On Monday morning, the market did that thing it always does when politics stops being background noise and starts grabbing the steering wheel. Screens went red, chats filled with the same half-jokes about “macro,” and Bitcoin slipped back under the psychological levels traders had just spent the weekend defending. The headline risk had a familiar […]
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has publicly criticized Brad Garlinghouse, the chief executive of Ripple. Hoskinson’s comments were aimed at Garlinghouse’s support for advancing crypto legislation in the United States, even if the rules are not viewed as perfect by all industry participants. Dispute Over Crypto Regulation Strategy At the center of the disagreement is how …
The integration of agentic AI in enterprises could revolutionize compliance by enhancing governance, accountability, and operational efficiency.
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The Intercontinental Exchange-owned operator is seeking SEC approval for a new venue that promises instant settlement and stablecoin funding to meet the growing global demand for "around-the-clock" markets.
Bitcoin slid to $91,920 late Sunday in New York, down 3.8% from roughly $95,500, as a sharp risk-off impulse hit crypto markets and quickly bled into high beta majors. Ether fell as much as 5.3% to $3,177, while XRP and Solana underperformed with drawdowns of 10.4% to $1.847 and 9% to $130, respectively, as leveraged positioning was forced out. Why Is Bitcoin And Crypto Down Today? The immediate catalyst was a geopolitics-to-trade headline that landed into a weekend liquidity window: President Donald Trump said the US would impose additional 10% tariffs on imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland starting Feb. 1, escalating to 25% on June 1 unless a deal is reached for the US to acquire Greenland. Related Reading: Bitcoin Long Signal That Preceded 370% Move Is About To Go Off Again — What To Know European officials framed the move as coercive and signaled a coordinated response. Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel called the threat “blackmail,” adding: “It’s not necessary. It doesn’t help the alliance (NATO).” The targeted countries, many of them NATO allies, issued a stark pushback warning that tariff threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral,” while EU representatives convened emergency talks over potential retaliation. France’s President Macron threatened EU’s “anti-coercion instrument.” BREAKING: France’s President Macron calls for the EU to activate its “most potent trade weapon” against the US after President Trump’s tariff threat over Greenland. Macron is now calling for the use of the EU’s “anti-coercion instrument.” If used against the US, it would… pic.twitter.com/E47Bpe03lK — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 18, 2026 For Bitcoin and the entire crypto market, the significance isn’t the tariff math in isolation; it’s the abrupt repricing of global growth and policy risk. When macro traders de-risk into headlines like this, liquid markets tend to transmit the shock first and crypto, with its 24/7 structure and deep derivatives footprint, often becomes the pressure valve. On-chain and venue-level indicators suggested the sell pressure was not simply offshore flow. CryptoQuant analyst Mignolet pointed to an elevated “CPG” (Coinbase Premium Gap), a metric tracking the price differential between Coinbase’s USD market and Binance’s USDT market that is often read as a proxy for US-led demand or supply. “We’re seeing the strongest selling premium (CPG) in recent periods. Since the ETF market was not open at the time, this selling pressure is coming from US whales operating outside of ETFs. It’s one of the traditional selling patterns we’ve seen repeatedly in the past,” Mignolet wrote in a CryptoQuant note. That framing matters because it implies the move wasn’t driven by ETF creations/redemptions, so the marginal seller was active in spot/OTC and derivatives channels that remain open through the weekend. Related Reading: Bitcoin Tailwind: Cathie Wood Sees ‘Reaganomics On Steroids’ Ahead Once spot price slipped through key levels, futures mechanics did the rest. Coinglass data showed 249.422 traders were liquidated, the total liquidations coming in at $874.93 million over the past 24 hours. Longs accounted for $787.92 million versus $87.01 million in shorts, an asymmetric wipeout that typically reflects crowded long exposure being force-closed into falling prices. At press time, Bitcoin recovered to $93,000. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The platform remains subject to regulatory approval and would mark a cautious step toward onchain markets.
Paradex intends to roll back its appchain after a glitch briefly priced bitcoin at zero, triggering mass liquidations.
The blue-chip cryptos like BTC, ETH, XRP, and others are struggling, while the privacy sector is witnessing a massive resurgence, with the Monero price today at $623. XMR/USD’s price action is strongly driven by a robust demand witnessed both on the technical chart as it has strong on-chain utility. In this Monero price prediction for …
Bitcoin funds took in $1.55 billion while ethereum and solana added $496 million and $45.5 million, respectively.
India wants BRICS members to discuss linking their CBDCs for trade and tourism at a future summit, according to a Reuters report.
Bitcoin faces rising downside risk as macro pressure and weak technicals point to a possible drop toward $80,000 on a rising-wedge breakdown.
The NYSE, part of Intercontinental Exchange, is building a blockchain‑based tokenized securities platform to enable 24/7 trading of U.S. stocks and ETFs, pending regulatory approval. The system will use NYSE’s Pillar matching engine and align tokenized shares with traditional shareholder rights, dividends, and governance. It’s part of ICE’s broader strategy to support round‑the‑clock markets, with …
The initiative builds on parent firm ICE's broader push toward round-the-clock markets and tokenized capital infrastructure.
