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In the latest SlateCast, Liam “Akiba” Wright and Nate Whitehill sat down with Maximiliano Stochyk Duarte to unpack what makes token launches succeed as the market heads into 2026. Duarte argued that the bar has risen: retail attention is harder to earn, and projects without a real business model risk failing quickly.CoinTerminal’s launchpad pitchWright introduced Duarte as Head of Sales at CoinTerminal, a Dubai based Web3 fundraising platform positioned around “raise capital transparently” while “giving retail investors fair access to early stage token deals.”Pressed to translate that into day-to-day work — “What do you do when you wake up and…
Crypto sells off amidst Trump Tariff Turmoil! $Trove falls 90% in awful TGE! Pump Fund announced!Crypto majors are red following Trump’s tariff turmoil; BTC -2% at $91,100; ETH -4% at $3,105, SOL -3% at $129; XRP -2% to $1.93. CC (+12%), MYX (+5%) and SYRUP (+4%) led top movers. The NYSE began preparations for 24/7 tokenized stock and ETF trading. Steak ’n Shake revealed roughly $10M in Bitcoin exposure alongside the creation of a corporate BTC strategic reserve. Vitalik Buterin called for more sophisticated DAO governance models to improve accountability, coordination, and long-term sustainability. Bermuda outlined plans for a fully…
Analog January is meeting Bitcoin at the custody layer as some investors seek exposure without screen time.The digital-minimalism push, framed as “tech-low and slow living,” is landing as crypto returns to a volatility regime that makes constant checking expensive.Analog January for BitcoinLivingetc reported that “Analog January” (sometimes shortened to “Janalog”) is a reset from compulsive micro-checking rather than a move off-grid, quoting productivity specialist Emily Austen in a piece published Jan. 7, 2026.In parallel, markets swung through a liquidation cascade, with 24-hour liquidations at $874 million and Bitcoin peaking near $95,000 before reversing as major tokens opened lower.The overlap between…
In brief Trump Media plans to distribute new crypto tokens to shareholders. It set a cutoff date of Feb. 2 for investors. The company has said the tokens won’t represent a stock, and will be non-transferrable. Trump Media and Technology Group plans to airdrop or distribute tokens to shareholders, and on Tuesday set a cutoff date for investors in the Truth Social operator.The company linked to U.S. President Donald Trump will treat Feb. 2 as the record date for an initiative involving “new digital tokens” for investors, according to a press release. The company added that “various rewards” will be…
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Mike Selig posted an op-ed on Tuesday outlining an aggressive push to modernize U.S. financial regulation, pledging to move away from what he called years of “regulation by enforcement” and toward clear, tailored rules for digital assets, prediction markets and other emerging technologies. In a policy statement and accompanying opinion piece, Selig framed the effort as a pivotal moment for American financial markets, arguing that advances in blockchain and artificial intelligence are enabling entirely new products, platforms and business models that legacy regulations were never designed to oversee. “Advances in technology are transforming…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto market expert, ChartNerd, has said that XRP’s recent flash crash could be a “blessing in disguise.” According to the analyst, the drawdown has placed the cryptocurrency at the exact sell-side liquidity the analyst mentioned in previous reports, increasing the potential for a bullish takeover even as market dynamics remain uncertain and weak. Why The XRP Crash Could Be A Blessing In Disguise In an X post on January 9, ChartNerd suggested that the recent sell-off that saw the XRP price crash by more than 4.6% this…
In brief A Massachusetts judge allowed state regulators to temporarily ban Kalshi sports prediction markets. The preliminary injunction is the first-ever in the U.S. forcing a prediction market to comply with state gambling laws. Companies like Kalshi and Polymarket have argued they offer sports event contracts, not sports bets, and should not be regulated at the state level. A Massachusetts judge ruled Tuesday that state regulators can ban Kalshi from offering sports-related prediction markets—the first-ever order of its kind levied against prediction market platforms in the United States.For months, state governments have sought to regulate lucrative prediction markets like Kalshi…
Bitcoin’s June 26 options expiry provides a clean snapshot of how risk is being framed several months out, and the picture that emerges is one of deliberate insurance. Total open interest for the expiry sits near $3.92 billion in notional terms as of Jan. 20, with puts outnumbering calls at roughly 23.28K versus 19.87K contracts. That imbalance, on its own, doesn’t imply a directional bet, but it does show that protection demand has rebuilt in a visible, measurable way. Chart showing Bitcoin options open interest on Deribit by expiry on Jan. 20, 2026 (Source: CoinGlass) The structure of that protection…
Trump Tariffs 3: Return of the Bull Market! NYSE Tokenising, what that means for $Hype! Claude Meme Meta!Crypto majors are red following Trump’s tariff turmoil; BTC -2% at $91,100; ETH -4% at $3,105, SOL -3% at $129; XRP -2% to $1.93. CC (+12%), MYX (+5%) and SYRUP (+4%) led top movers. The NYSE began preparations for 24/7 tokenized stock and ETF trading. Steak ’n Shake revealed roughly $10M in Bitcoin exposure alongside the creation of a corporate BTC strategic reserve. Vitalik Buterin called for more sophisticated DAO governance models to improve accountability, coordination, and long-term sustainability. Bermuda outlined plans for…
In brief Polymarket is facing bans in Portugal and Hungary, along with a lawsuit in Nevada and actions in other states. The prediction market stands accused in several places of offering unregulated gambling services. However, prediction markets operators argue that they are not providing gambling services, but rather event contracts. Polymarket has kicked off 2026 facing a new slew of regulatory actions from jurisdictions in Europe and the U.S., even as it edges its way back into the American market. On Friday, both the Hungarian Supervisory Authority for Regulated Activities and the Portuguese Gaming Regulatory Authority issued bans against the prediction…
In brief Shares of Strategy, SharpLink Gaming, MARA Holdings, and other top crypto stocks fell as Bitcoin hovered around $90,000. Bitcoin lost 2.5% in 24 hours while trading volume increased 14% to $68.6 billion amid post-holiday trading resumption. Trump’s tariff threats on European nations over Greenland added to market uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. 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,…