On the evening of January 31, the leading cryptocurrency plunged below $80,000, shedding about 7% in 24 hours. 15-minute BTC/USDT chart on Binance. Source: TradingVIew. The local low was set just above $75,000—levels not seen since April 2025. At the time of writing the asset had recovered and was trading near $78,000. The drop coincided […]
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added digital asset platforms Zedcex and Zedxion to its sanctions list. Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control took additional action against Iranian officials responsible for the regime’s brutal crackdown on its own people. Today’s targets include Iran’s Minister of the Interior, […]
Over the past five years, gold has outperformed Bitcoin in terms of returns, raising questions about the cryptocurrency’s narrative as a digital version of the precious metal, according to DL News. On Friday, the price of gold plummeted sharply from its previously reached all-time high. Bitcoin reacted with a relatively modest decline, yet over the […]
In 2025, Tether International reported a net profit exceeding $10 billion. The issuer’s excess reserves of USDT reached $6.3 billion, according to an audit by BDO. Tether Delivers $10B+ Profits in 2025, $6.3B in Excess Reserves, and Record $141 billion Exposure in U.S. Treasury HoldingsLearn more: https://t.co/XG3vgSoVeV — Tether (@tether) January 30, 2026 During the […]
At the end of January, ForkLog has compiled its traditional calendar of significant events for the upcoming month. February 2 — Launch of the Continuous Clearing Auctions (CCA) mechanism in the main web interface of Uniswap, which will alter the token listing process on the platform. February 3 — Update of the roadmap for the […]
Here are the week’s key cybersecurity stories. North Korean hackers targeted blockchain developers to steal crypto. The FBI dismantled ransomware’s ‘last refuge’. Hackers breached single sign-on systems to target corporations. CISA’s acting chief sparked a scandal by uploading agency documents to ChatGPT. North Korean hackers targeted blockchain developers to steal crypto The North Korean hacking […]
Amboss Technologies has introduced RailsX, a platform for P2P trading built on the second-layer solution for the first cryptocurrency’s blockchain, the Lightning Network (LN). ANNOUNCING RailsX:The most powerful tool for financial access, advancing Bitcoin’s core principles of sovereignty and decentralization. RailsX empowers peer-to-peer (P2P) trading with Lightning, enabling KYC-free, trading P2P in self-custody. Lightning is […]
The team at Lido Finance has implemented the v3 update on the mainnet, featuring modular infrastructure for staking stVaults based on stETH. Lido V3 is live on Ethereum mainnet, introducing stVaults: Modular staking infrastructure for builders, powered by stETH.https://t.co/A6vpfysrXp ↓ pic.twitter.com/RpQxRXtWH8 — Lido (@LidoFinance) January 30, 2026 According to the developers, the solution combines the […]
On January 30, US President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Kevin Warsh to serve as the next chair of the Federal Reserve after Jerome Powell, whose term ends in May. The politician said he has known Warsh for a long time and “has no doubt” he will go down in history as “one of […]
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is entering a phase of “mild austerity,” according to Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the leading altcoin network. To support this initiative, he has contributed 16,384 ETH (approximately $43 million at the current rate). In these five years, the Ethereum Foundation is entering a period of mild austerity, in order to be […]
