The first trading hours of January 2 brought a flurry of pivotal market activity, as crypto finds itself balancing on a knife’s edge. Bitcoin’s rally above $89,000 sent pulses racing in U.S. trading, but open interest data points to short-covering rather than a tidal wave of new bullish bets.... ... Read full 🟢😊 Market Analysis: 2-Jan-03
Prediction market traders on Polymarket are tipping 21% odds of Bitcoin hitting $150,000 this year, despite many analysts seeing 2026 as a belated bull year for Bitcoin. According to the current market, “What price will Bitcoin hit before 2027?” Polymarket shows 45% odds of Bitcoin reaching $120,000…
Iran is looking to accept crypto payments in its sale of ballistic missiles, warships, and other advanced weapons, The Financial Times reported Thursday.The Ministry of Defence Export Center (Mindex) reportedly stated it is prepared to negotiate military contracts allowing payment in digital currenc…
Bitcoin may already be two months into a bear market, according to certain metrics such as the one-year moving average, says CryptoQuant’s head of research.During an episode of the Milk Road show on Thursday, CryptoQuant’s Julio Moreno said most of the metrics he uses for the bull score index turned…
Crypto investors across 48 countries will start to have their crypto wallet transaction data recorded for tax purposes this year, as the long-awaited Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework rolls out globally. CARF, an international tax transparency framework developed by the OECD, officially goes into eff…
Losses tied to crypto exploits declined over 60% from November levels, reaching $76 million in December 2025, PeckShield reported Thursday.The largest single incident resulted in a $50 million loss due to an address poisoning attack. Another major breach involved a multisig wallet that was drained o…
Bitcoin may have already slipped into a bear market roughly two months ago, according to CryptoQuant’s head of research, Julio Moreno, who points to a cluster of technical and on-chain indicators that turned bearish in early November and have yet to recover.Key Takeaways:CryptoQuant says Bitcoin may…
Solana appears poised to expand from its memecoin-focused, retail-dominant network this year, after posting record real-world asset tokenization activity in December. Data from RWA.xyz shows the value of tokenized RWAs on Solana increased nearly 10% over the last month to a record-high $873.3 millio…
The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.HeadlinesUS retreats from Donald Trump’s Italian pasta tariffsBulgaria joins Eurozone despite pro-Russian disinformationIran offers to sell advanced weapons systems …
A widely used crypto market sentiment indicator has shaken off its “extreme fear” rating as of Friday, returning to its highest levels in 21 days despite still trading under $90,000.The index, which measures overall crypto market sentiment, recorded a “fear” score of 29 in its Friday update, climbin…
Flash X will tighten its on-ramp for USDC deposits by requiring users to hold 1 NFT (total supply capped at 2,000) and cutting the per-account maximum deposit from 150,000 USDC to 10,000 USDC, effective 5 January 2026 at 13:00 CET, while withdrawals and existing yield mechanics remain unchanged, as …
According to the Infinex team’s announcement on X (source), an INX sale will run from 3–6 January 2026, giving participants early access to token distribution before wider secondary-market liquidity develops. This kind of limited-time sale concentrates new supply into a short window and anchors an i…
Flare ecosystem contributors, coordinated by the Flare Japan Group, will host an in-person meetup at Cafe Block in Osaka on 17 January 2026, as relayed by FlareNetworks on X (source). The event functions as a grassroots developer and community touchpoint, where builders can discuss tooling, integrat…