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Whales add DOGE, LINK and UNI as market rises after US CPI

Beincrypto reports large on-chain holders added Dogecoin, Chainlink and Uniswap as the crypto market pumped after US December CPI rose 2.7% year over year. On-chain data shows whales holding 10 million to 100 million DOGE increased holdings from 17.60 billion to 17.76 billion DOGE—about 160 million

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After swings, $50 Bitcoin investment is worth about $99.69 on Jan. 14, 2026

David Gewirtz says the $50 he put into Bitcoin on Jan. 1, 2022 — using PayPal and paying a $1.15 fee — was worth about $99.69 as of Jan. 14, 2026. Gewirtz recounts a volatile ride: the holding fell to about $17 in 2023, recovered to roughly $99.92 at

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Ethereum breakout brings $4,000 back into view amid momentum warning

Beincrypto reported that Ethereum has broken out of a cup-and-handle pattern on the 12‑hour chart with expanding volume, pushing the $4,000 level back onto the technical roadmap and lifting the price nearly 7% over the past 24 hours. The outlet says the breakout cleared a slightly downward‑sloping

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DZ Bank gets MiCA approval to operate meinKrypto in Germany

DZ Bank, one of Germany’s largest banking groups by assets, announced Wednesday that it had received approval from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) to operate crypto services in Germany. The approval covers DZ Bank’s crypto platform, “meinKrypto,

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Bitcoin Tops $95,000 as Three Altcoins Show Bullish Setups

Beincrypto reports Bitcoin climbed past $95,000 after the US CPI remained steady in December, boosting altcoin momentum and risk appetite. Three altcoins highlighted are Pump.fun (PUMP), Internet Computer (ICP) and Celestia (TIA). PUMP, trading near $0.00281, shows a 0.96 correlation with Bitcoin and is breaking out

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Tokenized gold market cap rises 177% in 2025, drives RWA inflows

Tokenized gold emerged as one of crypto’s fastest-growing asset classes in 2025, accounting for roughly a quarter of net growth in real-world assets (RWAs), according to data accumulated by Cex.io. The market capitalization of tokenized gold jumped 177% over the year. Cex.io’s data showed the market

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Enforcement Directorate raids Nagpur group tied to alleged 'Ether Trade Asia' scam

Beincrypto reported that India's Enforcement Directorate carried out search operations in Nagpur, Maharashtra, after cracking down on an alleged cryptocurrency fraud that caused investor losses of over Rs. 4.25 crore. The ED said it searched three locations on January 7 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act,

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Delphi Digital says perp DEXs poised to take TradFi market share in 2026

Crypto research firm Delphi Digital said in its outlook for 2026 that perpetual decentralized exchanges (perp DEXs) are poised to continue taking market share from traditional finance products. Perp DEXs are blockchain-based venues for trading perpetual futures contracts, allowing traders to use leverage and trade without an expiry date. Delphi

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Wintermute says three catalysts could broaden crypto liquidity in 2026

Beincrypto reports market-maker Wintermute found crypto liquidity in 2025 became concentrated in Bitcoin, Ethereum and a small group of large-cap tokens, and the firm outlined three developments that could prompt a broader market recovery in 2026. The firm said traditional cycle-driven rotation — from BTC to ETH to large- and then

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Animoca Brands buys Somo to add playable, tradable collectibles

Animoca Brands has acquired gaming and collectibles company Somo, adding Somo’s playable, streamable and tradable collectibles to its portfolio of blockchain-based platforms, the company said Wednesday. Animoca said it plans to integrate Somo into its broader Web3 ecosystem, using cross-promotion, shared infrastructure and its global network of partners to

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6 Billion in BTC Moves to Exchanges as Bitcoin Climbs Toward $100,000

Beincrypto reports that on-chain data show major exchanges received roughly $6 billion in BTC this week as Bitcoin rose from about $91,000 on Monday to just above $95,000 by Wednesday. Arkham analytics found Binance wallets added 32,752 BTC across cold and hot wallets, Coinbase saw 26,486

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Ripple receives preliminary EMI approval from Luxembourg regulator

The payments firm says Luxembourg's regulator, the CSSF, has issued a preliminary approval for an electronic money institution (EMI) license. Ripple said the preliminary clearance is a step toward offering regulated crypto and stablecoin payment services across the European Union. The firm described the approval as preliminary and

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Zcash whales add nearly 13% to holdings as ZEC shows early recovery signs

