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on Jan 27, 2026
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Last week, Strategy acquired 2,932 BTC at an average price of approximately $90,061. After the weekend, the digital gold’s value dropped to $86,000. Strategy has acquired 2,932 BTC for ~$264.1 million at ~$90,061 per bitcoin. As of 1/25/2026, we hodl 712,647 $BTC acquired for ~$54.19 billion at ~$76,037 per bitcoin. $MSTR $STRC https://t.co/RooLfEvniX — Michael […]

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on Jan 27, 2026
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The Tezos blockchain team has activated its milestone 20th protocol upgrade, named Tallinn. Tallinn, the 20th Tezos protocol upgrade is live. ⚡ 6s blocks → lower latency, 12s L1 finality🛡️ Once ≥50% tz4: all bakers attest every block → stronger security, more predictable rewards🗂️ Address Indexing Registry → up to 100x gains in storage efficiency […]

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on Jan 27, 2026
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Since January 23, the hashrate of the largest mining pool, Foundry USA, has decreased by 60%. Data center operators in the United States are shutting down equipment en masse due to severe weather conditions. According to TheMinerMag, the pool’s total power has dropped by nearly 200 EH/s. Despite the decline, Foundry USA maintains around 198 […]

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on Jan 26, 2026
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Holders of digital gold have realized losses amounting to $4.5 billion, marking a three-year high. CryptoQuant analyst Gaah described the situation as market capitulation. $4.5 Billion in Realized Loss on Bitcoin “Highest amount of realized losses in three years. The last time this occurred in Bitcoin, the price was trading at $28,000 after a brief […]

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on Jan 26, 2026
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Decentralized social networks (DeSoc) remain a niche product, unable to compete with traditional platforms. Experts interviewed by The Block attribute this to the industry’s skew towards monetization, which has overshadowed the value of genuine interaction. The Pitfall of Financial Incentives Jakub Rusecki, a researcher at 1kx and co-founder of Social Graph Ventures, noted that early […]

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on Jan 26, 2026
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Peter Thiel-backed DAT firm ETHZilla acquired two CFM56-7B24 aircraft engines for $12.2 million. The transaction was conducted through a specially created subsidiary, ETHZilla Aerospace LLC. The equipment has already been leased to a major airline, with Aero Engine Solutions handling the maintenance. The agreement includes an option: at the end of the lease term, either […]

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on Jan 26, 2026
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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 […]

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on Jan 25, 2026
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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 […]

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on Jan 25, 2026
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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 […]

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on Jan 25, 2026
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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 […]