Raw News Items
45 itemsJanuary 31, 2026
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Bitcoin, ether fall as shutdown clock hits and markets brace for a messy Monday
Bitcoin fell toward $83,000 as the U.S. entered a partial shutdown, with traders leaning defensive ahead of a House vote expected Monday.
- CoinDeskScore: 90
The market for tokenized equities has exploded by almost 3,000% in a single year
Tokenized stocks grew nearly 3,000% in 2025 as new SEC rules and a DTCC pilot pushed the asset class toward the $1 billion milestone, led by Ondo and Securitize.
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Solana DeFi platform step finance hit by $27 million treasury hack as token price craters
The platform's governance token (STEP) plummeted over 80% following the announcement amid a wider crypto market drawdown.
- CointelegraphScore: 90
Bitcoin crashes below $76K Strategy cost basis in $2B liquidation event
Bitcoin saw a sudden weekend liquidity cascade that took BTC price to near $75,000 for the first time since its April 2025 low.
- The BlockScore: 88
BTC drops below $80,000 following $1.6 billion in monthly ETF outflows, third-worst month on record
The price of Bitcoin briefly traded below Microstrategy's cost basis for the first time since October of 2023 as top cryptocurrencies dropped on Saturday.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
The CLARITY Act uses Bank Secrecy laws to quietly kill decentralized access without ever banning code
DeFi exclusions sound protective, yet the CLARITY Act’s Bank Secrecy expansion may target your access points While supporters say the CLARITY Act could bring long-awaited regulatory certainty to crypto markets, not everyone is on board. Critics argue the bill doesn’t need to “ban DeFi” to reshape it...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
US Treasury sanctions Iran-linked crypto exchanges for first time
The US Treasury has sanctioned two UK-registered crypto exchanges tied to Iran’s financial system, marking the first time Washington has targeted digital asset platforms.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
U.S. imposes sanctions on crypto exchanges tied to Iran for the first time
The exchanges were accused of facilitating transactions for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and are linked to an Iranian businessman convicted of embezzlement.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Shock surge in inflation destroys hopes for early rate cuts as Bitcoin price sinks
The December Producer Price Index didn't just beat expectations, but it also revealed a persistent problem that forces markets to rethink the entire 2026 rate path. Final demand PPI rose 0.5% month-over-month, the sharpest jump since July, driven almost entirely by a 0.7% surge in services while goo...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Crypto market crashes erasing $100B as Israel strikes Gaza with ETH and XRP leading weekend losses
Ethereum and XRP just fell off a cliff in weekend trading, Bitcoin barely flinched, and the timing might matter Crypto has a habit of saving its worst moves for the hours when people are least prepared to deal with them. That was the vibe on Saturday, when Ethereum and XRP dropped hard in a short bu...
- The BlockScore: 85
Solana DeFi platform Step Finance investigating $29 million treasury wallet compromise
The attack sent Step Finance's native STEP token plummeting more than 60% as the protocol enlists security firms to investigate the incident.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Bitcoin falls out of global top 10 assets by market capitalization after price dumps below $80,000
Ether also declined significantly, dropping to 56th place with a market cap just above $300 billion and losing 14.5% of its value.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
BitMine Immersion faces $6B paper loss as Ether sell-off deepens
BitMine’s growing ETH losses highlight the risks of crypto treasury strategies as leverage unwinds and weak liquidity accelerates market downturns.
- DecryptScore: 85
Crypto Crash: Liquidations Top $2.5 Billion as Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP Prices Plummet
The crypto market's recent decline only accelerated Saturday, with Bitcoin falling to nearly $77,000 as liquidations piled up.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
First US bank collapse of 2026 adds to gold, silver, and Bitcoin chaos while $337B in unrealized contagion looms
Late on Friday, Illinois regulators shut down Metropolitan Capital Bank and Trust, a little-known institution with just $261 million in assets, handing control to the FDIC in what was officially a routine resolution. But it landed in the middle of a much louder market shock. On the same day the bank...
- CoinDeskScore: 80
ETH, SOL and DOGE slide 7% as $850 million bullish bets end up liquidated
Ether, solana and XRP led losses across crypto as a wave of long liquidations swept futures markets, showing stress spreading beyond bitcoin during weekend trading.
- DecryptScore: 80
India Faces Pressure to Rethink Crypto Taxes Ahead of Union Budget as Trading Shifts Offshore
Industry leaders are pushing for tax reform as traders flee offshore, draining domestic exchanges and undermining regulatory oversight.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Bitcoin breaks key support level as Glassnode warns of further price breakdown
Long-term bitcoin holders are selling at the fastest pace since August, while some industry observers suggest the market may be approaching a bear-market bottom.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Tether's gold holdings top $17 billion as net profits surpassed $10 billion for 2025
The stablecoin giant saw sharp growth in its USDT token's supply, and was one of the world's largest U.S. government debt holder with $141 billion Treasury exposure.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitcoin options turn bearish as BTC flirts with drop below $80K
Bitcoin options flashed extreme fear signals as the spot BTC ETF outflows rose, and the odds for a drop below $80,000 increased. Will dip buyers step in to save the day?
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Coinbase insider trading lawsuit against Armstrong, directors moves forward
The lawsuit alleges Marc Andreessen sold $118.7 million in Coinbase shares through Andreessen Horowitz, while CEO Brian Armstrong offloaded about $291.8 million.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
$1.82B pulled from spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs amid metals rally
ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said many people seem to be forgetting that Bitcoin “spanked everything so bad” in 2023 and 2024, while other asset classes “still haven’t caught up.”
