Bitcoin BTC$89,558.82 whales, or holders with at least 1,000 BTC, have been the dominant buyers since the price of the largest cryptocurrency bottomed near $80,000 at the end of November, according to Glassnode data. They remain the strongest accumulators as bitcoin trades just below $90,000. According to Glassnode data, the 1,000-10,000 BTC cohort is the…
Mirae Asset, a Seoul-based financial group, is considering buying South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Korbit, the Korea Times reported on Monday. The company is in talks to acquire 92% oof Korbit for as much as 140 billion won ($97 million), according to the report, which cited industry officials. Mirae Asset, which offers asset management, wealth management,…
With Democrats favored at 75% to win the U.S. House of Representatives majority in 2026 on prediction market Kalshi, Representative Maxine Waters’ new criticism of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins’ crypto policies could gain more energy. Though Congress remains on its winter break, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee called…
DOT$1.8353 fell 2% to $1.84 over the last 24 hours. Trading volumes were 7.8% above the seven-day moving average at 7.76 million tokens, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that the move in DOT occurred without clear fundamental catalysts as technical factors dominated price action. The token underperformed the broader crypto…
The layer-1 network, Flow, scrapped plans to roll back its blockchain following a $3.9 million exploit, reversing course after pushback from ecosystem partners who warned that rewriting chain history would undermine decentralization and create operational risks. Instead, the network released a statement on Dec. 29 saying it will restart from the last sealed block before…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) said its combined crypto, cash and higher-risk “moonshot” investments have reached $13.2 billion, driven by an ether ETH$3,017.33 position that now totals more than 4.1 million tokens. The firm in a Monday press release said the holdings make it the world’s largest publicly owned ether treasury and place it second globally…
APT$1.7053 declined 1.7% to $1.70 over the last 24 hours underperforming wider crypto markets. The broader market gauge, the CoinDesk 20 index (CD20), was 0.7% lower at publication time. The declined occurred against a backdrop of notably subdued trading activity, with APT’s volume running 16% below its 30-day average, suggesting limited institutional conviction behind the…
Bitcoin BTC$87,575.04 could be heading into a prolonged downturn, according to Cantor Fitzgerald, but that is likely to be a prelude to the crypto industry entering a more stable, institutionally driven phase. Markets are probably in the early phase of a crypto winter, echoing bitcoin’s historical four-year cycle, according to a year-end report by analyst…
Cardano (ADA) was also a top performer, gaining 4.2% from Friday. Source link
Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin BTC$87,367.86, resumed purchases after boosting its US dollar reserves to $2.2 billion the prior week. The company acquired 1,229 bitcoin last week for $108.8 million, at an average price of $88,568 per coin, according to a filing released Monday morning. Total holdings increased to 672,497 BTC,…
