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Investors who purchased Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares immediately after the DeepSeek-related market crash on January 27, 2025, have realized substantial gains. For example, a $1,000 investment at $118 per share on the day of the crash would have acquired approximately 8.47 shares. By January 23, 2026, with Nvidia trading at $184 per share, that position would be worth about $1,580, reflecting a $580 profit and a 58% return. The DeepSeek market crash occurred, following a sharp sell-off in technology stocks triggered by the release of advanced AI models from the Chinese startup DeepSeek. Its low-cost, high-performance models (including R1 and…
As bitcoin miners cut unprofitable production, Hash Ribbon metric points to BTC price rebound
While the weekend’s U.S. storm disrupted bitcoin BTC$87,708.96 mining as higher costs hit profitability and led companies to cut computing power, or hashrate, crypto traders will be focusing on a metric known as the Hash Ribbon, an indicator built on the premise that the price of the largest cryptocurrency often reaches a low during periods of what’s known as miner capitulation. In the past, periods when miners were forced to slow down or shut off machines have preceded stronger phases for bitcoin once conditions stabilize. That’s reflected in the Hash Ribbon, an indicator the tracks the 30-day and 60-day moving…
Ethereum traded near $3,007 on the two week chart and near $2,954 on the weekly chart in two TradingView posts on X. Both setups point to a key decision zone, as ETH holds trend support while it sits below repeated resistance. Ethereum chart mirrors gold’s base, while breakout risk builds A side by side TradingView snapshot from X user apugeneral compares Ethereum on a two week chart with gold on an 18 day chart and argues the two markets share the same rhythm: a big peak, a long rounded bottom, then repeated tests under a rising ceiling. In the image,…
“Shark Tank” star and renowned investor Kevin O’Leary has announced a radical change in his cryptocurrency market strategy. In an interview, O’Leary announced that he sold 27 different crypto assets from his portfolio following the October crash and shifted his focus entirely to a new area. Based on his analysis, O’Leary argued that small-cap altcoins (which he calls “poo coins”) no longer have a future in the market. The investor stated that most of these assets have a high correlation with Bitcoin and Ethereum and do not offer any extra “alpha” (return potential). O’Leary updated his crypto asset portfolio, stating…
Forgotten Runiverse, the fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) on Ethereum scaling network Ronin, is going offline until further notice. The team behind the game—which is part of the Forgotten Runes project—cited financial infeasibility, though maintained that they are not abandoning the project. “Over the past months, we’ve faced a number of overwhelming challenges,” the Forgotten Runiverse team wrote on X. “While our team worked tirelessly and was initially able to overcome many of these obstacles, we’ve reached a point where it no longer makes sense financially to maintain the game in a live environment in its current state.”…
In a significant move highlighting corporate Bitcoin accumulation strategies, American Bitcoin (ABTC) has strategically expanded its digital asset reserves. The mining company, founded by Eric Trump, executed a substantial purchase of 416 BTC, solidifying its position within the competitive cryptocurrency sector. This acquisition, reported by Solid Intel on March 15, 2025, elevates the firm’s total holdings to 5,843 Bitcoin. Consequently, this action reflects broader trends in institutional cryptocurrency adoption and treasury management. American Bitcoin’s Strategic Accumulation American Bitcoin’s latest transaction represents a deliberate corporate treasury strategy. The purchase of 416 BTC follows a period of calculated market observation. Furthermore, the…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies’ growing Ethereum staking position may translate into roughly $160 million in annual staking revenue at current rates, as more of its Ether holdings are put to work onchain. Bitmine, the largest publicly traded Ether treasury, said it added 40,302 Ether (ETH) over the past week, lifting total holdings to 4,243,338 million ETH. Bitmine’s staked ETH balance jumped by 171,264 ETH over the period, bringing total staked holdings to 2,009,267 ETH. Based on the 2.81% Composite Ethereum Staking Rate (CESR) cited by the company, a benchmark designed to estimate the annualized yield of Ethereum validators, Bitmine’s staked Ether…
Polymarket betters are pricing in a 77% chance that the US government will shut down again before the end of January, marking a 67% increase over the past 24 hours. It comes as the CLARITY Act, a significant crypto bill aimed at providing more clarity around regulations, is still making its way through Congress, with previous delays largely blamed on the record 43-day US government shutdown in October and November. Political commentator Collin Rugg highlighted the surging Polymarket odds in an X post on Saturday, noting that it came shortly after US Senator Chuck Schumer announced that Senate Democrats would…
Bitcoin now costs more to mine in the United States than its current market price, according to data from the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI). The cryptocurrency is currently trading at around $87,900 according to CoinGecko data, while data from the CBEIC and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)—which puts the average nationwide cost per kWh of energy in October 2025 at $0.14—suggest that the current cost of mining one Bitcoin is $94,746. This average price incorporates more expensive residential and commercial prices, but when taking only average industrial prices for all states ($0.09 in October), the average cost…
Ethereum is sending mixed signals to investors, with bearish macro warnings colliding with record on-chain usage. Summary Ethereum’s seven-day simple moving average of active addresses climbed to roughly 718,000. Despite the surge in activity, Ether has struggled to break out of its established trading range. Ether appears vulnerable to further downside, according to Bloomberg Intelligence commodity strategist Mike McGlone. Bloomberg Intelligence commodity strategist Mike McGlone said Ether appears vulnerable to further downside, warning that the token is more likely to slip below key support than break to new highs as broader market volatility returns. Ether appears to be heading toward…