Goldman Sachs upgrades Coinbase to buy, cuts eToro to neutral Goldman Sachs shifted its stance on two retail-focused trading platforms, upgrading Coinbase to a buy rating while downgrading eToro to neutral. The changes came as crypto-related equities moved higher alongside a Sunday night rally in crypto prices. Coinbase shares were up about 4.3% in early…
Crypto wallets are increasingly positioned to compete with neobanks as user expectations shift A January 2026 roundup of crypto wallets highlighted how wallet software is continuing to mature into a core financial interface for digital assets, with products increasingly targeting mainstream usability and specialized needs. The list singled out Exodus as best overall, Zengo as…
Bitcoin Supply Is Being Absorbed By Powerful Financial Players — What This Means Bitcoin’s circulating supply is increasingly being absorbed by large financial players as new issuance declines and market liquidity tightens, leading to steady accumulation that reshapes the dynamics of the BTC market, liquidity, and long-term distribution. The core development is a shifting balance…
Stablecoin Market Takes a Breather After December’s $310B Peak Crypto markets climbed back above the $3 trillion threshold, but the stablecoin sector moved in the opposite direction. After peaking around $310 billion in December, the total stablecoin market slipped 0.25%, signaling a modest pause rather than a broad retreat. Exchange flows added to the picture…
Bitcoin briefly hits $93,000 as crypto market extends new year rally with $260 million in liquidations Bitcoin (BTC) briefly touched $93,000 on Monday as the crypto market extended its new year rally, with trading activity suggesting a sharp move amplified by derivatives positioning. Over the past 24 hours, liquidations crossed $260 million across crypto derivatives…
How NFT Marketplaces Adapted to Survive in 2025 NFT marketplaces entered 2025 under pressure after a broad contraction in overall activity, but the sector has continued to show signs of resilience as platforms adjusted to changing user expectations and a more demanding market. Rather than relying on novelty-driven trading, NFT growth in 2025 has increasingly…
Polymarket’s “U.S. launch in 2025” market resolves yes as invite-only beta rolls out A prediction market on Polymarket’s international app titled “Will Polymarket U.S. go live in 2025?” has resolved as “yes,” even though the U.S. version of Polymarket remains in invite-only access and has been described by Modabber as a “beta.” The resolution has…
The US lawmaker trying to make crypto mainstream in the USA Trump Media and Technology Group said on Wednesday that it plans to distribute a new digital token to its shareholders, marking another step in the company’s push into digital assets. The announcement comes as cryptocurrency policy is gaining momentum in Washington, where support for…
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Sees Biggest Inflow in Three Months as Crypto Prices Rise BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF recorded its largest single-day inflow in nearly three months on Friday, as investors increased allocations to crypto-linked funds amid rising crypto prices. The fund attracted $287 million in one day, marking its biggest daily intake over that period….
Ethereum Enters Overbought Levels After Weekend Rally as Analysts Flag Technical Weakness Ethereum moved into what analysts describe as overbought territory following a weekend price push, drawing renewed attention to whether the rally is losing strength. According to commentary cited in the source material, a key technical structure that traders were watching has not held…
Bitcoin tops $91,000 with ether, dogecoin higher amid U.S. action on Venezuela Bitcoin surged above $91,000 on Sunday, extending an early 2026 rebound that also lifted several major tokens. The move was accompanied by broad gains across the market, with ether, solana and cardano also rising. Dogecoin was higher as well, reflecting improved sentiment across…
This Was the Year of the Ninja Video Game—These Were the Best in 2025 Ninja Gaiden Black was highlighted as the most beloved entry among the three original Team Ninja-developed Ninja Gaiden games and their subsequent rereleases, largely due to how it expanded the game’s difficulty options. The rerelease added two new difficulty modes designed…
XRP holds near $1.86 as spot ETF assets pass $1 billion after SEC settlement XRP was trading near $1.86 after a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) removed a major source of regulatory uncertainty around the asset. In the wake of that clarity, demand through regulated investment products has been building. Approved…
Emerge’s Top 10 WTF AI Moments of 2025 In a year marked by rapid deployment of generative AI across consumer apps, developer tools, and security workflows, a series of high-profile failures highlighted how quickly automated systems can go off-script. Emerge’s roundup of the “Top 10 WTF AI Moments of 2025” points to a broader pattern:…
Some of Bitcoin’s Oldest Wallets Drove Dormant Spending Patterns in 2025 Dormant and inactive bitcoin addresses collectively moved 123,852.58 BTC in 2025, an amount now worth more than $11 billion at today’s valuation. Data cited from Btcparser also shows that more than 1,000 long-idle wallets became active again over the course of the year. The…
XRP bounces, but $2 remains the hurdle as exchange supply hits 8-year low XRP pushed up to $1.87 as exchange-held supply fell to its lowest level since 2018, highlighting a notable shift in where the token is being held even as the market continues to struggle with a well-established price ceiling. The move comes as…
Trump named Crypto Person of the Year as bitcoin retreats to $87K after a year of sharp gains President Donald Trump was named Crypto Person of the Year amid a year in which crypto markets posted strong gains before giving back some momentum, with bitcoin falling to $87,000. For much of the year, digital assets…
Polymarket begins U.S. rollout after years-long block, as BlackRock frames stablecoins as infrastructure Polymarket has started reopening access to U.S. users after blocking them from 2022 to Dec. 2, 2025, a restriction that followed a settlement with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC had accused the company of operating an unregistered derivatives-trading…
The Best AI Large Language Models of 2025 A new 2025 review is mapping out the fast-moving landscape of large language models (LLMs), focusing on how leading systems are performing and how teams are choosing between them. The overview spans model architectures, benchmark results, and deployment considerations, with specific attention to DeepSeek R1 and related…
$18 Million Ethereum Loss Sends Whale Running To Gold An unknown crypto whale has exited most of an Ethereum position after taking an estimated $18.8 million loss in roughly two weeks, then reallocated part of the capital into gold-backed tokens, according to on-chain data shared by Lookonchain. The wallet bought 31,005 ETH for about $110…
