Author: John Smith
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. As crypto matures, one of the industry’s biggest illusions is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: users are not financially free if their assets are trapped inside a single blockchain. This means there is still work to do for the industry to deliver its freedom promise. Summary Asset ownership isn’t freedom without mobility — siloed blockchains trap users, limiting their ability to move capital and act on opportunity across the broader ecosystem. Fragmentation breeds inefficiency and tribalism —…
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has challenged Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin’s vision for blockchain protocol development. Summary Yakovenko says Solana must keep iterating and warns stagnation kills protocols. Vitalik argues Ethereum should function long-term without mandatory upgrades. The debate contrasts perpetual innovation with resilience through ossification. Yakovenko argues that Solana must continue iterating indefinitely, warning that any protocol stopping its evolution to meet developer and user demands will “die.” The exchange began when Yakovenko responded to Buterin’s post about Ethereum passing the “walkaway test.” Buterin advocates for reaching a state where Ethereum can ossify, meaning the protocol could theoretically stop receiving…
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $1.42 billion in net inflows during the trading week of January 12-16, 2026. Summary Bitcoin spot ETFs attracted $1.42B in weekly inflows, reversing prior losses. BlackRock’s IBIT captured 73% of Bitcoin ETF inflows during the week. Ethereum ETFs added $479M, led by ETHA with nearly half of flows. BlackRock’s IBIT led the category with $1.035 billion in allocations, accounting for 73% of total weekly inflows across all Bitcoin ETF products. Spot Ethereum ETFs posted $479.04 million in net inflows over the same period. BlackRock’s ETHA ranked first among Ethereum products with $219 million in inflows,…
The Hyperliquid Foundation has donated 10,000 HYPE tokens to blockchain investigator ZachXBT. The contribution, valued at approximately $254,000, ranks as his second-largest donation from any single entity. Summary Hyperliquid donated 10,000 HYPE worth $254K, ZachXBT’s second-largest single contribution. ZachXBT confirmed the donation on Jan. 18 and updated his public contributor leaderboard. The donation followed his exposure of a $282M hardware wallet social engineering theft. ZachXBT confirmed the receipt of funds on January 18, 2026, and shared an updated leaderboard of his top 10 contributors. The list includes Optimism at the top, followed by Hyperliquid, Octant, The White Whale, Arbitrum, BNB…
XMR price jumped to a record high today, January 15, as demand for privacy tokens rose. Summary XMR price jumped to a record high on Thursday. Data shows that the futures open interest rose to a record high. It has formed the highly bullish cup-and-handle pattern, pointing to a jump to $1,000. Monero (XMR) token soared to $798, up by 713% above its lowest point in 20233. Its surge has brought its market capitalization to over $12 billion, making it the 12th biggest coin in the crypto industry. XMR’s surge was driven by the ongoing demand for privacy tokens. Dash…
XRP price moved into a correction after falling by over 15% from its highest level this year despite the encouraging Ripple news. Summary XRP price has formed a double-bottom pattern on the four-hour chart. Data shows that spot XRP ETFs added over $56 million in assets last week. Ripple Labs has received licenses from the UK and Luxembourg. Ripple (XRP) token dropped to $2.0520, much lower than the year-to-date high of $2.4. Its market capitalization has pulled back to $125 billion. XRP price has retreated even as data shows that ETF inflows have started to climb. These funds added $56…
In this edition of the weekly recap, two solo miners independently secured block rewards worth approximately $300,000 each, a social engineering attack resulted in $282 million in stolen cryptocurrency, and Strategy announced its largest Bitcoin purchase. Independent miners achieve improbable… Source link
Pi Network price has gone horizontal in the past four weeks as demand has remained weak and supply has continued rising. Summary Pi Network price is stuck in a narrow range this year. Demand for the token has waned, with the 24-hour volume falling to $7 million. The token has formed a rising wedge pattern, pointing to a bearish breakdown. Pi Coin (PI) value has been stuck at $0.2050, a key level that coincides with the lowest point in November. It has dropped by over 90% from its highest point in 2025. The ongoing weakness has coincided with low volume,…
PayPal stock price continued its freefall this week, reaching its lowest level since April last year, and technicals point to more downside if it loses a key support. Summary PayPal share price has crashed to its lowest level since April 2025. Wall Street analysts are concerned about PayPal’s branded checkout business. Technical analysis suggests that the stock has more downside over time. Analysts are warning about PayPal’s growth PayPal, a top fintech company, dropped to the key support level at $56.3, down by 40% below its highest point in December 2024 and 80% below its all-time high. Most Wall Street…
Cryptocurrency analyst TARA has forecast that Bitcoin will rally above $99,000 despite recent bearish signals. Summary One analyst states that Bitcoin is expected to reach the target price level before experiencing a deeper retracement. Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas reported that Bitcoin ETFs recorded strong net inflows recently and now show robust one-week and year-to-date inflows. In a recent blog post, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes predicted that the rally could be sustained as dollar liquidity rapidly increases. According to analysis published by NewsBTC, Bitcoin is expected to reach the target price level before experiencing a deeper retracement, which would prevent the…