🎯Today's Crypto Pulse
Updated 2h agoWhat's happening: Michael Saylor’s Strategy adds $204M of Bitcoin in 101st purchase
The firm bought 3,015 BTC for $204.1M, raising its total holdings above 720,000 BTC and bringing the cumulative cost to roughly $54.8B. The average price of $67,700 per BTC was below its overall cost basis of $75,985.
Also developing:
By the numbers: Pepeto raises $7M in token presale
Podcast•Jan 6, 2026•1h 23m
WHY $180K BITCOIN IS INEVITABLE: The Chart You MUST SEE
The episode examines a macro chart that the host believes signals a looming supply‑demand squeeze, arguing that Bitcoin is on track to reach $180,000 and set a new all‑time high. He explains how this pattern differs from recent market noise and outlines the factors—such as reduced sell‑side pressure and increasing institutional interest—that could drive the price surge. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and consider joining the host’s trading community for deeper analysis.
By The Bitboy Crypto Podcast
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Time Beats Predictions: Build a Market Gameplan
One thing that stood out to me in my conversation with Benjamin Cowen : most investors underestimate how much time matters in markets. Last year has caught everyone off guard as the markets turned bearish, while everyone was expecting a...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Jan 6, 2026
Ethereum’s “HTTP Moment” With Marissa Posner & Yoav Weiss
In a Devconnect interview, Ethereum Foundation product lead Marissa Posner and security researcher Yoav Weiss unpack the Trustless Manifesto and introduce the Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL). They argue that hidden trust assumptions—especially in bridges, oracles and RPC providers—threaten Ethereum’s core...
By The Defiant
News•Jan 6, 2026
Riot Platforms Sold $200 Million of Bitcoin in 2025's Last Two Months
Riot Platforms sold roughly $200 million worth of bitcoin during November and December 2025, disposing of 1,818 BTC in November and 383 BTC in December. The sales cut the company’s bitcoin holdings to about 18,005 BTC at year‑end. VanEck’s digital‑assets head Matthew Sigel linked...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
MarketVector, Amplify Roll Out Stablecoin, Tokenization Benchmark, ETFs
MarketVector Indexes introduced two new benchmarks—the Stablecoin Technology Index and the Tokenization Technology Index—to give investors regulated exposure to firms and products involved in stablecoin issuance, payments, settlement, and real‑world‑asset tokenization. Amplify ETFs launched two exchange‑traded funds, TKNQ and STBQ,...
By Cointelegraph
Blog•Jan 6, 2026
Carrot Offers High DeFi Yields on Solana
Carrot is a Solana‑based yield‑aggregating DeFi protocol that issues the CRT token, which accrues returns from stablecoin strategies on platforms such as Kamino, MarginFi, and Jupiter Lend. Users deposit stablecoins, the protocol reallocates them across these strategies, and CRT holders...
By Lark Davis
Blog•Jan 6, 2026
Carrot Offers High DeFi Yields on Solana
Carrot is a Solana‑based yield‑aggregating DeFi protocol that issues the CRT token to represent deposits and automatically harvest yields from stablecoin strategies across platforms such as Kamino, MarginFi and Jupiter Lend. The protocol offers no lock‑up periods, a modest 0.05 % redemption...
By Lark Davis
News•Jan 6, 2026
Iran’s Currency Collapse Shows Why Bitcoin Is Seen as an Exit Option
Iran’s rial plunged to record lows in 2025, erasing over 40% of its purchasing power and triggering bank failures that affected tens of millions. The collapse intensified public debate about financial alternatives, with Bitcoin emerging as a symbolic exit option...
By Cointelegraph
News•Jan 6, 2026
Former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz Joins SUI Group Board
SUI Group, the Nasdaq‑listed vehicle for the Sui blockchain, appointed former CFTC commissioner Brian Quintenz as an independent director and audit committee member. The board reshuffle follows CFO Joseph Geraci’s move to a board observer role, leaving five directors with...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
Liquidity Lifts Bitcoin, but ‘Halving Cycle’ Fears Could Limit Rally in 2026, Says Schwab
Schwab’s crypto strategist Jim Ferraioli says quantitative tightening has ended and balance‑sheet expansion is restoring liquidity, creating a supportive backdrop for Bitcoin. He outlines three long‑term drivers—global M2 growth, Bitcoin’s disinflationary supply, and adoption—and seven short‑term factors that currently align...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
Why Crypto-Treasury Stocks Fall Faster than the Assets They Hold
Crypto‑treasury stocks once marketed as simple Bitcoin exposure now underperform their holdings during market declines. In bull markets these equities trade at a premium to net asset value, but when sentiment turns the premium evaporates, leading to steeper share price...
