Metrics show the stablecoin economy trimmed $773 million this past week, and since Dec. 13, the fiat-pegged token sector has logged a $2.5 billion pullback. Stablecoins Cool off in Early 2026 While crypto markets bounced back over the last seven days and muscled their way back above the $3 trillion line, the stablecoin sector slipped
Visa-issued crypto cards saw a massive spike in usage in 2025, with the total net spend increasing by 525% last year. According to Dune Analytics data, the total net spend for six crypto cards issued by blockchain projects in partnership with Visa went from $14.6 million in January to $91.3 million at the end of
Bitcoin extended its recovery into early January 2026 as buyers defended higher levels on the four-hour chart. Market data shows BTC holding a short-term bullish structure after rebounding from late-December weakness. Besides price strength, derivatives and spot flow metrics now support the recovery narrative. Consequently, traders are watching whether Bitcoin can sustain momentum near a
Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, attention has turned to the country’s transition to new leadership — and one Bitcoiner is in the running to lead that charge. María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, is the second-favorite to lead Venezuela’s shift away
Bitcoin Core development picked up significantly in 2025, with the software still powering about 78% of all Bitcoin full nodes, according to metrics from Casa’s Jameson Lopp. Emails to the Bitcoin Development Mailing List, a central forum for protocol debate, were also up 60% from last year. Lopp said the latest bump was even more
Retail investors in Japan are dumping local stocks at the fastest pace in more than ten years while pushing fresh cash into overseas markets, according to data from Japan Exchange Group and the Investment Trusts Association, Japan. Through November 2025, Japanese retail investors sold a net ¥3.8 trillion, equal to $24.3 billion, in domestic equities
MicroStrategy continues to rewrite the rules of private equity and capital markets, leveraging Bitcoin to achieve what traditional funds have pursued, and largely failed to do, for over a decade. According to Chaitanya Jain, MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Strategy Manager, the company has successfully addressed two persistent challenges in private equity. MicroStrategy Turns Bitcoin into Perpetual Capital,
DMAIL, a Web3-based decentralized communication platform, is excited to launch a storage expansion plan for Web3 users. This expansion plan is basically powered by DFINITY. The primary objective of this launch is to provide additional space for Web3 users to securely store their communication data permanently on a decentralized platform. Dmail DApp has launched the
Venezuela’s long-rumored Bitcoin hoard has come into sharp focus following the January 2026 US-led operation that captured President Nicolás Maduro. Intelligence reports indicate the country may have amassed a “shadow reserve” of 600,000–660,000 BTC, valued at between $60 billion and $67 billion, making it one of the largest holders of Bitcoin globally. How does the
M3 DAO, a decentralized network that focuses on empowering people to capitalize on Web3 ecosystems, today announced a strategic partnership with HSL Protocol, a decentralized perpetual network that enables people to trade cryptocurrencies using leverage through perpetual futures as well as manage and trade tokenized digital assets, including RWAs. Through this partnership, the two platforms