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Bitcoin Resistance at $78K and $83K Could Cap Rally: Schwab
In brief

Bitcoin’s active investor cost basis at $78,000 stalled the recent rally, with the ETP average cost basis at $83,000 seen as the next key hurdle, according to Schwab’s digital assets strategist.

The passage of the CLARITY Act is a major catalyst that could reset momentum in the crypto market.

Strong institutional demand from recent ETF inflows could fuel a breakout rather than a reversal, other experts told Decrypt.
Bitcoin’s rally to $78,000 ran into resistance last week, with Schwab’s digital assets strategist pointing to two investor cost basis levels that could keep prices rangebound—even as ETF inflows and ceasefire optimism provide underlying support.

The leading crypto is currently trading at around $76,800, down from last week’s high of $77,900, according to CoinGecko data. It is up 2.3% over the past 24 hours, supported by $1.4 billion in crypto fund inflows last week—the strongest weekly total since January.

The active investor cost basis, a measure of the average price paid for Bitcoin acquired via secondary markets, sits at approximately $78,000, the level where last week’s rally stalled, according to Jim Ferraioli, Director of Digital Currencies Research and Strategy at the Schwab Center for Financial Research.

Above that, around $83,000 is the average cost basis across all spot Bitcoin ETPs, a level where new crypto investors may be inclined to sell to recoup losses. The 200-day simple moving average at nearly $87,000 represents the long-term price trend, sitting just above the $83,000 level.

“Both measures suggest that the average Bitcoin investor is currently sitting at a loss,” Ferraioli told Decrypt. “These levels could serve as much stronger areas of resistance than moving averages.”

Institutional demand may absorb selling pressure at those levels, according to Simon Jones, Co-founder and CEO of Reya.

“The 83,000 figure for spot ETP buyers is the more interesting level to watch,” he told Decrypt. “These are largely institutional investors who came in through regulated products, patient capital that came in for structural reasons rather than a quick trade. Given the sustained inflows we’ve seen, there’s a reasonable case that new demand absorbs any profit-taking at that level.”

Key market dynamics

On the bullish side, crypto funds have seen three consecutive weeks of positive flows, with U.S.-led inflows dominating at $1.5 billion last week, according to CoinShares. Morgan Stanley launched its spot Bitcoin ETF this month, with Goldman Sachs filing for its own Bitcoin income ETF shortly after, broadening institutional access and improving the leading crypto’s fundamental outlook.

That institutional demand is the most reliable catalyst, Andri Fauzan Adziima, research lead at Bitrue, told Decrypt. “We’ve seen multiple strong inflow days in April, including a standout $664 million single-day surge on April 17 led by BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC. This steady absorption of supply sets the current cycle apart from past retail-driven manias.”

However, headwinds persist. April tax season could prompt portfolio rebalancing that caps upside for risk assets, in general, while the U.S.-Iran ceasefire remains fragile.

Users on prediction market Myriad, owned by Decrypt’s parent company Dastan, have assigned a 62% chance that oil hits $120 per barrel next, underscoring persistent geopolitical uncertainty. However, they remain optimistic in the mid-term, putting a 74% chance on U.S. President Donald Trump announcing the end of military operations against Iran before June.

While a retest of the 50-day SMA wouldn’t be surprising, Ferraioli said the market is still waiting for the CLARITY Act to pass as a “major catalyst to reset momentum” in the crypto market.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, often referred to as the CLARITY Act, has stalled in the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, with scheduled markups delayed due to intense disputes over stablecoin yield provisions.

Until then, those resistance levels could keep prices relatively rangebound in the near term. Retail investors, however, remain bullish, assigning a 60% chance that Bitcoin stays above $76,000 by 4 pm UTC on April 22—up from 33.5% just two days earlier—suggesting sentiment can shift quickly if key levels hold.

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April 21, 2026
Grandson of Mob Boss John Gotti Sentenced for Funneling Stolen COVID Funds Into Crypto
In brief

Carmine G. Agnello has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison and ordered to repay $1.27M after defrauding the SBA’s COVID-19 EIDL program.

Agnello, the grandson of Gambino boss John Gotti, submitted false loan applications for Crown Auto Parts & Recycling, overstating employee numbers and misrepresenting the use of funds.

He diverted roughly $420,000 of the $1.1M haul into a crypto business rather than the legitimate business purposes he had claimed.
The grandson of one of America’s most notorious crime figures has been sentenced to prison after he siphoned pandemic relief funds into crypto investments, an outcome experts say points to a pattern of opportunistic fraud during COVID-era aid programs.

