Day: February 9, 2026

Solana (SOL) Below $80 Risks Restarting A Brutal Downtrend

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Solana failed to settle above $90 and remained in a range. SOL price is now facing hurdles near $90-$92 and might decline again below $80. SOL price started a decent recovery wave above $75 and $80 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $85 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance at $88 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could continue to move up if it clears $88 and $92.…

Crypto.com Boss Rolls out Agentic AIs with ai.com Launch

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Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek has officially launched his new website ai.com to the public, allowing users to create personal AI agents that can perform everyday tasks on their behalf.⁠Brayden Lindrea⁠ The ai.com commercial aired during Super Bowl 60 on NBC on Monday, a sporting event that draws in over 100 million viewers a year, promoting the beta launch of the AI platform. For now, users can register their ai.com username handles but must then wait in a queue to have their private, personalized AI agents spun up. Marszalek said the…

US Treasury Secretary Pushes For Start On Fed Chair Confirmation Hearings

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is calling on the Senate Banking Committee to proceed with confirmation hearings for Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh, despite a standoff over an ongoing probe into current Fed chair Jerome Powell.  Speaking with Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, Bessent referenced recent pushback from Republican Senator Thom Tillis, who said he plans to stall on the confirmation of the next Fed chair until the Department of Justice probe into Powell is resolved.  “Senator Tillis has come out and said he thinks that Kevin Warsh is…

Crypto, Banks Give Input to Fed ‘Skinny Master Account’ Idea

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The Federal Reserve has heard arguments from crypto companies and banking associations on a proposal to allow so-called “skinny master accounts,” which would give fintech firms limited access to the central bank’s payments infrastructure. The Fed received 44 comments in response to its proposal, which closed on Friday, seeking feedback on offering a “payment account,” with crypto companies backing the idea and banks urging caution. In opening up comments on the proposal in December, Fed Governor Christopher Waller said the new payment accounts were needed due to “rapid developments” in…

XRP Price Above $1.50 Could Flip Sentiment And Fuel Recovery

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Aayush Jindal, a luminary in the world of financial markets, whose expertise spans over 15 illustrious years in the realms of Forex and cryptocurrency trading. Renowned for his unparalleled proficiency in providing technical analysis, Aayush is a trusted advisor and senior market expert to investors worldwide, guiding them through the intricate landscapes of modern finance with his keen insights and astute chart analysis. From a young age, Aayush exhibited a natural aptitude for deciphering complex systems and unraveling patterns. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity for understanding market dynamics, he embarked…

Two Victims Lose $62 Million To Address Poisoning Since December

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Just one victim lost $12.2 million in January by copying the wrong address from their transaction history in an “address poisoning attack,” adding to a similar $50 million attack in December, according to Scam Sniffer. Address poisoning is when attackers send small transactions or “dust” from addresses that look similar to ones in the target’s transaction history, hoping the victim will copy the wrong address. Scam Sniffer added that signature phishing also surged recently, with $6.27 million stolen from 4,741 victims in January, a 207% increase compared to December. Two…

Anonymous holder sends $181K in Bitcoin to Satoshi Nakamoto’s wallet

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An unidentified Bitcoin holder sent 2.5 BTC, worth around $181,000, to the wallet tied to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous architect of Bitcoin who published the network’s foundational whitepaper in 2008 before vanishing from public view around 2011, according to data from Arkham Intelligence. The transfer, which took place over the weekend, landed in the so-called genesis address, the very first wallet on the Bitcoin blockchain. Satoshi mined this address on January 3, 2009, when the network came online. Funds routed to this historic wallet are effectively unreachable. Security researchers and…

Ethereum Price Builds Tension Below Resistance, Breakout Risk Rising

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Ethereum price started a recovery wave above $2,000. ETH is now consolidating and eyeing an upside break above the $2,120 resistance. Ethereum managed to stay above $1,880 and recovered some losses. The price is trading below $2,120 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance at $2,110 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh decline if it stays below the $2,200 zone. Ethereum Price Faces Resistance Ethereum price managed to form a base…

Bitcoin Price Cools Above $70K, Breakout Battle Near $72K Looms

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Bitcoin price started a recovery wave from $60,000. BTC is now consolidating gains above $70,000 and faces hurdles near the $72,000 zone. Bitcoin is attempting to recover but is struggling to clear hurdles. The price is trading above $70,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break above a bearish trend line with resistance at $69,800 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might dip again if it trades below the $68,500 and $67,200 levels. Bitcoin Price Holds Support Bitcoin…

Only 10K Bitcoin is Quantum-Vulnerable and Worth Attacking

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Digital asset manager CoinShares has brushed aside concerns that quantum computers could soon shake up the Bitcoin market, arguing that only a fraction of coins are held in wallets worth attacking. In a post on Friday, CoinShares Bitcoin research lead Christopher Bendiksen argued that just 10,230 Bitcoin (BTC) of 1.63 million Bitcoin sit in wallet addresses with publicly visible cryptographic keys that are vulnerable to a quantum computing attack. A little over 7,000 Bitcoin are held in wallets with between 100 and 1,000 BTC, while roughly 3,230 Bitcoin are held…