Month: January 2026
Silver’s 35% plunge ends up beating bitcoin in a rare crypto liquidation shock
Tokenized silver futures recorded the largest liquidations across crypto markets over the past 24 hours, overtaking bitcoin and ether as a sharp pullback in metals collided with leverage-heavy trading on crypto venues.
Bitcoin, ether fall as shutdown clock hits and markets brace for a messy Monday
Bitcoin fell toward $83,000 as the U.S. entered a partial shutdown, with traders leaning defensive ahead of a House vote expected Monday.
The TechBeat: Benchmarking 1B Vectors with Low Latency and High Throughput (1/31/2026)
How are you, hacker? đȘWant to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## What I’ve learned building an agent for Renovate config (as a cautious skeptic of AI) By @mend [ 9 Min read … Read more
Coinbase insider trading lawsuit against Armstrong, directors moves forward
The lawsuit alleges Marc Andreessen sold $118.7 million in Coinbase shares through Andreessen Horowitz, while CEO Brian Armstrong offloaded about $291.8 million.
BGB Lists on Kraken, Expanding Regulated Global Access to Onchain Settlement Infrastructure
Singapore â Blockman PR â JANUARY 30, 2026 â Bitget Token (BGB) is now available for trading on Kraken, marking its first major regulated U.S. exchange listing and an important step in expanding global access to the token. The listing brings BGB onto one of the industryâs most established exchanges, improving liquidity and making the … Read more
Crypto extreme fear is one of the âfew strong bullish signals’: Santiment
Crypto sentiment platform Santiment said the âsilver liningâ in the current crypto market is the âextreme negativityâ seen on social media.
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Tether US treasury holdings reach record highs, profits fall 23% year-on-year
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the âstructure behindâ the companyâs growth mattered more than its âscaleâ in 2025, as US Treasury holdings surpassed $122 billion.
Senate passes budget with two more weeks of Homeland Security funding
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on January 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. | Getty Images The Senate voted on Friday evening to pass the federal budget, funding everything except for one entity: the Department of Homeland Security, which was given … Read more
The âEffects Layerâ for Image-to-Video: What wan-effects Does (and When to Use It)
wan-effects (by fal-ai) turns a single image into a high-quality video with cinematic visual effects. Hereâs what it does, best use cases, and what to test first.
Bitcoin options turn bearish as BTC flirts with drop below $80K
Bitcoin options flashed extreme fear signals as the spot BTC ETF outflows rose, and the odds for a drop below $80,000 increased. Will dip buyers step in to save the day?
Polymarket, Kalshi contract limits demonstrated in latest U.S. government shutdown fight
The U.S. government is likely to shut down Saturday morning until the House votes on a funding package, raising the importance of specificity in prediction market bets.
Turn Any Image Into Anything (Fast): A Guide to PrunaAIâs z-image-turbo-img2img
z-image-turbo-img2img makes image iteration fast: prompt an edit, tune strength, pick steps, set a seed, and export PNG/JPG/WebP.
The Map-Augmented Agent That Finally Makes AI Good at Finding Places
A new map-augmented AI agent triples geolocation accuracy by iteratively verifying predictions against real map data instead of guessing.
a16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO program pause
Kofi Ampadu, the partner at a16z who led the firm’s Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, has left the firm.
The 5 Highest-Grossing Comic Book Movies of All Time
Successful comic book adaptations have been a thing since forever, but we can all agree that itâs only been in the last 15 years or so that comic book movies have really become a juggernaut at the box office. And the numbers back this up; multiple comic book movies have crossed the billion-dollar mark in … Read more
Jeffrey Epstein was permanently banned from Xbox Live
Would it surprise you to learn Microsoft booted Jeffrey Epstein from its online gaming platform? As spotted by XboxEra, the latest batch of Epstein’s emails shows that in December 2013, he was “permanently suspended due to harassment, threats, and/or abuse of other players.” But it appears the real reason may be simpler: A second email … Read more
Tether’s gold holdings top $17 billion as net profits surpassed $10 billion for 2025
The stablecoin giant saw sharp growth in its USDT token’s supply, and was one of the world’s largest U.S. government debt holder with $141 billion Treasury exposure.
Physical Intelligence, Stripe veteran Lachy Groomâs latest bet, is building Silicon Valleyâs buzziest robot brains
If co-founder Lachy Groom has any doubts, he doesnât show it. Heâs working with people who’ve been working on this problem for decades and who believe the timing is finally right, which is all he needs to know.