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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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Federal Custody Breach: $90M Linked to US Seized Assets Drained by Contractor Insider
A 'band for band' wealth dispute exposes a government contractor's son allegedly draining $90M from US Marshals' seized crypto wallets.
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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 Pivots to ‘Finance-First’ Strategy; Active Addresses Hit 18.9M
Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante says Solana is ditching speculative narratives for hard financial infrastructure as active users spike to 18.9M.
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Ethereum Shifts to ‘Post-Quantum’ Engineering; Drake Warns of 2028 Threat Vector
The Ethereum Foundation has activated a dedicated engineering team to deploy quantum-resistant cryptography, citing a narrowing safety window closing by 2028.
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Fed Set to Pause Rate Cuts; Bitcoin Traders Eye Powell’s Tone Over Decision
With a rate pause priced in, crypto markets focus on whether Chairman Powell signals a temporary skip or a hawkish pivot for 2026.
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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.
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Senate Ag Sets Jan 27 Markup for CLARITY Act; BTC Holds $89k
Senate Ag Chair Boozman schedules Jan 27 markup for the CLARITY Act, pushing CFTC jurisdiction despite partisan rifts over stablecoin yields.
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MEV Bot 0xa6c2 Intercepts $4.1M Makina Finance Exploit; Protocol Fate Now in ‘Gray Area’ Custody
A high-frequency trading bot front-ran a hacker to seize $4.1M from Makina Finance, leaving the protocol's funds in a legal and ethical limbo.
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LatAm Institutional Pivot: Colombia’s $55B Pension Giant Enters Bitcoin
Colombia's AFP Protección launches a Bitcoin fund for qualified investors, joining Brazil's Itaú and B3 in a regional institutional pivot.