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Markets

Bitcoin holds near $68,000 as volatility cools, WLFI jumps ahead of Mar-a-Lago forum

Bitcoin trades in a tight range as derivatives stabilize and altcoins show pockets of strength ahead of key macro cues and a high-profile crypto event.

Bitcoin rangebound (Asa E K/Unsplash)

Finance

Brevan Howard's crypto fund said to lose 30% in worst year since inception: FT

BH Digital Asset underperformed bitcoin, which lost 6% in 2025.

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Tech

Zora moves onto Solana with 'attention markets' for trading internet trends

The creator platform’s new product lets users trade tokens linked to social-media traction, a Polymarket-style bet on vibes rather than events.

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Markets

Bitcoin losing $70,000 is a warning sign for further downside

Crypto majors soften while Asian equities rebound modestly, with traders continuing to weigh quantum fears, ETF flows and a possible shift in bitcoin’s broader trend.

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Markets

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund dumps every ETHZilla share

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund held zero shares in ether treasury firm ETHZillan at the end of 2025, per SEC filings.

Peter Thiel holding cash (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin ETFs hold billions despite price crash, but resilience masks harsh reality

Bitcoin spot ETFs in the United States still hold about $85 billion in assets, despite the BTC price crash.

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Markets

Abu Dhabi wealth funds bitcoin ETF holdings topped $1 billion at end of 2025

Both Mubadala Investment Company and Al Warda Investments lifted investments in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) in the fourth quarter.

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Finance

Gold firm Elemental Royalty to pay out dividends in Tether's tokenized gold

The company claimed the bragging right of being the first to let investors opt for dividend payments in a cryptocurrency, backed by gold.

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Finance

Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins initial approval of national bank trust charter

The U.S. banking license would allow Bridge to issue and manage stablecoins under direct federal oversight.

Bridge co-founder Zach Abrams and Sean Yu (Bridge)

Finance

Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly raises $650 million despite 'gloom of a bear market'

The firm’s fourth fund positions it alongside a16z and Paradigm even as blockchain VC fundraising contracts and investors pivot toward stablecoins and tokenized finance.

Haseeb Quershi (Dragonfly) at Consensus Hong Kong

Markets

Crypto infrastructure firm BitGo a potential acquisition target for Wall Street firms, analysts say

Compass Point and Canaccord call BitGo a potential acquisition target and defend the stock despite its weak debut, citing growth in institutional crypto infrastructure.

BitGo at NYSE. (X/Matt Ballensweig)

Markets

Trading platform eToro shares jump 14% after posting record Q4 profit despite crypto revenue drop

The results were particularly notable given the struggles at peers Robinhood and Coinbase.

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Opinion

The crypto tax reckoning is here

We are officially entering the ‘crypto tax enforcement era’, but the new rules, written by people who don’t understand crypto, could have some big repercussions for the industry as a whole.

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Finance

Bitcoin treasury company Nakamoto to acquire BTC Inc and UTXO in $107 million all-stock deal

Some reacted with concerns about dilution for existing shareholders due to the stock price decline and the related-party nature of the transaction.

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Policy

CFTC's Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig fired a legal warning shot defending his agency's jurisdiction over the event contract space.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin slips below $67,000 as software stocks continue to plunge

The most important indicator for bitcoin's price direction at the moment is the iShares Tech-Software ETF, and it's down another 3% on Tuesday.

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