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Shares of Strategy ($MSTR) surged sharply Friday, lifting more than 25% at times, trading near $133, after a brutal prior session left the bitcoin‑linked stock deeply oversold. The jump comes as markets stabilized and bitcoin rebounded from multi‑week lows to around $71,000, injecting newfound demand into equities tied to digital assets. Friday’s rally reversed a dramatic sell‑off on Thursday, during which MSTR shares plunged to multi‑year lows on earnings losses and renewed pressure in crypto markets. From a macro perspective, Strategy’s stock movement has tracked bitcoin’s sharp swings. As the leading corporate holder of bitcoin, MSTR’s performance is highly correlated…
In a video interview, Samson Mow shares his views on Bitcoin’s latest bloodbath, quantum fears and the catalysts that could drive Bitcoin’s next recovery.In an exclusive Cointelegraph interview, Bitcoin OG Samson Mow shares his perspective on Bitcoin’s latest massive crash, what’s driving the sell-offs and why a rebound could be closer than most expect.We discuss gold and silver’s rally, forced liquidations, the “quantum threat” to crypto, and examine the long-term Bitcoin thesis: Is Bitcoin truly designed to rise in price due to fiat devaluation, or is that a flawed narrative?After months of relentless selling pressure, sharp liquidations and growing bearish…
Hang Seng Investment Management has launched a new physically backed gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Hong Kong, with an option for future tokenized access to the asset.The Hang Seng Gold ETF, which began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday under stock code 3170, is designed to track the LBMA Gold Price AM, the widely used morning benchmark set in London. The fund is structured as a passive ETF and holds physical gold bars that meet London Bullion Market Association good delivery standards, according to product details. Gold held by the ETF is stored in vaults in Hong…
For a brief moment, the digital asset treasury (DAT) was Wall Street’s bright, shiny object.But in 2026, the novelty has worn off.The star of the “passive accumulator” has dimmed, and rightly so. Investors have realized that simply announcing a bitcoin purchase is no longer a magic trick that guarantees stock appreciation. The easy money trade is over.But this cooling-off period is not a death knell; it is a reckoning. It is stripping away the hype to reveal a stark reality: Dozens of public operating companies are attempting to transform themselves into unregulated hedge funds—often without the risk architecture of a…
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has officially confirmed that an operational error led to an abnormal Bitcoin payout during a promotional event. The incident triggered a brief but sharp price dislocation on the platform before markets stabilized within minutes. Bithumb Confirms Accidental Bitcoin Payout In a statement, Bithumb apologized to users, acknowledging that “an abnormal amount of Bitcoin was paid to some customers” during the event, which caused temporary volatility as recipients sold the assets. “The Bitcoin price temporarily fluctuated sharply as some accounts that received the Bitcoin sold it,” the exchange said. According to Bithumb, its internal monitoring systems…
What to Know: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev predicts prediction markets and event contracts will become a major asset class, validating the retail shift toward active, high-stakes speculation. The ‘gamification of finance’ is driving capital toward projects that offer competitive environments, moving beyond simple asset holding to interactive trading cultures. Maxi Doge capitalizes on this trend with ‘Leverage King’ branding and holder-only trading competitions, raising over $4.5 million in its presale phase. Institutional interest is visible on-chain, with verified whale wallets accumulating over $618K in $MAXI, signaling confidence in the project’s competitive utility model. Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has officially signaled…
Ethereum is sending mixed signals to investors, with bearish macro warnings colliding with record on-chain usage. Summary Ethereum’s seven-day simple moving average of active addresses climbed to roughly 718,000. Despite the surge in activity, Ether has struggled to break out of its established trading range. Ether appears vulnerable to further downside, according to Bloomberg Intelligence commodity strategist Mike McGlone. Bloomberg Intelligence commodity strategist Mike McGlone said Ether appears vulnerable to further downside, warning that the token is more likely to slip below key support than break to new highs as broader market volatility returns. Ether appears to be heading toward…
For nearly 15 years, all communication between nodes on the Bitcoin network was transmitted completely in the clear, without any encryption. That changed in 2024 with the adoption of BIP 324, which introduced the “v2” transport protocol for communication between nodes. This new protocol features opportunistic encryption, making the traffic unreadable to passive adversaries capable of monitoring messages between nodes. Since adding support for it in Bitcoin Core 26.0, and enabling it by default in 27.0, it is now used for the majority of global Bitcoin P2P traffic. Taking a step back, a Bitcoin node’s primary function is exchanging pieces…
Key takeawaysPrivacy coins are just a step in a broader laundering pipeline after hacks. They serve as a temporary black box to disrupt traceability.Hackers typically move funds through consolidation, obfuscation and chain hopping and only then introduce privacy layers before attempting to cash out.Privacy coins are most useful immediately after a hack because they reduce onchain visibility, delay blacklisting and help break attribution links.Enforcement actions against mixers and other laundering tools often shift illicit flows toward alternative routes, including privacy coins.After crypto hacks occur, scammers often move stolen funds through privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. While this has created a perception of hackers…
The global non-fungible token (NFT) sector fell below $1.5 billion in total market capitalization, returning to levels last seen before the sector’s rapid expansion in 2021. The retracement unfolded alongside a broader crypto market downturn over the past two weeks, CoinGecko data shows. On Jan. 23, total crypto market capitalization stood at about $3.1 trillion, before falling to $2.2 trillion on Friday.Major assets like Bitcoin (BTC) slid from around $89,000 to about $65,000, while Ether (ETH) fell from $3,000 to near $1,800 throughout the same time frame. Bitcoin and Ethereum are the top two networks for NFTs in terms of 30-day…