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- Is MSTR’s Bitcoin Treasury Strategy No Longer Working? Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) pioneered the Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) treasury company strategy that once drove mutual gains. The company bought Bitcoin, which often boosted the cryptocurrency's price and, in turn, lifted Strategy's stock. Similarly, any unrelated jump in Bitcoin's price would also lead to Strategy share gains. However, this dynamic has weakened. Bitcoin's price has declined 27% from its October 2025 peak of over $126,000, but Strategy's shares have fared worse, dropping more than 64% from their peak. Recent purchases illustrate the shift: Strategy revealed this morning it had bought 22,305 Bitcoin for $2.13 billion, yet its stock is falling nearly 7% in midday trading...

- Gold Beat Bitcoin, Oil Crashed, But Smart Money Kept Buying Crypto Gold surged, oil slumped, and Bitcoin stalled in 2025. At the same time, corporate treasuries quietly bought tens of billions of dollars’ worth of crypto. Together, these moves explain how tariffs, liquidity, and institutional behavior reshaped markets entering 2026. Data from CoinGecko shows a year of sharp contrasts. Gold rose 62.6%, oil fell 21.5%, and Bitcoin ended down 6.4%. Yet Digital Asset Treasury Companies (DATs) deployed nearly $50 billion into Bitcoin and Ethereum, taking control of more than 5% of the total supply. Gold Thrived as Tariffs Amplified Uncertainty Gold’s outperformance aligned with a tariff-heavy environment. Trade barriers increase...

- Key Takeaways Geopolitical tension is putting the shine in hedges like gold. Digital gold, not so much. Volatility has soared after President Donald Trump's latest comments suggested the U.S. might take Greenland by force. The CBOE Volatility Index, also known as the "fear gauge," surged Tuesday above the level that suggests stability in U.S. stocks. As investors panned risk assets, the price of bitcoin also took a hit. Today's move has for now thwarted bitcoin's latest attempt to retake $100,000 for the first time since November. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is now trading just below $90,000; several crypto-linked stocks, including Coinbase (COIN) and Strategy (MSTR), have declined more than 5% today...

- The cryptocurrency sector had an interesting 2025, to say the least. Many of the world's largest cryptocurrencies surged in the early part of the year, with the last quarter of 2025 bringing plenty of pain for investors, nearly across the board. Quick Read That said, this dip is one that I think could be bought by investors who want to own some amount of crypto in their portfolio. Whichever percentage an individual chooses really depends on one's risk tolerance level and need for gains/performance. With some hedge funds and endowment funds now investing in crypto as a way to bolster their portfolio upside over the very long-term, this is a space which could see plenty of institutional capital flows over the years to come. With...

Why Bitcoin Plunged Nearly 5% This Weekend Key Points It was a weekend like few others we've seen in some time. The amount of news flow in the macroeconomic realm has led volatility to surge, with the VIX surpassing 20 for the first time since November. This dynamic has led to sharp moves not only in equity markets but also in the prices of Bitcoin, gold, commodities, and other assets. As of Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. ET, the price of Bitcoin has declined 4.8% since equity markets closed on Friday. That's a significant move, made even more significant by the fact that Bitcoin briefly dipped below $90,000 again earlier today. Roughly one week ago, Bitcoin looked poised to move back toward the six-digit level, so this is certainly...

- Trump Family Crypto Haul Hits $1.4B as DJT Trades as $14.67 The Trump family added about $1.4 billion in crypto-linked wealth since Jan. 20, 2025, while Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) is trading at $14.67 (+2.81%), after a multi-month slide that Bloomberg flagged as the main drag on the family’s balance sheet. The WLFI Economic Engine Bloomberg’s Tuesday tally hinges on World Liberty Financial (WLFI) economics that route cash flows to a Trump-affiliated vehicle. World Liberty’s own terms state that DT Marks DeFi, LLC and affiliates, including Donald J. Trump, received 22,500,000,000 WLFI tokens and collect 75% of net protocol revenues (and separately 75% of WLFI token sale proceeds after deductions under a service...

Crypto stocks dump as Treasury Secretary warns of April 2 tariffs U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned European countries against retaliating against the U.S.’s trade tariffs over the Greenland crisis. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, Bessent reminded everyone of the tariff war the U.S. initiated on "Liberation Day" when President Donald Trump announced "reciprocal" tariffs on countries across the world on Apr. 2, 2025. As Trump plans to acquire Greenland, he has threatened to impose a 10% tariff on imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland beginning Feb. 1, which will increase to 25% beginning June 1. With countries in...

