Currently, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index stands at 53, indicating a neutral sentiment in the market. Over the past month, the market moved from fear (34) to neutrality, showing improving confidence among investors. The highest sentiment was extreme greed (88) on November 21, 2024, while the lowest was extreme fear (15) on March 11, 2025. When the Fear and Greed Index was high, Bitcoin prices surged above $100K, while during periods of extreme fear, prices dropped significantly.
Deribit, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency options and futures exchanges, has partnered with Sygnum Bank, a regulated digital asset financial institution, to bolster security for institutional crypto trading.
As part of the partnership, Deribit has now integrated Sygnum Protect, Sygnum Bank’s off-exchange custody platform, supported by Fireblocks’ Off-Exchange solution. This will allow investors to hold assets securely in a regulated bank trade without pre-funding. It is also set to reduce counterparty risks by providing automated settlement & collateral management.
Announced today, the collaboration aims to provide institutional investors with a secure, efficient, and capital-optimized trading experience by leveraging bank-grade custody and settlement solutions.
Strengthening Security in Institutional Crypto Trading
Institutional investors have long faced challenges in crypto trading, particularly concerning fund security and counterparty risk.
By partnering with Sygnum Bank, Deribit is aiming to enhance the safety and trustworthiness of its platform, enabling institutional traders to engage in derivatives trading with reduced risk exposure.
A key component of this partnership is the integration of Fireblocks’ “Off Exchange” service, which allows investors to trade on Deribit while keeping their assets securely custodied with Sygnum. This eliminates the need to pre-deposit funds on the exchange, significantly reducing exposure to exchange-related risks such as insolvency or security breaches.
Institutional traders can now access Deribit’s deep liquidity with bank-grade security.
We’re now integrated with Sygnum Protect, Sygnum Bank’s off-exchange custody platform—powered by Fireblocks’ Off-Exchange solution.
One of the primary barriers to institutional crypto adoption has been the requirement to transfer funds to exchanges before trading. This exposes investors to counterparty risk and potential loss in case of exchange failures. By leveraging Sygnum’s regulated custody services, institutional clients can now trade with confidence, knowing their funds remain within a bank-grade security framework.
Fireblocks’ secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology plays a crucial role in facilitating this solution. It enables non-custodial settlement, ensuring that funds are only transferred when trades are executed, thereby improving capital efficiency and security for institutional market participants.
Strategic Growth for Deribit, Sygnum, and Fireblocks
This partnership is a significant milestone for Deribit as it seeks to expand its institutional client base. By offering a more secure trading environment, the exchange is positioning itself as a preferred choice for hedge funds, family offices, and other institutional investors looking to trade crypto derivatives.
For Sygnum, this collaboration reinforces its role as a trusted banking partner in the digital asset industry. The Swiss-regulated crypto bank continues to expand its range of institutional services, bridging the gap between traditional finance and the digital asset economy.
Fireblocks, a leading provider of digital asset security solutions, benefits from further adoption of its “Off Exchange” service. As more institutions prioritize security in crypto trading, Fireblocks’ infrastructure is becoming an industry standard for safe and efficient asset transfers.
Thus, as institutional interest in digital assets grows, ensuring secure and efficient trading solutions remains a top priority. The partnership between Deribit and Sygnum Bank, facilitated by Fireblocks’ technology, marks a significant advancement in institutional crypto trading security. By offering a regulated, bank-grade custody and settlement solution, this initiative paves the way for greater institutional participation in the crypto derivatives market while setting new security standards for the industry.
Over the past two months, macroeconomic uncertainty has heightened crypto market volatility. Bitcoin has retracted from its $109K high, while altcoins have faced even steeper declines. According to Coinglass data, investor sentiment has shifted from a phase of “greed” to one of “fear,” sparking debate over whether this is merely a dip or the onset of a bear market.
As trading risks increase, more investors are seeking stable and reliable passive income solutions. Centralized exchanges are competing to expand their wealth management offerings, and HTX Earn is leading the charge — delivering top-tier yields, an expansive range of supported assets, and constant product upgrades. Together, these features create a seamless and automated earning experience for crypto holders.
Earn While You Trade: The Power of HTX Auto-Earn
HTX Earn has recently launched a major upgrade to its Auto-Earn feature, enabling smoother, more flexible capital deployment with one-click subscription and redemption. This enhanced system redefines passive income through smarter automation.
With Auto-Earn enabled, users’ spot balances are automatically subscribed into the corresponding Flexible Earn products every hour, activating hourly automatic compounding to optimize returns. When users place spot trades, their Earn balances are automatically redeemed in real time to fulfill orders, eliminating the need for manual withdrawals and minimizing delays. Whether users are catching a market pump or executing daily trades, the entire process remains frictionless.
