Crypto News

- Crypto may look quieter on the surface, but beneath the headlines, the market is still healing and positioning itself for what comes next. That was the message from Christopher Perkins, president and managing partner at digital asset investment firm Coinfund, during a recent conversation with Scott Melker. While regulatory progress in the U.S. has been encouraging, both agreed that something has been missing lately: excitement about what crypto can become. “I really miss talking about the future of gaming and DeFi,” Melker said and admitted he is tired of talking about Donald Trump and Greenland. NFTs will come back, Perkins says Perkins acknowledged that many once-hot crypto sectors have been "hammered." Non-fungible tokens...

- South Korea’s Seized Bitcoin Vanishes in Major Phishing Heist – Prosecutors Probe $300M Loss The prosecutors of South Korea are looking into the loss of a substantial sum of Bitcoin, which had been confiscated as criminal funds following an internal audit showing that the funds may have disappeared during the time in the custody of the state. The case, believed by authorities to be a phishing attack, is now coming to raise new questions over the storage and security of confiscated digital assets, as the nation continues to extend its legal and regulatory jurisdiction over crypto markets. A report released by the Yonhap News on Thursday said that the Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office recently verified that a substantial amount...

- Coinbase Creates Advisory Board to Study Quantum Computing Risks to Bitcoin As advances in quantum computing force blockchain developers to revisit long-standing security assumptions, Coinbase said Thursday it is convening an independent advisory board to address how to protect blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum from future quantum machines. While quantum computers capable of breaking modern cryptography do not yet exist, researchers have warned that transitioning global financial and blockchain systems to new cryptographic standards could take years, prompting some firms to begin planning well before the technology becomes a reality. “Quantum computing is advancing, and while we don’t believe it poses an imminent threat to...

- Tight ranges continue to define the crypto market, which has only afforded traders a consistent dose of chop lately—a few percentage points up, a few percentage points down. Below, we’ll look at some of this week’s top prediction markets on Myriad, including those centered on a new Bitcoin all-time high, Ethereum and gold racing to $5,000, and where Zcash is headed next as its recent developer drama subsides. New Bitcoin all-time high before July? Market Open: January 1 Market Close: June 30 Volume: $16K Bitcoin jumped above $97,000 earlier this month, but was unable to sustain the momentum in a push towards $100K. Since that time, the top crypto asset has floundered, leading predictors on Myriad to become even more bearish...

- Bitwise's 'Debasement' ETF Pairs Bitcoin and Gold as a Hedge Against Your Depreciating Dollars Crypto asset manager Bitwise debuted an exchange-traded fund on Thursday that offers exposure to cryptocurrency and precious metals, positioning the product as a way for investors to capitalize on the debasement of fiat currencies, including the U.S. dollar. The Bitwise Proficio Currency Debasement ETF, which trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol BPRO, is issued in partnership with Proficio Capital Partners, a Boston-based investment advisory firm that manages around $5 billion in assets. The actively-managed fund, which adjusts exposure to various assets in relation to market conditions, will seek to have at least a 25% stake in...

- Dogecoin enters Nasdaq with new ETF The world’s most famous meme coin has officially crossed into traditional finance. On Jan. 22, House of Doge, the official corporate arm of Dogecoin Foundation, made its Wall Street debut with the launch of a spot Dogecoin (DOGE) exchange-traded fund (ETF). Trading under the ticker TDOG on the Nasdaq, the new product gives both retail and institutional investors exposure to Dogecoin without the need for self-custody wallets or crypto exchanges. A first for Dogecoin and SEC The ETF is issued by 21Shares and is notable for more than just its timing. While Grayscale and Bitwise launched spot Dogecoin ETFs back in November last year, those products entered the market during the U.S. government...

- Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Playbook: What He Says Will Win When the world's most vocal Bitcoin maximalist names a stock alongside BTC as a "best performing asset of the decade," you pay attention. Michael Saylor doesn't do diversification. He does conviction. His two bets for the next ten years are Bitcoin and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA). That pairing reveals how he sees digital transformation playing out. A MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) director just bought 5,000 shares at $155.88 on January 12. That's the first director-level open-market purchase in months, coming after executives sold heavily at $200 to $250 throughout November. When insiders stop selling and start buying after a 24% drawdown, something changed. Saylor transformed...

