A local news outlet reported that a hacking group called the Shiny Hunters sent ransom demands to Waltio after seizing personal data from about 50,000 users.Authorities in France have started a preliminary investigation into a breach of cryptocurrency tax platform…

Bitcoin (BTC) may remain pinned below $100,000 for the first half of 2026 as the market lacks bullish catalysts amid macroeconomic uncertainties. Key takeaways:BTC price has a less than 10% chance of retaking $100,000 before Feb. 1, according to prediction markets.Traders…

The world’s biggest global wealth manager, UBS, is reportedly exploring a move to open crypto trading to its wealthiest clients. Bloomberg reported Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter, that the Swiss banking giant aims to let select private banking…

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed trapped below $90,000 at Friday’s Wall Street open as gold and silver approached historic milestones.Key points:Bitcoin fails to shift its sideways trading behavior while gold comes within 2% of $5,000 per ounce.Bullish BTC price outlooks become increasingly…

While geopolitical tensions and the Greenland standoff set the tone at Davos 2026, crypto resurfaced as a secondary but consequential theme.US President Donald Trump used a few minutes of his Davos speech to double down on his ambition to turn…

Opinion by: Laura Wallendal, co-founder and CEO of AcreRestaking is often heralded as the next big thing in decentralized finance (DeFi) yields, but behind the hype lies a precarious balancing act. Validators are stacking responsibilities and slashing risks, incentives are…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) drop below $90,000 has pushed onchain profitability metrics into the negative territory, signaling BTC’s entry into a bear market, new research revealed.Data from TradingView showed that Bitcoin price action had established a new range on lower time frames,…

Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero moved to quell speculation around the project’s future, saying the protocol is not shutting down following its acquisition by infrastructure provider Neynar.Farcaster is a decentralized social networking protocol that allows developers to build interoperable social apps…

Lawmakers in the US state of Kansas are considering a bill that would create a state-managed Bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund funded through unclaimed property rather than direct purchases of cryptocurrency.​Kansas Senate Bill 352, introduced by Senator Craig Bowser…

Binance submitted an application for authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) in Greece as regulators warn of looming compliance deadlines.A Binance spokesperson confirmed to Cointelegraph on Friday that the exchange had filed for a MiCA license…

Similar XRP funding conditions preceded rebounds of roughly 50% in August and September 2024 and about 100% in April 2025.XRP (XRP) funding rates on Binance have been mirroring the behavior seen ahead of sharp price rebounds since 2024.Key takeaways:Negative funding…

A winter storm threatening to pelt most of the southern US with ice and heavy snow this weekend could see Bitcoin miners curtail their operations until the front has passed.American weather forecasting company AccuWeather reported on Thursday that a “massive…

Crypto adoption is growing at different rates around the world, with some regions advancing much faster than others, says accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).“While crypto networks are borderless, adoption is not,” PwC said in its Global Crypto Regulation Report 2026. “Payments,…

The Justice Department will drop its case against Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea manager who successfully appealed a wire fraud and money laundering conviction.US prosecutors will not retry their insider trading case against a former manager at nonfungible token platform…

Capital One acquired Brex, potentially gaining stablecoin capabilities just months after the fintech launched support for the tokens.Major US bank Capital One has struck a $5.15 billion deal to buy the fintech Brex and is set to acquire the company’s…