American consumer confidence rose sharply in January, reaching its highest level in five months as people felt better about the economy and their own money situation. The University of Michigan’s final sentiment index climbed to 56.4, up 3.5 points from December. The reading came in above the early estimate and beat every forecast in a
Sellers are dominating over buyers at the end of the week, according to CoinStats. BTC/USD The rate of Bitcoin (BTC) has increased by 0.29% since yesterday. On the hourly chart, the price of BTC has made a false breakout of the local support at $88,548. However, if a bounce back does not happen by the
The Lightning Network started as a simple way to reduce the cost and time of small, day-to-day bitcoin (BTC) payments. However, as new research shows, joining and exiting the network with a single peer has created an intractable problem with channel depletion that developers have not been able to resolve for years. Historically, Lightning users
Reece Merrick, Ripple Senior Executive Officer/Managing Director of Middle East and Africa, was a key speaker at a recent event by the Gulf Capital Market Association (formerly The Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association), which represents the bond and equity markets of the Arabian Gulf region. In a tweet, Merrick shared a recap of insights he
The US dollar is heading for its steepest weekly decline in seven months as volatile US-Europe relations and rising policy uncertainty pressure the currency. The dollar index, which tracks the US currency against a basket of six peers, slipped to 97.8. The gauge is heading for a weekly loss exceeding 1%, the largest since June.
Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao told CNBC on Friday he believes bitcoin will break its four year cycle this year because the U.S. and other countries have become crypto-friendly. “If you are looking at today, tomorrow, on a daily basis, there’s no way I can predict” which way the price of bitcoin is going to go,
Bitcoin traded near $89,133 on the four-hour chart as it steadied after a steep drop from the recent $97,971 peak. The sell-off broke the earlier run of higher highs and forced price into a tighter, more defensive structure. Traders now watch this consolidation range for signs of either renewed demand or another wave of selling.
The following is a guest post by Nischal Shetty, co-founder and President at Shardeum. On 2nd January 2026, an anonymous trader on crypto prediction platform Polymarket put down roughly $30,000 on a contract that Nicolás Maduro would be out of power by 31 January 2026. Within hours of a U.S. special forces raid that resulted