Carmine G. Agnello, grandson of John Gotti, the former boss of the Gambino crime family, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) of roughly $1.1 million through the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

Prosecutors said he diverted about $420,000 of those funds into a crypto business instead of using the money to support his company.

He pleaded guilty in September 2024 to wire fraud and was also ordered to pay $1,268,302 in restitution, serve two years of supervised release, and complete 100 hours of community service.

Between April 2020 and November 2021, Agnello fraudulently applied for at least three Economic Injury Disaster Loans through his Jamaica, Queens-based business, Crown Auto Parts & Recycling, LLC, submitting false information about employee headcount and intended use of funds, according to the statement.

The SBA’s Office of Inspector General has estimated that more than $200 billion in potentially fraudulent loans were disbursed through COVID relief programs, with around $136 billion tied to EIDL alone.

Crypto’s open door

Experts told Decrypt that Agnello’s case reflects a structural vulnerability baked into emergency relief design.

“The government prioritized speed, relaxed controls, and created what investigators have described as a kind of pay-now-chase-later environment,” cybercrime consultant David Sehyeon Baek said. “Money was pushed out fast, and serious verification often came much later.”

Isabella Chase, Head of Policy, EMEA at TRM Labs, called pandemic programs “among the most significant fraud vectors we have observed in recent years.”

Both experts pointed to how weak verification enabled the crypto pivot.

“The combination of unprecedented speed of disbursement, relaxed verification requirements, and the rapid maturation of crypto markets created a near-perfect storm,” Chase told Decrypt.

Last month, federal prosecutors charged Los Angeles rideshare driver Bruce Choi with wire fraud and money laundering after he allegedly obtained more than $2 million in COVID loans for a fictional company called Premier Republic and wired the proceeds to crypto exchange Kraken.

In October, a rural English glazier was sentenced to 22 months after securing two COVID Bounce Back loans and directing a portion toward crypto investments and gambling, when only one loan was permitted.

Agnello’s family background

Agnello’s grandfather, John Gotti, rose to lead the Gambino crime family in the 1980s, becoming one of the most notorious mob bosses in American history before his 1992 conviction on murder and racketeering charges.

Baek said that while Agnello’s family background naturally raises questions, the public record gives little to work with.

“The DOJ appears to have treated it as a fairly straightforward wire-fraud case,” he said. “In a district like the Eastern District of New York, which has a long history of handling Gambino-related prosecutions, that kind of omission usually tells you something.”

There were no RICO allegations, no money laundering charges, and no public suggestion of broader organized crime involvement, a significant absence, Baek noted, given the Eastern District’s institutional familiarity with Gambino prosecutions.

Agnello’s attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, told the court his client suffered from a gambling addiction and pointed to an unusual upbringing, including the reality show “Growing Up Gotti,” as contributing factors, according to an NBC New York report.

Such defenses are rare in practice, with fraud cases involving crypto more often showing “deliberate, methodical behaviour,” including structured transactions, layering across wallets, and efforts to obscure the origin of funds, Chase said.

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April 21, 2026
Kamala Harris and Rita Moreno to Be Honored at Public Counsel Awards Dinner (EXCLUSIVE)

Kamala Harris and Rita Moreno will receive Public Counsel’s William O. Douglas Award and Trailblazer in the Arts Award, respectively, at the law firm’s annual William O. Douglas Award Dinner. Dedicated to recognizing those whose accomplishments have profoundly advanced justice and equality, the event will take place on April 29 in Beverly Hills.

Harris began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office and served as District Attorney of San Francisco, California’s Attorney General and the state’s Senator before going on to serve as the 49th Vice President of the United States from 2021 to 2025. Harris was the first woman in history to hold the office. As Vice President, Harris worked to strengthen global alliances and address key issues including economic opportunity, reproductive rights and climate investment.

“Vice President Harris has dedicated her career to fighting for the people – from her service to the State of California to her historic tenure as Vice President of the United States,” said Kathryn Eidmann, Public Counsel’s president and CEO. “Her leadership has helped advance civil rights, expand opportunity, and uphold equal justice and dignity for all. We are honored to recognize her with the William O. Douglas Award.”

Rita Moreno’s career has spanned more than eight decades across film, television and stage; Moreno is also one of the few artists to achieve an EGOT. In addition to her Academy Award, Tony Award, two Emmy Awards and a Grammy, Moreno won a Golden Globe for her role in “West Side Story.” Previously, she’s been recognized with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award and the prestigious Peabody Award.

