User loses $282M in one of the largest social engineering crypto heists
The crypto user was reportedly deceived by an attacker impersonating Trezor support, tricked into revealing their hardware wallet seed phrase.A...
Day: 17 January 2026
Ethereum Staking Contract Surpasses $256 Billion as 46% of Supply Remains Locked
TLDR: Ethereum’s staking contract grew 38.4% to hold 77.85 million ETH valued at approximately $256 billion. Protocol rate limits prevent...
Crypto Fraud Hits $15.8B in 2025, Far Outpacing Losses from Hacks and Exploits
In 2025, Web3 fraud surged to $15.87 billion, far surpassing the $2.5 billion plus lost to traditional hacks. Unlike isolated...
COVID March 2020-Style Event Potentially Brewing for Bitcoin: Luke Gromen
Macro guru Luke Gromen says a potential COVID March 2020-style market capitulation could rock bitcoin and financial markets in the...
New World Order: Canada Sides With China in Economic Pivot Away From the US
In its recent visit to China, Canada’s Prime Minister Mike Carney reached a series of agreements that seek to forge...
The Death of the Altseason: Why the 2025 Cycle Never Happened
In 2025, bitcoin reached historic highs but the expected “altseason” never materialized. Analysts point to institutional ETF inflows, diluted capital...
CME Group Expands Crypto Futures With Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar
TLDR: CME adds ADA, LINK, and XLM futures with both micro and standard contract sizes for traders. Futures launch scheduled...
How Funding Rates Quietly Drive Risk in Crypto Derivatives Markets
Crypto derivatives often look like a simple reflection of price. They are not. Beneath the surface, a quieter mechanism does...
Interactive Brokers (IBKR) Stock: Surges to Record High on Stablecoin Deposit Launch
TLDR Interactive Brokers launches 24/7 USDC deposit service through ZeroHash partnership with instant dollar conversion for trading. RLUSD and PYUSD...
White House threatens to pull support for crypto bill after Coinbase standoff: Report
Coinbase withdrew support for the CLARITY Act, warning the draft would restrict DeFi, ban tokenized equities and eliminate stablecoin rewards.The...
ETH price hits $3.4K, but pro traders are not bullish yet: Here’s why
ETH price cooled down from its recent rally as US macroeconomic factors, reduced DApps activity and falling fees impact traders’...
Sacrificing Ethereum’s values for mainstream adoption must stop now: Buterin
Vitalik Buterin wants improved private payments, easier running of full nodes, decentralized apps that don’t rely on centralized services, and...
Trump says ‘Venezuela leaker’ jailed as Polymarket accounts go quiet
US President Donald Trump said the “leaker on Venezuela has been found and is in jail” as some Polymarket accounts...
Jefferies’ ‘Greed & Fear’ strategist cuts Bitcoin allocation to zero on quantum risk
Jefferies’ Greed & Fear strategist Christopher Wood has slashed a 10% Bitcoin allocation from his portfolio and moved into gold,...
Polygon trims workforce amid $250M stablecoin payments pivot
The restructuring comes as the company integrates new payments assets and narrows its mandate, with several employees saying on X...