Even during market downturns, idle assets can keep working. Auto-Earn ensures that every satoshi is earning—whether you’re stacking BTC and ETH or exploring the next high-potential token listed on HTX.
HTX Earn has continuously pushed the boundaries of integrating trading and earning. Following the success of SmartEarn, which enabled passive income generation on USDT balances in perpetual futures accounts, Auto-Earn closes the gap between spot trading and passive yield. Funds compound automatically, while liquidity remains readily accessible, giving HTX Earn a major edge over competing exchange-based yield products.
High Yields, More Choices: Find Your Perfect Fit
In passive income, APY matters, and HTX Earn consistently offers some of the most competitive rates in the industry, especially for stablecoins and PoS assets. For instance, USDD Flexible Earn offers an 8% APY — 9.4x higher than typical stablecoin products. Plus , users can subscribe using USDT at a 1:1 ratio with zero slippage, making it one of the most convenient options for optimizing yield. For holders of ETH, TRX, and SOL holders, HTX Earn’s Flexible products deliver returns comparable to on-chain staking, minus the technical complexity and security concerns.
A standout innovation is the $HTX Earn product. By subscribing to $HTX Flexible Earn, users automatically join Launchpool events, earning a 4% APY while receiving airdrops of trending project tokens. Currently, Launchpool #3 is in full swing, with 370,000+ USDT worth of airdrops from AB and OBT prize pools.
Beyond high yields, HTX Earn supports over 200 cryptocurrencies, with rapid listings of high-quality new assets. New users joining fixed term products for newly listed tokens can access APYs of up to 100%.
At present, top-performing Flexible Earn products include USDT, USDD, BTC, ETH, and $HTX, with DOGE and SHIB also gaining traction. With the TRON Meme Season 2.0 on the horizon, expect more SunPump meme coins to land on HTX and expand the Earn ecosystem further.
HTX Earn also runs a monthly “Earning Day” promotion, featuring APY Booster Coupons and exclusive perks. This month, HTX introduced 7-day fixed-term products for BTC, ETH, and USDT, offering up to 10% APY and attracting significant user demand.
The Bottom Line
Through every market cycle, HTX Earn stays ahead by delivering user-first innovations, smarter automation and a robust passive income ecosystem. From future balance yields to hourly compounding on spot balances, from 200+ supported assets to $HTX-powered ecosystem incentives, HTX Earn is redefining what’s possible in crypto passive income. No matter where the market moves, HTX Earn ensures your assets keep working, 24/7.
UNI price has largely followed Ethereum price action in the ongoing wider crypto recovery.
The Uniswap project has significantly benefited from the pro-crypto stance of the Donald Trump administration.
After bleeding profusely YTD, Uniswap (UNI) has experienced a relief rally in the past three weeks. The mid-cap altcoin, with a fully diluted valuation of about $5.8 billion and a 24-hour average trading volume of around $232 million, pumped over 12 percent in the past 7 days to trade about $5.87 on Friday, April 25, during the mid-North American trading session.
The mild recovery of the UNI price, in the past few days, was partially attributed to the rising Futures Open Interest (OI). According to the latest market data from Coinglass, at the time of this writing, UNI’s OI had surged by around 9 percent in the last 24 hours to hover about $247 million.
UNI Price Analysis
As the largest DEX based on the Ethereum network, UNI price has recorded a high correlation with ETH in the past. Following Ether’s pump above $1.8k in the past few days, UNI price broke out of a falling wedge pattern.
In the daily timeframe, UNI price has so far consistently closed above the falling logarithmic trend, which was established YTD, in the past five days. The daily Relative Strength Index (RSI) has jumped above the 50 level for the first time in 2025.
Additionally, the daily MACD line is almost crossing the zero line for the first time this year, amid the growing positive histogram bars. In case Ether’s price rallies towards $2k in the coming days, UNI’s price is well positioned to surge over 100 percent.
Nevertheless, having a stop loss of around $4.95 is prudent in case the crypto-bullish sentiment is invalidated.
Fundamental Outlook for Uniswap
According to market data from Intotheblock, UNI has recorded a $304 million surge in large transaction volume in the past seven days. With only 22 percent of all UNI holders in profit, the altcoin is well-positioned to rally further in the coming months.
Moreover, the Uniswap protocol has significantly benefited from the pro-crypto stance of the Donald Trump administration. As Coinpedia reported, Uniswap is no longer under the U.S. SEC’s radar after the agency dropped the investigations earlier this year.
As a result, Uniswap’s TVL has grown to over $3.8 billion and more than $1.67 billion in 24-hour trading volume.
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UNI price has largely followed Ethereum price action in the ongoing wider crypto recovery. The Uniswap project has significantly benefited from the pro-crypto stance of the Donald Trump administration. After bleeding profusely YTD, Uniswap (UNI) has experienced a relief rally in the past three weeks. The mid-cap altcoin, with a fully diluted valuation of about …
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