In addition to Harris and Moreno, the event will honor Davis Wright Tremaine LLP with the Law Firm Pro Bono Award for its demonstrated commitment to public service for more than eight decades; the firm has contributed more than 31,275 hours of pro bono work in 2025, valued at $25.6 million.

Jason George will return as emcee with board member Tanya Acker. Poet Amanda Gorman will deliver a reading and Uzo Aduba will present the William O. Douglas Award to Harris.

Past honorees include Jane Fonda, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Viola Davis, John Legend, Governor Gavin Newsom, Hillary Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Elie Wiesel, and Reverend James M. Lawson Jr., among others.

April 21, 2026
LaToya Jackson Says Sister Janet ‘Kindly Declined’ to Be Portrayed in ‘Michael’: ‘I Wish Everybody Was in the Movie’

Where in the “Michael” world is Janet Jackson?

The music superstar is nowhere to be seen as a character in the new Antoine Fuqua-directed biopic about her late brother.

“I wish everybody was in the movie,” Jackson sibling LaToya Jackson told me Monday night at the film’s premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. “She was asked and she kindly declined so you have to respect her wishes.”

Michael is portrayed by their nephew Jaafar Jackson with Joe Jackson played by Colman Domingo and Nia Long playing Katherine Jackson. LaToya is portrayed by Jessica Sula. Juliano Valdi takes on the role of younger Michael.

Fuqua said it was “very important” for him to have the Jackson family involved with the movie.

“You’re telling somebody’s life, you want to make sure that they’re happy,” he said.

Not only does Michael’s estate have a financial investment in the project, but his son, Prince Jackson, serves as an executive producer. His other children Bigi and Paris are not involved. Paris has publicly criticized the film for having “a lot of inaccuracies” and “a lot of full blown lies.”

She said in a video posted to social media, “The film panders to a very specific section of my dad’s fandom that still lives in the fantasy. And they’re going to be happy with it.”

As for Janet, Fuqua said, “I have so much respect and love for Janet, but you know it’s OK. She’s supportive of Jaafar and that’s what matters.”

LaToya gushed over Jaafar’s performance.

“Oh my gosh, I have to tell you that Jaafar was absolutely fabulous,” LaToya said. “I’m sure you’ve seen the movie and you know how wonderful he is, how we all forget and think that we’re watching Mike. It’s like, ‘Oh, I forgot this is Jaafar.’”

As Variety’s Brent Lang and Rebecca Rubin first reported in early April, the Jackson estate had to pay up to $15 million for reshoots. They had to cut scenes showing Michael being accused of child molestation by Jordan Chandler because Chandler’s settlement with the singer barred the depiction or mention of him in any movie.

“Michael” is in theaters on April 24.

April 21, 2026
Which Levels Must Be Broken for Bitcoin to Rise? Analyst Reveals Two Levels!

With only days remaining before the end of the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, US President Donald Trump, in his latest statements, indicated that he does not want to extend the ceasefire with Iran, signaling the potential for a renewed escalation of tensions in the Middle East.

While Trump’s statements imply that conflicts could resume when the ceasefire ends, an analyst shared his expectations for Bitcoin ($BTC).

Accordingly, Jim Ferraioli, an analyst at the Schwab Financial Research Center, warned that Bitcoin faces significant resistance between $78,000 and $83,000, which are investor cost floor levels.

Jim Ferraioli noted that the recent surge in Bitcoin has stalled at the $78,000 level, which is the cost floor for active investors.

Arguing that this level is one of the significant resistances in the $BTC rise, the analyst stated that another important resistance is $83,000, which is the average cost floor for spot Bitcoin ETF investors.

The analyst added that these two price levels could face selling pressure from investors aiming to reach the break-even point, and could act as resistance.

“Both levels indicate that the average Bitcoin investor is currently at a loss.”

Furthermore, these levels can function as much stronger resistance areas than moving averages.”

However, Simon Jones, co-founder of the decentralized derivatives exchange Reya, also stated that $83,000 is a significant resistance level for Bitcoin. Jones also indicated that significant selling pressure could be experienced at this level.

However, Jones believes that corporate demand can absorb this selling pressure. He stated that institutions invest for long-term reasons rather than short-term investment, and that sustained demand may be sufficient to absorb profit-taking occurring at these resistance levels.

*This is not investment advice.

