By the first quarter of 2026, market dominance is shifting away from big cryptocurrencies toward protocols with proven utility. As top projects face increased volatility, capital is rotating into a new crypto class of digital assets focused on functional financial instruments.  A prominent alternative cryptocurrency has recently launched its primary technical product, signaling a move […]

JPMorgan analysts say Bitcoin futures are likely oversold, while gold and silver futures are overbought.

The European Commission has warned 12 EU member states for failing to implement crypto tax reporting rules fully.

The former head of Binance has pushed back against claims that the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange played a role in last October’s massive market downturn, calling such allegations unrealistic. Changpeng Zhao, who previously led Binance as chief executive and helped establish the company, spoke during a question-and-answer event held on the exchange’s social media platform. […]

GameStop jumped 5% Friday after CEO Ryan Cohen confirmed the company is trying to buy a much bigger public consumer company. He called it a “really big” deal that could change everything for the business, and even Wall Street. Ryan allegedly told CNBC the target is still secret but hinted it’s a company that’s undervalued, […]

Sandisk is now the most successful stock in the S&P 500 this century, blowing past every other name. Since going public in February 2025, the digital storage company has exploded over 1,600%. And after its latest forecast, Wall Street is scrambling. On Friday, Sandisk jumped 25% before cooling, after telling investors that third-quarter earnings will […]

The first weeks of 2026 are introducing a significant shift to the crypto market. Investors had been seeking easy profits by investing in meme coins such as Dogecoin over the years. The trend today however is shifting towards the real financial tools projects. Capital is fleeing out of tokens that are based on jokes and […]

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has withdrawn 16,384 ETH worth approximately $44.7 million as the Ethereum Foundation implements a more fiscally disciplined approach to network development. The strategic shift aims to balance ambitious technical goals with long-term sustainability.

Stock prices for several video game companies dropped on Friday afternoon following Google’s announcement of a new artificial intelligence tool that can build interactive digital environments from basic instructions. Take-Two Interactive, the company behind “Grand Theft Auto,” saw its shares fall 10%. Gaming platform Roblox dropped more than 12%, and Unity Software, which makes tools […]

The crypto market is taking a new turn where the new crypto utility takes over the momentum of altcoins. When most traders continue to stare at aged projects, a significant change is underway in the world of decentralized finance. One new lending protocol has just hit an enormous milestone that few had ever imagined to […]

KRAKacquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, announced on January 30, 2026, that it had closed the upsized offering of 34.5 million units at $10 per unit after it completed a $345 million initial public offering. The company’s units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker […]

Solana has posted strong metrics in the first 30 days of 2026, according to on-chain analytics Nansen, carried by DEXs and its DeFi sector.  According to a recent post from Nansen, the first 30 days of 2026 for Solana saw active addresses double to over 5 million, daily transactions jump from 52 million to 87 […]

Authorities in Turkey have seized a serious amount of cryptocurrency as part of a probe against the alleged leader of an illegal betting network. The move aims to prevent the laundering of illicit money, officials said, and affects other assets of the suspect who fled the country after an earlier release from prison. Turkish state […]

In January, only 67 crypto fundraising rounds were completed, as the activity fell to the lowest level since 2021.

Meta Platforms is pouring massive amounts of money into artificial intelligence, and the bet appears to be paying off through stronger advertising sales. The social media giant plans to spend up to 135 billion dollars on infrastructure this year. That amount exceeds the total economic output of many smaller countries. The company spent 39 billion […]

Germany’s prices climbed a bit faster last month, official numbers showed Friday, just as the European Central Bank announced another interest rate reduction. The country’s inflation rate hit 2.1% in January, up from 2% the month before, Germany’s statistics office reported. Experts had thought the rate would stay flat. The timing is notable. The ECB […]

The year 2026 is turning out to be a pivot in the top crypto market in the first quarter of the year. As old crypto names are being pursued by many investors, a new generation of decentralized utility is silently replacing it. The passage of a particular new crypto protocol has broken a huge technical […]

Three years after several major lenders serving technology companies collapsed, big banks are fighting hard to capture their business. The surge in artificial intelligence investments is turning up the heat on this battle. Venture funding for AI hit an all-time high of $222 billion last year, according to PitchBook. This money has created numerous millionaires […]

The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund increased its indirect Bitcoin exposure by 149% in 2025, bringing its holdings to 9,573 BTC. 

Tron blockchain founder Justin Sun has pledged to increase his platform’s Bitcoin holdings in response to Binance’s announcement that it will convert $1 billion from its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) into Bitcoin. Sun wrote on X, “In response to Binance’s call, Tron will also increase its BTC holdings in the future.” This came […]

HumidiFi’s token is up about 3% after ending an almost 10% dip earlier in the day as investors panicked over an earlier announcement from the team that the site is facing downtime.  Not much else was said at the time, other than that the team is in the process of investigating and will deploy a […]

As the crypto industry enters a new phase of maturity, the global conversation is shifting away from speculation and toward infrastructure and real-world economic impact. Conviction 2026 Forum returns at this pivotal moment to position Vietnam at the center of the next wave of digital asset adoption across Asia and beyond. The Southeast Asian country, […]

Major technology companies are racing to create artificial intelligence-powered eyewear as they search for the next breakthrough hardware product to complement their AI software advances. While AI tools have started changing how people work, helping draft documents and create presentations, these capabilities remain mostly entertainment features for everyday users. Tech firms now face a bigger […]

Experts believe the Canadian economy experienced a contraction in Q4 2025 after Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth went flat in November. The country faced a great deal of trade uncertainty last year amid tariffs from the Trump Administration, largely contributing to this economic slowdown. Recent data from Statistics Canada (StatCan) showed that the country may […]

Bitcoin now ranks as the eleventh-largest global asset in market capitalization, with a market cap of $1.642 trillion.

SoFi Technologies has surpassed its first billion-dollar revenue quarter in Q4 of 2025 at $1.113 billion, up 30% year-over-year.

Crypto and TradFi will continue to converge on multiple metrics, claims the latest report by Eliptic.

Ripple (XRP) remains one of the top assets in the cryptocurrency market that is backed by high liquidity, recognition, and institutional importance. Nevertheless, it is an acknowledged reality that Ripple’s high market capitalization makes it difficult to achieve a 20x return in the near future. This reality has led investors to look beyond Ripple (XRP) […]

Republican Senator Thom Tillis said Friday he will not back President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair. The reason? Tillis wants the Justice Department to finish its investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell first. No resolution, no support. Tillis made it clear in a public statement that nothing will change […]

Hong Kong has rolled out stablecoin rules and started a licensing process to support crypto adoption.