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Magic Eden CEO says firm is positioned for a ‘speculation supercycle’, will launch Dicey

Magic Eden CEO and co-founder Jack Lu said the company is well positioned for a “supercycle” in which “finance merges with entertainment,” commenting on a recent boom in prediction markets and betting in a post to X on Monday. Lu wrote that “speculation is mainstream now” and that “prediction markets

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Peter Brandt Says Bitcoin Could Fall to $58,000–$62,000 on Rising Wedge

Beincrypto reports veteran trader Peter Brandt warned that Bitcoin may decline to the $58,000–$62,000 range, implying a 33–37% correction from current levels of around $92,400. Brandt posted on X that “58k to $62k is where I think it is going BTC,” linking a chart that

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Researcher links Ethereum surge to address-poisoning attacks that stole $740K

Security researcher Andrey Sergeenkov says Ethereum’s recent record network activity could be partially linked to a wave of address poisoning attacks that are exploiting sharply lower gas fees. Cointelegraph reported that network activity retention nearly doubled to 8 million addresses in a month and daily transactions reached an all-time

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Zcash narrowly avoids 34% breakdown after last‑minute dip buying

Beincrypto reports Zcash price narrowly avoided a projected 34% breakdown near $359 after buyers stepped in, producing a long lower wick on the 12‑hour chart that prevented a head‑and‑shoulders breakdown from confirming. The 12‑hour view showed a near‑complete head‑and‑shoulders pattern and a bullish

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Wallet tied to pump.fun memecoin turned $285 into a small fortune, raising concerns

A wallet linked to a pump.fun memecoin turned $285 into a small fortune on Monday. The rapid gain revived concerns about possible insider activity during the latest memecoin surge. The circumstances behind the windfall have not been established, and the episode has reignited questions about insider activity amid the

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Animoca Brands' Yat Siu says wealthy collectors keep NFT market alive

Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu said wealthy crypto collectors are still driving the NFT market and that NFTs are not dead. Siu, who is also an avid NFT collector, said there is a community of owners who bought to own, not to sell. That comment was presented as his assessment;

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Ponke, Popcat and Mog weaken but sit near key support levels

Beincrypto reports that three meme coins — Ponke (PONKE), Popcat (POPCAT) and Mog (MOG) — weakened this week but are approaching potential reversal zones as January nears its end. PONKE slid 21% to trade near $0.0474 while remaining above the $0.0454 support and its 50-day exponential moving average; a recovery

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Bitcoin's four-year halving cycle may be ending as ETFs reshape markets

The traditional four-year crypto market cycle driven by bitcoin halving events may be over, with institutional products such as ETFs changing market dynamics. Historically, bitcoin halving events have been a central force behind the cycle, influencing price rhythms across the crypto market. At the same time, the emergence of institutional

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MegaETH reaches nearly 47,000 TPS ahead of 11 billion-transaction stress test

Ethereum layer 2 MegaETH reached network speeds of up to 47,000 transactions per second in testing, the project said, as it prepares a global stress test ahead of its mainnet launch. In an X post on Monday, MegaETH said it will launch a “global stress test” on Thursday and

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Research suggests Ethereum activity surge may be driven by address‑poisoning spam

Ethereum has posted record on‑chain activity, but research and data suggest much of the recent spike may be tied to address‑poisoning scams rather than organic usage. Address poisoning is a scam that relies on cheap "dust" transfers to contaminate transaction histories, according to the analysis, creating

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Study finds U.S. tariffs drained domestic liquidity and held crypto markets back

Beincrypto reports that new research, cited by The Wall Street Journal, found 96% of U.S. tariff costs between January 2024 and November 2025 were paid domestically, effectively acting as a slow, hidden tax that reduced discretionary liquidity and helped keep crypto markets stalled after October. A study by Germany’

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Trove to keep $9.4M after pivot to Solana as investors demand refunds

Trove Markets said it will retain $9,397,403 of funds raised to build a perpetual derivatives exchange on Solana, prompting uproar among investors after the project announced a pivot away from an expected integration with Hyperliquid days before its token generation event. Trove had raised over $11.5 million

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Bitcoin defends $92,000 amid ETF outflows and macroeconomic concerns

Bitcoin (BTC) fell about 3.4% over the weekend as investors cut risk, retesting the $92,000 level and triggering roughly $215 million in leveraged BTC futures long liquidations, a move that surprised bulls and raised concerns of a deeper correction. Investors sought safety in cash and precious metals while