April 21, 2026
BREAKING: New York Files Lawsuit Against Crypto Exchanges Coinbase and Gemini

April 21, 2026
Pip Wedge, U.K. and Canadian TV Pioneer, Dies at 97

Pip Wedge, a broadcast pioneer who helped shape the British and Canadian private TV businesses when first getting off the ground, has died. He was 97.

Wedge passed away peacefully and unexpectedly on April 15 in Toronto from natural causes after feeling unwell and taking a nap from which he never woke, his wife, Lis Wedge, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. “After nearly 61 years of marriage, I am missing him tremendously,” she said in a statement.

Born on Dec. 2, 1928 in Forest Hill, in southeast London, U.K., Wedge was named Philip by his parents so that they might call him Pip, after the Charles Dickens character in the classic Great Expectations novel. Following high school studies during the turbulent Second World War, Wedge in May 1946 took a job as a clerk and switchboard operator at a London advertising agency, before joining the UK Navy as a telegraph operator.

It was while Wedge monitored the airwaves around Glasgow Harbor aboard a navy ship that he also listened to the American Forces Network radio station as American artists like Doris Day, Jo Stafford and Johnny Ray performed on air. That pop musical interest eventually had Wedge catching the attention of veteran British musician, broadcaster and Musical Express writer Steve Race.

In a 1994 profile in Playback Magazine, Wedge recalled summoning his courage to approach Race, whom he did meet with and came away with a handful of the musician’s LPs in his arms. When it came time to return the records a few months later, this time Wedge came away with a job offer after offering some useful writing advice during their conversation.

“During our second meeting, Steve was writing his Musical Express column, so I looked over his shoulder, made some comments, which he put into the article. We really got on,” Wedge recounted. In June 1950, Wedge began writing concert reviews at the Musical Express for Race, and in June 1952, he became a reporter and eventually an assistant editor.

By 1955, however, Wedge heard from Race he was part of a license application to launch Associated-Rediffusion, Britain’s commercial TV station to compete against the BBC public broadcaster. So Wedge joined the TV station, helping set up their music department and then moving into light entertainment. That included producing in the rough and tumble world of early TV quiz shows like Double Your Money and Take Your Pick.

In spring 1962, Wedge felt a need to exit quiz show production in the U.K.: “I plateaued and had little hope of breaking through,” he recalled in the 1994 profile about any additional career advancement. But that exit came when Wedge was asked to produce Double Your Money pilots in Canada and Australia.

In Toronto, he set up studio space at CFTO-TV and found contestants, before doing the same in Sydney, Australia. By 1964, Wedge was producing 42 half hours of Double Your Money for the privately-owned CTV Television Network in five cities across the country, while editing the series in Toronto.

A year later, Wedge made the decision to take a job offer at CTV, first in Montreal in August 1965 and then at headquarters in Toronto from August 1967 as a producer under Murray Chercover, executive vp of the network and programming chief Arthur Weinthal.

In 1970, Wedge was promoted to director of development. Suddenly, he was no longer considered strictly a music man or a producer as back in class-ridden UK, but was judged a TV exec asked to help lead a Canadian TV network. “This was a much more democratic environment than what I’d known in London. They took me at face value. They knew what I did, and none of my background mattered. This was a key element in my being happy with CTV,” Wedge recalled in the 1994 profile.

He worked at CTV for 28 years until his retirement in June 1994, with his duties including producing Canadian variety and daytime programming like a trio of Petula Clark TV specials and early seasons of W5, the network’s flagship news magazine series.

And Wedge bought CTV’s foreign programming, including U.S. studio series like Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, Soap and The Love Boat acquired each year at the Los Angeles Screenings, as he managed the network’s schedule. After leaving CTV, Wedge did consultancy work for the network and industry associations like the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.

In November 2006, he was inducted into the CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame, and a year later became for 10 years an adjudicator for the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, which helped regulate taste and standards on Canadian TV for the CRTC, the industry regulator.

April 21, 2026
‘My Hero Academia in Concert’ Sets U.S. Fall Tour

“My Hero Academia in Concert,” a live show pairing a 15-piece band performing Hayashi Yuki’s anime score with projected footage from the series, will tour the U.S. this fall, Toho Co., Ltd., GEA Live and RoadCo Entertainment have revealed.

The U.S. run opens Sept. 12 in Farmington, N.M., with subsequent dates stretching from the West Coast – including Los Angeles and San Francisco – to Brooklyn on the East Coast. The run follows a 10-city European debut also scheduled for fall 2026.

