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According to breaking news, the Ethereum Foundation and Vitalik Buterin are creating a $220 million security fund to be financed by “TheDAO”. The 2016 TheDAO attack is considered one of the most critical turning points in Ethereum’s history. The attacker’s seizure of approximately 4.5% of all $ETH in circulation at the time plunged the network into an existential crisis; ultimately, a hard fork resulted in Ethereum splitting into two, giving rise to Ethereum Classic. Almost a decade later, this largest security vulnerability in Ethereum’s history will now be used to strengthen the ecosystem’s security. Assets remaining from the TheDAO process…

Following the recent questions being asked about the traditional and digital way of banking, the European Central Bank (ECB) has made things clear. In a recent World Economic Forum, Fabio Panetta said that the Digital Euro will not replace bank deposits. Wanting to calm the fear of banks and their users in Europe. https://twitter.com/coinbureau/status/2014211423144943924?s=46 This is a good time for this news to be circulating. Since the lawmakers of the United States are talking about not using a central bank digital currency at all. But Europe is taking a different approach, since they plan to have it for the long…

The European Commission said it will send formal notices to 12 countries for failing to fully implement the EU’s tax reporting rules for digital assets. In its January infringements package released on Friday, the commission, which serves as the European Union body responsible for proposing legislation and ensuring member states follow certain laws and regulations, said Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal would face letters of formal notice “to fully implement the new tax transparency and information exchange rules on crypto-assets.” Citing EU directives, the commission said it would give the member…

Bitcoin mining took a direct hit from January’s U.S. winter storm, with Cryptoquant data showing sharp declines in hashrate, production, and miner revenue across the network. Bitcoin Mining Production Falls to Post-Halving Lows According to Cryptoquant researchers, several large U.S.-based mining firms curtailed operations as severe weather disrupted power availability, accelerating a networkwide hashrate drawdown of roughly 12%. Cryptoquant notes this marks the steepest decline since October 2021, pushing total hashrate down massively, its lowest level since September 2025. The researchers emphasize that the weather shock compounded an already fragile setup. Even before the storm, the firm’s report observes hashrate…

A trader known as “ETHMegaBear” has earned roughly $84 million in total unrealized profits by shorting Ethereum on Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange, according to data tracked by Lookonchain. The #ETHMegaBear(0x20c2) has racked up over $80.9M in profits by shorting $ETH — absolutely insane! This trader has been shorting $ETH on #Hyperliquid since 2024, consistently using max leverage (previously 50x, now 25x). He currently holds a 30,582 $ETH($88.9M) short.… pic.twitter.com/wgL2Ba6bHO — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) January 29, 2026 ETHMegaBear has been shorting $ETH on Hyperliquid since 2024, consistently using maximum leverage. The trader currently holds a short position of 30,582 $ETH…

Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he’s in talks with “probably a dozen governments” about tokenizing their assets. Though he didn’t name specific countries or assets, the concept could allow governments to raise funds by offering small portions of state-owned assets to citizens or investors, similar to how some nations have sold stakes in national oil or telecom firms. Tokenization involves turning real-world assets, like real estate, infrastructure or commodities, into blockchain-based tokens that can be traded and split into fractional ownership. “This way the government can actually…

A Delaware judge has allowed a shareholder lawsuit accusing several Coinbase directors of insider trading to proceed, despite an internal investigation that cleared the executives of wrongdoing. The case, filed by a Coinbase shareholder in 2023, alleges that company directors, including CEO Brian Armstrong and board member Marc Andreessen, used confidential information to sidestep more than $1 billion in losses by selling shares around the company’s public debut in 2021. According to the complaint, insiders sold more than $2.9 billion worth of stock, with Armstrong personally offloading about $291.8 million. On Friday, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick…

CoreWeave’s transformation from a crypto-mining operator to a large-scale AI infrastructure provider highlights a broader shift in how computing resources are reused across technology cycles. In its latest newsletter, The Miner Mag outlined how Ethereum’s move away from proof-of-work reduced demand for GPU-based mining, pushing companies like CoreWeave to redeploy hardware toward AI training and other high-performance computing workloads as demand for compute began to rise. As Cointelegraph previously reported, CoreWeave began moving away from crypto mining as early as 2019, shifting first into cloud and high-performance computing before fully repositioning itself as a GPU infrastructure provider for AI workloads.…

Ethereum futures open interest has returned to pre crash levels, even as $ETH still trades about 32% below early October. At the same time, a separate chart setup flagged by a trader on X points to a possible repeat path that targets the $4,000 area if momentum keeps improving. Ethereum Open Interest Recovers as Price Lags Ethereum open interest has climbed back to levels seen before the Oct. 10 selloff, even as Ether’s price remains far below its earlier highs, according to futures data shared by market analyst Ted Pillows. Ethereum open interest on major futures venues has fully rebounded…

Mirae Asset Global Investments, a multinational asset manager with operations in Korea and India and over $353 billion in assets under management, is tapping into the tokenization expertise of UAE-regulated Ctrl Alt to pioneer fund tokenization in the UAE. Both entities will explore how existing regulated frameworks can be used for the issuance and management of tokenized funds. As per the press release, the collaboration will first focus on funds domiciled in the UAE, and potentially expand to other regulated financial markets in the GCC. Both intend to establish a framework for fund tokenization that can be applied globally. Ctrl…