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Coinbase’s legal battle over alleged insider trading hit a new milestone this week when a Delaware judge refused to toss a shareholder suit, keeping alive claims that top executives and directors sold stock while sitting on inside information. Reports say the ruling does not resolve guilt or innocence. It simply lets the case continue in court. Court Lets Case Move Forward According to filings and press reports, the suit — brought by a shareholder in 2023 — accuses CEO Brian Armstrong and board member Marc Andreessen, among others, of selling large blocks of Coinbase stock around the company’s 2021 direct listing. The complaint alleges those sales totaled close to $3 billion and that the insiders avoided more than $1 billion in losses by acting before negative information reached the market. The judge’s decision to deny a motion to dismiss rests less on the precise dollar numbers and more on questions about process. Reports note that a special litigation committee within Coinb...

The crypto market has come under heavy selling pressure amid a sharp deterioration in global risk sentiment. According to a CryptoQuant report, the latest downturn unfolded alongside a broader cross-asset sell-off, where traditional safe havens and risk assets were both hit. Gold posted a sudden correction of roughly 8%, while silver dropped close to 12%. Bitcoin proved relatively more resilient, declining by around 9%, but it was not insulated from the wider liquidation wave. US equities also weakened, with both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq participating in the move lower, reinforcing the idea of a synchronized risk-off event rather than an isolated crypto-specific shock. The initial trigger came from announcements linked to Microsoft, particularly around its artificial intelligence investments. The news drove Microsoft shares down by more than 12%, setting off a domino effect across global markets as investors rapidly reduced exposure to crowded growth and technology trades. That...

USD1 has pushed past a $5 billion market cap, a rapid climb that has attracted wide attention across crypto markets. Reports say the stablecoin, issued by World Liberty Financial, now ranks among the largest dollar-pegged tokens. Trading has stayed close to the $1 peg even as overall market interest spiked. Some exchanges have added new pairs and incentives, which helped volume swell over recent weeks. Market Milestone Reached Reports note that members of the Trump family celebrated the milestone on social feeds, calling USD1 “Built in America.” US President Donald Trump was quoted praising the token as an example of American engineering and finance coming together. That message boosted mainstream interest and brought a fresh round of headlines. At the same time, other tokens linked to the same circle have fallen sharply, showing mixed fortunes across related projects. USD1 just reached a $5B market cap. Built in America, designed for real-world scale, and adopted by serious in...

An interactive question-and-answer session between members of the community and David Schwartz has peeled back another layer of early XRP and Ripple history.  The discussion unfolded publicly on the social media platform X, where users posed a series of questions touching on the token’s smallest unit, the creative forces behind the XRP Ledger, and even some forgotten cultural details from Ripple’s early internet presence. The responses from Schwartz offered rare insights into the personalities and ideas that shaped Ripple and the Ledger in its formative years. Ripple Name, Drop, And The Role Of Arthur Britto The exchange began when an XRP community member known as Bird asked Schwartz who came up with the term “drop” as the name for the smallest unit of the altcoin. The question was for clarifying historical details for documentation purposes. Schwartz replied that he could not say with absolute certainty, but he believed the idea came from Arthur Britto, one of the primary a...

Charles Hoskinson says a Circle-issued stablecoin product is headed to Cardano after what he described as “deep negotiations” between Circle and a Cardano-aligned negotiating group known as the Pentad (Input Output (IOHK), EMURGO, Cardano Foundation, Midnight Foundation, and Intersect). Speaking from Fukuoka on his Japan tour livestream titled “Circle and Pentad,” Hoskinson framed the deal as a long-awaited step toward bringing “tier one” stablecoin liquidity into Cardano’s DeFi stack. USDCX To Launch On Cardano After Deal Signed Hoskinson said the agreement is signed and positioned the integration as near-term rather than aspirational. “This is not something that’s six months out, ink is on paper, deal is signed,” he said, adding that integration work should happen “in short order.” The pitch is that Cardano gains access to Circle’s distribution rails and liquidity network, while developers can build around a familiar dollar asset without needing bespoke plumbing for every applicat...

