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Valour Cracks UK Retail Market with First Yield-Bearing Bitcoin & Ethereum ETPs

Valour lists Bitcoin and Ethereum staking ETPs on the LSE, unlocking tax-advantaged crypto exposure for UK retail investors for the first time since 2021.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Vitalik Declares 2026 ‘Year of Computing Self-Sovereignty’; Ditches Google for Local Stack

Ethereum's co-founder outlines a strategic migration from Google and Telegram to local-first infrastructure, framing 2026 as the year users reclaim data autonomy.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Bitcoin Security Stress-Tested: Foundry Hashrate Plunges 60% as Winter Storm ‘Fern’ Freezes US Miners

Foundry USA lost 200 EH/s in 48 hours as miners shut down for Winter Storm Fern, exposing the fragility of Bitcoin's US-centric security model.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Institutional Exodus: Crypto ETPs Bleed Record $1.7B as Bitcoin Clings to $87K

Digital asset funds saw $1.73 billion in weekly outflows—the largest since November 2025—as US government shutdown fears drive Bitcoin below $88,000.

January 26, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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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.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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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%.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Bitcoin Stares Down Fourth Consecutive Monthly Loss as $1.7B Exits Funds

Institutional outflows hit $1.73 billion as Bitcoin decouples from equities and gold, risking a rare fourth month of declines.

January 26, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Trump’s USD1 Flips PYUSD ($4.9B) as Binance Airdrop Ignites Supply Shock

World Liberty Financial's stablecoin hits a $4.9B market cap, surpassing PayPal's PYUSD, driven by a $40M Binance yield campaign and a $2B sovereign settlement.

January 26, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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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.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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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.

January 26, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments