In a recent interview, Aaron Arnold of Altcoin Daily broke down his crypto market outlook for 2026, drawing parallels with past market cycles and outlining bull, base and bear scenarios.
Speaking on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, Strategy chairman Michael Saylor pushed back against criticism of companies issuing equity or debt to buy Bitcoin.
Recent allegations regarding the Bitcoin (BTC) sale by the US Marshal Service (USMS) — operating under the Department of Justice (DOJ) — have been addressed by White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt, who confirmed that the digital assets forfeited by Samourai Wallet and its founders have not been liquidated. DOJ Confirms Samourai Bitcoin Will Not Be Sold In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Witt clarified that the DOJ has verified that the digital assets taken from the Samourai Wallet will not be sold, in accordance with Executive Order 14233. He emphasized that these assets will remain on the government’s balance sheet as part of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Related Reading: Bitcoin And Crypto ETFs Set To Attract $130 Billion-Plus Inflows This Year, JPMorgan Predicts Earlier in the month, speculations suggested that the USMS, following directives from the DOJ, had sold approximately 57.55 Bitcoin forfeited in the Samourai Wallet case through Coinbase Prime on November 3, 2025. The lack of confirmation until now had led experts to assert that such actions would violate EO 14233, signed by President Donald Trump. This order mandates that Bitcoin obtained through criminal or civil forfeiture be retained and added to the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, rather than being sold off. The Bitcoin in question is valued at almost $6.4 million and was seized from the creators of Samourai Wallet. According to US authorities, the cryptocurrency mixer facilitated over $237 million worth of illicit transactions. Samourai Wallet’s Co-Founders Face Justice The DOJ had announced in November the sentencing of Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, the co-founders of Samourai Wallet. Rodriguez, the company’s CEO, and Hill, its Chief Technology Officer, were implicated in a conspiracy involving the operation of a money transmitting business that “knowingly” transmitted proceeds from criminal activities. Related Reading: XRP Will Skyrocket Beyond $18: Analyst Suggests 800% Growth Potential In 2026 The criminal proceeds laundered through their platform originated from various illegal activities, including drug trafficking, darknet marketplace operations, cyber intrusions, fraud, murder-for-hire schemes, and even a child pornography website. Rodriguez received a five-year prison sentence, while Hill was sentenced to four years. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $95,300, marking an almost 6% increase over the past seven days. However, it is still unable to regain the key $100,000 level, which has eluded the cryptocurrency since November last year. Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com
Etherealize co-founders Vivek Raman and Danny Ryan believe Ethereum is exiting a regulatory "purgatory" to become the premiere destination for Wall Street.
Canaan receives a Nasdaq notice after its ADS price fell below $1, triggering a 180 day compliance period to regain listing requirements.
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Crypto legislation is hitting another snag this week — this time from the top Republican and top Democrat of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Bitcoin’s rejection near $98,000 took place as spot traders ran out of energy and short-term investors harvested profits. Will bears defend the resistance level throughout the weekend?
Bitcoin miners entered early 2026 in a familiar but increasingly unforgiving setup: network hashrate is slipping from late-2025 highs, difficulty is adjusting on a delay, and power costs remain the hard constraint that decides which fleets stay online and which go dark. The result is a market that can look resilient on the surface, especially […]
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The financial giant says it's open to interoperability
SUI is showing early signs of a meaningful shift in momentum after reclaiming a key smart money accumulation zone on the weekly chart. Following a deep corrective phase, the price structure is beginning to stabilize, suggesting that patient buyers may be positioning for the next major move. With higher-timeframe support holding and a bullish structure gradually rebuilding, the setup hints that a larger expansion could be brewing. Defending Weekly Accumulation After Deep 2024 Correction Crypto analyst Crypto Patel, in a post shared on X, highlighted that SUI continues to hold a high-timeframe accumulation zone on the weekly chart following a deep correction from its 2024 highs. According to the analysis, the broader market structure now points toward a re-accumulation phase with smart money participation. Related Reading: SUI Reclaims Key Support With Strength — Is $2.35 The Next Target? From a technical standpoint, several constructive signals stand out. The liquidity sweep at the lows has already been completed, while a strong weekly bullish order block between $1.50 and $1.30 has been fully filled. Also, the fair value gap overlaps with a demand zone. Since reacting from this region, SUI has already delivered a bounce of roughly 45%, indicating growing bullish responsiveness. The structure remains technically healthy, with price action respecting a rising channel and the high-timeframe bias gradually shifting back toward the upside. These developments suggest that the corrective phase may be maturing, allowing for a more sustained recovery if current conditions persist. Looking ahead, Crypto Patel outlined ambitious upside targets at $5, $10, and $20, contingent on the broader bullish structure remaining intact. As long as SUI/USDT holds above the $1.20 level, the macro bullish thesis remains valid. The analyst also noted that the optimal entry zone, previously shared around $1.50–$1.30, had already played out, delivering close to 50% gains on a short-term swing. Overall, this remains a patience-driven weekly setup with attractive risk-to-reward for both spot and swing traders, but invalidation could occur on a weekly close below $1.20. SUI Respects Structure After Completing HTF Correction Sui Community outlined that the recent price action is far from random and continues to respect a clear structural framework. Following a complete high-timeframe correction, SUI has transitioned into a re-accumulation phase, with price stabilizing inside a well-defined weekly demand zone. Related Reading: SUI Isn’t Done Yet: Weekly Accumulation Holds As Buyers Reload Below This zone is where smart money participation has become evident, signaling renewed confidence after the corrective move. The community also made reference to the same $1.30 and $1.50 entry zone as Crypto Patel, which has since been filled and validated, delivering gains of roughly 50%. At this stage, the outlook shifts into a patience-based weekly play with an asymmetric risk-to-reward profile. As long as the broader structure holds, the long-term upside targets remain firmly in focus at $5, $10, and $20. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com
Banks and crypto firms are converging fast, as yield-bearing stablecoins, ETF filings and tokenized markets test the boundaries of financial regulation.
Legislative language which would grant some legal protections to crypto software developers, falls under the Senate Judiciary Committee, its leaders said.
Riot signed a decade-long deal with semiconductor giant AMB that could yield $1 billion in revenue if extended.
It's unclear when US lawmakers will return to address a market structure bill, but CEO David Solomon said Goldman Sachs was monitoring its progress for tokenization and stablecoins.
Silver adds over $3.9 trillion in market cap over the past year, outperforming stocks, crypto and gold as prices trade near recent highs.
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CryptoQuant said bitcoin’s recent rebound looks like a “bear market rally,” with demand conditions less negative but weak.
Sports contracts recently accounted for 91% of trading volume on Kalshi.
Crypto analyst TARA has predicted that the Bitcoin price will still rally despite bearish signals that have surfaced. She highlighted why the flagship crypto could reach this level and what could happen once it touches the price target. Analyst Predicts Bitcoin Price Surge To $99,000 In an X post, TARA opined that the Bitcoin price will reach $99,300, even though the flagship crypto is printing a bearish candlestick. She stated that BTC wants to touch this price target before it retraces deeper so that the correction does not break the critical support at $90,000. The analyst added that retracement levels for BTC will continue to be adjusted, with the new 2026 high above $97,000, while revealing subwaves on the way to the full target at $103,000. Related Reading: Analyst Outlines The Bulllish And Bearish Scenarios For Bitcoin – Here’s What To Know Notably, crypto traders are currently betting on the Bitcoin price rallying past the $99,000 level and reaching the psychological $100,000 level. Polymarket data shows a 48% chance that BTC will rally to $100,000 this month. This follows the flagship crypto’s recent rally from around $92,000 to above $97,000 following the release of the soft CPI inflation data earlier this week. The spot Bitcoin ETFs have also contributed to the Bitcoin price surge to start the year. In an X post, Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas highlighted that ETFs recorded net inflows of $843 million on January 14 and now boast 1-week net inflows of $1 billion and $1.5 billion year-to-date (YTD). With BTC rallying to $97,000 after trading sideways towards the end of last year, Balchunas opined that the buyers may have exhausted the sellers. Arthur Hayes Predicts Bitcoin Rally On Rising Liquidity In his latest blog post, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicted that the Bitcoin price could sustain this rally as dollar liquidity rapidly increases. Hayes expects dollar liquidity to increase as U.S. President Donald Trump finds more ways to inject liquidity into the economy. The BitMEX co-founder highlighted how Trump plans to lower mortgage rates, which could cause Americans to borrow more. Related Reading: What’s Going On With Bitcoin And The Stock Market? Analyst Breaks It Down Hayes also mentioned that the liquidity in 2025 didn’t support crypto portfolios, which is why the Bitcoin price underperformed. He urged market participants not to draw wrong conclusions from the 2025 underperformance, as it was always a liquidity story rather than a cyclical bear market, as some analysts suggested. More liquidity could also flow into the market as Trump nominates a rate-cut advocate to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell. This could lead to larger rate cuts, which would be bullish for the Bitcoin price and the broader crypto market. At the time of writing, the Bitcoin price is trading at around $95,300, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Pixabay, chart from Tradingview.com
U.S. prosecutors did not liquidate digital assets forfeited by Samourai Wallet developers, according to the White House's top crypto advisor.
The era of the crypto industry being seen as a two-asset town is officially over at the world’s largest derivatives marketplace. On Jan. 15, CME Group announced plans to launch futures contracts for Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), and Stellar (XLM) on Feb. 9, pending regulatory review. This move represents a calculated signal from the Chicago-based […]
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The new policy will allow borrowers to use Bitcoin, Ether, crypto ETFs and US dollar-backed stablecoins for asset verification and income estimates without liquidation.
The decision to retain seized Bitcoin strengthens the US's strategic digital asset reserves, potentially influencing future crypto policies.
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Bitcoin ETF inflows have rebounded, but the total assets under management remains 24% below the all-time high, indicating the recovery has just started.
CEO Ronald O’Hanley says the transformation isn’t about bitcoin, but about reengineering traditional assets for faster, modern rails.
ZachXBT said that funds stolen during a social engineering hack were swapped to Monero, helping to push the asset to new highs.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Bitcoin breached the $95,000 mark this week amid a wider market recovery, as investors digested regulatory delays to the much-awaited CLARITY Act in the US.
A sophisticated social-engineering attack led to the theft of more than $282 million in BTC and LTC, with the funds rapidly laundered through monero.
New validators now need to wait more than 44 days to start earning staking rewards, the biggest backlog since late July 2023.
The Audi Revolut F1 Team announced Friday that crypto wealth platform Nexo will be its official digital asset partner.