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Crypto markets surged almost 5% and Bitcoin roared past $100k as US President Donald Trump announced a new US-UK trade deal.
The announcement, at an Oval Office press conference that started just before 11 a.m. EST, marks the first major trade agreement since Trump announced his ”Liberation Day” tariffs. It comes ahead of planned trade talks in Geneva, Switzerland, with China scheduled to start on Saturday.
Trump said the US-UK trade deal is based on “reciprocity and fairness” and that it is a ”great deal for both countries.”
“They’ll also be fast tracking American goods through their customs process, so our exports go to a very, very quick form of approval, and there won’t be any red tape,” he added.
UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer, speaking via a phone link with the Oval Office, called the deal ”truly historic.”
Crypto Market Soars
Bitcoin has surged almost 4% in the past 24 hours to trade at $100.679 as of 11:36 a.m. EST. Ethereum surged more than 11% to break $2k, Solana soared 8.5% and Cardano 8.6%.
With risk sentiment roaring back, investors are once again eyeing high-upside opportunities across the crypto market. Meme coins are bouncing back, with the sector surging about 9%, led by Pudgy Penguins (up 24.8%), Brett (15.5%), and Pepe (14.6%).
The renewed optimism in markets has analysts highlighting early-stage tokens as some of the most compelling plays ahead of the next bull run.
Among their top picks are Solaxy ($SOLX), the first Layer-2 solution for Solana, which has blasted past $33.6 million in presale; BTC Bull Token ($BTCBULL), which lets traders amplify their exposure to Bitcoin’s momentum; and MIND of Pepe ($MIND), an AI agent hybrid.
All three are still in presale, and offer early entry to projects before broader market adoption catches on.
Solaxy
Solaxy is the first scaling solution for the thriving Solana ecosystem, and it’s arguably the most successful presale of the year after raising more than $33.6 million.
Its timing could not be more ideal as the SOL blockchain battles high levels of congestion. It will operate similar to other layer-2 solutions within the Ethereum ecosystem, such as Base, Arbitrum and Optimism.
Using protocols called rollups, Solaxy will process and bundle transactions off of the Solana mainnet, and only call on the layer-2 blockchain for final validation.
That will increase the number of transactions Solana can handle at any given time, with Solaxy’s team aiming for 10,000 transactions per second for their native sidechain.
The team is on track of achieving that dream, having recently laid the foundation for their high-speed layer-2 blockchain with the launch of the Solaxy testnet and block explorer.
🔥 The Solaxy Era Begins 🔥
The Solaxy TestNet Block Explorer is now live! This is the first step in bringing about $SOLX domination. 🛸🪐
Check it out for yourself below 👇https://t.co/VWq2cscsrK pic.twitter.com/8rIQfOHAwb
— SOLAXY (@SOLAXYTOKEN) April 19, 2025
YouTube channel 99Bitcoins, which boast more than 725k subscribers, believes Solaxy’s strong ICO momentum could overflow into the project’s launch, and predicts it could soar 100X.
BTC Bull Token
BTC Bull Token is a unique meme coin project that rewards its token holders with free Bitcoin as the leading crypto rises to new all-time highs.
BTC Bull Token will start BTC airdrops for token holders when Bitcoin hits $150K, and again every time that BTC climbs another $50k. It also will start burning BTCBULL tokens when the BTC prices hits $125k, and repeat that for every subsequent $25k increase in the Bitcoin price, putting upward pressure on the BTCBULL price.
The project’s belief that Bitcoin will one day rise to $1 million per coin is backed by bullish predictions by industry leaders.
The CEO of multi-billion-dollar asset management firm BlackRock, Larry Fink, has predicted that BTC will surge to $700K if asset managers just allocate 2-5% of their portfolios to the crypto.
🚨JUST IN: $11.5 trillion BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says Bitcoin could go up to $700,000 if there is more fear of currency debasement and economic instability.
pic.twitter.com/V58UQHkEbU— Bark (@barkmeta) January 22, 2025
BTC maxi and Strategy chair Michael Saylor predicts that the king of cryptos will soar to $13 million. He has led the firm in a series of large BTC purchases, and recently doubled to $84 billion the amount of money his firm plans to raise to buy more Bitcoin.
Projections like those are a key reason why $BTCBULL’s presale has already raised over $5.4 million.
99Bitcoins has also predicted 10X gains for $BTCBULL post-launch, adding to the already-strong bullish case for the new project.
MIND Of Pepe
MIND of Pepe is a new meme coin project that introduces a sophisticated AI agent capable of spotting new trends in the market early. It does this by connecting directly to social platforms such as X, Discord and others, notifying $MIND holders through token-gated groups of any opportunities as soon as they emerge.
The AI agent can launch its own tokens as well, and is able to autonomously hype them up online, trade them, and reinvest any profits back into $MIND. With each new token it creates, the AI gives $MIND holders the chance at first buy-in, setting them up for possible parabolic gains if the tokens take off.
Excitement around the project is soaring after the team recently announced that its AI agent will go live on X on May 10.
MIND of Pepe AI agent is coming to X — May 10th 🔥
We’re proud to announce that MIND of Pepe, our autonomous AI agent, goes live on May 10th.
This isn’t a trading bot. MIND is a purpose-built intelligence system that ingests and cross-validates real-time data from across the… pic.twitter.com/rEuMsWKLu8
— MIND of Pepe (@MINDofPepe) April 23, 2025
Additionally, the project’s ICO has entered its final stage. So far, the project has raised more than $8.8 million through its ICO.
With under 23 days left until launch, the investor frenzy around $MIND’s ICO has gone into overdrive. 99Bitcoins predicts a 10X surge for $MIND after its launch.
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