Author: Benjamin Lee
Crypto traders using leverage to bet on Bitcoin’s price trajectory are getting whiplash. In the last 24 hours, $655 million in leveraged crypto bets have been liquidated, according to the market data tracker CoinGlass. The liquidations coincided with rapid updates on President Trump’s push to acquire Greenland and impose new tariffs on EU countries that failed to go along with his plan. The day began with Bitcoin rising from $88,224 to $90,295, a move that liquidated more than $75 million in shorts. BTC then abruptly reversed back down to $87,304, liquidating around $145 million in longs. That’s when President Trump decided…
The chief investment officer at a digital asset investment firm is raising new questions over the future of crypto for one key reason. Arca CIO Jeff Dorman says he believes Bitcoin (BTC) and many other digital assets are unlikely to see values increase from the explosion in the tokenization of assets. Dorman warns there may only be a few beneficiaries from the latest big trend in blockchain use cases such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) plan to launch a tokenized securities platform for 24/7 trading and stablecoin-based funding. Says Dorman, “Crypto really in an existential crisis now. Everything…
Institutional investors just bought an overall total of $2.17 billion in Bitcoin and crypto assets in only one week, according to a new update from Coinshares. The inflows are the largest weekly total since October of 2025. Bitcoin dominated with $1.55 billion in inflows last week. Ethereum followed at $496 million, despite U.S. Senate proposals under the CLARITY Act that could limit stablecoin yields. XRP attracted $69.5 million and other altcoins saw strong interest too, with Solana at $45.5 million, Sui at $5.7 million, LIDO at $3.7 million and Hedera at $2.6 million. Blockchain equities added $72.6 million. Inflows surged…
The Government of Bermuda says it plans to transform the island into what it calls the world’s first fully on-chain national economy, in partnership with stablecoin issuer Circle and US-based crypto exchange Coinbase. The announcement was made at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, where Bermuda officials said the initiative will see digital assets used as everyday financial infrastructure across the country. Circle and Coinbase say they will provide digital asset infrastructure and enterprise tools to the Bermudian government, local banks, insurers, small and medium-sized businesses, and consumers, while also supporting nationwide digital finance education and technical onboarding.…
Coinbase just updated its official asset listing roadmap to include two digital assets from the Solana (SOL) ecosystem that the exchange says may be listed in the near future. According to an update, the assets newly added to the Coinbase roadmap include Seeker (SKR) and FIGHT (FIGHT). Coinbase says asset transfers and trading for the listed assets are not supported until an official trading announcement is made. The exchange also warns that depositing these assets into a Coinbase account before support is live may result in permanent loss of funds. Seeker is a Solana-based utility and governance token tied to…
The Optimism Foundation’s proposal for a token buyback goes to a vote on January 22, 2026. OP price has fallen sharply over the past year, and sentiment is largely bearish. The buyback could catalyze gains, with OP eyeing $0.52-$0.75. Optimism’s OP token changed hands around $0.30 on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, slightly up in the past 24 hours as the community edges towards a key governance vote. But having traded to intraday highs of $0.37 last week, the token’s dip to current levels risks allowing for a pullback to all-time lows of $0.25 reached in December. Can Optimism Foundation’s plans…