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Bitcoin steadies at $93,000 as Kraken executive warns of Davos-driven volatility

Bitcoin steadied at $93,000 as markets prepared for a bumpy week of trade-war rhetoric coming out of Davos, one Kraken executive warned. The Kraken executive said traders should expect crypto volatility over the next few days tied to headlines about Trump tariffs. The warning highlighted the short-term risk window

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Monero, Rain and River could challenge all-time highs in third week of January 2026

Beincrypto says three altcoins — Monero (XMR), Rain (RAIN) and River (RIVER) — could reach new all-time highs in the third week of January 2026 as the market remains neutral. Monero surged about 57% to a recent peak near $800 before correcting to around $635 and currently holds above a $560 support

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Bermuda plans to become first fully on-chain national economy

Beincrypto reported Bermuda announced on Monday at the World Economic Forum in Davos that it plans to become the world’s first fully on-chain national economy. Circle and Coinbase said they will provide digital asset infrastructure, enterprise tools and contribute to nationwide digital finance education to support the transition. The

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Injective vote overwhelmingly approves Supply Squeeze to cut INJ issuance

Injective’s protocol community on Monday approved a major tokenomics overhaul, passing the Supply Squeeze proposal (IIP-617) with 99.89% support based on staked voting power. The proposal reduces INJ’s native token issuance and preserves the network’s buyback-and-burn program, which uses protocol-generated revenue to permanently remove tokens from

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XRP, AXS and DUSK could trigger major liquidations amid January volatility

Beincrypto reports that market-wide crypto liquidations neared $900 million at the start of the third week of January as tariff-driven volatility pushed traders into leveraged positions in several altcoins. XRP fell to $1.85 on January 19 before rebounding to $1.95, wiping out most of its year-to-date recovery. Short-term

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Ethereum momentum weakens as $3,050 support becomes critical

Beincrypto reports Ethereum is slipping again, down about 3.2% over the past 24 hours and extending a pullback from the January peak near $3,390; the token remains inside a rising channel but momentum is showing signs of weakening. Two daily RSI divergences highlight the strain: between December 10

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Manitoba pilot tests using Bitcoin mining heat to warm greenhouses

A pilot project in Manitoba is testing whether heat produced by Bitcoin mining can be reused to warm greenhouses. The initiative brings together hardware maker and mining firm Canaan with Bitforest Investment and operates at about 3 megawatts of mining capacity as a 24-month proof of concept. The system uses

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XRP must reclaim 100-day EMA near $2.24 to reopen 33% rally path

Beincrypto reports XRP must reclaim the 100-day exponential moving average near $2.24 to reopen a path for a projected 33% rally. On the daily chart XRP appears to be forming an inverse head-and-shoulders with a neckline near $2.52, about 28% above current prices; previous reclaiming of the 100-day

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BTQ launches Bitcoin Quantum testnet to trial post-quantum signatures

BTQ Technologies said it launched a Bitcoin Quantum testnet on Jan. 12, 2026, a Bitcoin-like network designed to trial post-quantum signatures without changing Bitcoin mainnet governance. The testnet is a Bitcoin Core–based fork that replaces ECDSA with ML-DSA, the module-lattice signature scheme standardized by NIST as FIPS 204. BTQ

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Monero could reach $910–$1,150 if it reclaims $800, report says

Beincrypto reports Monero could target $910–$1,150, but only if the price reclaims and holds above $800. The asset stabilized after a roughly 33% correction from a near-$800 peak on January 14 and has compressed into a tight, flag-like consolidation. On the 12-hour chart XMR pushed above the

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Louisiana pension reports $3.2M MicroStrategy stake

Beincrypto reports the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System disclosed a $3.2 million position in MicroStrategy, holding 17,900 shares, which Bitcoin Treasuries cited as roughly 0.2% of the fund’s $1.56 billion portfolio in a recent 13F filing. MicroStrategy holds more than 687,000 BTC, and supporters

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Hyperliquid reclaims top perpetual DEX spot as Lighter volumes and LIT fall

Beincrypto reported that Hyperliquid has reclaimed the lead among perpetual decentralized exchanges, posting about $40.7 billion in weekly trading volume. CryptoRank data showed Aster ranked second with $31.7 billion and Lighter slid to third with $25.3 billion. The post noted Lighter’s weekly perpetual volume has decreased