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Bitcoin Hashrate Plunges 30% as Winter Storm ‘Fernan’ Forces Foundry Shutdown
Foundry USA loses 60% of its hashrate as miners curtail power for the grid, but BTC price holds steady at $87k.
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Crypto Liquidity Rotates to Prediction Markets After $150B Crash
Traders rotate capital to Polymarket following a $150 billion market wipeout, though active maker counts are already receding from January peaks.
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Crypto Liquidity Rotates: Traders Dump Memes for Polymarket’s ‘Liquid Truth’
Capital rotates from a collapsing $36.5B meme sector into prediction markets as US shutdown odds hit 77%.
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Saylor Targets ‘Ambitious Opportunists’ as Bitcoin’s True Threat; BTC Holds $87K
MicroStrategy's chairman warns against internal protocol changes as the debate over BIP-110 and network 'ossification' intensifies.
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SwapNet Exploit Drains $16.8M; ZachXBT Blasts Circle’s ‘Bad Faith’ Inaction
A $16.8M drain on SwapNet exposes approval risks while ZachXBT tears into Circle for failing to freeze $3M in stolen USDC.
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US Gov Contractor’s Son Identified as $40M Crypto Thief
Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT links a $40M theft of seized government funds to John Daghita, son of the USMS crypto custody contractor.
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CZ Predicts 2026 ‘Supercycle’ as US Strategic Reserve Breaks 4-Year Trend
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao cites the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve as the catalyst that will decouple Bitcoin from its historical four-year halving cycle.
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Trump Tariffs Trigger $875M Liquidation; GameStop Dumps $420M BTC to Coinbase
Bitcoin slips below $87k as new European trade tariffs and a $420M GameStop treasury transfer ignite a $875M market flush.
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Circle’s USYC Dethrones BlackRock’s BUIDL; Binance Whale Wallet Holds 94% of Supply
Circle's USYC hits $1.69B AUM to top BlackRock, but 94% of the fund sits in Binance wallets as institutional collateral.
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Solana’s ‘Always-On’ Narrative Tested: 51% of Stake Ignores Critical Security Patch
Two weeks after an 'urgent' security patch was released, over half of Solana's stake remains vulnerable, exposing the network to consensus stalls.