Bitcoin is struggling to regain the $88,000 level as market uncertainty persists and precious metals continue to rally aggressively. Gold’s strength has reignited a familiar narrative: that capital is leaving Bitcoin to finance the move into traditional safe havens. However, a recent report by CryptoQuant challenges this assumption, suggesting that the current market dynamics are being misinterpreted. On-chain data indicates that Bitcoin sell-offs are not directly funding the surge in gold and other metals. Instead, liquidity appears to be pausing rather than fleeing the crypto market altogether. This behavior is reflected in the Stablecoin Supply Ratio (SSR), a metric designed to measure the purchasing power of stablecoins relative to Bitcoin’s market capitalization. The SSR offers insight into whether capital is already deployed into BTC or sitting on the sidelines, waiting for clearer conditions. A lower SSR implies higher latent buying power, meaning stablecoins hold significant ...

Scammers used new tools to widen their reach and to seem more real. According to TRM Labs , the use of large language models in scams jumped fivefold in 2025, helping fraudsters write believable messages, run many conversations at once, and trick people in different languages. AI Tools Helping Con Artists Build Trust Reports say AI images, voice cloning, and deepfakes are cutting the cost of making fake people who look and sound legit. These tricks have fed a pattern where criminals first make a target feel safe and then ask for money. In some cases, a romance angle is used to win trust, and that trust is later turned into fake investment offers or bogus tax demands. This staged approach has let scams run longer and capture bigger sums from fewer victims. A Rise In Industrial-Scale Fraud Behind many of these schemes are groups that act like small companies. They hire people, sell tools, and reuse scripts to run campaigns in many places. Some providers now sell phishing kits or...

Michael Saylor’s Strategy has reignited a long-running Bitcoin custody debate after co-founder and CTO of Casa Jameson Lopp challenged whether the firm can know its holdings aren’t being rehypothecated by third parties. Saylor’s blunt response — “We buy real bitcoin. We don’t rehypothecate.” — quickly turned into a broader argument about what “proof” looks like for a public company warehousing BTC at institutional custodians. The exchange landed as Strategy’s accumulation narrative is accelerating in early 2026. On Jan. 26, Saylor posted that Strategy bought 2,932 BTC for roughly $264.1 million at an average price near $90,061 per bitcoin. He added that, as of Jan. 25, the company held 712,647 BTC acquired for about $54.19 billion at an average cost of roughly $76,037 per coin. That disclosure sparked commentary from Jesse Myers, who framed Strategy’s pace as structurally supply-tightening. Myers said the company has acquired 40,150 BTC so far in 2026, against 11,700 BTC mined year...

On-chain data shows the XRP addresses holding over a million tokens have seen a reversal in behavior with some population growth in January. Millionaire XRP Wallets Have Been Growing In Count Recently As pointed out by on-chain analytics firm Santiment in a new post on X, large XRP wallets have seen growth during the past month. The indicator of relevance here is the “ Supply Distribution ,” which tells us, among other things, the total number of addresses that belong to a given coin range. In the context of the current topic, the range of interest is the one with 1 million tokens as the lower bound and no upper bound. Currently, the cutoff for the range converts to $1.87 million, so the only investors who would qualify for it will be those with substantial holdings. As the below chart for the cohort’s Supply Distribution shows, these whales saw their population shrink between October and December. This decline in the indicator came as the cryptocurrency sector as a whole went ...

On-chain data shows non-empty addresses on the Ethereum network have set a new record of 175.5 million, the highest among all digital assets. Ethereum Has Seen A New Record In Total Amount Of Holders According to data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment , the Total Amount of Holders has hit a new milestone for Ethereum recently. This indicator tracks the total number of wallets on the network carrying a non-zero balance. When the value of this metric rises, it means new users are joining the network, and/or old users who had sold earlier are investing back into the asset. The trend can also arise due to existing users distributing their holdings across multiple wallets. In general, all three of these can be assumed to simultaneously be at play to some degree, meaning that whenever the Total Amount of Holders goes up, some net adoption of the network is taking place. On the other hand, the indicator witnessing a decline suggests some investors are clearing out their wallets, pot...

Grayscale, one of the world’s largest digital asset-focused managers, has filed a new amendment to its Spot XRP ETF , updating specific details in the original document. Meanwhile, XRP ETFs have achieved a remarkable milestone, surpassing $2 billion in total volume, reflecting growing institutional demand and interest . Grayscale Files New Amendment For Its XRP ETF On Tuesday, January 20, Grayscale updated its Form 8-K filing for the Spot XRP ETF, highlighting new details it has included in the index calculation. The amendment, which was submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , revealed changes to the digital asset trading platforms previously used to determine the Index Price for the Grayscale XRP Trust ETF, GXRP .  The CoinDesk Indices, Inc., which provides the index, initially included Bitstamp by Robinhood, Crypto.com, Gemini, Kraken, LMAX Digital, OKX, and Bitfinex for XRP-USD trading pairs in the original XRP Spot ETF filing. For XRP-USDC trading pai...

Bitcoin is struggling to regain momentum below the $88,000 level as fear and uncertainty continue to weigh on market sentiment. After a volatile selloff, price action remains compressed near key support, with buyers hesitant to step in aggressively and sellers pressing rallies at lower levels. While attention has largely focused on derivatives pressure and macro risk, on-chain signals are now adding another layer of concern to the current setup. Top analyst Darkfost points to a critical indicator of Bitcoin’s underlying network health: the hashrate, which measures the total computing power securing the network and reflects overall mining activity. Under normal conditions, a sharp decline in hashrate suggests that miners are voluntarily shutting down machines, often due to unprofitability or stress—typically associated with miner capitulation phases near market lows. That is exactly the type of move unfolding now. Over just two days, Bitcoin’s hashrate has dropped dramatically, fallin...

XRP’s price action has been quiet in the past few days , with the majority of recent trading sessions spent trading just below and above $1.9.  Interestingly, one analyst noted that the altcoin’s price action has already done most of the heavy lifting needed for a trend reversal after weeks of controlled downside and repeated reactions around descending resistance. The remaining question, according to the analysis, is whether price confirms what the structure is already suggesting. Reset By Liquidations And Whale Activity Technical view of XRP’s price action shared by a crypto analyst known as CW on the social media platform X begins with a reset in market positioning. Most of the long positions that were accumulated during its earlier rally to $2.40 in the first week of January have been cleared, and this has removed excess leverage. Interestingly, that liquidation phase has coincided with the XRP price tagging the lower boundary of a descending channel structure on the 4-ho...

Ripple has signed a partnership with Jeel, the innovation and technology arm of Riyad Bank, to explore blockchain applications across cross-border payments, digital asset custody, and tokenization in Saudi Arabia. The collaboration positions Ripple inside a regulated testing environment as the Kingdom accelerates its Vision 2030 digital transformation agenda. Ripple Expands In Saudi With Riyad Bank Jeel announced the tie-up on X: “We are pleased to announce in Jil our partnership with Ripple to explore advanced applications aimed at enhancing the speed and efficiency of payments. This partnership focuses on studying use cases for the custody of digital assets, alongside developing prototypes within Jil’s regulatory sandbox, in support of the objectives of Vision 2030.” In a press release dated January 26, 2026, Jeel said the partnership will evaluate how blockchain can improve the “speed, cost efficiency, and transparency of cross-border payments,” while also exploring digital ass...

Does anyone know where to find the old BitCoinJ version 0.1 and 0.2 and 0.3 But I believe 0.3 with a release date of november 25 2011 is to new because bitcoincore 0.4.0 was released with wallet encryption Why I wan't those old versions is because I want to understand how they encrypted the raw private key and how they made that visible in windows 7/8 because bitcoin 0.3.24 didn't use dumpprivkey and had no debug option And if/how they would handle mined btc because I have a string starting with 3C and after that 32 characters, I believe utf-8, a address starting with a 3 was operational with bip0016 in 2012 and I mined before that so that 3C would be a xml < what I believe is a cyphertext and then aes-128-cbc or 256-cbc, so I would like to learn how my secret key of 16 characters fit in with that, in the period of openssl 0.9.8* I know Mike Hearn, Sipa and Schildbach where the main programmers back then https://github.com/bitcoinj/bitcoinj/commits/8809872a3212e12c8d71f97d6...

