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Prediction Markets Bet Bitcoin Won’t Reach 0K Before June

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…

Gold Can Hit Up to ,000 in Eight Years as Bitcoin Stalls

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…

Crypto Takeaways From Davos: Politics and Money Collide

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…

National grid collapses again, power generation drops to 24MW

The National Power Grid collapsed once again, leaving parts of the country in darkness and disrupting electricity supply to millions of households and businesses. Checks by our correspondent revealed that electricity generation dropped sharply from over 4,500 megawatts to as…

Restaking Promises Yield But Delivers Only Stacked Risk

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…

Key Bitcoin Price Levels to Watch as BTC Bear Market Begins

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 Says Protocol Isn’t Shutting Down After Neynar Deal

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…

Kansas Bill Eyes Bitcoin Reserve From Unclaimed Crypto Assets

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 Pursues MiCA Approval in Greece As EU Deadlines Loom

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…

Nigerian gov’t unveils new macro-strategy to tackle food insecurity

The federal government has announced the commencement of a multi-dimensional agricultural drive, tagged the “Back to the Farm” initiative, as part of broader efforts to address persistent food insecurity across the country. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this on Thursday…

NNPC boss speaks on Shell’s proposed bn Bonga SW project

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Bayo Ojulari, has linked Shell’s latest investment proposal in Nigeria to what he described as an improved investment climate and growing investor confidence in President Bola…

Major US Storm May Prompt Crypto Miners to Adjust Operations

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…

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