Month: January 2026

Coinbase Bets on Stablecoins, Base and ‘Everything Exchange’ for 2026

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Coinbase intends to prioritize stablecoins, its Ethereum layer-2 Base and building out its exchange products past cryptocurrencies throughout 2026, according to CEO Brian Armstrong. In a New Year’s social media post Armstrong reaffirmed Coinbase’s “everything exchange” strategy, which includes products like prediction markets, equities and commodities. At its year-end conference in December, Coinbase launched stock trading and prediction markets as part of its push. The company has also rebranded its wallet app as an “everything app,” adding social networking and onchain features. Coinbase isn’t alone in broadening its product suite.…

Bitcoin ETF Momentum Builds in South Korea but Regulation Lags Behind

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South Korea’s securities and derivatives exchange operator, Korea Exchange (KRX), plans to increase its new investment products, including crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and derivatives, as part of a broader push to modernize capital markets.  Speaking at the first trading day ceremony of the new year, KRX chairman Jeong Eun-bo signaled the exchange was operationally prepared to support crypto ETFs, even as regulators continued to deliberate whether such products could be approved under existing securities regulations.  Jeong framed the move as part of South Korea’s efforts to move beyond the “Korea…

Major XRP Buy Signal Flashes as Ripple’s Price Finally Shows Early Revival Signs

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XRP ended 2025 in the red despite many positive developments but is slightly in the green now. January 2 has begun on the right foot for most cryptocurrency assets, with BTC challenging $89,000, while ETH has seemingly reclaimed the $3,000 level. Ripple’s XRP is also in the green daily, which is the first positive sign in a while. Before that, the asset lost its fourth place to BNB after dropping by more than 20% over the past month. Now, though, data shared by Ali Martinez indicate that there could…

Pi Network’s Vague 2026 Goals Trigger Backlash as PI Misses Market Rally

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The community backlash was quite evident after the latest Pi Network post. The Core Team behind the popular project recently published its own 2025 recap, in which it praised the significant progress it has achieved, perhaps most notably of which was the actual mainnet and token launch. However, it also failed to provide any actual goals for next year, aside from some vague words, which were quickly criticized by some of its fan base. The Backlash In its yearly recap, Pi Network’s team said 2025 was a “defining” one…

$2.2B Crypto Options Are Expiring Today, Will Markets React?

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The first Friday of the new year has arrived, and more Bitcoin and Ether options are expiring as spot market momentum remains muted. Around 21,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Jan. 2, and they have a notional value of roughly $1.85 billion. This expiry event is much smaller than average due to muted trading over the holiday period and the huge one last Friday. Trading has been subdued over the New Year holiday as expected, with volume and volatility low, and spot markets mostly sideways as we start…

Infinex Founder Loses $50K Bet Over ETH 2025 Year-End Price

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Crypto executive Kain Warwick is set to pay up $50,000 after betting that Ether would hit $25,000 in 2025, joining one of many market participants who overestimated the speed of Ether’s recovery after its dip in October. Ether (ETH) ended Dec. 31 trading at roughly $2,980, around 13.7% lower than where it started at the beginning of the year, according to CoinMarketCap. Part of it was due to a $19 billion crypto market liquidation on Oct. 10 that triggered a downtrend, pushing Ether as low as $2,767 before it slowly…

Crypto Sentiment Moves Out Of ‘Extreme Fear’ But Uncertainty Stays

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A widely used crypto market sentiment indicator has shaken off its “extreme fear” rating as of Friday, returning to its highest levels in 21 days despite still trading under $90,000. The index, which measures overall crypto market sentiment, recorded a “fear” score of 29 in its Friday update, climbing out of the “extreme fear” zone to its highest level since Dec. 12.  The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is $88,995 at the time of publication.  The rise in sentiment is a positive signal for the crypto community, and some analysts say…

Suspected Manipulation on Binance Sends Meme Coin Wild, Trader Wins Big

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A suspected manipulation attempt in BROCCOLI(714) triggered extreme volatility that an experienced trader exploited for massive gains. Unusual trading activity in the low-liquidity meme coin BROCCOLI(714) on Binance was flagged on January 1 after the asset experienced an abrupt price surge followed by a sharp reversal. The volatility allowed pseudonymous trader “Vida” to generate around $1 million in profit by reacting quickly to abnormal market signals. Anomaly in BROCCOLI(714) Vida said he already held spot and derivatives positions in BROCCOLI(714) and had set automated alerts to flag quick price…

Solana Has Institutional Momentum With RWAs Heading Into 2026

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Solana appears poised to expand from its memecoin-focused, retail-dominant network this year, after posting record real-world asset tokenization activity in December.  Data from RWA.xyz shows the value of tokenized RWAs on Solana increased nearly 10% over the last month to a record-high $873.3 million, while the number of Solana RWA token holders rose over 18.4% to 126,236 over the same timeframe.  The majority of these RWAs back US Treasuries, such as the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund and the Ondo US Dollar Yield, which boast market caps of $255.4…

ZachXBT warns of ongoing EVM wallet drains totaling over $107K

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Key Takeaways ZachXBT has identified an ongoing attack affecting hundreds of wallets on EVM-compatible chains. Losses have exceeded $107,000 so far. Share this article Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has warned of an ongoing attack affecting hundreds of wallets across EVM-compatible chains. The attack has resulted in over $107,000 stolen so far, with losses still increasing. Each victim is losing less than $2,000, ZachXBT reported via his official Telegram channel. The root cause of the drains has not yet been identified. Users are advised to monitor their wallets for unusual activity as…