The crypto market is facing a critical stress test as Bitcoin and Ethereum lose ground, signaling a broader shift in global risk appetite. After weeks of choppy consolidation, downside pressure is intensifying, and traders are watching closely to see whether this move develops into a deeper correction or stabilizes into a new base. At the same time, capital flows are becoming more selective, with crypto struggling to attract conviction while money rotates toward assets perceived as more stable in the current macro environment. The global risk map is being redrawn. What feels like an earthquake in financial markets is revealing a historic capital migration—one that is actively reshaping what investors define as safety versus danger. While the traditional pillars of the US economy show visible strain and the dollar’s dominance as an unquestioned refuge begins to weaken, the market’s response has not been a rush into digital alternatives. Instead, the immediate bid has been distinctly tr...

Entropy, a startup that tried to build a safer way to hold and move crypto, is shutting down and sending most money back to investors. The company’s leader said the business could not reach the size investors wanted. Reports say the team will return roughly $25–$27 million that had been put into the project. What Happened To Entropy According to reports , Entropy began with tools for decentralized custody aimed at big holders who wanted more control. Over time the group changed course and tried to build automation features that would make crypto workflows easier. The company raised capital from well-known backers, including Andreessen Horowitz and Coinbase Ventures. It ran for about four years and weathered two rounds of layoffs as the team tested different ideas. In a Saturday post on X, Entropy founder and CEO Tux Pacific said the crypto automation platform has reached the end of the road after years of trying to find a workable future. I am winding-up Entropy. After four ...

Investors are showing a steady faith in Bitcoin even as money moves elsewhere. According to Coinbase’s Charting Crypto Q1 2026 report , many big players think the current price is a bargain. The mood is cautious, but the view among large institutions leans toward holding for the long run. Institutional Confidence And Behavior Reports say about 71% of institutional investors view Bitcoin as undervalued when it sits between $85,000 and $95,000. Independent investors are not far behind, with 60% sharing that view. A quarter of institutions felt the price was fair, and only a small share thought it was too high. These numbers show a strong tilt toward belief in future gains. Gold And Silver Are Doing Very Well Gold has climbed sharply, and silver has more than doubled since last October. That flow into metals has come as investors seek shelter while worries over global tensions rise. Stocks have not surged as much; the S&P 500 has posted modest gains. The contrast is clear: som...

Japan appears to be going all in on XRP, as new reports reveal that the country is working toward reclassifying the cryptocurrency. An XRP advocate and expert known on X as ‘SonOfaRichard’ has exposed what’s going on behind the scenes, noting that Japan is now transforming XRP into a real financial infrastructur e, formally integrating it into the country’s capital markets.  Behind Japan’s New Commitment To XRP For many countries, particularly the US and South Korea , XRP has primarily been viewed as a digital asset for payments and trading, subject to both bullish and bearish price action . However, Japan has recently taken a step further, moving beyond the speculative bubble and aiming to reclassify the altcoin and integrate it into the country’s financial infrastructure.  In his post on X, SonOfaRichard delved deep into this ongoing development, highlighting the significance and implications of Japan’s involvement in XRP . He said that Japan is not merely expressing bul...

On-chain investigator ZachXBT says a $40 million-plus theft from US government crypto seizure wallets may trace back to John Daghita, an alleged threat actor who goes by “Lick,” and a contractor relationship tied to Daghita’s family. The $40 Million+ Govt Crypto Wallet Robbery In a Jan. 25 post, ZachXBT pointed to Command Services & Support (CMDSS), describing it as a firm with “an active IT government contract in Virginia,” and alleging it was “awarded a contract to assist the USMS in managing/disposing of seized/forfeited crypto assets.” ZachXBT added: “It still remains unclear at this point how John obtained access from his dad.” In case you are curious how John Daghita (Lick) was able to steal $40M+ from US government seizure addresses. John’s dad owns CMDSS, which currently has an active IT government contract in Virginia. CMMDS was awarded a contract to assist the USMS in managing/disposing of… https://t.co/lzR2a1aidA pic.twitter.com/PV0IkSuhVy — ZachXBT (@zachxbt) Ja...