- DeFi Gains 24/5 Access to U.S. Equity Market Data, Chainlink Brings $80Tn Stock Market Onchain Major oracle platform Chainlink has expanded its Data Streams with the launch of the novel 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams, providing market data for U.S. equities and ETFs across trading sessions 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Per the announcement, Data Streams is available on more than 40 blockchains. It allows protocols to build onchain equity markets that are not limited to standard U.S. trading hours. They can build equity perps and prediction markets, among others. Moreover, a number of protocols already utilise the Chainlink 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams. These include Lighter, BitMEX, ApeX, HelloTrade, Decibel, Monaco, Opinion Labs, and...

Bitcoin Dips Under $90K as Crypto Stocks Plunge Amid Fresh Trump Trade War Turmoil Strategy, SharpLink Gaming, and MARA Holdings took a dive with the rest of the crypto equities category as Bitcoin dipped below $90,000 on Tuesday morning. At the time of writing, Bitcoin has been hovering between the $90,000 and $91,000 marks after having lost 2.5% since this time yesterday, according to crypto price aggregator CoinGecko. The price of Bitcoin dropped as low as $89,929 on Tuesday before rebounding to $90,535 as of this writing. Bitcoin trading volume has gained 14% in the past day, rising to $68.6 billion, according to blockchain analytics platform CoinGlass. Most U.S. institutions—including the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq—were...

- Bitcoin Hoarder Strategy Buys $2.13 Billion in Bitcoin in Eight Days Jan 20 (Reuters) - Billionaire Michael Saylor's bitcoin-focused firm Strategy said on Tuesday it bought about $2.13 billion worth of bitcoin over the past eight days, stepping up purchases even as its stock has been pressured by cryptocurrency volatility. The company acquired roughly 22,305 bitcoin between the period of January 12 and January 19, according to a regulatory filing. Saylor said in an X post on Tuesday that Strategy holds 709,715 bitcoin as of January 19. Shares of the company slid about 6.6% as bitcoin fell 2.4%, underscoring the stock's sensitivity to moves in the cryptocurrency. Strategy said the purchases of bitcoin were funded with proceeds...

- Bitcoin’s price may be falling as markets digest U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed push for Greenland, but Strategy just notched one of its largest purchases within the past year. Although the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin has stepped up to the plate in recent weeks, its recent purchase of 22,300 Bitcoin for $2.1 billion represents its biggest swing in more than nine months, as the asset’s price wavers around the $90,000 mark, according to CoinGecko. After Trump threatened to impose tariffs on European nations standing in opposition to his efforts to take control of Greenland, Bitcoin fell from $95,000 on Friday, with the asset showing a 2.0% decrease over the past week. Over that period of time, the asset climbed as high...

- Bitcoin Price Risks a Drop Below $88,000 Bitcoin price continues to slide. After a recent rally and an attempt to hold above $100,000, BTC has come under renewed pressure. Geopolitical tensions and Trump’s tariffs have added to the strain. Liquidation heatmaps show a dense cluster forming around the $88,000-89,000 range. This suggests a large number of long positions with liquidation levels close to those prices. In such conditions, these zones often act as a magnet. The market tends to move toward areas where liquidity can be cleared. If Bitcoin drops into this range, the next move will depend on buyer reaction. A quick bounce would point to underlying demand. A sustained break below $88,000, however, would raise the risk of a...

- Ethereum-based DeFi platform Makina Finance has lost 1,299 ETH, worth around $4 million, after hackers successfully manipulated prices on one of its USDC liquidity pools. According to PeckShield and other blockchain security firms, the perpetrator(s) caused the exploit by issuing a flash loan for $280 million in USDC, and then harnessing $170 million of this to manipulate the MachineShareOracle that determines prices for the Dialectic USD (DUSD) and Dialectic USDC (DUSDC) liquidity pool. The actor then traded $110 million on the pool, before draining it of over 1,000 ETH. “Basically, the root cause of the bug is a classic price manipulation issue,” said a spokesperson for PeckShield, speaking to Decrypt. PeckShield explained that...

