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Zcash Will Rise to ‘First Stop’ Target of $1K: Arthur Hayes

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Incoming liquidity from the US Fed and bullish technical breakouts are aligning to support a $1,000 price outlook for Zcash. Zcash’s (ZEC) price could be gearing up for a push toward its “first stop” target of $1,000, according to Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX. Key takeaways: ZEC has risen 40% since Arthur Hayes’ Dec. 19 liquidity call, with privacy narratives gaining momentum. Zcash charts still target $1,000 in the longer term, but a pullback toward $400 should not be ruled out. ZEC/USDT daily chart. Source:…

Ether Price Rallied 120% the Last Time Staking Queue Flipped Exit Queue

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The amount of Ether (ETH) in the queue to be staked has surpassed that waiting to be unstaked, an occurrence that has previously preceded massive ETH price rallies.  Key takeaways: Ethereum staking queue surpasses the exit queue, historically an occurrence that has led to major ETH price rallies. ETH appears bullish above $2,750, with charts hinting at a $5,000 target. Ethereum validator entry queue surpasses exit queue Ethereum’s entry queue increased to 745,619 ETH worth $2.2 billion at current prices, with a 13-day wait time. This has surpassed the exit…

Hacken’s 2025 Security Report Shows Nearly $4B in Web3 Losses

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The Hacken 2025 Yearly Security Report puts total Web3 losses at about $3.95 billion, up roughly $1.1 billion from 2024, with just over half of that attributed to North Korean threat actors. A report shared with Cointelegraph shows losses peaked at more than $2 billion in the first quarter of the year before falling to around $350 million by Q4, but Hacken warns that the pattern still points to systemic operational risk rather than isolated coding bugs. The report frames 2025 as a year where the numbers worsened, but the…

Trust Wallet Faces False Reimbursement Claims Following $7M Hack

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Trust Wallet said it has moved into a verification phase after a Christmas Day exploit involving its browser extension, after finding thousands of affected wallets but receiving far more reimbursement claims than expected. On Monday, Trust Wallet CEO Eowyn Chen said the company had identified 2,596 affected wallet addresses tied to the compromised extension. However, it received nearly 5,000 claims, suggesting a significant amount may be false or duplicate submissions.  “Because of this, accurate verification of wallet ownership is critical to ensure funds are returned to the right people,” Chen…

Bitcoin Analysts Say This Must Happen for BTC Price to Break $90K

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) end-of-year rally toward $90,000 appeared to be stalling due to a lack of demand and weak onchain activity. Still, a new technical setup suggested that momentum may increase once the BTC/USD pair breaks above $90,000.  Key takeaways: Apparent demand and buying from US investors must recover to secure a new year rally for BTC. Bitcoin must next take out immediate resistance at $90,000 to trigger a rally going into 2026.  Bitcoin apparent demand flips negative Bitcoin’s apparent demand has flipped negative after falling to its lowest level since…

RWAs Overtake DEXs as Fifth-Largest Category in DeFi by TVL

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Real-world asset (RWA) protocols are one of decentralized finance’s (DeFi’s) winners in 2025, overtaking decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to become the fifth-largest category by total value locked (TVL), according to DefiLlama.  RWAs now account for about $17 billion in TVL, up from $12 billion in Q4 2024, highlighting how quickly tokenized Treasurys, private credit and other real-world claims have moved from niche experiments to core DeFi plumbing. As DefiLlama noted, “At the start of this year, they weren’t even in the top 10 categories.”  Vincent Liu, chief investment officer at Kronos…

Blockchain Transactions Rise as Fees Fall Across Major Networks

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Several of the biggest blockchain networks handled more transactions in December even as the fees users paid fell, a sign that recent scaling upgrades are increasing capacity and easing competition for block space, according to data compiled by Nansen. Data from Nansen showed that Bitcoin, Tron, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, Avalanche, and The Open Network (TON) recorded month-over-month increases in transactions, while fee revenue declined sharply across the same period.  Ethereum transactions increased by 16% despite a 57% decline in fee revenue. Polygon showed a similar divergence, with transaction counts jumping…

Trend Research ‘Bullish’ on 2026, Buys $35M Ether to Reach $1.8B

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Hong Kong-based investment firm Trend Research has continued accumulating Ether even as one of the biggest corporate ETH holders expects a sharp drawdown during the first quarter of 2026. Trend Research acquired $35 million in Ether (ETH), pushing its holdings above 601,000 ETH worth about $1.83 billion, according to blockchain data platform Lookonchain. The company has borrowed a total of $958 million in stablecoins from decentralized lending protocol Aave, with an average purchase price of about $3,265 per ETH, wrote Lookonchain in a Monday X post. Trend’s founder, Jack Yi,…

Ethereum’s Validator Entry Queue Has Flipped Exit Queue

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Ethereum’s staking queue has flipped the exit line for the first time in six months, with almost twice as much ETH now lined up to be staked as ETH trying to leave the network. The entry queue for validators has roughly 745,619 Ether (ETH) with a nearly 13-day wait, while the exit line has around 360,518 ETH and an eight-day wait, according to the blockchain explorer Ethereum Validator Queue. The flippening happened on December 27 when both queues were around 460,000, but the entry queue has gone vertical since while…

Hackers Give Rainbow Six Siege Players 2B Credits Each

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French video gaming giant Ubisoft has been forced to halt the live services of Rainbow Six Siege after hackers breached the game and dished out 2 billion in-game credits to every player. The exploit was initially confirmed by the team via X on Dec. 27, with a series of updates following, ultimately leading to a suspension of the game’s servers and marketplace the following day. Reports from players on social media indicate that hackers were able to take control of the major parts of the game’s online systems, with players…