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Trump White House confirms forfeited Samourai Wallet BTC were never sold

The Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets has confirmed on X that no government BTC was sold, despite recent reports.  Patrick Witt posted an update on X regarding the sale of 57.55 BTC forfeited by Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and Will Lonergan Hill.  Did the SDNY violate Presidential orders? […]

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Poisoning scam attackers strike again as victim loses $500K

A crypto user lost over $500,000 in USDT after falling victim to an address poisoning attack on the Ethereum blockchain.  The attack was detected around 14:01 UTC, and CyversAlerts, a web3 security platform, posted it shortly after at 14:34 UTC, making it one of the first reported cases of address poisoning in the new year. […]

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Monero Triggers Retail Alert That Preceded ZEC And DASH Drops As Privacy Coin Hype Returns

Monero (XMR), one of crypto’s most established privacy-focused assets, has exploded higher to start 2026, delivering one of the strongest moves in the market over the past few days. Monero is built

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Next Crypto to Explode: This Rising Token Is Being Compared to Solana (SOL) at $5

As the market looks for the next crypto to explode, investors have started to draw comparisons between Mutuum Finance (MUTM) and Solana (SOL). SOL was trading for $5 before its huge rally in 2021. Currently, MUTM is in phase 7 of presale for $0.04, making it an attractive entry point for investors seeking asymmetrical gains. […]

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Forfeited Bitcoin Linked To Samourai Case Not Sold, Confirms White House Crypto Advisor

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

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SUI Reclaims Smart Money Zone, While Weekly Structure Signals Big Move Ahead

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

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Ethereum Weekly Forecast: ETF buying, staking inflows, network growth boost prices

Ethereum (ETH) saw renewed buying activity this week after a slight decline last week. Buoyed by strong inflows into ETH exchange-traded funds (ETFs), rising staking balances and expansion in network activity, Ethereum is showing signs of a comeback jumping 5% so far this week.

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Gambling stocks crash as Polymarket and Kalshi continues to gain traction

Gambling stocks fell on Friday, as Draft Kings and Flutter saw an outflow of sportsbooks revenues and faced more pressure from the emerging platforms Polymarket and Kalshi.

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A Third of French Crypto Firms Still Unlicensed Under MiCA as Deadline Nears

French regulators announced this week that roughly 30% of crypto companies have not yet applied for a MiCA license. The news comes as a key regulatory deadline approaches, one that will decide whether

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Riot Platforms’ stock jump overs 13% after announcing a $311 million, 10-year data center lease agreement with AMD

Riot Platforms shares rose by over 13% after it announced that it has secured a $311 million data center lease with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). In the same announcement, Riot disclosed that it had acquired 200 acres of land that it currently occupies at Rockdale, Texas, facility for $96 million. The company funded this purchase […]

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Galaxy’s Michael Novogratz says the crypto bill doesn’t need to be perfect to move forward

Michael Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy, has revealed that the crypto bill to regulate the crypto industry could be finalized within the next few weeks. However, unlike Coinbase’s CEO, the legislation doesn’t need to be perfect to move forward. The long-awaited US crypto market-structure bill has been met with fresh turmoil, as industry leaders and lawmakers […]

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Canaan Inc. enters a 180-day grace period to regain compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements

Canaan Inc., a major player in the Bitcoin mining hardware space, has received a Nasdaq notification regarding non-compliance with the exchange’s minimum bid price requirement.  Nasdaq has now put the company in what is often called a “delisting window.” However, it is crucial to note that the delisting is yet to be enforced.  What does […]

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Bitcoin Price Will Still Rally Above $99,000 Despite Bearish Sentiment, Here’s Why

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

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Ethereum (ETH) Rebounds Towards $3,500 While This $0.04 DeFi Crypto Goes Viral 

Ethereum (ETH) has again changed gear to a positive trend as it is on the verge of reaching the level of $3,500. However, for a high-ROI investor, the focus is shifting to a new coin, Mutuum Finance (MUTM), which is currently cheap at $0.04 in presale. Mutuum Finance’s presale has already raised nearly $20 million, […]

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Two major U.S. real estate firms looks to make cryptocurrencies a big part of their businesses

Two major U.S. real estate firms, Newrez LLC and Megatel Homes LLC, have announced that cryptocurrencies will be a big part of their businesses moving forward, per their disclosures.  Newrez LLC announced that it will now count cryptocurrency as part of the mortgage risk assessment of potential homebuyers. Meanwhile, Megatel Homes LLC has announced that […]

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XMR rallies in response to a hacker laundering $282M from a wallet attack

XMR fell 20% from its peak, after on-chain researcher ZachXBT linked the recent pump to a single wallet exploit. An attacker stole $282M in BTC and LTC from a single hardware wallet, laundering the funds through XMR.

