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Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum has reclaimed the $3,300 level after weeks of choppy and uncertain price action, offering bulls a brief sense of relief. However, upside momentum remains fragile, as buyers continue to struggle against the $3,400 zone, a level that has repeatedly capped recent advances. This area now stands as a clear short-term inflection point, separating a potential recovery phase from what some analysts still describe as a broader bearish structure. Market participants remain divided. On one side, skeptics argue that the latest rebound resembles a classic relief rally,…

In brief The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation found Nexo issued crypto-backed loans to at least 5,456 Californians without a license. Nexo reportedly failed to evaluate borrowers’ ability to repay, existing debt, or credit history before extending credit. The penalty comes as Nexo signals plans to re-enter the U.S. market after withdrawing in 2022, adding to $45 million in settlements with the SEC and state regulators in 2023. California regulators have fined digital assets platform Nexo $500,000 for issuing thousands of “unlicensed” loans to at least 5,456 state residents, adding another enforcement action to the firm’s long-running regulatory…

In brief Political and fiscal actions are exerting greater influence on crypto prices than traditional cycle-based or on-chain indicators. Expansionary spending, subdued real yields, and blurred monetary boundaries are reinforcing Bitcoin’s sensitivity to liquidity conditions. Regulatory progress in Washington is emerging as a key variable shaping investor positioning and institutional appetite. A new regime in which political announcements move markets more than internal metrics has begun to undermine the relevance of Bitcoin’s four-year cycle. While equities rallied in 2025, Bitcoin lagged, pointing to a market increasingly driven by liquidity expectations and policy timing rather than broad risk appetite.Under the traditional four-year…

Solana’s verified X account fired a shot on Jan. 14: “Starknet has 8 daily active users, 10 daily transactions, and still somehow has a 1b MC and 15b FDV[…] Send it straight to 0.”The data used in the ‘sh*tpost’ appears to trace back to an April 2024 snapshot, as the FDV figure was wrong. Current CryptoSlate data shows Starknet’s fully diluted valuation around $900 million, not $15 billion.While overshooting the valuation is one thing, the fact that Solana’s official account called for users to “send [Starknet] straight to 0” really highlights where the industry is in 2026. A project that…

Elon Musk’s X is taking action against projects that seek to financialize users’ attention on the platform using digital assets, Head of Product Nikita Bier declared on Thursday.“We will no longer allow apps that reward users for posting on X,” he said. “This has led to a tremendous amount of AI slop [and] reply spam on the platform.”As part of the initiative, Bier said that X had revoked API access for so-called InfoFi projects, arguing that users’ experience on the platform “should start improving soon” as bots become aware that their activity is no longer generating income. We are revising…

Bitcoin’s brief climb above $97,000 over the past day extended a run that suggests the underlying mechanics signal a structural shift in how capital is interacting with the asset class.According to CryptoSlate data, BTC reached a peak of $97,860, its highest price level since last November. This price performance continues the flagship digital asset’s strong start to the year, which has pulled the broader crypto market along.However, the upward price movement was not occurring in a speculative vacuum. Instead, it is supported by key on-chain metrics that paint a picture of renewed institutional appetite clashing with a supply side that has…

In brief Brian Garry Sewell was sentenced to three years in federal prison on wire fraud and unlicensed money transmitting charges. Prosecutors said he misled investors about his experience while operating a cash-to-crypto business without registration. The case combined fraud allegations with charges tied to converting bulk cash into crypto. A 54-year-old Utah man was sentenced to three years in federal prison for operating an unlicensed cash-to-crypto business and defrauding investors of nearly $3 million.Brian Garry Sewell of Washington County was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to wire fraud. The…

In brief BitMine will invest $200 million in Beast Industries, a firm founded by YouTuber MrBeast. Beast Industries plans to debut a financial services platform. MrBeast moved to trademark MrBeast Financial in October. BitMine Immersion Technologies, the Ethereum treasury firm chaired by Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, unveiled a $200 million investment on Thursday in Beast Industries, a company founded by YouTube creator Jimmy Donaldson, recognized worldwide as MrBeast.In a press release shared with Decrypt, Lee described Donaldson, whose videos and social media posts generate millions of impressions and views daily, as a generational content creator “with a reach and engagement unmatched…

