Digital gold failed to hold above $90,000; activity on Ethereum’s mainnet surpassed L2s; Iran’s central bank bought over $500 million of stablecoins—and other events of the week. Selling pressure On Monday the leading cryptocurrency began with an overnight pullback. The asset sliced through support around $95,000 and headed for $90,000. The slide did not end […]
As of January 25, 729 out of 24,482 (~3%) nodes in the Bitcoin blockchain signaled support for the soft fork under BIP-110. The initiative aims to combat spam. Source: TheBitcoinPortal. Introduced in early December 2025, the proposal suggests a temporary consensus-level limit on the size of data transmitted in transactions. Led by the Bitcoin Knots […]
On January 24, the meme token Nietzschean Penguin (PENGUIN) based on Solana soared from $0.01 to $0.16, marking an increase of approximately 1500%. Hourly chart of PENGUIN/USD on PumpSwap. Source: DEXScreener. The sharp rise followed a White House post on the social network X. The brief post included a photograph of U.S. President Donald Trump […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a settlement with the Winklevoss brothers’ Gemini over a lawsuit related to the defunct Earn yield product. In January 2023, the regulator accused the crypto exchange of offering unregistered securities through its lending program. Earn users received up to 8% annual returns on cryptocurrency deposits. In […]
The Ethereum Foundation has declared post-quantum security (PQ) as a key strategic priority and has assembled a dedicated team of developers. Today marks an inflection in the Ethereum Foundation’s long-term quantum strategy. We’ve formed a new Post Quantum (PQ) team, led by the brilliant Thomas Coratger (@tcoratger). Joining him is Emile, one of the world-class […]
In 2025, the volume of transactions involving stablecoins reached $35 trillion. However, only about $390 billion were linked to actual payments, representing approximately 0.02% of the global figure, according to a report by McKinsey and Artemis Analytics. We just published the most accurate onchain estimate of stablecoin payments ever. Everyone keeps quoting $10T–$30T “stablecoin payments.” […]
Here are the week’s most important cybersecurity stories. A user lost $282m in cryptocurrency to a fake support agent. Phishers targeted users of the LastPass password manager. Thousands left Cambodia’s scam compounds. Authorities unmasked the leader of a ransomware gang. A user lost $282m in crypto to fake tech support On 10 January 2026 one […]
Hackers have demanded a ransom from the French cryptocurrency company Waltio after gaining access to some of its users’ data. Ce vendredi matin, nous avons déposé plainte pour tentative d’extorsion et atteinte à un système de traitement automatisé de données. Le 21 janvier 2026, nous avons été destinataire d’une tentative d’extorsion. Celle-ci semble faire suite […]
The integration of digital assets by banks, asset managers, and large corporations is no longer an “optional or peripheral” process, according to the audit firm PwC. In a report on global cryptocurrency regulation for 2026, the company’s experts stated: “Institutional participation has passed the point of no return.” In their view, digital assets are no […]
The primary reason for the weakness of the leading cryptocurrency is large-scale sales by long-term holders, not concerns about quantum computing, stated James Check, founder and lead analyst at _Checkonchain. This. QC keeps some capital away, but this argument that gold is up and Bitcoin is down because of it just isn’t it. Gold has […]