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Aster activates fee-funded buybacks as ASTER falls to record low

Beincrypto reports the ASTER token fell more than 12% to a fresh all-time low even as the Aster protocol activated automatic, fee-funded buybacks. According to CoinGecko data, ASTER was trading at $0.63 as of this writing, down by over 12% in the last 24 hours after hitting a new

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Wrench attacks turn crypto theft into violent, real-world hostage crimes

French authorities in January 2025 freed Ledger co-founder David Balland after kidnappers demanded a large ransom in cryptocurrency, an episode Cointelegraph says illustrates how some crypto crime has moved from screens to physical hostage situations. Those incidents fit the definition of a "wrench attack," in which attackers use

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Analysts flag five bear-market signals for Bitcoin in January

Beincrypto reports analysts are identifying five bear-market signals for Bitcoin this January, saying technical, historical and on-chain indicators suggest the broader trend has turned negative. On the technical side, an analyst on X, Titan of Crypto, pointed to a bearish Kumo twist on Bitcoin’s weekly Ichimoku cloud, with similar

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Bitcoin breakout path holds despite surge in long-term profit taking

Beincrypto reports Bitcoin’s bullish breakout path remains intact despite a marked rise in profit taking by long-term holders, according to chart structure and on-chain data. After the first peak of 2026 on January 14, BTC corrected by nearly 6%, briefly dipping toward the $92,000 area, and was still

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Investors Shift into DUSK as Privacy-coin Flows Draw Warnings

Beincrypto reports investors are rotating into Dusk (DUSK) after many market participants judged larger privacy coins such as XMR and DASH to be saturated; DUSK has risen more than fourfold since the beginning of the year. On January 19 DUSK jumped about 40% to a high above $0.22 while

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PUMP breakout stalls as smart money buys while retail demand collapses

Beincrypto reports PUMP's breakout attempt has weakened after Pump.fun surged earlier this week and then pulled back, introducing uncertainty about whether the rally can be sustained. Smart money wallets added roughly 48 million tokens over the past week, increasing their holdings by 5.8%, a sign of

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HBAR selling pressure intensifies, long positions risk liquidation

Beincrypto reports HBAR selling pressure has peaked in 2026 as bearish momentum strengthens, leaving Hedera in a prolonged downtrend that has limited recovery attempts. The Money Flow Index has fallen below the neutral 50.0 threshold into negative territory, indicating capital outflows dominate inflows and sellers are in control. At

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Buterin urges simplifying Ethereum protocol and calls for code ‘garbage collection’

Beincrypto reported that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said in a January 18 post on X that the network must prioritize protocol simplicity and code reduction to preserve its long-term self-sovereignty. Buterin warned that excessive technical complexity could cause Ethereum to fail the “walkaway test,” a benchmark that measures whether the

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Immunefi CEO says nearly 80% of hacked crypto projects don’t fully recover

Nearly four out of five crypto projects that suffer a major hack never fully regain their footing, according to Mitchell Amador, CEO of Web3 security platform Immunefi, who told Cointelegraph this is driven by breakdowns in response and trust rather than the initial loss of funds. Amador said most protocols

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Trove Markets accused of selling over $10 million in HYPE tokens

Beincrypto reported that Trove Markets allegedly sold more than $10 million worth of HYPE tokens from a project-linked wallet within a 24-hour period. On-chain data from wallet 0xebe07e526c4dc5f0005801bbd7d9850c424cf719 showed initial sales of 6,196 HYPE (about $160,000 at current rates), and Hyperliquid News said the activity escalated to 194,

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Retail options surge and US–EU tariff clash raise market volatility risks

Beincrypto reports crypto markets face an unusually turbulent week as record retail options activity collides with escalating US–EU trade tensions and a looming Supreme Court ruling. Retail traders now account for 21.7% of options volume, up from 10.7% in 2022, with daily retail call volume at 8.

