Tether Mints First $1B USDT of 2026 on Tron to Boost Liquidity.
Tether authorized the minting of $1 billion in new USDT on the Tron network — the first nine-figure issuance of the year — as confirmed by on-chain data and CTO…
Illicit Crypto Flows Hit $154B as Sanctions Drive Record On-Chain Activity.
A major new report revealed that illicit cryptocurrency flows reached a staggering $154 billion in 2025 — a 42% increase year-over-year — as escalating global sanctions, ransomware attacks, and darknet…
Ex-Zcash Developers Launch CashZ Wallet After Leaving ECC.
Zcash developers who recently departed the Electric Coin Company (ECC) unveiled CashZ — a new privacy-focused mobile and desktop wallet designed to push shielded transactions to everyday usability while introducing…
South Korea Supreme Court Rules Bitcoin on Exchanges Can Be Seized.
South Korea’s Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling confirming that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies held on centralized exchanges can be legally seized as assets in criminal and civil forfeiture cases…
Solana Mobile Sets Jan. 21 Launch Date for SKR Token, Seeker Users Eligible for Airdrop.
Solana Mobile officially confirmed that its native SKR token will launch on January 21, 2026, with all verified Seeker device holders automatically eligible for a substantial airdrop — fueling massive…
Shiba Inu Whale Transactions Surge 111% as Institutions Reload for 2026.
Shiba Inu (SHIB) recorded a staggering 111% surge in whale transactions (transfers ≥$100K) over the past seven days — with on-chain data revealing heavy accumulation by institutional-sized wallets positioning aggressively…
JPMorgan Digital Dollar JPM Coin Moves Onto a Public Blockchain.
JPMorgan officially announced that its institutional digital dollar JPM Coin — the bank’s tokenized USD used for intra-bank and client settlements since 2019 — has begun migrating transactions onto a…
Nike Quietly Sells RTFKT as NFT Market Cap Plunges Over 67%, Converse Sales Slide, and Major NFT Events and Platforms Retreat or Pivot.
Reports emerged that Nike has quietly divested its RTFKT web3 and NFT studio — acquired for an undisclosed sum in 2021 — to a private buyer group, marking a significant…
Meme Coins PEPE and BONK See Significant Surge in 2026’s First Week.
PEPE and BONK led the meme coin sector with explosive gains in the opening week of the year — PEPE up 78% and BONK up 92% since January 1 —…
Crypto Hacker Makes $1 Million Trading Bitcoin.
On-chain investigators revealed that a wallet cluster linked to a notorious crypto hacker — believed to be tied to the 2024 Ronin Bridge exploit — has realized over $1 million…