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Zcash Developer Rift: Entire ECC Team Walks Out Of Bootstrap
The entire Electric Coin Company (ECC) team behind privacy coin Zcash has left Bootstrap, a nonprofit created to support the token, after what ECC CEO Josh Swihart described as a governance breakdown that made the team’s work untenable. Swihart said the team will form a new company and continue buil...Bitcoinist
Fri, Jan 9
The Next Big Crypto Under $0.05? Analysts See a 550% Path for This Altcoin
Assets that trade below $0.05 always attract attention due to the potential enticing upside mathematics. It is not just a matter of price. The repricing projects tend to be the ones that combine low entry level and a definite utility rollout. Early pricing of the next step of the market frequently occurs when there is […]Cryptopolitan
Fri, Jan 9
Bitcoin Remains In A High-Risk Zone As Short-Term Holders Stay Underwater
Bitcoin is struggling to maintain the $90,000 level after a sharp rejection from the $94,000 resistance zone, keeping market sentiment sharply divided. While some analysts argue that BTC is entering a deeper corrective phase, others believe the pullback is a necessary reset before a renewed upside a...NewsBTC
Fri, Jan 9
Bitcoin Retail Investors Still Absent As Demand Remains Negative – BTC Moves Without the Crowd
Bitcoin is struggling to maintain strength above the $90,000 level after once again failing to break through the critical $94,000 resistance zone. What initially appeared to be a recovery attempt has gradually lost momentum, leaving BTC trapped in a broad consolidation range that has persisted since...Bitcoinist
Fri, Jan 9
Coinbase expands commodities suite with new metal futures markets
Coinbase has revealed in an X post that it will enable copper and platinum futures trading on its app, not long after the CEO Brian Armstrong revealed plans to make the platform an “everything exchange.” According to the X post, which was shared via the official Coinbase Markets page, users on the exchange will be […]Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jan 8
Ripple Exec Reveals What’s Coming And How It Will Drive XRP Price
Reece Merrick, Senior Executive Officer and Managing Director for the Middle East & Africa at Ripple, has revealed what’s coming for the ecosystem, highlighting developments that could have potential implications on the XRP price. Although XRP is rebounding and trading above $2, further improvem...Bitcoinist
Thu, Jan 8
Analyst Predicts Strongest XRP Price Rally In History Is Coming, Here’s Why
Crypto analyst Bird has indicated that the XRP price may be on course to record its greatest rally ever. The analyst alluded to the falling Bitcoin dominance as the reason why the altcoin could surge soon enough, noting how this development has preceded previous XRP rallies. Analyst Predicts Huge XR...NewsBTC
Thu, Jan 8
Trump Dismisses Pardon For FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Amid Lobbying Efforts
Speculation regarding a potential presidential pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former CEO and co-founder of crypto exchange FTX, intensified since former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao received clemency from President Donald Trump last year. However, a recent report by The New York Times ind...Bitcoinist
Thu, Jan 8
Ripple’s XRP Suffers Another Blow As WisdomTree Pulls ETF Application
In a devastating blow for Ripple’s XRP, global asset management firm WisdomTree has announced the withdrawal of its Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) application. Notably, this move comes as XRP ETFs experience significant demand in the highly competitive ETF market. Moreover, the news has triggered a subs...Bitcoinist
Thu, Jan 8
This $0.04 Altcoin Surges 300% as Investors Seek 20x Opportunities, Experts Explain
The largest repricing in crypto is usually initiated prior to a product becoming what can be considered mainstream. When a project shifts plans to real build progress, there is a tendency that the market will respond to this. It is then that expectations narrow, and attention begins to take up. According to some market commentators, […]Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jan 8
Here’s How High The Dogecoin Price Would If It Repeats Previous Parabolic Runs
Dogecoin’s price action has a habit of compressing quietly before going on a massive rally, and the late-2024 rally is one of the clearest examples of that behavior. After spending weeks grinding sideways around $0.10, the meme coin transitioned into a parabolic phase that carried the price to about...NewsBTC
Thu, Jan 8
XRP Whale Deposits To Binance Ease: Data Points To Lower Distribution Risk
XRP is attempting to stabilize around the $2.10 level after suffering a sharp 12% retrace from its recent local highs. The pullback has cooled momentum and left the market searching for direction, with bulls struggling to regain control amid broader uncertainty across the crypto sector. While downsi...Bitcoinist
Thu, Jan 8
Morgan Stanley to launch Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana trading on E*Trade and its own digital wallet in 2026
Morgan Stanley is rolling out major changes to how it handles digital currencies, employee stock programs, and private company investments in 2026, with plans that company executives say work together as part of a single vision for the future of finance. Jed Finn, who runs wealth management at Morgan Stanley, said the bank’s various moves […]Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jan 8
Global economic growth may drop to 2.7% in 2026 from 2.8% in 2025
The world economy is heading for a modest slowdown this year as Trump’s trade barriers take a heavier toll and political uncertainties mount, according to the United Nations’ latest economic forecast released Thursday. The UN predicts worldwide economic expansion will hit 2.7% in 2026, dipping from the 2.8% estimated for 2025. Growth should bounce back […]Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jan 8
Coincheck Group acquires 97% of 3iQ Corp. in a deal valued at $112 million
Coincheck Group has acquired 97% of 3iQ for 27.1 million of its ordinary shares at a $111.8 million valuation. An additional exchange of 810,435 of its shares would earn the company total ownership. Coincheck Group, one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced its acquisition of 3iQ Corp., a pioneering Canadian digital asset manager. The […]Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jan 8
Here’s Why Bitcoin’s Next Major Rally Matters For Short-Term BTC Holders’ Sentiment
Despite the recent pullback, the price of Bitcoin has managed to hold above the $91,000 level as the market shifts towards a volatile state once again. While BTC continues to face sideways movements, short-term holders remain underwater. However, a sharp bounce above a specific level could be a game...Bitcoinist
Thu, Jan 8
Bearish Signal Emerges For Ethereum As US Spot Demand Fades
Ethereum has once again failed to hold above a critical resistance zone, retracing from the $3,300 level back toward the $3,100 area. The pullback highlights the market’s ongoing struggle to establish a sustainable recovery, as bullish momentum continues to fade near key technical thresholds. While ...NewsBTC
Thu, Jan 8
Top Cheap Crypto Under $0.1? This New Altcoin Builds Toward Protocol Deployment
Clicks are consistently attracted by tokens that are below $0.1. The more pertinent one must ask is why a token remains cheap. Most of the time it is due to the fact that utility is yet to be launched. The prices tend to change when a protocol passes through the phase of building and entering […]Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jan 8
Wintermute reviewed approximately 600 companies last year and funded only 4% of them
Wintermute Ventures reviewed approximately 600 companies last year and funded only 4% of them. The venture arm of algorithmic trading firm Wintermute completed 23 deals in 2025, with only 20% of the companies that were reviewed reaching proper due diligence and fewer securing investment. The firm’s founder and chief executive officer, Evgeny Gaevoy, sees the […]Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jan 8
VanEck Predicts Bitcoin Could Reach $2.9 Million In New Long-Term Capital Report
According to an ambitious research study published by asset manager and cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer VanEck, Bitcoin (BTC) could potentially reach a staggering price of $2.9 million per coin by 2050. The insights come from Matthew Sigel, the firm’s Head of Digital Assets Research...NewsBTC
Thu, Jan 8