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Grant Cardone is pushing a new way to invest in real estate and crypto

Grant Cardone is pushing a new way to invest that combines real estate and crypto coins. This is happening while US President Donald Trump is pushing plans that might change the housing market by making it more affordable and increasing the supply. He claims that it is the perfect time to blend cash flow with […]

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Kazakhstan President signs laws aimed and promoting fintech and crypto

Two pieces of legislation signed by Kazakhstan’s head of state are going to relax rules for cryptocurrency transactions in the Central Asia nation. Besides updating banking regulations, the laws aim to promote the integration of new financial technologies and digital assets in the country’s economy. Kazakhstan’s leader approves laws regulating crypto turnover President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev […]

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DOJ Charges Venezuelan National in $1 Billion Crypto Laundering Scheme

The Department of Justice charged a Venezuelan national this week for allegedly using crypto exchanges in a $1 billion money laundering scheme.According to the complaint, the funds moved in and out of

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Trump threatens trade penalties against nations opposing his plan to acquire Greenland

President Donald Trump indicated Thursday he might slap trade penalties on nations refusing to back his efforts to acquire Greenland, raising the stakes in a diplomatic standoff that has drawn bipartisan pushback from American lawmakers. Speaking at a White House gathering focused on healthcare matters, Trump laid out his position bluntly. “I may put a […]

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SOL Price Faces Key Support Amid Solana’s Rapid Network Expansion

Solana is testing investor confidence as the SOL price slips back toward key support levels, even as the network continues to expand across multiple fronts. After briefly pushing above $147 earlier

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BTC Price Forecast: Bitcoin Climbs To Two-Month High, But This New Crypto Shines Brighter 

Bitcoin recently broke past the $96,000 mark, its highest in two months, which led to renewed action in the digital asset markets. This caused more than half a billion dollars in leveraged positions to be liquidated, pushing altcoins higher. Although such momentum can be quite attention-grabbing, it should be noted by those who know the […]

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Cathie Wood says Bitcoin is scarcer than gold

Ark’s Cathy Woods claims in a recent 2026 report that Bitcoin beats gold as a scarce asset because its mathematically fixed supply make it inherently scarce.

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JPMorgan CFO warns yield-bearing stablecoins threaten banks as GENIUS Act debate intensifies

The CFO of JPMorgan Chase, Jeremy Barnum, has expressed concerns over yield-bearing stablecoins as a threat to the traditional banking system. Some interpret this as him calling for regulation through the GENIUS Act, marking a new confrontation in the longstanding battle between traditional and decentralized finance. The war between traditional and decentralized finance has reached […]

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Chinese-led mBridge platform tops $55 billion in cross-border CBDC transactions

A new Chinese-led crypto platform, mBridge, has witnessed a surge in cross-border transactions, reaching $55 billion across over 4,000 transactions.

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New Crypto Long-Term Price Prediction: This $0.04 Altcoin Could Reach $2 by 2028

Cryptocurrency forecasts tend to split analysts over a long period, yet each cycle pits a few altcoins, which initially begin on a low key but eventually emerge as big winners. As early capital gazes into 2026 and beyond, there is a new cryptocurrency at a price of $ 0.04 that has been added to long-term […]

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One of Wall Street’s Top Strategists No Longer Trusts Bitcoin | US Crypto News

Welcome to the US Crypto News Morning Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead.Grab a coffee — because this isn’t about price charts, ETF flows, o

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Trump hesitates on picking Kevin Hassett for Fed chair, rattling markets

President Donald Trump said Friday he’s having second thoughts about picking Kevin Hassett to lead the Federal Reserve, worried about losing one of his top economic spokesmen at the White House. Trump made the comments during a healthcare event at White House while speaking directly to Hassett, who runs the National Economic Council and has […]

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XRP Whale Inflows To Binance Hit Their Lowest Level Since 2021: Accumulation Behavior?

XRP is consolidating above the $2 mark after a volatile stretch, as the market begins to wake up and traders watch for the next directional move. While price action remains relatively stable,

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3 Altcoins To Watch This Weekend | January 17 – 18

With the market seemingly shifting its stance from bullish to bearish, the question of whether altcoins’ recent rallies will survive or not is arising. While some altcoins might depend on external dev

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