Strategy Surges 6% on MSCI Decision Not to Exclude DATs From Indexes
Strategy (MSTR) surged 6% in after‑hours trading after MSCI announced it will not exclude digital‑asset‑treasury companies (DATs) from its indexes. The decision keeps Strategy and peers eligible for passive fund inclusion, averting a potential billions‑dollar outflow. Bitcoin also rose about 1% to roughly $93,500, reflecting broader market optimism. Smaller DATs such as Bitmine Immersion, Sharplink and Twenty One Capital posted modest gains.
Polkadot's DOT Declines in U.S. Afternoon Selloff
Polkadot’s native token DOT slipped 3.3% to $2.1886, erasing earlier gains and breaking the $2.19 support level. Volume surged 17% above its 30‑day moving average, a pattern CoinDesk’s model links to institutional distribution rather than retail capitulation. The token failed...
Why Crypto’s New Token Issuances Are Falling Flat and What Comes Next
In 2025, new crypto token launches dramatically underperformed, with Memento Research reporting that about 85% of 118 tracked issuances traded below their initial valuations and the median token lost more than 70% of its value. The downturn coincided with a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Arthur Hayes' Maelstrom Enters 2026 at 'Almost Maximum Risk' Betting on Altcoins
Arthur Hayes' Maelstrom fund entered 2026 with near‑maximum risk exposure, shifting heavily toward privacy‑coins, DeFi tokens and other altcoins while keeping stablecoin holdings minimal. The strategy leans on an anticipated liquidity surge from U.S. deficit spending and Federal Reserve balance‑sheet...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
A Few Republicans Have Crypto's Destiny in Their Hands at the SEC, CFTC
After a wave of holiday appointments, the SEC and CFTC are now run exclusively by pro‑crypto Republicans, following the departure of the sole Democratic SEC commissioner, Caroline Crenshaw. Trump‑nominated chairmen Paul Atkins (SEC) and Mike Selig (CFTC) face no immediate...
Famed Coinbase Backer Fred Wilson Predicts 2026 UX Pivot for Crypto
Fred Wilson, co‑founder of Union Square Ventures, predicts that crypto’s breakout in 2026 will come not from new blockchains but from user experiences that hide the underlying technology. He argues that mainstream adoption requires apps to abstract chain selection, allowing...
Filecoin Surges 6%, Outperforms Wider Crypto Markets
Filecoin (FIL) jumped 6% on Monday, reaching $1.59, outpacing the CoinDesk 20 index, which was up 2.2% at the time. The rally occurred in a volatile crypto market but lacked a clear fundamental catalyst, with technical analysis pointing to algorithmic momentum....
Tom Lee Calls for a New Bitcoin ATH in January, While Warning of a Volatile 2026
Tom Lee, co‑founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, predicts Bitcoin could top $100,000 by the end of January 2026, despite a volatile first half of the year. He views the early‑2026 turbulence as a strategic reset rather than a structural weakness,...
BNB Token Ticks Higher as Technical Upgrades Frame Tight Price Compression
BNB rose 1.7% to roughly $906, holding between the high‑$890s and low‑$910s. The token is trapped in a tight compression zone, with rising support from December lows and a descending resistance line near $910. Trading volume spiked as price breached...
Robinhood Leaning Into Advanced Traders as Crypto Volatility Reshapes User Behavior
Robinhood is pivoting toward advanced cryptocurrency traders by rolling out sophisticated tools such as tax‑lot selection, custom cost‑basis options, and multi‑venue routing. The platform now offers fees as low as three basis points for high‑volume users and routes trades through...
Bitcoin Rally Masks Fragile Liquidity as Spot Volumes Hit Year-Long Lows
Bitcoin rallied 7.5% to $93,500 in early January, yet spot trading volumes for both Bitcoin and altcoins have fallen to their lowest levels since November 2023, according to Glassnode. The drop in on‑chain volume indicates that the price gains are...
Bitcoin Miners Continue to Face Dwindling Profits Despite Lower Competition, JPMorgan Says
JPMorgan reports that Bitcoin’s network hashrate fell a second month in December, dropping 3% to 1,045 EH/s, indicating reduced mining competition. Despite this, miner profitability continued to erode, with daily block‑reward revenue per exahash falling 7% month‑over‑month and 32% year‑over‑year, while...
