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Addresses withdrawing $XRP from the Upbit exchange recently spiked to a new all-time high, indicating that investors are increasingly pulling their assets from exchanges. This recent pattern comes despite $XRP’s latest price struggles, as it relinquishes the $1.8 and support level amid a broader market risk-off environment. For context, $XRP has continued to witness declines since Jan. 14, when it recovered to $2.2 and met a roadblock. Currently trading for $1.7, $XRP is down 22.7% from the $2.2 high. While the downturn has persisted, South Korean investors remain unfazed, as evidenced by their increased exchange withdrawals. Specifically, exchange withdrawing addresses…

Bitcoin miners are kicking off February on shaky ground, with revenue slipping hard since mid-January and sitting well below July’s 12-month peak. On top of that, the U.S. winter storm has kept the hashrate stuck far beneath the lofty levels seen back in October. Bitcoin Miners Start February With Revenue Metrics Flashing Red Most people are well aware of the winter storm ripping through multiple U.S. states, causing several mining operations to temporarily power down to ease strain on local grids. As of press time this weekend, the hashrate is idling around 850 exahash per second (EH/s). It hasn’t dipped…

The Ethereum price jumped over 2% in the past 24 hours as SharpLink Gaming announces that it generated 465 $ETH in staking rewards in the past week. Following the recent uptick, the price of $ETH is still below the psychological $3K mark. Additionally, the altcoin leader’s price remains more than 1% in the red on the longer-term weekly time frame. SharpLink’s Staking Rewards Break Past 12K $ETH According to the X post by SharpLink announcing the latest staking rewards, the company has generated 12,079 $ETH since launching its Ethereum treasury on June 2, 2025. At current prices, the company’s staking…

Farcaster, the decentralized protocol once pitched as crypto’s answer to Twitter, has been acquired by Neynar, a longtime infrastructure builder in its ecosystem. The transition was announced by Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero in a post Wednesday. Romero said Neynar will take over the protocol’s smart contracts, code repositories, mobile app and Clanker, an AI token launchpad. Romero and fellow cofounder Varun Srinivasan, along with parts of their team at Merkle, will step away from day-to-day development. “This wasn’t an easy decision,” Romero said in the post. “But after five years, it’s clear Farcaster needs a new approach and leadership to…

Capital.com appears to have obtained a Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) licence from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), according to an entry in the regulatory registry. Alongside it, eToro, Revolut and two other firms have obtained the pan-European crypto licence from the Cypriot regulator. Two Entities, but One Brand? The licence has been granted to an entity named Capital Vault Ltd, which shares the same office building as Capital.com’s Cyprus entity, but on a different floor. The MiCA-licensed company has Capital.com listed as its approved domain. The MiCA licence was awarded on 1 December 2025. MiCA registration of Capital.com-linked…

Discussions surrounding the sharp drop in the cryptocurrency market on October 10th have been reignited. The controversy over responsibility for the incident quickly escalated into a direct verbal clash between industry giants, with leading investors and industry leaders also joining the debate. The process was sparked on January 26th by Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood. In a television appearance, Wood suggested that a software glitch at Binance was the direct trigger for the sharp Bitcoin drop on October 10th. This statement is noteworthy because it marks the first time a high-ranking figure from the traditional financial world has explicitly held…

An Ethereum smart contract standard enabling trustless artificial intelligence agent communication on the network is “probably” going to be deployed on mainnet on Thursday, according to Marco De Rossi, head of AI at MetaMask. Further development of ERC-8004 has been “frozen […] and we will go to mainnet midweek, probably around Thursday, 9 AM ET,” said De Rossi on a Telegram channel for developers of the protocol on Monday. On Tuesday, the official Ethereum X account said the protocol is going live on mainnet “soon.” “By enabling discovery and portable reputation, ERC-8004 allows AI agents to interact across organizations, ensuring…

Intel shares surged nearly 11% today, reaching their highest level in about four years as investors responded to political support, major partnerships, and rising AI and data center demand. Intel was last trading near $53 as of Wednesday at 2 PM ET, the same level it last saw in mid-January 2022. The stock is up over 86% in 2025 and more than 35% year to date. The company is scheduled to report its Q4 earnings tomorrow, a key test for its momentum. In 2025, the federal government acquired a nearly 10% stake in the company through an $8.9 billion commitment…

The U.S. Senate will hold a major crypto regulation vote tomorrow at the committee level. Lawmakers will review the Crypto Market Structure Bill inside the Senate Agriculture Committee. This moment marks one of the most important regulatory milestones for crypto in years. 🚨MAJOR CRYPTO REGULATION VOTE TOMORROW 🇺🇸The U.S. Senate is voting tomorrow at the committee level on the Crypto Market Structure Bill : one of the most important regulatory moments for crypto in years.The bill seeks long-awaited regulatory clarity, defining oversight… https://t.co/jM7hJOR1mW pic.twitter.com/vwr3AnEESs — CryptosRus (@CryptosR_Us) January 29, 2026 The vote aims to advance long-awaited clarity for the digital…

Evgeny Gaevoy, founder of Wintermute, the global algorithmic trading firm, made comments challenging ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood, OKX CEO Star Xu, and other industry players’ claims that Binance’s actions triggered the October 10 meltdown that wiped out around $19 billion in leveraged positions. The controversy involving cryptocurrency exchanges over last October’s market crash has taken another turn, with Wintermute’s CEO defending Binance against allegations that it caused the worst liquidation event in crypto history. He wrote, “Kind of wish public figures would pick words more carefully.” Gaevoy did not agree with the submission that the event occurred due to…