Prediction markets on Polymarket now value the chances of a shutdown by January 31 at roughly 78%, a dramatic enhance from simply 10% three days earlier. Amid rising dangers of one other US authorities shutdown, traders are flocking to safe-haven belongings amid mounting uncertainty. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index now exhibits ‘Extreme Fear’. Sentiment…
MicroStrategy government Michael Saylor warns that the biggest danger to Bitcoin is formidable opportunists advocating protocol adjustments. The comment comes simply as Coinbase and the Ethereum community make strikes to handle one in all Bitcoin’s most existential long-term threats: quantum computing. Bitcoin’s Quantum Dilemma Puts Protocol Change Debate Back in Focus The MicroStrategy co-founder framed…
The value of GhostWareOS’s native token, GHOST, surged practically 60% previously 24 hours, as merchants reacted to the challenge’s announcement of a serious growth of its privacy-focused product suite on Solana. GhostWareOS is a Solana-based privateness infrastructure challenge that goals to offer nameless funds, stealth transfers, and privacy-preserving liquidity instruments on an in any other…
Nifty Gateway, probably the most recognizable platforms to emerge from the NFT increase, has introduced it can formally shut down its market on February 23, 2026. Gemini acquired Nifty Gateway in 2019. The Winklevoss-led alternate additionally offered the regulatory, custody, and safety infrastructure that underpinned each the NFT market and its later evolution into Nifty…
The Gold worth has surged previous the $ 5,000-per-ounce mark, setting a historic benchmark for the dear steel. This transfer suggests mounting investor concern over the US Dollar’s ongoing decline, whereas Bitcoin and Ethereum stay nicely beneath important ranges Gold Rockets Past $5,000 Amid Dollar Collapse As of this writing, Gold is buying and selling…
Solana’s newest push into hardware-driven crypto took an surprising flip this week after the token tied to its new Seeker smartphone, $SKR, surged greater than 200% inside days of launch, in response to CoinGecko knowledge. The rally adopted the long-awaited token era occasion (TGE) and airdrop linked to Solana Mobile’s second-generation gadget, a $500 Android…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) introduced the arrest of Ryan Wedding on expenses of cocaine trafficking and homicide. Wedding allegedly ran a transnational drug trafficking operation that relied on cryptocurrency to maneuver and launder the proceeds. The occasion marked the continuation of the more and more related position that digital belongings, and stablecoin funds,…
One would possibly suppose that with a billion customers, Telegram and its TON cryptocurrency can be world-beating. But similar to many different cryptocurrencies, TON hasn’t carried out properly over the previous 12 months as crypto winter winds appear to be blowing exhausting. The blockchain misplaced practically $700 million in TVL since its 2024 peak. So,…
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is predicted to depart its benchmark rate of interest unchanged at 0.75% after concluding its two-day financial coverage assembly on Friday. The central financial institution raised charges to a three-decade high in December. A pause now would enable policymakers to evaluate the financial impression of that transfer earlier than tightening…
South Korea’s Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office has misplaced a big quantity of Bitcoin that was seized throughout a legal investigation, in accordance to a number of native media experiences on Jan. 22. The case highlights a essential hole in how legislation enforcement companies deal with digital asset custody. Phishing Attack Suspected The prosecutors’ workplace recently…