Today's Crypto Pulse
Bitcoin slides below $70k as energy‑price worries spark $1.8B in liquidations
Bitcoin fell under $70,000 amid heightened energy‑price uncertainty linked to U.S.–Iran tensions. The dip triggered roughly $1.8 billion in crypto liquidations, while institutional investors pulled more than $4.2 billion from digital‑asset positions.
Also developing:
By the numbers: Strive acquires 2,500 Bitcoin for $185.2M
Ethereum Is the Linux of Blockchain, Says Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin likened the blockchain to Linux, emphasizing its open‑source nature and role as a foundational operating system for decentralized applications. He highlighted the proliferation of 127 layer‑2 networks that extend Ethereum’s scalability while preserving core security. Critics argue that the surge of L2s erodes layer‑1 revenue, especially after the Dencun upgrade’s impact on fees. Proponents counter that modular rollups foster innovation, offering users diverse execution environments and improved experiences.
Polygon Labs Unveils ‘Open Money Stack’ to Power Borderless Stablecoin Payments
Polygon Labs announced the Open Money Stack, a modular framework for stablecoin‑based, cross‑border payments. The stack, slated for launch later this year, works across multiple blockchains and bundles on‑chain settlement, fiat access, and compliance tools. By allowing firms to select...
Stake VVV for Free Venice Pro, Profit if Price Rises
100 VVV = Venice Pro Account 1. Buy on Coinbase or Aerodrome 2. Visit https://t.co/La7K6SlDhG and stake 3. Enjoy Pro indefinitely When you're done, feel free to sell the VVV. If price is flat, you got Pro for free. If price went up,...
Optimism Proposes OP Token Buybacks Using 50% of Superchain Revenue
The Optimism Foundation has proposed allocating half of Superchain revenue to repurchase OP tokens, with monthly buybacks slated to begin in February. The plan, which will be voted on Jan 22, draws on sequencer fees from chains like Base, Unichain, and...
JPMorgan Says the Crypto Selloff May Be Nearing a Bottom as ETF Outflows Ease
JPMorgan analysts say the recent crypto sell‑off may be approaching a bottom, citing easing outflows from Bitcoin and Ether ETFs and stabilising positions in CME futures. Flow data show that both retail and institutional investors have largely completed the de‑risking...
Altcoin Market Cap Holds, Trend Stays Upward
This is such an interesting chart. The #Altcoin market capitalization has held a crucial level as, by doing that, the trend remains upwards. That's great. It has seen a first bounce upwards, and rejected at the Weekly 21-MA. That's normal, consolidation,...
Ignore News, Follow Trend; Bearish Assets Bleed Money
$ZEC down 30% since the bear flip holding bearish assets are not smart they lose money fast "But Ivan their dev team left blabla" In my experience bad news like this only dump price in bear trend, in bull trend they dont dump the...
Zcash Backer Bootstrap Says Split Due to Clash over Nonprofit Rules, Zashi Future
Bootstrap, the nonprofit that backs Zcash, announced a split with the Electric Coin Company (ECC) after a governance clash over nonprofit restrictions on external investment. Board members had pushed to attract outside capital and privatize the Zashi wallet, prompting legal...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Ripple (XRP) Drops 4.5% as Nearly All Assets Decline
CoinDesk 20 index slipped 2.1% to 2,872.95 on Tuesday, reflecting a broad crypto market pullback. Ripple (XRP) was among the worst performers, dropping 4.5%, while APT fell 5%, marking the laggard tier. Only one of the twenty constituents, Polkadot (POL), posted...
Stand With Crypto Advocacy Group Sees Nearly 700,000 New Members Ahead of 2026 Election
Stand With Crypto, the Coinbase‑founded advocacy group, added 675,000 new members last year, bringing its U.S. base to roughly 2.6 million across all 50 states. The organization has mobilized its members for political action, filing 925,000 letters in 2025 and over...
Solana: Can 2026 Top Last Year’s Performance?
Solana’s ecosystem posted record growth in 2025, with app revenue reaching $2.39 billion and network revenue climbing to $1.48 billion, a 48‑fold increase over two years. The blockchain now supports 3.2 million daily active wallets and leads DEX volume and tokenized‑stock market cap....
Florida Revives Push for Bitcoin Reserve with New 2026 Bill
Florida lawmakers reintroduced House Bill 1039 to create a Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve Fund managed by the state chief financial officer. The proposal permits discretionary allocation of up to 10% of certain state funds into Bitcoin, with independent audits and an...
Banks Must Upgrade Their Blockchain Infrastructure
Banks are urged to replace legacy private distributed ledger systems with public, permissioned layer‑2 networks that use zero‑knowledge proofs. The article argues that private blockchains, once favored for privacy, now hinder access to growing tokenized‑asset liquidity and real‑time settlement. Public...
Sei Network Warns USDC.n Could Become ‘Inaccessible’ After March
Sei Network announced that its upcoming SIP‑3 upgrade, slated for March, will convert the chain to an EVM‑only architecture, ending support for Cosmos‑native assets such as the bridged USDC.n stablecoin. The team warned that USDC.n could become inaccessible or lose...
