According to Odaily, data from Santiment indicates that XRP whale activity reached its highest level in three months yesterday, with 2,802 transactions exceeding $100,000. This surge in activity suggests that future volatility may increase.

According to BlockBeats, on January 8, Coinbob's popular address monitoring revealed that a whale address starting with 0xfc66 has recently established 18 stock positions on-chain. The larger positions are primarily short positions in Tesla (TSLA), MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Micron Technology (MU). Additionally, the address's main holdings remain 20x leveraged short positions in ETH, BTC, and SOL, with a combined scale of approximately $45.64 million and a current floating profit of about $1.3 million. The on-chain stock positions are as follows: TSLA short position: Approximately $560,000 at an average price of $437, with a floating profit of 5%. MU short position: Approximately $480,000 at an average price of $440, with a floating profit of 2%. MSTR short position: Approximately $470,000 at an average price of $164, with a floating profit of 7.2%. PLTR (Palantir) short position: Approximately $450,000 at an average price of $181, with a floating loss of 5.5%.

The head of digital assets research at the global investment management firm VanEck is detailing why the publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) miner Riot dumped a substantial amount of the flagship crypto asset. Matthew Sigel says that Riot sold $200 million worth of Bitcoin in November. source: https://dailyhodl.com/2026/01/08/200000000-in-bitcoin-abruptly-dumped-by-mining-giant-riot-heres-why-according-to-vaneck-executive/

According to PANews, the market capitalization of stablecoins on the Solana blockchain has reached a new record high of $15 billion, as reported by Cointelegraph. Data from Token Terminal indicates that this marks a 200% increase over the past year.

The Internet Watch Foundation warns that Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has reportedly been used to create sexualized images of underage girls, found on dark web forums. Incidents spotlighting growing online risks for minors and adults, prompting calls from UK regulators for stricter safeguards and urgent action by X. The post Watchdog Flags Sensitive Child Images Said to Be Made Using Grok first appeared on The Shib Daily. source: https://news.shib.io/2026/01/08/watchdog-flags-sexual-child-images-said-to-be-made-using-grok/

Memecoins surged after the holidays as traders bought Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and Pepe Coin. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/memecoin-hype-rises-renewed-appetite/

According to PANews, a recent analysis of 295,000 historical market data points on the Polymarket platform has revealed several key trends. Firstly, over 60% of short-term markets have become inactive, with 63.16% of contracts in markets active for less than one day recording zero trading volume in 24 hours. This indicates a significant lack of liquidity in short-term crypto markets. In comparison, short-term sports markets have an average trading volume of $1.32 million, which is 30 times higher than the $44,000 average for crypto markets, highlighting the disparity in liquidity support. Furthermore, an extreme concentration of trading volume is evident, with only 505 contracts exceeding $10 million in trading volume, yet these account for 47% of the platform's total trading volume. Long-term predictions, defined as those lasting more than 30 days, show an average liquidity 45 times greater than single-day markets. Among these, U.S. political markets lead with an average volume of $28.17 million. Additionally, the geopolitical sector is emerging rapidly, with its active participation rate reaching 29.7%, making it the fastest-growing segment. The data suggests that Polymarket is evolving into a platform characterized by "high-frequency sports betting" and "macro-political hedging," with liquidity heavily concentrated in a few dominant narratives.

Binance has rolled out its first regulated TradFi perpetual futures, starting with USDT-settled gold and silver contracts. source: https://www.theblock.co/post/384743/binance-gold-silver-perpetual-contracts-usdt-settled?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

비트코인(BTC)은 2025년에 마이너스 수익률로 마감할 것으로 예상되지만, 분석가들은 과거 모델을 바탕으로 2026년에는 비슷한 수준의 회복세를 보일 것으로 전망하고 있습니다. 계속 읽어보세요: 2026년에 비트코인(BTC) 랠리가 올지도 모릅니다! “드문 상승 패턴이 나타났습니다!” source: https://kr.bitcoinsistemi.com/a-bitcoin-btc-rally-may-be-coming-in-2026-a-rare-bullish-pattern-has-emerged/

Sui has emerged as one of the strongest major assets during the early-2026 rebound, according to analysis shared by Daan Crypto Trades. The analyst highlighted that SUI has shown resilience both during the upside impulse and throughout the subsequent pullback, a contrast to many large-cap tokens that have already lost prior support levels. source: https://www.ethnews.com/sui-holds-key-support-as-one-of-2026s-strongest-majors/

Over the past year, tech billionaires have expressed their unwavering belief in AI technology, but they haven't always been consistent in their words and deeds.

Fireblocks has agreed to acquire crypto accounting and tax platform TRES Finance for $130 million to offer institutions a single system for managing digital asset operations and financial reporting. The deal will integrate TRES’ technology into Fireblocks’ platform, giving clients audit-ready, tax-compliant records while allowing the TRES team to continue operating independently.

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"Ethereum was not created to make finance more efficient or applications more convenient. It was created to give people freedom."

Many of his fellow villagers believe that if Chen Zhi hadn't been involved in "European and American trading," he wouldn't have gotten into trouble so quickly.

The market in 2025 proved only one thing: all market movements were merely trading opportunities, and exit windows were fleeting. The market has lost its firm faith in any token.

Rumble has launched a built-in crypto wallet that lets viewers tip creators directly using bitcoin, USDT, and Tether Gold, without banks or payment processors. The wallet is fully non-custodial, meaning users keep control of their funds while payments move straight between viewers and creators.

As we enter 2026, the crypto market is undergoing a profound structural transformation.

Crypto.com has partnered with Stripe to let users pay with cryptocurrency at online stores, with payments instantly converted to the merchant’s local currency. Merchants benefit from easy settlement and protection from crypto price changes, while customers can use digital assets like stablecoins directly at checkout.

2025 will mark a turning point for Ethereum: infrastructure upgrades will be completed, institutional proof-of-concept projects will surge, and the regulatory paradigm will shift. 2026 will witness the "Internet moment" for the global financial system. And all of this will unfold on Ethereum.