ETH, SOL and DOGE slide 7% as $850 million bullish bets end up liquidated
Ether, solana and XRP led losses across crypto as a wave of long liquidations swept futures markets, showing stress spreading beyond bitcoin during weekend trading.
Month: January 2026
Bitcoin ‘fear’ sentiment hits a 2026 high as price downtrends toward $80,000
Social chatter around bitcoin has turned sharply negative after the token slid to its lowest level since Nov. 21, a setup Santiment says often appears near capitulation, even if near term trading stays messy.
Bitcoin plunges under $81,000 amid reports of Iran explosions and thin weekend liquidity
Bitcoin slid toward $81,000 on Saturday as thin weekend liquidity magnified selling pressure, with traders pointing to Middle East tensions, U.S. political risk and lingering crypto-specific uncertainty.
Bitcoin vs. gold: BTC is a ‘better opportunity’ than in 2017, data says
Bitcoin could start catching up to gold as soon as February, as traders anticipate BTC to recover from its record lows versus gold this year.
Cassette Boy forces you to see its world in a whole new way
It’s no secret that Cassette Boy is inspired by the classics. It’s a top-down adventure game in the vein of a retro Legend of Zelda, while your home base is a small town like in an older Pokémon game, complete with a mom who is constantly wishing you well. The game’s blocky 3D graphics evoke … Read more
The Crypto Sellout
Jamie Dimon, head of JPMorgan, called crypto a “fraud … worse than tulips” The bank’s token, The JPM Coin, facilitates over $1B in interbank payments each month. In the Global South, Bitcoin adoption exploded.
U.S. imposes sanctions on crypto exchanges tied to Iran for the first time
The exchanges were accused of facilitating transactions for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and are linked to an Iranian businessman convicted of embezzlement.
Godot 4.4: Metal Rendering Backend, 3D Physics Interpolation, and More
This is the first dev snapshot for 4.4! During the beta and release candidate stages of 4.3, we accumulated a lot of PRs that were of great quality, but deemed too risky to include in 4.3. We have begun merging those PRs now and have quickly gathered a lot of changes that warrant a dev … Read more
A nice upgrade for Apple’s simplest gadget
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 114, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, send Arc Raiders tips, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about wind turbines and phishing scams and oboes, keeping organized … Read more
ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
ChatGPT is using Grokipedia as a source, and it’s not the only AI tool to do so. Citations to Elon Musk’s AI-generated encyclopedia are starting to appear in answers from Google’s AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini, too. Data suggests that’s on the rise, heightening concerns about accuracy and misinformation as Musk seeks to reshape … Read more
NYSE’s 24/7 plan could fix key problem for stock tokens, Ondo’s de Bode says
NYSE and Nasdaq introducing 24/7 trading with tokenized stock would be a “godsend,” solving thin weekend liquidity, Ondo Finance President Ian de Bode told CoinDesk in an interview.
OKX founder blames Ethena’s USDe for October crash, while traders hit back
Months after Oct. 10’s flash crash and liquidation cascade, a fresh spat has opened between exchange executives and market watchers over whether a leveraged yield loop, thin liquidity, or busted market plumbing did the real damage.
Bitcoin Price Prediction 2026: $300,000 Target and the Next Crypto to Explode in This Cycle
If you invest in crypto, you need to track Bitcoin closely, because Bitcoin drives the whole market. When BTC goes up, most altcoins follow. But the real question is: is Bitcoin still the best choice to make serious money in crypto today, or are there better opportunities with bigger upside? Bitcoin made people rich because … Read more
Active Solana addresses spike 115%, four in 10 merchants take Bitcoin: Month in Charts
Activity on Solana has spiked as new AI tech makes it easier than ever to launch memecoins. Meanwhile, Ethereum is plugging away at future-proofing and bringing down fees.
US Treasury sanctions Iran-linked crypto exchanges for first time
The US Treasury has sanctioned two UK-registered crypto exchanges tied to Iran’s financial system, marking the first time Washington has targeted digital asset platforms.
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Crypto billionaires deploy $40M to fight California wealth tax and union power
Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and venture capitalist Tim Draper are backing Grow California, a new political effort aimed at countering union-backed wealth tax proposals.
$1.82B pulled from spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs amid metals rally
ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said many people seem to be forgetting that Bitcoin “spanked everything so bad” in 2023 and 2024, while other asset classes “still haven’t caught up.”
Binance pins crypto’s worst-ever liquidation day on macro risks, not exchange failure
Binance says October 10’s crypto flash crash was driven by a macro risk-off shock, cascading liquidations and thin liquidity, while acknowledging two platform-specific issues that occurred after most losses had already hit.
The latest Instax printer is a pricey but worthy upgrade
Taping Instax Mini Link+ photos into a journal is just one use for the tiny prints. FujiFilm’s Instax Mini Link 3 printer is a much-loved $100 accessory in my travel journal kit. I often tape a printed image next to my handwritten thoughts to preserve a moment in time. The prints produced by the instant … Read more