By Cointelegraph
News•Jan 6, 2026
Ethereum’s Staking Queues Have Cleared and that Changes the ETH Trade
Ethereum’s validator queues have fully cleared, allowing new validators to join and exits to process in near real‑time. Staking rewards have compressed to roughly 3% as total staked ETH rose faster than issuance and fee income. The staking supply now...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
This Metric Suggests Bitcoin's Late November Plunge Was the Bottom and Major Upside Lies Ahead
Bitcoin’s short‑term holder profit‑to‑loss ratio plunged to a historic low of 0.013 on Nov. 24, coinciding with the price dip to roughly $80,000. Glassnode data shows that each prior instance of this ratio marked a market bottom in 2011, 2015, 2018...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
Buck Launches Bitcoin-Linked ‘Savings Coin’ Tied to Michael Saylor’s Strategy
Buck Labs introduced the BUCK token, a dollar‑denominated "savings coin" that promises roughly a 7% annual yield. The yield is funded by income from Strategy’s bitcoin‑linked perpetual preferred stock, not by a hard dollar peg, so the token’s price can...
By CoinDesk
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Bitcoin Dominance Stuck Below 21‑Week MA Signals Bull Run
So far, so good. The #Bitcoin dominance couldn't break through the 21-Week MA. That's a good sign, as that copypastes the pattern which we've seen in 2019. I view current market conditions as the period we've witnessed in 2019, where we also...
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Sierra: Safe Intermediate Layer Balances zkVM Efficiency and Security
Let's talk about a super-power of Starknet: Sierra. When you build a ZK based blockchain, with a ZK based VM for general computation (like Cairo is for Starknet), you'll face an issues: How do you make the VM both blockchain-safe *and*...
By Eli Ben-Sasson
News•Jan 6, 2026
Solana Memecoin Frenzy Sends PumpSwap Trading Volume to Record $1.2 Billion
PumpSwap, the native DEX of Solana’s Pump ecosystem, recorded a record $1.28 billion in 24‑hour trading volume, pushing its 7‑day total to $6.15 billion and 30‑day total to $19.69 billion. Cumulative volume now approaches $176.8 billion, driven by a renewed memecoin frenzy across Solana....
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
Telegram Revenue Jumps to $870M in H1 2025; $2B Full-Year Target: FT
Telegram reported H1 2025 revenue of $870 million, a 65% increase year‑over‑year, while targeting $2 billion for the full year. About $300 million of the revenue came from exclusivity agreements tied to its Toncoin cryptocurrency, and the company sold more than $450 million of TON,...
By Cointelegraph
News•Jan 6, 2026
Circle's USDC Outpaces Growth of Tether's USDT for Second Year Running
Circle’s USDC outpaced Tether’s USDT for the second year in 2025, expanding its market cap by 73% to $75.12 billion, while USDT grew 36% to $186.6 billion. The growth reflects heightened demand for regulated digital dollars, as USDC complies with U.S. money‑transmission...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
Polymarket Quietly Introduces Taker Fees on 15-Minute Crypto Markets
Polymarket has quietly added taker‑only fees to its 15‑minute crypto up/down markets, ending the platform’s zero‑fee tradition for these short‑duration contracts. The fee schedule is odds‑dependent, peaking at roughly 3% when prices sit near the 50% probability mark and tapering...
By Cointelegraph
News•Jan 6, 2026
BitMEX Pushes Into 24/7 Stock Perps as Tokenized Equities Heat Up
BitMEX has introduced Equity Perps, a suite of crypto‑collateralized perpetual swap contracts that give traders 24/7 exposure to major US equities such as Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The product mirrors crypto perpetual swaps, offering non‑expiring, funding‑rate‑based leverage...
