KBW upgrades TeraWulf to outperform, cites AI pivot as earnings catalyst Investment bank KBW upgraded bitcoin miner TeraWulf (WULF) to “outperform” from “market perform” and raised its price target to $24 from $9.50, pointing to what it views as underappreciated earnings upside tied to the company’s shift toward AI and high-performance computing (HPC). KBW said…
From Paper to Code: The Future of Tokenization with Carlos Domingo Tokenization moved closer to the center of crypto’s narrative in 2025, as industry discussions increasingly focused on bringing real-world assets (RWAs) on-chain and using stablecoins as the settlement layer. In a year-end look ahead, the theme for 2026 was clear: the sector is shifting…
**NJ Court Rejects Unemployment Appeal Over Federal Funds Mix-Up** A New Jersey appeals court just shut down Susan Carney’s bid for back unemployment benefits, affirming a state board’s dismissal of her challenge because she wasn’t contesting the core denial of her 2021 claim. Carney, a former marketing consultant laid off in early 2020, argued she…
**NJ Court Slams Door on Late Crypto Fraud Appeal?** No, wait—this isn’t a crypto case. A New Jersey appeals court just crushed Anthony Sims Jr.’s bid to reopen his 2017 attempted murder conviction, denying post-conviction relief (PCR) without a hearing. The ruling reinforces ironclad procedural walls around final judgments, a reminder that even big-shot appeals…
Bigger Than a Bull Market: Binance Signals Liquidity, Policy Easing, Trillions On-Chain Binance is forecasting a powerful expansion of digital assets in 2026, arguing that the next phase of growth may be driven less by a typical crypto cycle and more by broader shifts in global finance. In its outlook, Binance points to three main…
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Solana (SOL) Gains 1.4%, Leading the Index Higher Solana (SOL) rose 1.4% to $124.75 on Dec. 31, 2025, helping lift the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index in a session where gains were not broad-based. CoinDesk data showed 10 of the 20 assets in the benchmark trading higher, with SOL (+1.4%) and CRO…
**Court Shields Auto Salvage from Rogue Ex-Employee’s Van Heist** A New Jersey appeals court upheld dismissal of a lawsuit against First Class Auto Salvage, ruling a fired contractor acted alone in towing and scrapping a man’s 1997 Ford van—corporate paperwork be damned. This non-precedential decision reinforces strict limits on holding companies liable for ex-agents’ freelance…
Coinbase Targets Stablecoin and Onchain Growth in 2026, CEO Brian Armstrong Says Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the crypto exchange plans to scale up its stablecoin and payments offerings in 2026, outlining a push to deepen its role in everyday financial activity. The comments were framed as part of a broader “Coinbase roadmap 2026,” which…
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms exiting Latin America with $30M sale of Paraguay site Bitfarms (NASDAQ/TSX: BITF) has agreed to sell its 70-megawatt (MW) Bitcoin mining site in Paso Pe, Paraguay, marking the company’s exit from Latin America. The miner said it entered a definitive share purchase agreement to sell the project to Sympatheia Power Fund, a…
### Court Slams Fraudulent Real Estate Scheme with Unclean Hands Wipeout A New Jersey appeals court upheld the dismissal of all claims in a bitter family real estate feud over a Newark property, invoking the equitable doctrine of unclean hands against brothers Isaac and Barry Hersko, Barry’s wife Bella, and investor Chaim Simkowitz. The ruling…
**NJ Court Revives Late Claims in Airport Injury Case** A New Jersey appeals court just overturned a lower judge’s block on a shuttle driver’s bid to sue hidden parties behind a faulty airport gate, ruling that delayed discovery disclosures let his claims survive the statute of limitations. Edward McNeill Jr. slammed his head when a…
Michael Saylor Adds $109M in Bitcoin as Markets Dip; “The White Whale” Token Jumps to $71M Market Cap Crypto markets traded slightly lower as Michael Saylor disclosed another $109 million Bitcoin purchase, adding to ongoing institutional visibility around the asset. At the time of the update, Bitcoin was listed at $87,000 (-1%) with BTC dominance…
Polymarket moves toward a regulated U.S. rollout as BlackRock frames crypto as financial infrastructure Polymarket is expanding its push to re-enter the U.S. market, with the operator aiming to make more prediction markets available over time, including contracts tied to crypto, technology, and politics. The platform is not yet broadly live in the U.S. and…
Crypto Nerd’s Nugget of the Week Speculative idea: DeFi “agent” layers like INFINIT could quietly become the default user interface for onchain activity, not because they’re flashy, but because they reduce the number of decisions a human has to make. The core theme is agent-driven workflows that translate plain-language intent into a bundled set of…
Ohio Court Backs Judges Ignoring Plea Deals on Prison Time An Ohio appeals court just affirmed a tougher sentence for Andrew Scott Latham, who pled guilty to sneaking ammo into a jail and obstructing officers, despite prosecutors and defense jointly pushing for 12 months. The trial judge slapped him with 21 months instead—nine on the…
13 WTF Moments of the Year: 2025 Crypto Edition 2025 opened with an unusually direct collision between politics and crypto culture: U.S. President Donald Trump launched a meme coin just days before his inauguration. The move set the tone for a year in which attention-driven tokens and novelty betting continued to push further into the…
The Year in Stablecoins 2025: Record Growth as GENIUS Act Opens the Floodgates The stablecoin market expanded sharply in 2025, with market capitalization rising 49% to about $306 billion by December. By year-end, industry dashboards such as DefiLlama showed stablecoins above $308 billion, underscoring how quickly dollar-pegged tokens moved from a crypto trading tool into…
Ohio Appeals Court Upholds Max Prison for Wild Police Chase. An Ohio appeals court on January 2, 2026, affirmed Carlton Lamar Holden II’s 18-month maximum sentence for a felony failure-to-comply conviction after a reckless high-speed chase that wrecked cars, toppled a pole, and nearly killed his own father. Holden pled guilty to the fourth-degree felony…
Ohio Court Upholds Child Rape Conviction on Shaky Video Evidence An Ohio appeals court slammed the door on Uriah Eichenlaub’s bid to overturn his 25-years-to-life sentence for raping his 7-year-old cousin, ruling surveillance video and pre-Miranda jailhouse admissions seal the deal despite no DNA or clear penetration proof. This gritty criminal case underscores how courts…
Bitcoin Dominance Grows As Altcoins Post Another Losing Year: Analyst Bitcoin’s share of the total crypto market has been increasing, according to market watchers, highlighting a shift in where capital is concentrated across digital assets. During the late 2025 selloff, Bitcoin dominance was reported at roughly 59–60%. Dominance is a commonly used metric that compares…