- A Year of Trump: Pro-Crypto White House, Falling Markets, and One Clear Winner Despite a year of regulatory easing in the United States, cryptocurrencies across the board have seen their values depreciate sharply during US President Donald Trump’s first year in office. What was at first a highly anticipated positive shift for crypto turned out to generate more losses than wins for investors. The biggest winner of crypto’s deeper integration into traditional finance seemed to be the President himself. Crypto Optimism in Washington The crypto community entered January 2025 with heightened expectations as Trump prepared for his return to the White House. On the campaign trail, he branded himself a “Bitcoin president” and pledged to...

- Another XRP Record Ahead? Ripple CEO Forecasts Crypto All-Time Highs in 2026 Crypto is headed for new all-time highs in 2026—at least, that’s what Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes, even if he didn't get deep into specifics. The Ripple frontman told CNBC that he’s “very bullish,” calling for new all-time crypto highs this year, though he did not single out any assets or provide a specific price target.  “I'll go on record as saying I think we'll see an all-time high,” said Garlinghouse. In December, Garlinghouse provided a more specific forecast for attendees of Binance Blockchain Week, predicting that the top crypto asset—Bitcoin—would be trading at $180,000 or more by the end of 2026.  At that price, BTC would be trading...

- Crypto markets ended 2025 with a paradox: prices declined while usage metrics surged to all-time highs. Bitwise’s latest research data show ETH dropped 29% in Q4 2025, even as Ethereum transactions reached new peaks. The asset manager’s CIO noted that this disconnect has appeared before at major inflection points. Markets often bottom when participants lose interest just as adoption quietly improves. The divergence is striking. Crypto equities fell 20% in 2025 while industry revenues grew at triple the rate of any other sector. Bitwise’s Q1 2025 review documented Ethereum’s 45% price decline alongside a 30.14% surge in transaction volume and tokenized real-world assets hitting all-time highs. Stablecoin Flows Tell a Different...

- Bitcoin (BTC) has experienced a dip below the $90,000 level. Analysts have provided insights into how macroeconomic, geopolitical, and regulatory factors could have contributed to this decline. Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has shown little change as of Thursday afternoon, UTC. It increased by only 0.2%, trading at $89,582. Earlier in the day, it dropped to $87,300 before climbing to a temporary high of $90,295. Observing its performance over the past week, Bitcoin is down nearly 8%, trading between $87,653 and $96,875. Clarity Bill is Far More Important for Market Than Tariff Noise Nic Puckrin, digital asset analyst and co-founder of Coin Bureau, commented on the postponed CLARITY Act in the US. Although President Donald Trump...

- Elon Musk's X removes ‘criminal’ crypto account after backlash When Elon Musk acquired Twitter back in 2022, he famously remarked, "Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app." Of late, the old bird's chirps have begun to sound like a birdsong to the crypto community. But community members have found some of the chords to be dissonant. Last week, X product head Nikita Bier announced that the social media platform will soon launch Smart Cashtags. It is a feature that allows users to tag specific assets, including crypto assets. A few days later, Bier announced a revision of X's developer API policies to disallow apps like information finance (InfoFi) that reward users for posting. Bier said X took the...

- Last year, every time a dip occurred, I knew my feed would blow up with "Cathie Wood buys the dip" headlines. But Wood has been unusually quiet this year when it comes to buying her favorite crypto-linked stocks. However, she is anything but silent on crypto. In fact, her latest crypto outlook may be one of the boldest yet. In a report released on Jan. 21, Wood's investment firm ARK Invest laid out a vision of a digital asset market that could swell to $28 trillion by 2030, with Bitcoin taking the lion’s share. ARK’s $28 trillion crypto vision According to ARK’s projections, the combined market for digital currencies and smart contract networks could grow at an annual rate of roughly 61% over the rest of the decade. That...