By Cointelegraph
News•Jan 6, 2026
Morgan Stanley Eyes the Spot Bitcoin ETF Market
Morgan Stanley filed a Form S‑1 with the SEC to launch the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, a spot bitcoin exchange‑traded fund. The Trust will hold physical bitcoin, calculate NAV daily from major spot exchanges, and list on a national exchange under...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
Largest Bitcoin ETF Inflow in Three Months Signals Institutional Bid Is Back
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw a $697.2 million daily inflow on Monday, the largest since October 2024, bringing net inflows to about $1.2 billion across the first two trading days of 2026. Bitcoin’s price rose roughly 7 % to just under $94,000 during...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
Bitcoin Core V30 Bug Risks Fund Loss During Legacy Wallet Upgrades
Bitcoin Core developers identified a wallet‑migration bug in versions 30.0 and 30.1 that can delete an entire legacy wallet directory when pruning is enabled and a custom -walletdir is used. The flaw only triggers during migration of unnamed wallet.dat files,...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Jan 6, 2026
ETH Holds 21‑Day MA, Uptrend Likely Ahead
Overall, $ETH has made a great test at the 21-Day MA. On that level, you want to see some support test to hold, and that happened. I would assume we'll see a continuation of the uptrend, given the fact that there's a...
By Michaël van de Poppe
News•Jan 6, 2026
U.S. National Debt Reaches New High of $38.5 Trillion
The United States national debt has climbed to $38.5 trillion, pushing the debt‑to‑GDP ratio above 120 %. More than 70 % of the debt is held by domestic investors, while foreign holders include Japan, China and the United Kingdom. Annual interest payments now...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
Infinex Revises Fundraising Structure, Replaces $5 Million Raise Plan with Fair Allocation Model
Infinex, a non‑custodial crypto trading platform, scrapped its original $5 million public token sale plan after raising only about $600,000 in the first three days. The company eliminated the $2,500 per‑wallet cap and introduced a “max‑min fair allocation” or water‑filling model,...
By CoinDesk
News•Jan 6, 2026
‘Mixed Year for IPOs’ as Crypto Pulls Down US IPO Performance
US IPOs delivered a 13.9% weighted‑average gain in 2025, lagging the S&P 500’s 16% rise, according to Bloomberg. The surge of crypto and AI listings, including Circle’s 170% first‑day jump and Gemini’s 65% decline, contributed to the underperformance. Mid‑size offerings (US$500 million‑US$1 billion)...
By Cointelegraph
News•Jan 6, 2026
Bitcoin Outlook Bullish as Whales, Sharks Buy Retail Sell-Off: Santiment
Santiment reports that Bitcoin whales and sharks have accumulated 56,227 BTC since mid‑December while retail wallets under 0.01 BTC are net sellers. The cryptocurrency is trading near the upper edge of its six‑week range at about $94,800, hinting at a possible...
By Cointelegraph
Social•Jan 6, 2026
DIEM Fuels Free, Private Access to Leading AI Models
Nerdy tokenomics post... Venice released an experimental token design for accessing AI compute back in Sept, called DIEM Staking DIEM grants access to any AI model on Venice for free (1 DIEM = $1 of renewing daily credits): it makes the marginal...
By Erik Voorhees
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Bitcoin Rebounds to $91.7K, Mr Bera Remains in Charge
Bitcoin back to $91,700 Did you watch yesterday’s video? Mr Bera still in charge 🧸 https://t.co/8CpiwVk5r5
By Ivan on Tech
News•Jan 6, 2026
Sui Outperforms Bitcoin and Ether as Mysten Labs Promotes Privacy Tech
Sui’s native token SUI surged more than 14% in the past 24 hours, eclipsing Bitcoin’s modest 1% gain and Ether’s 1.2% rise. The rally was sparked by a privacy‑focused research paper co‑authored by Mysten Labs, the blockchain’s creator, rather than a...