The show draws on all eight seasons of the anime, projecting key sequences on a large screen while the live band performs Hayashi’s compositions in sync – including well-known themes “You Say Run” and “You Can Be a Hero.” The production premieres May 30 at Pacifico Yokohama in Japan before heading abroad.

“When this music is performed live, the story takes on an entirely new dimension that audiences will feel in a much deeper way,” said Floris Douwes, producer and managing director at GEA Live. “Hayashi’s compositions don’t just accompany the action. They drive the emotion and intensify every moment throughout the performance. We’re excited to bring this experience to the passionate fans across the United States for the first time.”

“The world of ‘My Hero Academia’ will come to life like never before,” added a Toho spokesperson. “This concert gives U.S. fans their first chance to experience the music, the action, and the heart of the series live on stage, creating unforgettable moments for audiences everywhere.”

The tour is anchored in the franchise’s 10th anniversary – the anime first aired in April 2016 – with the milestone year also bringing a commemorative logo, special visual releases and the announcement of a brand-new extra episode. Horikoshi Kōhei’s source manga underpins the franchise’s scale: more than 100 million volumes in circulation worldwide, over $130 million earned at the global box office, and a combined social media following north of 4.3 million.

The show is built around Horikoshi’s manga, in which a Quirkless boy named Izuku Midoriya defies the odds to pursue his dream of becoming a hero after the most powerful hero of his era passes his ability on to him. Midoriya trains alongside his peers in Class 1-A at U.A. High School, where the demands of heroism – and villainy – press in on them from every direction.

GEA Live, a Sony Music Masterworks Live division partner, has previously produced live experiences around titles including “Demon Slayer” and “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” RoadCo Entertainment – a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment and touring producers Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota – specializes in live events built around established intellectual properties.

April 21, 2026
Tucker Carlson Apologizes for ‘Misleading People’ About Donald Trump: I Will Be ‘Tormented by It for a Long Time’

Tucker Carlson‘s break with President Donald Trump — whom the ex-Fox News host once robustly supported — took a stunning turn, as Carlson apologized for campaigning for Trump and said he was sorry for “misleading people” about Trump.

Carlson made the comments on Monday’s episode of his podcast, “The Tucker Carlson Show,” speaking with his brother Buckley Carlson, a former Trump speechwriter.

“You wrote speeches for him, I campaigned for him. I mean, we’re implicated in this, for sure,” Carlson said on the podcast. “It’s not enough to say, ‘Well, I changed my mind,’ or, like, ‘Oh, this is bad, I’m out.’”

“It’s, like, in very small ways, but in real ways, you and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now,” Tucker Carlson said. “So I do think it’s like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences. You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be, and I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people, and it was not intentional.”

About Trump, Tucker Carlson said at another point, “clearly there were signs of low character. We knew that.” But, he said, “There are tons of people of low character who, like, outperform their character. It doesn’t have to be sort of the norm actually these days. I say I’ve outperformed my character a lot. I don’t have especially high character, right? But you know, you try to, whatever, you try your best.”

Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Carlson in recent months in response to his former ally becoming increasingly critical of the Trump administration – most notably its handling of the Epstein files and the president’s war against Iran. This month, the president called Carlson “a Low IQ person,” “stupid,” and “highly overrated” in several Truth Social rants attacking him, as well as other former allies, including Megyn Kelly, Alex Jones and Candace Owens.

Carlson told Newsmax earlier this month, “I’ve always liked Trump and still feel sorry for him, as I do for all slaves. He’s hemmed in by other forces. He can’t make his own decisions. It’s awful to watch.”

Last week, Carlson’s son Buckley Carlson (who has the same name as his uncle) exited his job as VP JD Vance’s deputy press secretary.

April 21, 2026
Eating Avocado and Mango Daily Improves Blood Pressure in Prediabetes
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A recent study suggests a daily avocado-mango combo may offer heart health benefits, such as lowering blood pressure. Nadine Greeff/Stocksy
Eating one avocado and 1 cup of mango daily may improve blood vessel function in as little as 8 weeks, according to new research.

The avocado-mango combo was linked to better flow-mediated dilation in both men and women, with lower diastolic blood pressure more pronounced in men.

Researchers say the benefits likely come from a mix of fiber, potassium, vitamin C, and heart-healthy fats.

Experts stress that overall diet quality matters most, and mango and avocado work best as part of a balanced eating pattern.
Eating one avocado and 1 cup of mango daily may help improve heart health in as little as 8 weeks, according to a recent study.

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology found that adults with prediabetes who followed this combination experienced improved blood vessel function and reductions in diastolic blood pressure.

