Month: January 2026

Crypto markets experience $864M in liquidations in 24 hours

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Key Takeaways Crypto markets experienced over $864 million in liquidations within 24 hours, affecting more than 241,000 traders. Bitcoin and Ethereum were heavily impacted, with $229 million and $153 million in liquidations, respectively. Share this article Crypto markets experienced sharp volatility in the last 24 hours, with liquidations exceeding $864 million, according to CoinGlass. The event impacted more than 241,000 traders, with long positions bearing the brunt of the losses. Long positions absorbed the majority of the damage, totaling about $782 million. The total crypto market capitalization slid nearly 3%…

Ethereum Price Falls Back to $3,200, Recovery Faces Its First Real Test

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Ethereum price started a fresh decline from the $3,400 resistance. ETH is now consolidating losses and holding the key support at $3,200. Ethereum started a sharp downside correction below $3,320. The price is trading below $3,250 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There was a break below a bullish trend line with support at $3,220 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $3,180 zone. Ethereum Price Dips To Support Ethereum price failed to remain stable…

Bitcoin Price Sharp Pullback Raises One Question: Will $92K Hold?

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Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below $95,000. BTC is consolidating losses and remains at risk of more losses if it dips below $92,000. Bitcoin started a sharp decline below $95,000 and $94,000. The price is trading below $93,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There was a break below a declining channel with support at $93,550 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might continue to move down if it stays below the $954000 zone. Bitcoin Price Dips Sharply Bitcoin price…

Trove Investors Seek Refunds After Perps Pivot to Solana

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Trove Markets, which is building a decentralized perpetual exchange for collectibles, is under fire for pivoting to Solana after raising over $11.5 million tied to a token sale for an integration on Hyperliquid, prompting some backers to seek refunds. Trove first announced the surprise move to Solana in a post to X on Friday, with one of Trove’s builders, “Unwise,” later blaming the pivot on a liquidity partner withdrawing 500,000 Hyperliquid (HYPE) tokens needed for the Hyperliquid integration. “This changes our constraints: we’re no longer building on Hyperliquid rails, so…

Is Crypto Fraud Becoming Industrialized? Cyvers Reviews On-Chain Threats From 2025

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Cyvers found that pig butchering schemes were the most organized and persistent threat, while access control attacks caused the most security incidents. Recent findings from blockchain security experts have revealed that fraudulent activity in the crypto space is maturing into an industrial scale. This means that bad actors, hackers, and fraudsters are increasingly executing sophisticated social engineering operations to drain victims’ wallets. A 2025 Web3 Security and Fraud Report from the blockchain security firm Cyvers revealed a sharp rise in both crypto fraud and on-chain security incidents last year.…

Stablecoin Yield Prohibition Gives Digital Yuan Leg Up Over USD: Scaramucci

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The expanded prohibition on stablecoin yield in the CLARITY Act makes the US dollar less competitive than the Digital Yuan, Scaramucci said. The prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins in the CLARITY Act puts the US dollar at a competitive disadvantage to China’s Digital Yuan, a yield-bearing central bank digital currency, according to Anthony Scaramucci, founder of asset manager SkyBridge Capital. “The whole system is broken,” Scaramucci said in response to the prohibition on crypto exchanges and service providers offering customers yield on stablecoins in the CLARITY Act, a crypto market structure…

Crypto Cards Gain Ground in Real-World Payments, Surging from $100M to $1.5B: Report

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Crypto card payments jumped from $100M to $1.5B in 2025, surpassing P2P stablecoin transfers as the main on-chain activity driver. Crypto-linked card payments have surpassed peer-to-peer (P2P) stablecoin transfers as the leading driver of on-chain stablecoin activity. A new study by blockchain analytics firm Artemis revealed that these transactions have quietly grown into an $18 billion market in 2025. Crypto Card Payments Overtake P2P Transfers The report showed that stablecoin volumes processed through crypto cards now surpass direct wallet-to-wallet transfers. Artemis data highlighted that monthly digital payments rose from $100…

Rally to $100K or Drop Below $90K Is Next for BTC?

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Bitcoin continues to consolidate just below a major resistance cluster after a strong recovery from the December lows. The price chart shows a clear sequence of higher lows, while on-chain data indicates that the percentage of supply in profit has undergone a deep reset and is now recovering. Technically, the market is approaching an important decision zone: either a sustained breakout above the current ceiling opens the door to a new leg higher, or a rejection here triggers a corrective phase back toward recently established support levels. Bitcoin Price Analysis:…

The CLARITY Act Failing To Advance Is Good for the Crypto Industry: Analyst

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Overregulation of the crypto industry would negatively impact markets and gut decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Michaël van de Poppe. The failure of the CLARITY crypto market structure bill to advance in the United States Congress is positive for crypto markets and the industry, according to market analyst Michaël van de Poppe.  Van De Poppe cited crypto exchange Coinbase withdrawing support for the bill on Wednesday and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s X post listing several concerns with the most recent version of the bill. The issues included a “de facto…

Derivatives Sentiment Improves as Bitcoin Rallied to 2-Month High: Bybit Report

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Bybit’s Risk-Appetite Index recorded an uptick, suggesting that some traders have opened perpetual positions to capture any further rallies in spot prices. The derivatives market is witnessing a change in sentiment, with funding rates and open interest rising. A Crypto Derivatives Analytics report from the trading platform Bybit and research firm Block Scholes attributed this change to bitcoin’s (BTC) latest recovery and move to the upper $90,000 range. According to analysts, bitcoin’s breakout coincided with rising perpetual futures open interest and higher funding rates for multiple altcoins. This is…