With Democrats favored 75% to win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026 on Kalshi’s prediction market, Rep. Maxine Waters’ new criticism of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins’ crypto policies may gain more traction. Although Congress remains on winter recess, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee on […]
Layer 1 network Flow abandoned plans to roll back its blockchain following a $3.9 million exploit, reversing course after pushback from ecosystem partners who warned that rewriting the chain’s history would harm decentralization and create operational risks. Instead, the network issued a statement on December 29 saying it would restart from the last sealed block
APTE$1.7053 fell 1.7% to $1.70 over the past 24 hours, underperforming broader crypto markets. The broader market gauge, the CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), was down 0.7% at press time. This drop occurred amid particularly muted trading activity, with APT volume 16% below its 30-day average, suggesting limited institutional conviction behind the price rally, according to
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Bitcoin BTC$87,596.00 could be headed for a prolonged downturn, according to Cantor Fitzgerald, but this will likely be a prelude to the crypto industry entering a more stable and institutional phase. Markets are likely in the first phase of a crypto winter, echoing Bitcoin’s historic four-year cycle, according to a year-end report from analyst Brett
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Cardano (ADA) was also a top performer, gaining 4.2% from Friday.
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) said its combined crypto, cash and higher-risk “moonshot” investments reached $13.2 billion, driven by an ether. ETH$3,017.33 position which now totals more than 4.1 million tokens. In a press release on Monday, the company said these holdings made it the world’s largest public ether hoard and placed it second in the
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POINT$1.8901 fell 2% to $1.84 in the last 24 hours. Trading volumes were 7.8% above the seven-day moving average at 7.76 million tokens, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that DOT’s movement occurred without clear fundamental catalysts, as technical factors dominated price action. The token has underperformed the broader crypto market.
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Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded bitcoin holder BTC$87,240.61resumed its purchases after increasing its US dollar reserves to $2.2 billion the previous week. The company acquired 1,229 bitcoins last week for $108.8 million, at an average price of $88,568 per coin, according to a filing Monday morning. Total holdings increased to 672,497 BTC, acquired for
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Sberbank, Russia’s second-largest bank, has made the country’s first bitcoin-backed loan to one of its largest bitcoin miners, calling the deal a pilot and suggesting it wants to issue more in the future. “We believe this product will be relevant not only for cryptocurrency miners, but also for businesses that own cryptocurrencies,” the bank said
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Bitcoin BTC$87,605.70 has reversed gains made earlier in Asia, disrupting nascent recoveries in major alternative cryptocurrencies. The leading cryptocurrency by market value fell below $88,000, after surpassing $90,000, according to CoinDesk data. Top altcoins including XRP$1.8757ether ETH$2,962.24Solana GROUND$125.12 And DOGE$0.1251 also retraced their dances. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20) is back at 2,726, roughly where
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