Participants who followed the avocado and mango diet showed a notable improvement in flow-mediated dilation (FMD), a measure of blood vessel function. Their FMD rose to 6.7%, whereas it fell to 4.6% in the control group, indicating better vascular health in those consuming the fruit combination.

Diastolic blood pressure also improved in males. Those in the control group experienced an average increase in central blood pressure of 5 mmHg, while men in the avocado and mango group saw a reduction of around 1.9 mmHg.

The researchers acknowledged that the study was funded by the National Mango Board and the Hass Avocado Board, which is important to consider when interpreting the findings.
Karen E. Todd, a registered dietitian nutritionist at The Supplement Dietitian, said that while the findings of the new study are promising, it doesn’t mean that a mango-avocado combination is a magic bullet. Todd wasn’t involved in the study.

Rather, she said the research highlights how replacing lower-quality foods with nutrient-dense options can improve heart health markers over time.

“The study fits with what we already know about diet quality and heart health. In this trial, adults with prediabetes who ate one avocado plus 1 cup of mango daily for 8 weeks had better flow-mediated dilation, a marker of blood vessel function, than the control group,” she told Healthline.

“The intervention also increased intake of fruit, fiber, vitamin C, and monounsaturated fat, which are all consistent with a more heart-supportive eating pattern.”

“Mango likely helps heart health through a combination of vitamin C, potassium, and fiber,” she said.

“Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant and supports blood vessel integrity, potassium helps regulate blood pressure, and fiber supports cholesterol and blood sugar control. Together, these nutrients support both vascular function and overall cardiometabolic health.”

Todd said the biggest heart-health advantage of avocados is their unsaturated fat profile, especially monounsaturated fats, along with fiber and potassium.

“The added fiber and potassium further support heart health through cholesterol management and blood pressure regulation.”

Of course, the study looked at the heart health benefits of eating these two foods together, not each food on its own.

“Nutritionally, they complement each other well,” Todd said.

“Mango provides vitamin C and carbohydrates, while avocado contributes healthy fats and fiber. Together, they create a more balanced, satisfying option that may support heart health more effectively than either food alone, particularly when they replace processed foods,” she explained.

A significant finding of this study is that participants who added one avocado and 1 cup of mango to their daily diet showed measurable improvements in blood vessel function, along with reductions in diastolic blood pressure.

Brett A. Sealove, MD, chair of cardiology at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and associate professor and vice chair of cardiology, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, said the new study warrants “serious consideration,” but noted some limitations. Sealove wasn’t involved in the research.

“The sample size was relatively small, with 82 participants enrolled and 68 completing the protocol. And the study duration was only 8 weeks, which is brief given that vascular and metabolic remodeling typically occurs over several months,” he told Healthline.

“The study was also partially controlled, as participants prepared some of their own meals, introducing variability.”

Additionally, Sealove noted that the diastolic blood pressure benefit was observed primarily in males, limiting generalizability.

The findings of the present study are promising and offer a somewhat simple strategy to support heart health.

However, moderation is key, given that avocados are high in calories and fat, even though it’s “good” fat, and mangos are higher in natural sugars.

“For most people, a practical intake would be about one-third to one-half of an avocado and half to 1 cup of mango, several times per week,” Todd said.

“Whole fruit sugars are generally not a concern in moderate portions because they come with fiber, but avocado is calorie-dense, so portion awareness matters.

“Overconsumption of either food can contribute excess calories, which may work against weight and metabolic goals,” Todd added.

There are simple, practical ways to include mango and avocado as part of a heart-healthy, balanced diet.

Todd said these nutritious foods can be incorporated into meals or eaten together as a snack.

“Mangos and avocados work well in yogurt bowls with seeds, in salads with leafy greens and legumes, or as a topping for fish, like salmon,” she said.

“Pairing them with foods like whole grains, nuts, seeds, beans, and other fruits and vegetables helps reinforce an overall heart-healthy eating pattern, which is where the biggest benefits come from,” she continued.

If you’re looking for quick, no-fuss options, try blending mango and avocado with spinach and a source of protein, like Greek yogurt or protein powder.

You could also mash avocado onto wholegrain toast and top it with fresh mango salsa for a balance of fiber, healthy fats, and natural sweetness.

The key is to think of mango and avocado as versatile ingredients that can elevate everyday meals while supporting overall diet quality.

Consistently building meals around whole, minimally processed foods is what makes the biggest difference for long-term heart health.
April 21, 2026