Beincrypto reports that on-chain data shows Zcash whales increased their ZEC holdings by nearly 13% as the coin attempts to stabilize after a more than 30% sell-off from late-December highs. Addresses holding more than $1 million in crypto assets raised their ZEC balances over the past week to collectively about

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France flags 90 unlicensed crypto firms ahead of MiCA deadline

France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has flagged 90 crypto companies as unlicensed under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) framework ahead of the end-June deadline, Reuters reported. The AMF warned that about 30% of the unlicensed companies had not responded to its query on

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Chainalysis warns impersonation scams surged as 2025 crypto losses may top $17 billion

Beincrypto reports that Chainalysis estimates crypto-related scams may exceed $17 billion in losses for 2025 and that impersonation scams jumped nearly 1,400% year over year. Chainalysis said cryptocurrency scams received at least $14 billion on-chain during the year, marking a sharp increase from the $9.9 billion initially reported

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Ethereum active addresses surpass major L2s as fees drop to pennies

Active addresses on the Ethereum network have overtaken major layer 2s, with the number of active addresses exceeding 791,000 on Monday — higher than networks such as Base, Arbitrum and Optimism, according to data from Nansen. The network has seen a 71% increase in active addresses from about 460,000

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Bitcoin Breaks Cup-and-Handle, Eyes $106,600 as $100,200 Looms

Beincrypto reports Bitcoin has confirmed a breakout from a cup-and-handle pattern, clearing resistance near $94,800 and pushing above the $95,000 zone, trading up roughly 3.8% on the day and about 6.5% over the past 30 days. The measured move from the pattern points to $106,600

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Chainalysis says impersonation crypto scams jumped about 1,400% in 2025

Chainalysis reported that impersonation scam incidents rose roughly 1,400% year over year in 2025, with fraudsters increasingly posing as trusted people or organizations to steal crypto, passwords and account access, the firm said in its 2026 Crypto Scams Report. Impersonation scams often combine social engineering with other techniques. Chainalysis

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Strive wins approval to acquire Semler, lifting combined Bitcoin holdings to 12,797.9 BTC

Beincrypto reports Strive has received shareholder approval to acquire Semler Scientific in an all-stock transaction that will transfer 5,048.1 Bitcoin to Strive and raise the combined holdings to 12,797.9 BTC. Strive disclosed it recently bought an additional 123 BTC at an average price of $91,561,

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Paradigm VP Justin Slaughter predicts crypto market-structure bill rulemaking could take years

Justin Slaughter, Paradigm’s vice president of regulatory affairs, said rulemaking for the U.S. crypto market-structure bill could take many years to complete. The bill has advanced to the Senate committee stage with bipartisan text and ongoing negotiations, and is set for a markup with the Senate Banking Committee

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BitMine stakes 186,560 ETH, bringing total staked to 1.53M ETH

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) added 186,560 ETH to the "Beacon Depositor" address, bringing its total staked to 1,530,784 ETH, Lookonchain reported on Wednesday. The staked holdings are worth about $5.13 billion and represent roughly 4% of the approximately 36 million ETH staked on the

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US spot Bitcoin ETF assets top $120 billion as long-term holders lock up supply

Beincrypto reports that total net assets in US spot Bitcoin ETFs have topped $120 billion as long-term holders increasingly appear to lock up coins rather than trade them. Data from crypto research platform SoSoValue showed total net assets at $123 billion as of January 14 after $753 million of inflows,

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Prediction market trading hits record $701.7M despite regulatory scrutiny

Trading on prediction markets reached a record $701.7 million on Monday in the first weeks of 2026, despite recent US regulatory actions seeking to restrict the sector. Dune Analytics data compiled by Gate Research showed Kalshi accounted for two-thirds of the total with $465.9 million, while Polymarket and

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Corporate Bitcoin treasuries grew by 260,000 BTC in six months, Glassnode reports

Corporate digital asset treasuries added a net 260,000 Bitcoin to their balance sheets over the past six months, far outpacing the estimated 82,000 coins mined in the same period, on-chain analytics provider Glassnode reported. Glassnode said Bitcoin treasuries held by public and private companies rose from roughly 854,

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Retail traders rotated into Bitcoin and Ether after October liquidation, Wintermute says

Wintermute said retail traders spooked by the massive October liquidation event fled back to major cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), dashing hopes for an altcoin season, in its "Digital asset OTC market 2025" report released on Tuesday. The report says that since around 2022 retail investors had