By CoinDesk
Social•Jan 6, 2026
CFTC Says Non‑public Info Trades Legal without Fraud
"Under the CFTC framework, trading on non-public information isn't automatically illegal unless you can prove fraud, manipulation or breach of duty." - Vy talking about the 400K+ polymarket bet on Maduro's capture
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Predict 2026's Top Utility Token: ETH, SOL, SUI, or AVAX
POLL: Which utility token is poised to crush the market in 2026?🔥 $ETH $SOL $SUI $AVAX
By Paul Barron
Social•Jan 6, 2026
DeepMind Claims Unique Edge in AI‑agentic Economy
"DeepMind explicitly mentioned a 'blockchain-styled system,' saying that they are uniquely situated for the role that's upcoming (AI-agentic economy)" - Jessi Brooks discussing the recent Google DeepMind report
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Hold Above 21‑Day MA, Target $100K Bitcoin
Yes, reject at that resistance zone, pull back and hold above the 21-Day MA, and then proceed towards $100K. That is the main scenario for me on #Bitcoin and continues to be. https://t.co/ayvAgfoOmz
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Massive $410K Win Sparks Timing Suspicion
We all know about that Polymarket bet. $34K turned into $410K betting Maduro gets captured. New account. Placed days before the announcement. The timing though 🤨
By Laura Shin
Social•Jan 6, 2026
BANANA Likely Stuck Below Red Resistance Level
$BANANA (per request) Another ugly looking HTF chart. Any bounce is likely capped at red resistance level if it even makes it that far https://t.co/BdQHQk5fQU
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Jan 6, 2026
XPL Must Reclaim $0.44 for Weekly Bull Trend
$XPL (per request) Pretty ugly looking chart here. Has to reclaim $0.44 to have any chance of weekly time frame bull trend. https://t.co/7ocSwZvhlF
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Jan 6, 2026
EQT Likely Forming Local Top, May Trade Sideways
$EQT (per request) Not much of a read up here other than I think it looks to be putting in a local top here and might just range sideways for a while https://t.co/VXn4rAHuR3
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Mega Base Breakout Signals New Monthly Bull Trend
$UUUU (per request) Mega base breakout and above 99smma on monthly for the first time ever. Likely to continue its HTF bull trend but may need to consolidate and build a reaccumulation base prior to next leg up https://t.co/Q91HQsBYvn
By Nebraskan Gooner
Social•Jan 6, 2026
ZK-STARKs and Account Abstraction Power Superior UX
Things that shape UX: - Privacy - Low fees - Speed - PQ-Security - Flexibility - Simplicity - Self-custody - Censorship resistance Foundations for superior UX: - ZK-STARKs - ZK-STARKs - ZK-STARKs - ZK-STARKs - Native Account Abstraction - Native Account Abstraction - Decentralization - Decentralization
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Signals Bright Future
Morgan Stanley entering the bitcoin ETF game is all you need to know about bitcoin's future prospects.
By Anthony Pompliano
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Polygon PoS Burns Record 3M POL in One Day
Yesterday marked an all-time high for single-day fees generated and burned on the Polygon PoS chain. 3 MILLION POL (0.03% of POL's supply was burnt in a single day) https://t.co/x038HlwQ0i
By Sandeep Nailwal
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Bitcoin Set to Accelerate Into 2026‑27 Bull Market
Magnificent chart and representation of the markets. Very likely we'll start going into an acceleration pattern from here, as the macroeconomic headwinds become tailwinds for #Bitcoin. Jesse Livermore, one of the best traders of all time. #Bitcoin bull market in 2026 and 2027.
By Michaël van de Poppe
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Starknet Unites Freedom, Programmability, Privacy at Scale
Bitcoin gud: Freedom, you own your life. Ethereum gud: Programmability. Zcash gud: Usable privacy. Starknet gud: All three, at scale.
By Eli Ben-Sasson
Social•Jan 6, 2026
Horizon Hits $200M Borrowing ATH, Expands Aave Across Assets
Horizon, the largest RWA market, reached a new ATH at $200M in outstanding borrowing. Horizon will scale Aave into all asset classes.
By Stani Kulechov
Social•Jan 6, 2026
RIVER Surges; Calls for More Exchange Listings
A shining example of Number Go Up! $RIVER I think we need more CEX and DEX listings don’t you? https://t.co/SUSGWnBhvC
By Arthur Hayes
Social•Jan 6, 2026
SDNY Sold Samourai Developers' Bitcoin, Investigation Underway
Keonne Rodriguez shared that SDNY sold the Samourai devs’ bitcoin. Here’s the clip from our show on 12/11/25 before reporting to his prison sentence. The Administration is now reportedly looking into this. @keonne @BitcoinMagazine @SenLummis @DAGToddBlanche @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/PuPjXK6QlV
By Natalie Brunell
Social•Jan 6, 2026
India’s Crypto Landscape Boasts 49 FIU‑Registered Exchanges, Fueling Innovation
49 crypto exchanges are already FIU registered, and 100s more that are not. The crypto market in India is far more competitive than most people think. IMO, Healthy competition is good for the ecosystem as it promotes innovation💪
By Sumit Gupta