Month: January 2026

VanEck’s crypto heat index flashes first Bitcoin bull call since 2025 bottom

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Key Takeaways VanEck’s MarketVector Crypto Heat Index has issued a buy signal for crypto for the first time since April 7, 2025. Analysts identify potential stabilization in market breadth, with more constituents outperforming Bitcoin. Share this article VanEck’s MarketVector Crypto Heat Index has triggered a buy signal for the first time since early April 2025, according to Martin Leinweber of MarketVector Indexes, a subsidiary of asset management giant VanEck. The MarketVector Crypto Heat Index is a data-driven “thermometer” for the crypto market, showing when it is undervalued, neutral, or overheated.…

Coinbase Sock Rallies 8% After Goldman Sachs Upgrades Stock To Buy

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Coinbase shares spiked 8% after Goldman Sachs upgraded COIN from “neutral” to “buy” as it upped its 12-month price target on its growing diversification. In a report on Monday, Goldman Sachs analyst James Yaro said the bank has “selective optimism” about US brokers and “structurally growing crypto infrastructure businesses” such as Coinbase.  The firm upgraded COIN to “buy” and also raised its 12-month price target from $294 to $303 per share. COIN closed the day with an 8% gain, sitting at $254.92 at the time of writing, with minimal action…

Crypto Stocks Soar As Market Makes Comeback

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Major public US crypto companies rallied double-digits on Monday after a crypto market rally that saw major tokens hit multi-week highs. Crypto infrastructure platform Bakkt (BKKT) led Monday’s gains with a nearly 31.5% rise, and climbed nearly 5% after the bell to $15.52. Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company Kindly MD (NAKA) was among the top five largest gainers, closing the day up over 24%. Crypto mining companies also saw their shares move higher, with the Donald Jr. and Eric Trump-led American Bitcoin (ABTC) climbing 13.5% to over $2 for the first…

ETH Bullish Reversal Hinges on Reclaiming This One Key Level

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Ethereum remains in a corrective structure, but the recent price behaviour suggests the market is attempting to stabilize after a prolonged downside phase. Current price action is compressing near key technical levels, making the next directional move increasingly important. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily chart, ETH has slightly broken above the broader descending channel that has defined the price action for several months. The recent advance has pushed the asset back toward the upper boundary of this structure, resulting in a local bullish breakout attempt above…

Extracting Venezuelan Oil Could Reduce Bitcoin Mining Costs: Bitfinex

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US companies moving into Venezuela to extract the country’s enormous crude oil reserves could lower electricity prices for Bitcoin miners and improve their profitability margins, analysts at crypto exchange Bitfinex said. “Cheaper and more abundant energy would improve miner margins globally and could unlock a new phase of mining expansion, particularly in regions able to secure long-term power contracts,” the Bitfinex analysts said in a note on Monday. The US started seizing Venezuelan oil tankers in December, and it is expected to start extracting Venezuela’s 303 billion barrels worth of…

TermMax Advances Institutional DeFi Use with Tokenized Stock Financing Integration

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[PRESS RELEASE – HONG KONG, HONG KONG, January 5th, 2026] TermMax, the leading fixed-rate protocol for decentralized finance, today announced the launch of the first fixed-rate borrowing market for tokenized stock collateral on BNB Chain, making Ondo Global Markets’ tokenized securities eligible collateral. The launch comes amid unprecedented market volatility over the past two months, which has driven significant institutional demand for fixed-rate solutions in DeFi. While variable-rate protocols expose users to unpredictable borrowing costs and yield fluctuations, TermMax delivers the rate certainty institutional capital requires—mirroring the stock-borrowing experience familiar…

Ethereum Solved the Blockchain Trilemma

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Buterin frames Ethereum’s progress as a structural shift, not a performance tweak, pointing to live code already reshaping the network. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin over the weekend declared that the blockchain trilemma, the long-held belief that a network cannot simultaneously achieve decentralization, security, and scalability, has been solved. His statement marks a pivotal claim for the ecosystem, asserting that this breakthrough is no longer theoretical but is being realized through live technology on the network. Live Upgrades Shift Ethereum’s Network Design In a detailed post shared on X on…

Early XRP Investors Sell-Offs Keep Price Low, Here’s How They’re Doing It

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XRP’s price has remained restrained despite steady activity around the asset, and recent commentary helps explain the disconnect. According to Jake Claver, CEO of Digital Ascension Group, the explanation lies beyond Ripple’s escrow releases or retail behavior, pointing instead to structural factors influencing how XRP supply reaches the market. How XRP Investors Are Selling Without Spooking The Market Claver explained in a recent post on X that large XRP sales are primarily happening through institutional channels such as over-the-counter (OTC) trades and dark pools that keep activity out of public…

Crypto ‘Wrench Attacks’ Are Rising, And Getting More Violent

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Crypto violence is rising across the world but Western Europe and APAC are seeing the biggest increases. North America, on the other hand, remains comparatively safer. Physical attacks on crypto users, also called “wrench attacks,” have been increasing over time. The incidents are also becoming more violent on average. But Dragonfly partner Haseeb Qureshi found the recent uptick in violence per user is similar to that of 2021 levels but remains well below pre-2019 risk. Crypto Wealth and Violence In a detailed tweet, Qureshi, who referenced Bitcoin developer Jameson…

‘The Market Collapse Hit us Hard‘

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The organizers behind nonfungible token (NFT) and real-world asset (RWA) conferences in Paris have cancelled the events with a month’s notice, citing market forces. In a Monday post, the event’s X account said NFT Paris and RWA Paris, initially set for February, would not be happening as scheduled in 2026. Although the organizers did not explicitly say events would not take place in the future, the message to attendees signaled that they are “clos[ing] this chapter” on conferences. “The market collapse hit us hard,” reads the post. “Despite drastic cost…