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Markets

Bitcoin Difficulty Hits All-Time High, Adjusts Positively for 8th Consecutive Time

When bitcoin typically puts in these many consecutive positive adjustments it has marked near cycle tops and bottoms.

BTC Difficulty Adjustment (Glassnode)

Markets

Bitcoin Under Pressure as Goldman Trims Fed Rate Cut Expectations, BofA Sees Potential Hike After Blowout Jobs Report

Risk assets trade weak as investment banks pare back Fed rate cuts in the wake of Friday's hotter-than-expected U.S. jobs report.

Battered BTC bulls pin hopes on the Fed. (JamesQube/Pixabay)

Markets

2025 Could be a Big Year for Crypto ETFs: Laser Digital

More than 12 new digital asset ETFs could be launched in the U.S. this year, if approved by the SEC, the report said.

The launch of the spot bitcoin ETFs accelerated bitcoin's new all-time high, experts say. (Marco Verch/ccnull)

Policy

Singapore Blocks Polymarket, Following Taiwan and France

The city-state's Gambling Regulatory Authority tells local ISPs to stop access to the leading prediction market.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)

Markets

Altcoin Market Could Heat Up This Week With $3B Token Unlock Schedule, ONDO Leads the Charge

On Jan. 18, Ondo Finance will free up 1.94 billion ONDO tokens, equating to over 130% of the token's circulating supply.

Token unlocks worth $3 billion loom. (stevepb/Pixabay)

Markets

Trump's Treasury Pick to Divest Bitcoin ETF Holdings to Eliminate Conflict of Interest: Report

Trump's Treasury nominee Scott Bessent plans to liquidate a string of investments, including BTC ETF, to avoid a potential conflict of interest.

U.S. Treasury pick up to divest host of investments. (Pixabay)

Markets

Why High Net-Worth Investors Are Super Bullish on Bitcoin Right Now

The difference in outlook between traders and high net-worth individuals has never been greater, according to David Siemer, CEO of Wave Digital Assets.

KULR expands bitcoin holdings to 510 BTC (Jacco Rienks, Unsplash)

Markets

Red-Hot DeFi Platform Usual Faces Backlash as Protocol Update Triggers Sell-Off

An unexpected change in the redemption mechanism of the protocol's yield-generating token caught investors off-guard, throwing the DeFi community into disarray.

FLASH: Balances on the Lightning Network can be revealed by relatively straightforward cyberattacks, researchers say. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Policy

U.S. Enforcement Chief Behind CFTC Crypto Cases Exits Before Trump Arrives

Ian McGinley, the enforcement director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is stepping down days before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Outgoing CFTC Enforcement Director Ian McGinley

Policy

Biden's Consumer Watchdog Pushes for Last-Minute Stablecoin Rule

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a crypto rule just days before Donald Trump takes the White House and can name a new agency head.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra

Opinion

Cybercrime Damages Highlight Need for Scalable Decentralized Infrastructure

Blockchain technology’s inherent data security is an underappreciated use case, says Jessie Dai, Cofounder of CESS Network.

(Pixabay)

Finance

Bhutan's Crypto Reserve Could Pave Way for Economic Growth in Other Countries

Smaller countries could strengthen economic growth by attracting foreign investment and utilizing available renewable energy resources to mine bitcoin.

(Mayukh Karmakar/Unsplash)

Policy

Kenya Prepares to Legalize Cryptocurrencies in Policy Shift: Report

Kenya's move represents a significant policy shift from their previous warnings about the crypto industry.

Nairobi, Kenya (Amani Nation/Unsplash)

Policy

3 Russians Face Money Laundering Charges Over Mixing Services: DOJ

Russian nationals have been charged with crimes for allegedly running the crypto mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io used by North Korean hackers.

Sinbad's website says it was seized by the FBI alongside the Dutch Financial Intelligence and Investigation Service and Finnish National Bureau of Investigation. (Sinbad.io)

Tech

Babylon Labs Brings New Momentum to Bitcoin ZK Tech Through Bridge to Cosmos Chains

Babylon, developer of the largest BTC staking protocol, is teaming up with Bitcoin developers Fiamma to build a trust-minimized bridge using BitVM2

Bridge (Charlie Green/Unsplash)