- BitGo kicks off 2026 IPO race as crypto custodian raises $213m Crypto custodian BitGo said Wednesday that it had raised $212.8 million in its initial public offering, valuing the company at over $2 billion and kicking off 2026, which is expected to be a blockbuster year for digital asset firms going public. The company said it had sold 11.8 million shares at $18 apiece, above its marketed range. BitGo on Thursday listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BTGO.” A number of top crypto firms went public last year, cementing the digital asset space firmly in the mainstream, and more big players in the industry are expected to list this year. BitGo first announced plans to go public in September 2025, following...

- Bitcoin & Ethereum ETFs Shed Over $1B – But Solana and XRP See Inflows U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds saw over $1 billion in outflow in a single trading day on January 21, as investors moved out of the two largest cryptocurrencies during a broader market downturn. Meanwhile, smaller altcoin-linked products linked to Solana and XRP experienced net inflows, which points to an apparent institutional positioning difference during the most recent volatility. Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded more than $1 billion in withdrawals, despite both asset classes recording positive cumulative inflows since inception. Bitcoin ETFs Post November-High Redemptions During Global Market Rally Outflows from Bitcoin ETFs...

- Four Potential Fault Lines in Strategy's Bitcoin Fortress Strategy announced Wednesday that its perpetual preferred equity has grown larger than its convertible debt, with $8.36 billion in permanent capital now exceeding $8.21 billion in dated debt. While this is a key milestone in defending the company’s colossal Bitcoin treasury, experts suggest the design could contain the seeds of its potential failure. The strategic shift essentially trades one risk for another. By replacing debt deadlines with perpetual dividend payments, Strategy has erected a $14 billion financial shield—but one with severe fault lines that, if triggered, could force the very fire sale of Bitcoin it was built to prevent. Perpetual preferred equity vs...

Weekly Crypto Market Update January 18th-22nd The primary driver of crypto sentiment and price action this week was not endogenous to the crypto-asset market but rather a sharp, geopolitical “black swan” event that shook both traditional markets and crypto. President Trump’s January 18th announcement of a 10% tariff on key European allies, contingent on the U.S. acquisition of Greenland, triggered a violent de-risking event across all speculative categories. Bitcoin, which had been consolidating near the psychological $96,000 handle, experienced a “liquidity flush,” liquidating nearly $900 million in leveraged longs as the market pivoted to traditional safe havens. However, the subsequent successful IPO of BitGo on the NYSE suggests...

- Crypto custody firm BitGo was valued at about $2.59 billion after its shares opened 24.6% higher in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday. The stock opened at $22.43 a share, compared with the $18 offer price. BitGo and some of its backers sold 11.8 million shares above the marketed range of $15 and $17 to raise $212.8 million. The listing comes as the crypto IPO window tentatively reopens following tepid activity after the historic U.S. government shutdown late last year. No major crypto-linked issuer went public in the U.S. in the fourth quarter. Stablecoin issuer Circle, CoinDesk-owner Bullish, blockchain lender Figure, and Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange Gemini went public in New York between June to September...

- Analyst doubles down on 2026's first crypto IPO debut today Cryptocurrency custody company BitGo Holdings is set to begin trading under the ticker "BTGO" on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Jan. 22. It is the first crypto IPO of 2026 and the trading community is glued to their screens in anticipation of how BitGo shares will perform on the charts. BitGo IPO plan Founded in 2013, BitGo is a crypto company that offers self-custody, regulated trust, and prime brokerage services to institutional clients. It holds $104 billion worth of assets on its platform. 2025 saw a flurry of crypto IPOs as the digital asset market boomed in the first half of the year. On Sep. 19, 2025, BitGo also filed with the Securities and Exchange...

- Bitcoin Enters Loss Realization Phase as On-Chain Profit Dynamics Flip Negative: CryptoQuant Bitcoin holders have entered a net realized loss phase for the first time since October 2023, according to the latest report from on-chain and market data analytics firm CryptoQuant. According to the report since December 23, investors have collectively realized losses totaling roughly 69,000 BTC, marking a shift away from the profit-taking environment that defined much of the past year. CryptoQuant reports this latest change represents a shift in on-chain behavior where holders are now locking in losses rather than distributing coins at a profit. Previously, these types of transitions tend to emerge when market conviction weakens and...