Month: January 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) Could Surge 10% in Early January as Historical New Year Pattern Repeats

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Bitcoin historically turns positive in early January, which gives the crypto asset a 2/3 chance of gaining 10% next week. Bitcoin’s (BTC) struggle in 2025 was real. Despite an almost epic bull run, the October crash exposed the fragility of the rally. Even as the current market sentiment remains bearish, new data suggest that BTC rarely stays negative after the New Year, even following weak year-end transitions like those seen in 2022. Alphractal founder and CEO Joao Wedson said Bitcoin has a historically strong tendency to turn positive in…

Can Solana Shed Its Memecoin Image in 2026?

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Solana heads into 2026 facing the question of whether infrastructure upgrades and tokenized financial activity can push the network beyond its memecoin reputation. Solana kicked off 2025 at the height of the memecoin frenzy, with Solana (SOL) reaching a new all-time high of $293 on Jan. 19. As memecoin volumes cooled over the year, SOL had fallen to around $130 by mid-December. “Solana needs to shake off the stamp of ‘memecoin [or] NFT’ chain and position itself as a serious place for Web2 and Web3 financial businesses to come and…

El Salvador doubles down on Bitcoin and AI in 2026, challenging ‘boomer economies’

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Key Takeaways El Salvador intends to amplify its focus on Bitcoin and AI, embedding them as central pillars in its economic strategy. The country aims to pivot away from conventional economic models, instead targeting ‘abundance’ and ‘excellence.’ Share this article El Salvador is doubling down on Bitcoin and AI as the core pillars of its 2026 economic playbook, insisting the strategy will give it an edge over “boomer economies” and help it seize a leadership role. “2026: El Salvador Takes the Lead. Boomer economies cannot compete. We are abandoning the…

XRP Price At $100 Is A liquidity Event Number, What This Means

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Talk of XRP reaching $100 began gaining momentum this cycle, following the resolution of the legal battle involving Ripple and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Interestingly, the attention in recent months has been toward XRP’s role in global finance and how this might have an effect on its price action.  That trend has led to different interpretations of how the XRP price can trade at $100 in the near future. A notable interpretation was recently articulated by analysts at Bayberry Capital, who proposed on the social media platform X…

Canton (CC) With Another Double-Digit Surge, Bitcoin (BTC) Ends 2025 in Red: Market Watch

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CC has skyrocketed by over 130% monthly. Bitcoin’s underwhelming price performance at the end of 2025 continued as the asset was stopped at $89,000 and ultimately finished the year in the red. Most altcoins have fallen in the past 24 hours, aside from Canton’s CC, which trades in a world of its own as of late. BTC With 7% Yearly Decline The primary cryptocurrency spent December in a consistently narrowing range, which began with two boundaries at $94,500 and $84,500. However, as the month progressed, the boundaries tightened, and…

Tether Snaps up Another 8,888 BTC, Now Fifth-Largest Bitcoin Wallet

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Tether picked up 8,888 Bitcoin (BTC) on New Year’s Eve, increasing its disclosed Bitcoin stash to more than 96,000 to close out 2025, its CEO Paolo Ardoino said. The USDt (USDT) stablecoin issuer has become one of the biggest active Bitcoin holders, placing the company’s Bitcoin address as the fifth-largest behind Binance, Robinhood, and Bitfinex and ranking second among privately held corporate BTC treasuries. The move is part of a pattern of Tether’s quarterly Bitcoin accumulations. The company has been funneling up to 15% of its earnings into Bitcoin every…

Trader Claims $1M Profit From Unusual Market Maker Activity on Binance

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A trader claimed to have profited about $1 million on New Year’s Day by capitalizing on “abnormal” trading behavior of a suspected market maker account on Binance. Investor Vida said on X that the abnormal trading activity was tied to BROCCOLI714, a low-liquidity token on the BNB Chain. The memecoin had an abrupt price surge followed by a sharp reversal early Thursday morning in Asia, which Vida said was driven by unusually large spot buy orders on Binance’s order book. “I figured it had to be either a hacked account…

Is the Four-Year Cycle Dead?

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Bitcon has ended 2025 lower than it began, marking the first time it’s fallen in a post-halving year. Bitcoin (BTC) halvings occur every four years, when mining rewards are cut in half and fewer new coins enter the market. Historically, this has resulted in a cycle of accumulation: a post-halving bull run that peaks, followed by a sharp correction and a multi-year bear market. After the 2012 halving, Bitcoin spiked to end the following year at a new high; a similar pattern played out in 2016 and again in 2020. …

US Spot Crypto ETFs Raked in $32B Inflows in 2025

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US investors poured over $31.77 billion into US crypto exchange-traded funds in 2025 despite the crypto markets stumbling towards the final months of the year.  US spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs took the lion’s share of investor interest, accumulating $21.4 billion in net inflows in 2025, according to Farside Investors data. However, it marks a fall from the $35.2 billion net inflows seen in 2024. Spot Ether (ETH) ETFs saw a fourfold increase in inflows from 2024, attracting $9.6 billion of investor money in the year. Ether ETFs launched in July…

Ethereum’s Price Stalls, but Developers Are Building at a Record Pace

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Even as ETH struggles below $3,000, developers surge as record contract deployments indicate organic growth driven by rollups, stablecoins, RWAs, and wallets. Ethereum has recorded a major rebound in developer activity, despite a stunted performance on the price side of things. The network deployed a record 8.7 million smart contracts in a single quarter, according to a Token Terminal chart shared by Ethereum analyst Joseph Young. The figure is an all-time high and breaks the previous quarterly record of around 6 million contracts set in the second quarter of…