet to focus on specialized use cases. The comments follow internal discussions among Ethereum developers about mainnet scaling and past proposals targeting up to 10,000 transactions per second.