‘The Big Short’ investor Michael Burry has issued a stark warning to the markets. He suggests in his Substack {that a} potential Bitcoin plunge might set off an enormous $1B sell-off in conventional protected havens like gold and silver. Burry’s thesis is primarily based on the concept that Bitcoin’s volatility is now so deeply intertwined…
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has launched a brand new evaluation of the present state of the crypto market, arguing that the business has been firmly entrenched in a bear marketplace for over a yr. In a report shared on social media, Hougan acknowledged that his analysis signifies the present downturn started as early…
Vitalik’s imaginative and prescient for Layer 2s turns into clear. The narrative surrounding blockchain scalability is present process a elementary shift. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently signaled that the standard view of Layer 2 (L2) as a mere scaling software has reached its limits. Instead of a ‘rollup-centric’ mannequin targeted solely on pace, the business…
BitMine Immersion Technologies Chairman Tom Lee mentioned unrealized losses on the firm’s Ethereum (ETH) holdings throughout market downturns are “a characteristic, not a bug,” emphasizing the nature of its Ethereum-focused treasury mannequin. His feedback come as the world’s largest ETH treasury’s paper losses climb to greater than $6 billion amid a broader market downturn that…
Reports say a rich Abu Dhabi investor purchased a near-half stake in a crypto firm tied to the Trump household. The transaction, reported to be price about $500 million, concerned an entity linked to Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan. It has prompted questions in Washington and stirred exercise within the markets the place the…
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging Layer 2 networks to rethink their technique. He factors to a significant decline in L2 customers—from 58.4 million to about 30 million—even as Ethereum’s base community greater than doubled its personal energetic addresses. This shift comes as Ethereum’s main community exhibits surprising power. Transaction charges are at file lows,…
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) will activate Permissioned Domains on February 4, 2026, after greater than 91% of validators backed the XLS-80 modification. The milestone comes at a difficult time for XRP, which has dropped by double-digits over the previous week amid a broader market downturn. With the community getting ready a significant infrastructure improve, the…
Wirex, a full-stack crypto card issuer and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) supplier, at the moment introduced it’s powering the launch of the Chimera Card — a Bitcoin-funded debit card that brings sensible, on a regular basis Bitcoin spending to customers worldwide. Wirex BaaS: One Integration, Complete Infrastructure Through a single API integration, Chimera Wallet positive factors entry…
Tom Lee—lengthy recognized for bullish takes—says crypto costs could also be near their ground. According to his feedback on TV, he sees indicators that purchasing stress might return if the financial and on-chain backdrop holds. During an interview on CNBC, Lee, Fundstrat’s head of analysis, stated the present market setup might enhance as fundamentals proceed…
French prosecutors raided X’s Paris headquarters on Tuesday as a part of a widening investigation into alleged baby sexual abuse imagery, AI-generated deepfakes, and Holocaust denial on the platform. The raid, supported by Europol, marks a major escalation in European regulators’ crackdown on Elon Musk’s social media empire. Prosecutors have summoned Musk and former CEO…