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Bitcoin erased the gains it had accrued since the U.S. election in early November 2024 and continued to weaken into Wednesday, briefly dipping below $72,000. The cryptocurrency is down roughly 42% from its October record above $126,000 and is now firmly in a bear market. Analysts cite reduced inflows to U.S. spot ETFs, sensitivity to equity and geo…
Bitcoin fell to about $72,000, its weakest level in 15 months, as a market-wide decline pushed investors to liquidate positions. The cryptocurrency dropped as much as 5.4%, extending losses from earlier, crypto-focused liquidations and coinciding with a broader pullback in global equities, including a more than 2% slide in the Nasdaq 100 that hit s…
A Chainstory analysis of roughly 2,900 cryptocurrency press releases published over a four-month span found that about 62% originated from projects labeled high risk or fraudulent. The study highlights a pay-to-play distribution model, heavy use of promotional language, and a concentration of dubious issuers in sectors such as cloud mining and frin…
DitGold announced the DITAU token will begin spot trading on Biconomy with the DITAU/USDT trading pair going live on Feb. 4, 2026, at 12:00 UTC. The move is presented as part of DitGold's effort to build a decentralized ecosystem that treats data as a store of value and to shift economic power from centralized data holders to a community-owned mode…
Tramplin, a premium staking service backed by iTreasury Ventures, today began public operations on Solana. The platform applies a premium bonds-inspired redistribution of staking rewards - using provably fair randomness and Merkle-based transparency - so smaller SOL holders may access intermittent elevated effective APY without relinquishing contro…
Zeta Network Group (ZNB) is assessing the tokenization of real-world assets as an addition to its institutional digital asset treasury approach. The company frames tokenization as an extension of existing digital asset activities - including Bitcoin mining and a digital asset treasury position - and says any move toward tokenized assets will be jud…
KuCoin has launched Hold to Earn, an exchange-integrated rewards feature that allows eligible balances across Funding, Spot, Margin, and Futures accounts to earn daily rewards while remaining available for trading, transfers, or withdrawals. Rewards are calculated on the daily average balance and distributed daily; assets tied up in pending orders …
Superform announced the U.S. launch of its mobile application, extending its SuperVaults - non-custodial, multi-protocol onchain vaults - to smartphone users. The app enables account creation, fiat onramps, and automatic deployment of deposits into curated DeFi strategies designed to deliver yields that the company says outperform traditional bench…
xMoney has appointed Raoul Pal as Strategic Advisor to help shape long-term strategy and market structure as the company develops compliant payment infrastructure bridging traditional currencies, cryptocurrencies, and stablecoins. The move aligns with xMoney's Europe-first regulatory approach as it prepares for broader global expansion.
BLUFF, a social-centric betting and entertainment startup, closed a $21 million strategic financing round led by blockchain fund 1kx with participation from Makers Fund, Maximum Frequency Ventures, Delphi Ventures Founders and other backers including Tristan Thompson. The founding team, which includes former senior executives from established betti…
Bitcoin recovered modestly on Tuesday from a near 10-month low reached over the weekend, trading around $78,558 by 01:42 ET (06:42 GMT). Forced liquidations of leveraged positions drove the prior decline to $74,635.5, while market participants are assessing the implications of Kevin Warsh’s nomination to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve and the delaye…
Story - the AI-native blockchain powered by the $IP token - has moved the initial unlock date for previously locked tokens from February 13, 2026 to August 13, 2026. The decision, announced by PIP Labs (Pen Technology Inc.) to the Story Foundation, accompanies recent protocol changes that reduce locked-token staking rewards, lower staking threshold…
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (DJT) confirmed a February 2, 2026 record date for distribution of a proposed digital token program. Eligible recipients will be ultimate beneficial owners of at least one whole share as of that date, including shareholders registered with the company transfer agent. The company said tokens will be non-transfe…
Bernstein analyst Gautam Chhugani argues that the recent Bitcoin sell-off may represent a rare long-term buying opportunity and possibly the final entry before Bitcoin's emergence as a sovereign asset. He points to a rapid institutional adoption via ETFs and corporate treasury purchases, notes Bitcoin's underperformance versus gold amid central ban…
Orokai published a research summary examining current uses of non-custodial decentralized finance (DeFi), the protocol mechanisms that underpin participation, and the structural frictions that impede wider adoption. The report finds users increasingly treating non-custodial protocols as practical alternatives for staking, lending, trading, and mana…
Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, Binance co-founder and former CEO, dismissed accusations that Binance caused the October 2025 digital asset market crash during a live ask-me-anything session. Zhao described those claims as "far-fetched," noted regulatory oversight in Abu Dubai and a U.S. monitorship, and said customers affected by the exchange's technical pro…
MEET48 reported the destruction of 8,698,560 IDOL tokens on January 30, 2026, representing 30% of voting income from its second 'MEET48 Best7' event. The votes generated 28,995,200 IDOL tokens, equal to 0.604% of total supply, while the burned portion equals 0.181% of supply. The project also disclosed user activity metrics and a product roadmap th…
Bitcoin plunged sharply on Friday to its lowest level in more than two months, falling about 6.4% to around $82,620 as a wave of forced liquidations hit leveraged traders and markets reacted to uncertainty around U.S. Federal Reserve leadership. Data showed approximately $1.68 billion of leveraged crypto positions were liquidated in the past 24 hou…
Bitcoin tumbled to its lowest level this year on Thursday as a broad selloff on U.S. financial markets coincided with shifting safe-haven flows into gold and heightened attention to U.S. crypto regulatory plans. The world’s largest cryptocurrency dropped more than 6% intraday, while several large-cap altcoins also posted declines as lawmakers and r…
<p>Sky Frontier Foundation (SFF) published its Sky Ecosystem Q4 Update and 2026 Outlook outlining a set of financial projections for the Sky Protocol. Citing on-chain data, the foundation estimates $611.5 million in gross protocol revenue and $157.8 million in protocol profits for 2026, with USDS stablecoin supply expected to increase to roughly $2…
Status, an established open-source project in the Ethereum ecosystem, has unveiled a refreshed unified application, launched a satirical sci-fi animated series called USS Status, and announced Status Network - a gasless Layer 2 built on the Linea zkEVM stack. The release bundles a privacy-first mobile and desktop app with features such as encrypted…
QXMP Labs has announced the on-chain registration of $1.1 trillion worth of real-world, in-ground assets on its proprietary Layer-1 blockchain, QELT. This milestone comes alongside the activation of a unique oracle system that verifies geological asset documentation and solidifies proof-of-reserves. By structurally routing a portion of tokenisation…
Bybit, ranked as the second largest crypto exchange globally by trading volume, has rolled out its Bybit Card in Georgia. This new payment solution allows users in the country to utilize their cryptocurrency funds directly at merchants accepting Mastercard, promoting easier crypto adoption in daily transactions. The initiative includes virtual and …
Fidelity Investments is making a strategic entry into the stablecoin sector with the launch of its Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD). This digital currency is issued by Fidelity Digital Assets, National Association—a national trust bank granted conditional approval by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—to facilitate real-time, cost-efficien…
Bybit, ranked as the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange globally by trading volume, has launched direct AED bank deposit and withdrawal capabilities for users in the United Arab Emirates. This move, executed under the oversight of the UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA), allows eligible users to transfer funds via local bank accounts seamlessly.…