October's Crypto Crash Left Market Makers Stuffed with Coins, Slowing Trading: BitMEX
BitMEX’s 2025 State of Crypto Perpetual Swaps report shows the October 10 market crash wiped out $20 billion in leveraged futures and triggered auto‑deleveraging that forced market makers to abandon their short‑hedge positions. The resulting unhedged long spot exposure caused market...
Bybit’s Private Wealth Management Delivered 20% Returns Amid a Challenging 2025
Bybit’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) generated a 20.3% APR in 2025, driven by its flagship high‑yield USDT‑based strategies. The top‑performing fund’s Delta Neutral Arbitrage approach proved resilient amid central‑bank tightening, regulatory uncertainty, and volatile crypto markets. High‑net‑worth clients increasingly seek...
ETH Breaks Out Upward, Holds Above 21‑Day MA
If we zoom in on $ETH, nothing to worry here either. Clear breakout upwards, and now providing a beautiful retest on the markets. It's quite organic to have such a price pattern occur at the start of a new trend. It remains to...
Bitcoin Near 21‑Day MA, Eyes $94K Target
Important day on $BTC. It's hit the 21-Day MA and briefly dipped beneath this level. That's not bad, it can take liquidity, although I'd favor #Bitcoin to hold this level. In that case, we're still on track for a test at $94K in...
India Tax Authorities Flag Crypto Risks Amid Regulatory Uncertainty
India’s Income Tax Department warned that cryptocurrency’s anonymity, borderless nature and use of offshore exchanges and DeFi tools make tax enforcement increasingly difficult. The department highlighted that tracking transactions across multiple jurisdictions is "virtually impossible," complicating income assessment. India currently...
CoinDCX December Report Shows Proof of Reserves, Growth
CoinDCX Monthly Transparency Report: December 2025 As we have done every month since November 2024, I'm happy to share @CoinDCX's latest transparency report. This month's highlights include: >Proof of Reserves (PoR) >Key Product Enhancements >Monthly Spot Trading Volume >Top Traded Tokens...
#507: Carlos Lei, CEO of Uplink, on The Future of Connectivity, Mesh Networks, Building on Avalanche, and DePIN in 2026
In this episode, Carlos Lei, CEO of Uplink, explains why 2026 will be the breakout year for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) and how Uplink’s connectivity marketplace leverages existing Wi‑Fi routers to create cost‑effective mesh networks. He shares lessons from...
Bandwidth Growth Beats Latency Reduction for Secure Scaling
Increasing bandwidth is safer than reducing latency With PeerDAS and ZKPs, we know how to scale, and potentially we can scale thousands of times compared to the status quo. The numbers become far more favorable than before (eg. see analysis here,...
Solana Accelerate to Open Consensus Hong Kong in February
Solana Accelerate will debut on February 11 as a one‑day program inside Consensus Hong Kong, the three‑day digital‑asset conference running Feb 10‑12. The event pairs Solana’s developer‑focused community with investors, regulators and policymakers gathering in Asia. By embedding Accelerate within Consensus, the Solana...
3 ‘Checkpoints’ Stand Between a Crypto All-Time High in 2026: Bitwise
Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says crypto can reach new all‑time highs in 2026 only if three checkpoints are cleared: the Senate’s passage of the CLARITY Act, a stable broader equity market, and a supportive macro environment. The market has already...
Stakers' Inertia Fuels MEV‑Focused Validators at Scale
How big of an issue is this? What can be done to fix it? And how do other networks overcome this issue as they scale? Stakers are lazy by default and I don’t think they’ll actively be switching to more long...
Polygon Unveils Open Money Stack for Free Money Flow
Today, we release our vision for the next evolution of Polygon. It’s a simple idea with massive implications: money should move as freely as information does on the internet We'll do this through one vertically integrated stack of onchain solutions. This is the Polygon...
Crypto Credit Is Starting to Look Like Cash Savings Accounts: Asia Morning Briefing
Flowdesk’s 2025 crypto credit review finds yields across staking, stablecoin lending and Bitcoin‑backed loans have compressed as record demand was matched by deeper on‑chain liquidity and tighter arbitrage. ETH staking yields have settled near 2.5% while total value locked approaches...
Rep. Davidson Warns: CLARITY Bill Deadline Approaching
🚨Rep. Davidson drops a new update on the CLARITY Bill🔥 ⏳Clock is ticking 👀 FULL EPISODE👉https://t.co/0gDgAzKcYJ $ETH $BTC $SOL $XRP https://t.co/p7HoWkTQiG
Win $50 in Bitcoin: Two Followers Selected
🚨 $100 #Bitcoin giveaway 🚨 Two of my followers will get $50 each in $BTC How to enter: - Retweet - Comment Random winners announced Monday 🔥 https://t.co/DZAW8GVsRj
Trump-Linked World Liberty Financial Applies for Federal Bank Charter
World Liberty Financial, a crypto firm closely tied to former President Donald Trump, has filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust charter to launch the World Liberty Trust Company. The new...