In an exclusive interview with CoinDesk, Immuneifi’s CEO, Mitchell Amador, said onchain security is improving despite losses continuing to rise.
Tether, issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, and Bitqik, a licensed cryptocurrency exchange in Laos, have teamed up to boost financial literacy about Bitcoin, stablecoins, and blockchain technology across the country. The collaboration will host quarterly educational events in cities like Vientiane, Pakse, Vangvieng, and Luang Prabang, plus online content to teach digital finance …
Bitcoin investors may be watching CPI prints, but the real inflation stress is showing up in stranger places. Inflation looks like it’s easing, until you zoom in. Beef prices are up sharply, fertilizer costs are reaccelerating, and several niche input series are diverging in ways that don’t fit the clean “cooling” narrative. For Bitcoin, that […]
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The platform could revolutionize financial markets by enhancing liquidity, reducing settlement times, and integrating blockchain technology.
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Ethiopia is preparing to enter Bitcoin mining at a state level as the government looks for global partners to support a national mining project. At the Finance Forward Ethiopia 2026 conference, officials confirmed that the country wants to partner with investors to launch a state-backed Bitcoin mining venture, marking a major shift in how Ethiopia …
South Korea’s customs agency charged three suspects over a more than $100 million crypto-linked remittance scheme using WeChat Pay and Alipay, per Yonhap.
XRP’s price action in recent days has taken a softer turn, with the token now trading below $2 after failing to hold recent recovery attempts. That move has changed the near-term momentum back in favor of sellers, especially as price action is printing closes beneath short-term dynamic support on the higher timeframes. A technical analysis shared by CoinsKid on X looks at a broader corrective structure developing on the 5-day chart, one that could place XRP on a more pronounced bearish path if important price levels are not reclaimed. 3-Wave Correction: Structure And Significance Technical analysis of XRP’s price action since mid-2025 shows an interesting corrective sequence that can be described in terms of waves. According to CoinsKid, what appeared to start as a corrective advance into the cluster of moving averages on the 5-day chart has failed to sustain itself once meeting resistance at the marked sell signal, which is shown in the chart image below. Related Reading: Bitcoin Flashes Near-Identical Fractal Before The 2021 Bull Run Started According to CoinsKid’s interpretation of the 5-day candlestick chart, XRP price action appears to be tracing out a three-wave corrective move. The significance of this interpretation lies in its implication that the most recent bounce to $2.4 was not a true shift back to bullish control but a retracement within a larger downward corrective pattern that still has more moves to play out. An important point in the analysis is the loss of a custom indicator called the CoinsKid ribbon on the 5-day timeframe. This band of moving averages had previously acted as a guide for trend strength for most of 2025, with sustained trading above it pointing to bullish control. However, XRP has repeatedly closed below this ribbon since the flash crash in October 2025, and sellers have maintained control of the broader structure since then. XRP Price Chart. Source: @Coins_Kid on X Multi-Year Trendline As Downside Magnet The bearish scenario outlined on the chart places XRP’s next major area of interest around the rising multi-year support trendline, which currently converges in the $1.30 to $1.40 range. This ascending white trendline, which is visible on the 5-day chart and extends back to 2020, coincides with zones where XRP found strong demand after pullbacks. The highlighted green zone on the chart centers on this $1.30 to $1.40 range. Related Reading: PEPE Price Could Soar 3,000% If The Bottom Is In; Analyst Explains At the time of writing, XRP is trading at $1.96, down by 4.7% in the past 24 hours. CoinsKid’s projection is that if the current corrective move continues to play out, the XRP price could rotate lower from the descending resistance line and travel toward this support area over the coming months. This would be the final move in an ABC wave correction that began after XRP peaked at a new all-time high of $3.65 in July 2025. According to the analysis, only a sustained move back above the 5-day ribbon would invalidate this bearish path and reduce the likelihood of price revisiting that lower support region. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
LASERS' investment in Bitcoin-linked shares highlights growing institutional interest in cryptocurrency, potentially influencing future pension fund strategies.
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Bitcoin mining difficulty set for a 4% decline, the seventh negative adjustment in the past eight.
Starknet-based DEX Paradex reversed its blockchain to an earlier block after a database migration error briefly crashed bitcoin’s price to zero.
South Korean customs officials said they arrested three China nationals and have referred them for prosecution. They allegedly used an unauthorized crypto exchange to launder assets.
Cross-chain bridges concentrate risk and centralize trust, creating vulnerabilities that could trigger a systemic crypto crisis under stressed market conditions.
The decentralized perpetuals exchange said multiple core services were affected as it worked through a rollback and recovery process.
He called for a new wave of DAOs that focus on critical functions, like data maintenance and dispute resolution, with more sophisticated governance.
The tariff-war chatter is back on the table, and it’s shaking both Wall Street and crypto in tandem. Solana hasn’t been spared. After pushing toward the $150 region, Solana (SOL) price faced a sharp rejection at a key resistance zone and then printed a weak weekend close below $140—an early sign that momentum has tilted …
Bitcoin drove 71% of last week’s $2.17 billion crypto fund inflows, while Ether and Solana held up despite US CLARITY Act proposals to restrict stablecoin yields.