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Strategy signals Bitcoin buy over $1.25B that could lift holdings past 700,000 BTC

Beincrypto reports Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy) has signaled it is preparing to execute a Bitcoin acquisition that would eclipse last week’s $1.25 billion purchase. On January 18, Michael Saylor posted a graphic to X captioned “Bigger Orange,” which market analysts widely interpreted as a signal of intent to

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BitMine faces shareholder backlash after contentious annual meeting over MrBeast deal

Beincrypto reports that only days after BitMine's (BMNR) annual shareholder meeting in Las Vegas, controversy erupted, exposing a sharp divide between management and investors over governance and the company's strategic shift. Shareholders criticized the meeting for absent executives, rushed presentations, unclear vote outcomes and poor execution;

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Analyst says CLARITY Act stall is positive for crypto markets

Market analyst Michaël van de Poppe said the failure of the CLARITY crypto market structure bill to advance in the US Congress is positive for crypto markets and the industry, a development he linked to Coinbase withdrawing support and concerns raised by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. Van de Poppe warned

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Zcash shows bullish divergence and whale accumulation, breakout possible

Beincrypto reports Zcash is showing a bullish divergence as the Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) turns positive and whale holdings rose by about 6.7%, signaling steady accumulation that could precede a breakout. Technical indicators show the CMF producing a lower high while price registered lower lows, a setup the outlet

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Casper CTO says interoperability has concentrated crypto’s power in a few intermediaries

Michael Steuer, president and chief technology officer of Casper Network, said moving value across blockchains is now largely mediated by a small group of centralized intermediaries, undermining crypto’s long-standing claims of decentralization. Steuer framed this dynamic as a structural outcome of the industry’s approach to interoperability and user

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Solana CEO says protocol must continually evolve, rejects 'ossification'

Beincrypto reports Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko rejected blockchain "ossification" and said Solana must continually iterate to survive, writing on X on January 17 that a network’s longevity is tied to its ability to change. Yakovenko argued protocol changes should "solve a dev or user problem&

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Buterin urges ‘garbage collection’ to simplify Ethereum and curb protocol bloat

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging developers to tackle protocol bloat and introduce explicit “garbage collection” into Ethereum’s development process, he said in a Sunday post on X. Buterin argued that true trustlessness and self-sovereignty depend more on simplicity than raw decentralization metrics. “Even if a protocol is super

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Coinbase denies rift with White House, seeks stablecoin compromise for CLARITY Act

Beincrypto reports that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong denied a reported breakdown with the Trump administration, saying talks over the CLARITY Act remain "super constructive" and that the exchange is developing a compromise to address community bank concerns about high-yield stablecoins. Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett had reported the administration

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Draw $1.42 Billion in Weekly Inflows as Pi Cycle Signals Buy

Beincrypto reports that spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $1.42 billion of inflows over the past week, the largest weekly total in three months. The report notes the last comparable inflow spike occurred in October 2025, when ETFs attracted $2.71 billion, and says such capital typically reflects longer-term positioning rather

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China-led mBridge platform processes $55.5B in cross-border CBDC transactions

China-led cross-border central bank digital currency platform mBridge has processed more than $55.5 billion in transactions, according to data compiled by the Washington-based Atlantic Council. The platform has settled over 4,000 cross-border transactions, a nearly 2,500-fold increase since the project’s early pilot phase in 2022. mBridge

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Ethereum validator exit queue drops to zero as staking inflows surge

The Ethereum validator exit queue has fallen to zero, a development the report says signals a dramatic drop in selling pressure and stronger confidence in Ether (ETH) as a yield-bearing asset. Data from Ethereum Validator Queue shows the exit queue declined from a September 2025 peak of 2.67 million

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Brian Armstrong says White House has been 'super constructive'

CEO Brian Armstrong said, "The White House has been super constructive here." Armstrong's remark characterises the White House's approach as constructive. There are no further details in the provided material about the context or implications of the comment. Key Topics Crypto, Brian Armstrong, Coinbase,

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Solana Labs CEO says network must keep evolving or 'it will die'

Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko said Solana must be a constantly evolving network that continually updates to meet users' needs, adding that "if it ever stops changing to fit the needs of its devs and users, it will die," in a post to X on Saturday. Yakovenko&

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DASH falls short of $100 as support at $73 becomes critical

Beincrypto reports DASH's rally failed near $100 as capital outflows signaled weakening momentum and bearish funding rates showed traders positioned for downside. The altcoin surged nearly 130% and briefly reached about $96 intraday before the breakout failed; selling pushed prices down roughly 12% to trade near $74, while