Bitmine Immersion Adds 33,000 ETH, Bringing Total Crypto and Cash Holdings Above $14 Billion
Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced it added 33,000 ether, bringing its total holdings to over 4.14 million ETH—about 3.4% of the global supply. The combined crypto and cash portfolio now exceeds $14.2 billion, including $915 million in cash, 192 BTC and a $25 million stake in...
Goldman Sachs Upgrades Coinbase to Buy, Cuts eToro to Neutral
Goldman Sachs upgraded Coinbase to a buy rating, lifting its price target to $303 and implying more than 30% upside, while the stock rose 4.3% in early trading. The bank downgraded eToro to neutral, cutting its target to $39 as...
Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Faces Customer Data Breach Through Payment Processor Global-E
Ledger, a leading hardware wallet provider, disclosed a data exposure incident tied to its third‑party payment processor Global‑e. Unauthorized actors accessed personal details such as names and contact information from Global‑e’s cloud system, though payment card data and private keys...
U.S. Jobs Report, Ethereum Upgrade: Crypto Week Ahead
The Crypto Week Ahead preview highlights Ethereum’s second Blob Parameter Only (BPO‑2) hard fork on Jan 7, expanding blob capacity to 21 per block as part of the Fusaka scaling roadmap. BNB Chain is holding a governance vote to tweak system parameters...
Bitcoin Traders Kick Off 2026 with Bets on Price Rally Above $100,000
Bitcoin traders opened 2026 by aggressively buying $100,000‑strike call options on Deribit, pushing open interest up by 420 BTC and adding $38.8 million in notional value. The $100k call now holds $1.45 billion total open interest, with $828 million tied to the January...
PwC Deepens Crypto Push as U.S. Rules Shift and Stablecoins Go Mainstream: Report
PricewaterhouseCoopers is intensifying its crypto practice as U.S. regulators clarify stable‑coin rules. The firm cites the passage of the GENIUS Act as a catalyst to "lean in" on audit and consulting work for digital‑asset clients. PwC plans to promote stablecoins...
Neobanks Will Fuel Ethereum's 2026 Growth, Says ether.fi CEO
Ether.fi CEO Mike Silagadze predicts Ethereum’s 2026 growth will be powered by crypto‑native neobanks offering familiar financial products. He notes that 2025 saw institutional digital‑asset treasuries (DATs) deploy into ether.fi, lifting ETH from a low of $1,472 to $4,832. Silagadze...
Bitcoin Tops $91,000 with Ether, Dogecoin Higher Amid U.S. Action on Venezuela
Bitcoin surged past $91,000 on Sunday, gaining about 1.4% intraday and over 4% in a week, while ether rose to roughly $3,150 and other altcoins posted double‑digit weekly gains. The rally followed a $180 million futures liquidation wave, primarily wiping out...
Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Credits Trump’s First Step Act for Early Prison Release
Ilya Lichtenstein, the mastermind behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack that stole roughly 120,000 bitcoin, was released from a five‑year sentence after serving just 14 months. He credited President Donald Trump’s First Step Act for the early release and reiterated his...
Bitcoin Pushes Above $90,000 as Traders Eye Change in Pattern
Bitcoin surged past the $90,000 mark, climbing about 2.5% in the last 24 hours and breaking the defensive trend that dominated late‑2025. Ether, Solana and XRP each posted gains near 4%, while crypto‑related equities such as Coinbase, Hut 8 and Galaxy...
$110 Billion in Crypto Left South Korea in 2025 Owing to Strict Trading Rules
South Korean investors moved over 160 trillion won ($110 billion) from domestic crypto exchanges to offshore platforms in 2025, driven by restrictive regulations. The Digital Asset Basic Act was delayed due to stablecoin disputes, leaving a gap in rules for derivatives and...
Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Exiting Latin America with $30M Sale of Paraguay Site
Bitfarms announced the sale of its Paso Pe, Paraguay bitcoin‑mining site to the Sympatheia Power Fund for up to $30 million, with $9 million paid upfront and the remainder tied to milestones. The deal finalizes Bitfarms' exit from Latin America, following a previous...
Internet Computer Climbs Back to $3 as Short-Term Momentum Improves
Internet Computer (ICP) surged about 3% in the past 24 hours, pushing the token above the $3 psychological level and briefly reaching $3.03. The price rally follows a short‑term recovery that began in the upper $2.80s, with higher lows and...
