Zoltan Vardai

BitMine Immersion Technology will invest $200 million in MrBeast’s Beast Industries, linking crypto capital with the world’s largest creator platform.

Crypto markets saw the biggest short squeeze since October as short positions were liquidated and Bitcoin outperformed the US dollar amid geopolitical uncertainty.

Sygnum predicts US crypto regulation will spur sovereign Bitcoin reserves and accelerate tokenized bond issuance by major financial institutions in 2026.

Bitcoin ETF flows have swung sharply in early 2026 as investors pour billions into traditional ETFs, leaving crypto funds lagging behind.

Bankinter joins Tether and BBVA in the $35 million investment round after the Spanish crypto exchange received its MiCA license in 2025.

Perp DEXs handle only a fraction of the trading activity seen in TradFi investments, but their infrastructure is catching up to the slow and fragmented centralized trading venues.

Tightening KYC regulations and growing scrutiny on the digital economy are triggering more investor demand for privacy-preserving digital assets like Monero.

Truebit lost $26 million after a smart-contract overflow bug let an attacker mint tokens at near-zero cost, sending the TRU price down 99%.

The Solana Policy Institute urged the SEC to distinguish non-custodial DeFi code from exchanges, warning that current rules could chill innovation.

Standard Chartered is reportedly developing a crypto prime brokerage platform as traditional banks expand digital asset services.

Star Xu defended freezing $40,000 in stablecoins after a user admitted buying verified accounts, with the exchange citing strict KYC and AML obligations.

Bitcoin’s non-sovereign narrative is gaining attention as reports of a probe into US Fed Chair Jerome Powell raise concerns over political pressure and markets.

Bitcoin steadied near $90,000 as ETF flows turned negative, altcoins continued a valuation reset and DeFi markets showed pockets of renewed activity.

Corporate crypto treasuries are increasingly turning to Ether staking, as companies like SharpLink generate recurring yield from onchain operations.

Zcash developer activity has fallen to its lowest level since 2021 as a governance dispute weighs on sentiment and ZEC extends a two-month decline.

A newly discovered vulnerability may enable malicious validators to omit the hash field when posting blocks, leading to validator crashes and slowing block production.

Bootstrap says US nonprofit law limits outside investment and drove governance tensions that led Electric Coin Company to break away.

Binance launched gold and silver perpetual futures settled in USDT, expanding crypto-denominated access to precious metals markets.

The largest corporate ETH holder started 2026 with a $105 million Ether purchase, while surpassing $2.87 billion in staked Ether, seeking to generate passive yield on its holdings.

DeFi and smart contract-tied cryptocurrencies fell by over 66% during 2025, but analysts are pointing to maturing digital asset valuations due to incoming institutional capital.

The investment banking giant is seeking to capture additional yield from the proposed ETF’s Ether holdings via staking, as institutional investors launch more regulated crypto funds.

The investment banking giant’s filings for Bitcoin and Solana ETFs follow an uptick in investor demand for regulated crypto investment vehicles, driven by the new year’s “clean-slate” effect.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs have hauled in $1.1 billion in the first two trading days of 2026, with analysts pointing to a new year “clean-slate effect” driving digital asset demand.

Strategy bought 1,283 BTC for $116 million, lifting holdings above 673,000 BTC, while reporting a $17.4 billion unrealized Q4 loss in an SEC filing Monday.

According to SlowMist, attackers are impersonating MetaMask, aiming to steal users’ secret recovery phrases.

Bubblemaps said Lighter airdropped $675 million in LIT — one of crypto’s biggest ever — as data shared on X suggested about 75% of recipients were still holding.

Russia’s Justice Ministry proposed fines and prison for illegal crypto mining, as officials say most miners still haven’t joined the tax register.

An $11 billion Bitcoin whale is betting hundreds of millions of dollars on price increases of Bitcoin, Ether and Solana, while "smart money" traders remain net short on leading tokens.

Altcoins lagged Bitcoin in 2025, but XRP, Zcash and Algorand outperformed on regulatory clarity, privacy demand and tokenization.

China’s central bank will let banks pay interest on digital yuan wallets from Jan. 1, 2026, reshaping e-CNY as deposit-like money as the US bans CBDCs.