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Bitcoin Hits 74K as Strategy Scoops Up Another Billion in BTC and Goldman Eyes Crypto ETF

Bitcoin Hits 74K as Strategy Scoops Up Another Billion in BTC and Goldman Eyes Crypto ETF

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Crypto Success: Bitcoin Trading & Investment Strategies podcast. Hey folks, Crypto Willy here, your best buddy diving deep into the blockchain buzz for the week ending April 14, 2026. Bitcoin's on fire, hitting $74,314 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern today per Fortune, up $3,125 from yesterday but still shy of last year's highs—talk about that classic BTC rollercoaster since Laszlo Hanyecz's 10,000-pizza trade back in 2009, now worth over $668 million! Strategy's crushing it, scooping up 13,927 more Bitcoin for $1 billion between April 6 and 12, funded entirely by at-the-market sales of their perpetual preferred stock, STRC, as reported by CryptoSlate and Investing.com. Michael Saylor hyped it on X: STRC smashed $1.1 billion in daily volume on April 13, closing at par with just a penny of volatility, ballooning their market cap to $6.36 billion. Now holding 780,897 BTC at an average $75,577 per coin—STRC's financed nearly 70,000 BTC total, with tons more runway ahead. Markets are rallying toward two-month highs around $75,000, fueled by US-Iran peace talk optimism, according to Fortune and CryptoSlate. Bitcoin bounced from $68,000 early April, eyeing $74,000 resistance if oil dips and de-escalation holds—Wintermute warns escalation could drag it back to the low $60,000s. But brace for turbulence: Economic Times flags a potential $2.8 billion tax sell-off ahead of tomorrow's April 15 IRS deadline, though post-tax liquidity might spark a rally, as YouTube catalyst breakdowns predict alongside Strategy's perma-bid and renewed spot ETF inflows. Wall Street's piling in—Goldman Sachs filed for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, per CoinDesk, their first big crypto push. Short-term plays? Mudrex highlights swing trading BTC or ETH over day trading memes: use take-profit ladders like 25% at +20%, stick to spot or low 2-3x leverage, and watch AI gems like Fetch.ai (FET), Render (RNDR), and Bittensor (TAO) for quick gains in rotating sectors. April's historically bullish for BTC with 33.4% average returns, per CoinGlass—Fed minutes loom as the real test. Thanks for tuning in, pals—catch you next week for more! This has been a Quiet Please production; for me, check out Quiet Please Dot A I. Stay stacked! Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.
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