BONK Jumps More than 10% in 24 Hours as Momentum Pushes Price Higher
BONK, the Solana‑based meme token, surged roughly 10.6% in the past 24 hours, climbing to about $0.00000833. The rally broke a critical resistance at $0.00000820, a level that had previously capped gains, and pushed the price near $0.00000844. Elevated trading...
Bitcoin's Squeeze Sets Stage for Major Price Swing
Bitcoin has entered a classic Bollinger Band squeeze as its price has hovered between $85,000 and $90,000 for two weeks, narrowing the volatility bands to under $3,500—the tightest since July. Such squeezes historically precede large price swings, with past examples...
Cardano's ADA Pops 7%, Bitcoin, Ether Show Steady Gains as Traders Enter 2026
Cardano’s ADA surged 7% on Friday, outpacing Bitcoin’s modest 1% rise to around $88,700 and Ether’s similar gain near $3,010. The rally was confined to a handful of large‑cap tokens, with Solana, XRP and BNB also posting gains, while the...
Dogecoin Surges 7% as a Double-Bottom Break Sparks DOGE Rally
Dogecoin surged 6.6% to $0.126, breaking the $0.121 resistance band on volume that spiked to 183% of its daily average. The move completed a double‑bottom pattern around $0.120‑$0.121, turning that zone into potential support. Traders now watch the $0.1245‑$0.125 level...
Vitalik Buterin on the Two Goals Ethereum Must Meet to Become the ‘World Computer’
Ethereum co‑founder Vitalik Buterin reflected on 2025’s technical gains, noting faster processing, higher reliability, and improved scalability. He warned that milestones alone won’t fulfill Ethereum’s original mission of a decentralized world computer. Buterin emphasized two simultaneous imperatives: global usability and...
Base’s Creator Coin Push Sparks Builder Backlash over Favoritism Concerns
Base is aggressively promoting creator‑coin tokens on its L2, largely through a partnership with NFT marketplace Zora. The initiative has spurred a surge in daily token mints, overtaking Solana in August, and keeps the network processing more than 10 million transactions...
Trump Media to Distribute New Digital Tokens to DJT Shareholders
Trump Media and Technology Group announced a partnership with Crypto.com to distribute a new digital token to DJT shareholders, issuing one token per whole share on Crypto.com’s Cronos blockchain. Token holders will receive periodic rewards, including discounts on Truth Social,...
KBW Upgrades TeraWulf to Outperform, Sees AI Pivot as Catalyst for Sharp Growth
KBW upgraded TeraWulf (WULF) to Outperform and lifted its price target from $9.50 to $24. The broker argues the market undervalues the company’s transition from Bitcoin mining to AI and high‑performance computing (HPC) leasing. Analysts project a 505% EBITDA compound...
XRP and Solana Volatility in 2025 Was Twice as Bumpy as Bitcoin's
In 2025, XRP and Solana experienced realized volatility of 80% and 87% respectively, roughly twice Bitcoin's 43% level. Altcoin ETFs have attracted $1 billion for XRP and $763.9 million for Solana, yet their liquidity remains shallow compared with Bitcoin’s $56.96 billion in spot...
South Korean Retail Keeps Buying Ether Hoarder BitMine Despite 80% Drop: Report
South Korean retail investors have continued to pour money into BitMine Immersion Technologies despite an 82% plunge from its July peak, making it the second‑most bought overseas stock by Korean traders after Alphabet. The company, now holding roughly $12 billion in...
Bitcoin's Market Got Calmer in 2025 Thanks to Yield-Hungry Institutional Investors
In 2025 Bitcoin’s implied volatility fell sharply as institutions adopted covered‑call strategies to earn yield on idle holdings. Volmex’s BVIV and Deribit’s DVOL indexes dropped from around 70 % to the mid‑40 % range, reflecting reduced market turbulence. Institutional players sold out‑of‑the‑money...
Bullish Calls of XRP to Jump 300% in 2026 Do the Rounds Again, Implying $8 Target
XRP traded around $1.87 on Dec 31, 2025, with volume up 20.8% despite a narrow price range. Standard Chartered reiterated a bullish forecast, targeting $8 per token by the end of 2026, citing clearer U.S. regulation and growing institutional appetite. Spot...