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 —…
Kontigo to Repay Customers After Stablecoin Hack
Kontigo, the algorithmic stablecoin protocol behind KONT (a USD-pegged asset backed by crypto collateral), announced it will fully repay all affected customers following a sophisticated exploit on January 2 that…
PeerDAS & ZKEVMs Mark Structural Changes in Ethereum, Says Vitalik.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a detailed blog post declaring that PeerDAS (Peer Data Availability Sampling) combined with maturing zkEVMs represent “the most profound structural changes to Ethereum’s architecture since…
XRP Breaks $2 Amid ETF Inflows and Shifting Regulatory Focus.
XRP shattered the $2 barrier for the first time since 2018, surging over 28% in 24 hours as massive inflows into newly approved spot XRP ETFs combined with a dramatic…
El Salvador to Integrate Bitcoin and AI into 2026 National Policy.
President Nayib Bukele announced a groundbreaking national policy framework that will formally integrate Bitcoin as a core pillar of El Salvador’s economy alongside cutting-edge AI technologies — marking the country’s…
Tether Supports SQRIL’s Push for Global QR Payment Interoperability – Major Step Toward Stablecoin Mainstream Adoption.
Tether announced its official support for the SQRIL initiative — a collaborative global effort to create a unified, open standard for QR code-based payments that enables seamless cross-border and cross-network…
Bitfinex Hacker Walks Free: $10B Crypto Heist Ends in Early Release – One of Crypto’s Largest Thefts Closes Chapter.
Ilya Lichtenstein — the mastermind behind the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack — was released early from federal prison after serving just over three years of his five-year sentence. The hack,…
South Korea’s FIU Fines Korbit $1.9M for AML Violations – Latest Blow to Crypto Exchanges.
South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) announced a KRW 2.6 billion (approximately $1.9 million) fine against one of the country’s oldest crypto exchanges, Korbit, for multiple violations of anti-money laundering…
Trump Media Plans 1:1 DJT Token Distribution for Shareholders – Rewards Via Crypto.com Partnership.
Trump Media and Technology Group (Nasdaq: DJT), the operator of Truth Social, Truth+, and Truth.Fi, announced plans to distribute a new digital token to its shareholders on a 1:1 basis…
No Hype, Big Gains: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Becomes 2025’s Best Major Performer.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has quietly emerged as the standout among major Layer-1 assets, delivering nearly 40% year-to-date gains while many rivals — including Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, and others — sit…