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Retail crypto suffered most since January 2025, while ETFs and DATs masked true losses for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP, according to Hougan. Bitwise Asset Management’s Chief Investment Officer, Matt Hougan, has stated that the cryptocurrency market has been in a full-blown “crypto winter” since January 2025. The exec said that signs suggest the downturn may be closer to ending than beginning. Positive News Isn’t Driving Prices In a recent post titled “The Depths of Crypto Winter,” Hougan explained that, despite ongoing positive developments in adoption, regulation, and institutional involvement, the market is in a severe bear market. Hougan noted that Bitcoin has…

Bitcoin is a $1.5 trillion prize pool secured by nothing more than numbers, private keys, generated by math, that unlock wallets holding real money.That’s the seductive idea behind Keys.lol: a site that spits out batches of Bitcoin private keys and their corresponding addresses, like an infinite roll of digital lottery tickets.Refresh the page, and you get another set. Refresh again, and you get another.Somewhere in that endless stream is a key that matches a wallet with a balance, maybe even one holding a life-changing amount.This is the only lottery where the game is real, and the jackpot exists, yet the…

Crypto prices steadied on Wednesday after a volatile start to the week, tracking a tentative improvement in broader risk sentiment even as traders remained cautious about near-term direction.Total crypto market capitalization rose about 1.7% over the past 24 hours to roughly $2.65 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap data. The rebound followed sharp swings earlier in the week, when thin liquidity and heavy liquidations pushed prices sharply lower before buyers stepped in.Bitcoin traded above $78,000 during Asian and early European hours, about 5% higher than Monday’s lows, though gains stalled near resistance levels that have capped upside since early February. The choppy…

Crypto.com has spun out its prediction markets business, first launched in 2024, into a standalone platform called OG, competing with the likes of Polymarket and Kalshi. OG is powered by Crypto.com Derivatives North America (CDNA), a Commodity Futures Trading Commission-registered exchange and clearinghouse and affiliate of Crypto.com. OG said on Tuesday that it is only available in the United States for now.Entering a ‘deca-billion dollar’ industryKris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, highlighted the firm’s growth in the prediction market space as the reason for launching a dedicated platform. Crypto.com first announced the launch of a “sports event trading” product for US users…

The company’s founder and CEO, Igor Runets, was placed under house arrest in connection with multiple tax evasion charges. BitRiver, Russia’s largest Bitcoin miner, is on the verge of collapse amid mounting financial and legal problems. Courts have placed its parent company, Fox Group of Companies, under observation as debts and unpaid obligations pile up. One of the disputes driving the court action involves Infrastructure of Siberia. The company is seeking more than $9 million after BitRiver failed to deliver mining equipment. The case stems from a large advance payment for hardware that was never supplied. This led to a…

DALLAS, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ – Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) (“Cango” or the “Company”), a leading Bitcoin miner leveraging its global operations to develop an integrated energy and AI compute platform, today published its Bitcoin production and mining operations update for January 2026. Bitcoin Mining Production and Mining Operations Update for January 2026 Paul Yu, CEO and Director of Cango, commented, “In January, extreme cold and blizzards across key North American regions caused temporary operational downtime and reduced our average hash rate. However, favorable network difficulty adjustments partially offset these challenges, enabling us to mine nearly 500 BTC during the month.…

Rui-Siang Lin, the alleged operator of the dark web narcotics marketplace “Incognito Market,” was sentenced to 30 years in U.S. federal prison on Tuesday, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, bringing to a close one of the largest online drug market prosecutions since Silk Road.Lin, a 24-year-old Taiwanese national who used the online alias “Pharaoh,” pleaded guilty in December 2024 to narcotics conspiracy, money laundering and conspiring to sell adulterated and misbranded medication. Prosecutors said the platform processed more than $105 million in illegal drug sales between October 2020 and…

In partnership with Ondo Global Markets, NYSE-listed equities and ETFs are now accessible to millions of eligible users across Europe directly via the Blockchain.com wallet LONDON and NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Blockchain.com and Ondo Finance today announced an expansion of their partnership to offer real-world assets (RWAs) onchain to the European market. Eligible users across Europe can now gain direct access to regulated, tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs seamlessly within the Blockchain.com DeFi wallet. Last year, through its DeFi wallet, Blockchain.com and Ondo Global Markets introduced over 200 tokenized stocks and ETFs to users in Africa and…

Vaduz, Liechtenstein, February 3rd, 2026, Chainwire A globally respected investor and founder of Real Vision brings decades of financial market insight to xMoney’s leadership team xMoney, a leading provider of compliant payment infrastructure bridging traditional finance and digital assets, today announced that Raoul Pal has joined the company as a Strategic Advisor. Raoul Pal is one of the most widely respected macro thinkers of his generation. An investor, entrepreneur, and financial commentator, he has spent decades analyzing how money moves, how markets evolve, and how technological shifts reshape global financial systems. His appointment comes at a pivotal moment, as global…

Essence of the Elements, a year-long quest built around elemental seasons, to fuel ecosystem-wide player onboarding and cross-game exploration SINGAPORE, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Enjin, the pioneer in metaverse experiences and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), today unveiled Essence of the Elements, a Multiverse initiative built around true player ownership with in-game items that can be used, progressed, and expanded across multiple games. Rather than a single in-game event, Essence of the Elements builds upon the model where players genuinely own their items, carry them between different worlds, and grow their value through cross-game play. Through Enjin’s Multiverse Dashboard, players link their…