Cryptocurrencies
Ether.fi CEO: Neobanks, Not ETFs, Will Drive Ethereum’s 2026
Mike Silagadze bets on consumer-facing 'crypto neobanks' to outpace ETFs as the primary driver of Ethereum adoption in 2026.
Web3
Cryptocurrencies
Wintermute Offloads $107M Bitcoin on Binance in NYE Liquidity Vacuum
Wintermute moved a net 1,213 BTC to Binance on December 31, pressuring prices in a thin holiday market before reversing flows days later.
Cryptocurrencies
Bitfarms Completes LatAm Exit with $30M Sale; Stock Surges 11% on AI Pivot
Bitfarms sells its final Paraguay site for $30M to fund a transition to U.S.-based AI infrastructure, sending BITF shares up 11%.
Cryptocurrencies
AI Pivot Crowns 2025’s Mining Kings; IREN & Cipher Soar >200% While Bitdeer Stumbles
IREN and Cipher Mining posted >200% returns in 2025 fueled by multi-billion dollar AI contracts, while Bitdeer plunged 50% on chip delays and widening losses.
regulations
MiCA’s Hollow Victory: Euro Stablecoins Hit 91% Dominance, But Liquidity is fractured
MiCA-compliant tokens captured 91% of the market, but a liquidity mismatch between Bitvavo, Kraken, and Binance is silently killing execution quality.
regulations
Coinbase Severs Argentine Fiat Rails; ARS Trading Ends Jan 31
The exchange retreats from its 2025 expansion, cutting off the ARS-USDC bridge in one of LatAm's highest-volume crypto markets.
regulations
Torres Moves to Ban Prediction Market Insider Trading After Prescient $400K Maduro Bet
Rep. Ritchie Torres targets prediction market 'insiders' with new legislation after a suspicious Polymarket account netted 1,200% on Maduro's capture hours before the news broke.
Cryptocurrencies
Trump’s Venezuela Raid Spooks Macro; Bitcoin Holds $91K as ETFs Absorb $646M
Institutional inflows topped $646M ahead of the weekend raid, as Bitcoin decouples from macro affordability fears.
Cryptocurrencies
Coinbase Ventures’ 2026 Thesis: The ‘Perpification’ of Assets and AI Agents
Coinbase Ventures pivots its 2026 roadmap toward RWA perpetuals, unsecured credit, and AI agents to drive the next cycle of institutional adoption.
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin at 17: Genesis ‘Bailout’ Warning Rings True as US Debt Hits $38.5T
On Bitcoin's 17th birthday, Satoshi's 2009 warning about bank bailouts collides with a new US fiscal reality: $38.5 trillion in national debt.