Ethereum activated the Fusaka upgrade on Dec. 3, 2025, raising the network’s data availability capacity through Blob Parameter Overrides that incrementally expanded blob targets and maximums.Two subsequent adjustments raised the target from 6 blobs per block to 10, then to 14, with a maximum ceiling of 21. The goal was to reduce layer-2 rollup costs by increasing throughput for blob data, the compressed transaction bundles that rollups post to Ethereum for security and finality.Three months into data collection, the results reveal a gap between capacity and utilization. A MigaLabs analysis of over 750,000 slots since Fusaka’s activation shows that the…

Massive Coinbase News! Bitcoin Rips to $96,750! Football.Fun TGE Interview with Founder!Crypto majors are very green with Bitcoin making a new another 2-month high; BTC +2% at $96,7500; ETH +2% at $3,360, SOL even at $145; XRP -1% to $2.11. DCR (+30%), DASH (+10%), ICP (+10%) and ZEC (+7%) led top movers; XMR hit another new ATH at $800 before retracing to $725. Coinbase pulled support for the Senate’s crypto market structure bill ahead of a key vote, citing major concerns with the latest draft, leading to the Senate delaying the bill. Zcash avoided SEC action after the Zcash Foundation…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Washington’s long-running effort to bring regulatory clarity to the U.S. crypto market has entered a more uncertain phase. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, known as the CLARITY Act, was expected to move closer to a Senate vote this week. Instead, a sudden withdrawal of support from Coinbase and a last-minute pause by Senate leadership have exposed deep divisions within the industry and among lawmakers. While the White House insists the bill is still on track, the debate over how digital assets should be regulated is becoming…

Ripple has secured a critical regulatory foothold in the European Union, marking the firm’s second major licensing victory in less than a week.On Jan. 14, the crypto-focused payment company announced it received preliminary approval from Luxembourg’s regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), for an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence.While the approval is technically preliminary, Ripple has framed the move as the strategic gateway that will allow it to passport its services across the 27 member states of the EU.This places the firm on a collision course with the region’s traditional banking infrastructure just as the Markets in…

In brief CME Group is adding ADA, LINK, and XLM futures in February. The offering will include standard and micro contracts, pending regulatory approval. The announcement builds on CME’s expanding crypto derivatives suite. CME Group, operator of the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange, will add Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar futures contracts to its crypto offerings on February 9.The new ADA, LINK, and LXM contracts are still pending regulatory review, the firm said in a press release Thursday. The contracts will be offered both in standard and micro sizes for all three cryptocurrencies: 100,000 ADA and 10,000 for the micro; 5,000…

Crypto startup Saturn is raising funding for an on-chain dollar product, USDat, that routes yield from Strategy’s Bitcoin-linked credit instruments into DeFi.The round included $500,000 from YZi Labs and a $300,000 angel raise led by Sora Ventures, as Saturn positions USDat as a dollar-denominated token whose returns are tied to Strategy’s STRC preferred equity.STRC is a Nasdaq-listed perpetual security that currently pays an annualized dividend of 11% distributed monthly, according to Strategy.Rather than framing USDat as a conventional yield-bearing stablecoin, Saturn is packaging public-market credit exposure into a blockchain-native format.Saturn’s USDat turns Strategy-linked yield into a blockchain-native assetThe structure converts…

In brief Viral AI videos replace a creator’s face and body with Stranger Things actors, drawing over 14 million views. Researchers says full-body deepfakes remove visual cues used to detect earlier face-only manipulation. Experts warn that the same tools could fuel scams, disinformation, and other abuse as access expands. A viral post featuring a video reportedly made with Kling AI’s 2.6 Motion Control took social media by storm this week as a clip by Brazilian content creator Eder Xavier showed him flawlessly swapping his face and body with those of Stranger Things actors Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, and Finn…

January 14, 2026 – George Town, British Virgin Islands Human trader ProMint claims championship as AI demonstrates superior risk control. Aster, the high-performance and privacy-focused on-chain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, has announced the final results of its ‘Human versus AI’ live trading competition. Conducted over a two-week period under highly volatile market conditions, the event highlighted a clear contrast between discretionary human trading and AI-driven strategies. While individual human trader ProMint secured the top ranking with positive net profits, the human trading team as a whole recorded an overall ROI of -32.22%, reflecting significant performance dispersion across participants.…