- CoinDeskScore: 75
NYSE's 24/7 plan could fix key problem for stock tokens, Ondo's de Bode says
NYSE and Nasdaq introducing 24/7 trading with tokenized stock would be a "godsend," solving thin weekend liquidity, Ondo Finance President Ian de Bode told CoinDesk in an interview.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin plunges under $81,000 amid reports of Iran explosions and thin weekend liquidity
Bitcoin slid toward $81,000 on Saturday as thin weekend liquidity magnified selling pressure, with traders pointing to Middle East tensions, U.S. political risk and lingering crypto-specific uncertainty.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin miners are making millions by shutting down because of a massive US winter storm
Earlier this week, a sweeping US winter storm pushed Bitcoin miners to curtail, pulling a noticeable chunk of computing power off the network in a short window. Data shows a 40% dip in hashrate between Jan. 23 and Jan. 25, with around 455 EH/s going offline, and block production slowing to around 12...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Retail traders are running for the exit amid bitcoin's selloff, while 'mega-whales' are quietly buying the dip
Glassnode data shows large bitcoin holders accumulating, while retail remains in distribution.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin hashrate drops 12% in worst drawdown since China mining ban: CryptoQuant
A severe winter storm has forced US miners to curtail operations, dragging bitcoin’s hashrate, output and miner margins to their weakest levels in months.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Silver's 35% plunge ends up beating bitcoin in a rare crypto liquidation shock
Tokenized silver futures recorded the largest liquidations across crypto markets over the past 24 hours, overtaking bitcoin and ether as a sharp pullback in metals collided with leverage-heavy trading on crypto venues.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Binance pins crypto's worst-ever liquidation day on macro risks, not exchange failure
Binance says October 10’s crypto flash crash was driven by a macro risk-off shock, cascading liquidations and thin liquidity, while acknowledging two platform-specific issues that occurred after most losses had already hit.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Founder of OKX, one of the biggest crypto exchanges, blames bitcoin’s October crash on Binance
Months after Oct. 10’s flash crash and liquidation cascade, a fresh spat has opened between exchange executives and market watchers over whether a leveraged yield loop, thin liquidity, or busted market plumbing did the real damage.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin 'fear' sentiment hits a 2026 high as price downtrends toward $80,000
Social chatter around bitcoin has turned sharply negative after the token slid to its lowest level since Nov. 21, a setup Santiment says often appears near capitulation, even if near term trading stays messy.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
VC Roundup: Crypto funding rebounds as institutions test onchain finance
From venture rounds to onchain credit, capital is moving cautiously back into crypto as institutions focus on infrastructure and real-world use cases.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Trump’s Fed pick Kevin Warsh is “not nervous” about Bitcoin while plotting a digital dollar takeover
President Donald Trump announced he will nominate former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to lead the US central bank. In a Jan. 30 post on Truth Social, the president confirmed the selection, writing: “I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as...
- The BlockScore: 70
Infamous ‘Hyperunit whale’ exits entire ETH position for $250 million loss, left with $53 in account: Arkham
The "Hyperunit Whale" first rose to notoriety after profiting off a massive short position shortly before President Trump's October tariff announcement.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
XRP slides 7% as rapid selling breaks major $1.79 support
Traders are watching $1.74 as near-term support, with $1.79–$1.82 now the key resistance zone.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Tether US treasury holdings reach record highs, profits fall 23% year-on-year
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the “structure behind” the company’s growth mattered more than its “scale” in 2025, as US Treasury holdings surpassed $122 billion.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Crypto billionaires deploy $40M to fight California wealth tax and union power
Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and venture capitalist Tim Draper are backing Grow California, a new political effort aimed at countering union-backed wealth tax proposals.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Active Solana addresses spike 115%, four in 10 merchants take Bitcoin: Month in Charts
Activity on Solana has spiked as new AI tech makes it easier than ever to launch memecoins. Meanwhile, Ethereum is plugging away at future-proofing and bringing down fees.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
CoreWeave shows how crypto-era infrastructure quietly became AI’s backbone
From crypto mining to AI compute, former cryptocurrency miners are reshaping data center economics as Big Tech’s grip on infrastructure begins to loosen.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Michael Saylor’s bitcoin stack is officially underwater, but here’s why he likely won't reach for the panic button
The main impact of the price decline is slowing Strategy's ability to buy more bitcoin without diluting shareholders, as its stock now trades at a discount to its bitcoin holdings.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Thousands of AI agents join viral network to “teach” each other how to steal keys and want Bitcoin as payment
The next inflection point in AI agents isn't coming from frontier labs. It's coming from infrastructure, specifically, the primitives that let agents find each other, verify identity, and communicate directly. Moltbook, a social network billing itself as “built exclusively for AI agents… Human...
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Polymarket, Kalshi contract limits demonstrated in latest U.S. government shutdown fight
The U.S. government is likely to shut down Saturday morning until the House votes on a funding package, raising the importance of specificity in prediction market bets.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bitcoin vs. gold: BTC is a 'better opportunity' than in 2017, data says
Bitcoin could start catching up to gold as soon as February, as traders anticipate BTC to recover from its record lows versus gold this year.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
How decentralized AI training will create a new asset class for digital intelligence
Tokenized AI will democratize access to the world’s most valuable resource, argues Brukhman.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Crypto extreme fear is one of the ‘few strong bullish signals': Santiment
Crypto sentiment platform Santiment said the “silver lining” in the current crypto market is the “extreme negativity” seen on social media.