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Cracked altcoin stranded on a shoreline while a buoyed Bitcoin floats offshore, illustrating why weaker tokens may lag even if Bitcoin rebounds

Altcoins outside the top 10 won’t recover when Bitcoin finally rebounds, and here’s why

Coin Metrics data shows the top 10 alts now hold about 82% of the market cap excluding Bitcoin. That leaves the long tail fighting for scraps even in “recoveries.”

2 weeks ago

A wallet stuffed with $NYC tokens and cash sits beside a plunging price chart, illustrating the 81% crash and how a single wallet’s 70% control rigged the market

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Former New York Mayor’s NYC memecoin rugpulls investors at launch, and the method used was shockingly brazen

While Adams pledged to fight antisemitism, on-chain sleuths found nearly a million dollars missing from the liquidity pool after a questionable "round trip" transaction.

1 month ago

A Polymarket dashboard displayed on a phone overlooking the Dow Jones building, highlighting rising prediction-market visibility amid a high-stakes $210M lawsuit bet.

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Polymarket seems riddled with insider trading yet a massive Dow Jones partnership just validated prediction markets

WSJ, Barron’s, and MarketWatch will run Polymarket probabilities while definitional chaos and resolution drama keep resurfacing.

1 month ago

Memecoin tokens like Pepe, Shiba Inu, and niche characters rising from the dirt in a graveyard setting, symbolizing traders shifting into risk-on mode to start 2026.

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Are memecoins back? One specific wallet metric suggests the $50 billion rally is a dangerous trap

The meme economy's valuation exceeds $50 billion as tokens like PEPE and SHIB soar, reigniting discussions on market speculation.

1 month ago

A golden crypto token sits on a laptop displaying volatile trading charts, illustrating how a trader capitalized on a Binance New Year glitch to secure a $1.5 million profit.

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Controversial trader exploits a New Year glitch on Binance to make $1.5 million in under 24 hours

Vida shares trade logs revealing a $1.5 million profit from leveraging Binance's anomaly on token BROCCOLI714, raising questions about the unexplained $26 million bid wall.

1 month ago