- "Dutch Crypto Securities Holdings Jump to €1.2B Since 2020, Central Bank Says" Crypto-linked securities holdings in the Netherlands have risen sharply over the past five years, driven largely by price gains in underlying digital assets, according to new data from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). Key Takeaways: In a recent report, the central bank said Dutch companies, institutions, and households held around €1.2 billion in indirect crypto investments as of October 2025, up from roughly €81 million at the end of 2020. The increase highlights how exposure to crypto assets has expanded across sectors, even as direct ownership remains limited for many investors. Crypto Securities Make Up Just 0.03% of Dutch Investment Market Despite...

- Elon Musk’s social media platform X has released the core architecture behind the algorithm that determines what users see in their feeds. Key Takeaways The move marks one of the first such disclosures ever made by a large social platform and comes as X faces growing pressure over content moderation, artificial intelligence, and crypto-related activity on the site. X’s engineering team said the newly open-sourced system is built on the same transformer-based machine learning architecture used by Grok, the AI model developed by Musk’s xAI venture. X Opens Its “For You” Algorithm, Admitting It Needs Major Fixes The algorithm governs how posts are ranked in X’s “For You” feed, predicting user actions such as likes, replies, and...

- Bitcoin has slipped below $95,000 this week after retreating from recent highs near $98,000, yet institutional demand signals are flashing their strongest readings in months as U.S. spot ETF inflows surge beyond statistical extremes. Despite the price pullback, on-chain data shows tightening sell-side pressure and renewed accumulation, suggesting whales may be loading up during the consolidation. Glassnode’s latest market pulse confirms that Bitcoin remains in a consolidation phase rather than in a trend deterioration, with the 14-day RSI cooling from 63.6 to 61.0 while remaining above neutral territory. Spot trading volume climbed modestly from $8.8 billion to $9.3 billion, accompanied by a dramatic shift in net buy-sell...

- Billionaire Michael Saylor’s Strategy Buys 22,305 Bitcoin for $2.13B – Is Something Big Coming? Billionaire Michael Saylor’s Strategy has added another 22,305 bitcoin to its balance sheet, spending approximately $2.13 billion as the company continues its aggressive accumulation strategy. The purchase disclosed on January 20 follows sales conducted under Strategy’s at-the-market (ATM) equity and preferred stock programs between January 12 and January 19, 2026. The bitcoin was acquired at an average price of approximately $95,284 per BTC, inclusive of fees and expenses. As of January 19, Strategy now holds a total of 709,715 bitcoin acquired for roughly $53.92 billion at an average price of $75,979 per BTC. ATM Program Funds Latest...

- Key Takeaways GameStop, the brick-and-mortar video game retailer that became a meme-stock phenomenon, is reportedly moving to sell its Bitcoin holdings. The company added Bitcoin to its corporate treasury in mid-2025, a move that helped propel its stock to fresh highs at the time. Is GameStop Dumping Bitcoin? Recent on-chain activity has sparked speculation over whether GameStop is “dumping” its Bitcoin holdings. This follows several large transfers by the video game retailer to Coinbase Prime, an institutional brokerage platform. On Jan. 18, GameStop transferred 100 BTC, worth roughly $9.5 million at the time, from wallets linked to Coinbase Custody to Coinbase Prime. On-chain analyst Sani first flagged the transaction on Jan...

- VFX Token (VFX) Could Be the Missing Link Between Forex Scale and Crypto Innovation Forex is a massive $7 trillion daily turnover market that runs on scale, discipline, and ruthless efficiency. On the other hand, crypto runs on composability, speed, and experimentation with blockchain technology. The difference between the two has always been very prominent, but things are about to change with the release of the VFX token. Vortex FX aims to plug the gap with a practical proposition. Instead of another “replacement” story, it offers infrastructure that connects traditional currency markets with decentralized rails in a way that suits both audiences. Rather than claiming to “disrupt forex” or “kill banks,” Vortex FX frames VFX as an...

- India Crypto Executives Push to Roll Back 1% TDS, Ease 30% Tax Ahead of Budget India’s crypto industry is renewing its call for tax reform ahead of the Union Budget, arguing that the current regime is driving trading activity offshore. Key Takeaways: Senior executives from WazirX and Delta Exchange say the government has an opportunity in Budget 2026 to recalibrate its approach by easing the 1% transaction-level tax deducted at source (TDS) on crypto trades and revisiting the flat 30% tax on virtual digital asset (VDA) gains, which currently does not allow losses to be offset. India’s Crypto Tax Push Improved Traceability but Drained Liquidity India introduced the 30% VDA tax and the 1% TDS in 2022 as part of a broader push to...