Senator Justice Backs Market Neutrality for Digital Assets
The ₿ulldog Senator. Thank you, @JimJustice_WV, for standing up for market neutrality and supporting the digital asset industry in discussions with MSCI. https://t.co/tJXFezdR6U
Treat Commodities Like Altcoins: Trade Anything for Gains
COMMODITIES ARE NEW ALTCOINS Orange Juice pumping Lithium is insane Even Cows... The lesson is that we have to be modern investors looking for bull flips in any market All markets are just charts on TradingView, you can make money trading any of them https://t.co/rmNKzBq43T
Solana's Stablecoin Market Cap Surges by $900M in 24 Hours
Solana's stablecoin market capitalization jumped by roughly $900 million within a 24‑hour window, according to on‑chain data released Tuesday. The surge pushed total stablecoin value on the network past $2.5 billion, driven primarily by inflows of USDC and USDT. The rapid growth...
Wednesday Market Snapshot: BTC, Gold, Silver, Indices
Market Update with Landy: The Wednesday Check-In 01/07/2025 BTC, GOLD, SILVER, DJI, NDX, SPY Brought to you by @davidgokhshtein @gokhshtein and presented by @CryptoLandy. https://t.co/SMHDhu3Q5b
Gate Becomes Latest Crypto Exchange to Embed AI Market Intelligence
Gate.io has launched GateAI, an AI‑powered market intelligence feature embedded in its trading app for users of version 8.2.0 and later. The tool delivers automated summaries, factor breakdowns and basic risk indicators across token search, spot charts and community feeds, while...
Clone-X NFTs Soar 200% as Nike Sells RTFKT
Nike quietly sold its NFT studio RTFKT, now rebranded as Artifact, triggering a sharp rebound in the Clone‑X collection. After a year‑long shutdown that drove the floor price to a 99.7% low of 0.07 ETH, the floor jumped to 0.3 ETH—a 200%...
Bitcoin Holds Above $89.5K Amid Weak Rejection
The price action on #Bitcoin isn't great today. The rejection at $94K is quite harsh and it continues to fall, despite a lot of strength on the indices. The reason that I'm saying that anything $89.5k+ is fine, is that we've got...
Coinbase Enables $1B Crypto‑Collateral Borrowing, Merging DeFi Power with Simplicity
The thesis is working: get the power of DeFi with the ease of using Coinbase There’s currently more than $1B being borrowed using crypto collateral on Coinbase, very cool
Coinbase’s ‘Everything App’ Could Attract Next Billion Users
As Coinbase unveils its ‘everything app’ vision, @yeak__ is optimistic the platform could onboard the next 1 billion crypto users. Here's how 👇 https://t.co/4OO42Gh5sr
Ethereum's Network Effect Trumps Founder Opinions, Personal Tweets Decide Success
"Everyone built on Ethereum even though Vitalik didn't like DeFi. ... That would have never happened on Solana or Base. If Jesse didn't personally tweet you, then you're not going to make it" -- @tayvano_
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EF Prioritizes Vitalik's Vision Over Users, Critics Claim
"He's the master of playing the idiot" -- @Marczeller on Kyle Samani's comments that the EF is building Ethereum not for what users want, but for what Vitalik wants
Ethereum's Resilience Drives Aave's Avoidance of Solana
Vitalik says the purpose of Ethereum is "resilience" — and @Marczeller says: "That's one of the reasons that Aave is not on Solana. That's not the same philosophy. There's no Aave on some shitty blockchain that can tell them to...
Insider Wins Maduro Bet, Calls for Open Market Access
On the "insider" who won big on their Maduro bet on Polymarket: "Anyone with any information must be able to participate in these markets because otherwise the information is imperfect — and we're back to where we started." @kaiynne
Platform Blocks Bots to Stop Mass Money Extraction
"We got overrun by bots, AI farms, people looking to max extract, so we said, we're going to cut this off and some people will miss out and they'll feel sad about it, but the alternative is that all this...
Kaito's Infinex Contribution Seen as Non‑value‑adding Minority
"The part of Infinex that came from Kaito is not value add and is a vocal minority" -- @Marczeller on the Infinex ICO
Cynical Timeline Fuels Distrust of Token Sales
"The timeline is so cyncial, so burnt out, so cooked ... someone coming out saying, 'Hey I'm going to sell you tokens,' there's no belief whatsoever that's not max extraction" -- @kaiynne
Ripple's Stock Market Entry Sparks Dump-or-Double‑Down Debate
POLL: If Ripple hits the stock market, are you dumping your $XRP or doubling down?
Stablecoin Dominance Set to Surge This Summer
After the current consolidation, it looks like stablecoin dominance will go higher into the summer months https://t.co/cT3VZILWnS
Zcash Support Groups in Turmoil, Author Remains Uninvolved.
Big drama in one (or two now?) of the many Zcash support orgs. None of it involves me or Shielded Labs, and it's not my place to opine on it, except I want you to tell you two things: ⤵️