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XRP has dropped to $1.77, and analysts warn that staying below $1.80 could lead to a further decline toward $1.50 amid rising sell pressure.

A single wallet roundtripped $142.5 million in unrealized profit on Hyperliquid, peaking on Jan. 13 before collapsing to a negative $8.76 million loss as of Jan. 29. Meanwhile, all of this was visible in real time through public dashboards. The trader built a reputation during October 2025's historic liquidation wave and now operates under a […] The post October Trump tariff trader loses $100M erasing all 10/10 gains after price dip appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Ethereum co-founder wants to pursue an “aggressive” roadmap that will strengthen its status as a decentralized world computer.

The conditional approval moves the Latin American fintech into the bank organization phase as it seeks to expand regulated banking and crypto services in the United States. Nubank has received conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to form a national bank, a step that allows the fintech to offer deposits, lending, credit cards and digital asset custody in the United States. The approval moves Nubank into the bank organization phase, during which it must meet capitalization and supervisory conditions and secure additional approvals from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve before launching operations. According to a company announcement on Friday, the US bank will be led by co-founder Cristina Junqueira, with former Central Bank of Brazil president Roberto Campos Neto serving as board chair. Nubank said it aims to fully capitalize and open the bank within 18 months, subject to regulatory approval. Read more

Whale-driven activity on Binance surged to nearly 0.65 in January.

The former Federal Reserve governor has invested in crypto firms, criticized bitcoin’s role as money and argued for a U.S. digital dollar.

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell, elevating a former Fed governor with mixed views on crypto.

Bitcoin sentiment on Myriad flipped bearish for first time in two months as traders bet on further downside amid shutdown fears and extreme market volatility.

Ethereum's most infamous experiment is back. Not as a venture fund, but as something the ecosystem arguably needs more: a permanent security budget. On Jan. 29, a group of Ethereum veterans announced plans to convert roughly 75,000 ETH in decade-old recovery funds into a staked endowment whose yield will finance smart contract security work across […] The post TheDAO’s leftover rescue money sat for a decade now it’s becoming Ethereum’s permanent $220M security budget appeared first on CryptoSlate.

After years of speculation as to whether major crypto exchange KuCoin would be made available to EU users, the wait is finally over. KuCoin is officially MiCAR-compliant. The post KuCoin’s New European Chapter Begins: KuCoin EU Secures MiCAR Compliance, Celebrates With a Ball in Vienna appeared first on Cryptonews.

The conventional wisdom on Trump's pick for Fed chair says he's a hawk. Stanley Druckenmiller, who made billions fading conventional wisdom, suggests that's not necessarily so.

Washington is edging closer to a landmark crypto framework, though disputes over DeFi and stablecoin rewards risk pushing final passage beyond 2026.

Bitcoin’s Thursday slide was a perfect illustration of a market that lost its marginal buyer and then discovered, in real time, how much leverage was sitting on top of that demand. The move wasn't a smooth ride lower; it came in sharp legs that pushed the price from $84,400 toward the low-$81,000s in a matter […] The post Bitcoin reversal on the cards after $1.7 billion liquidation wave flushed out overleveraged traders appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum is trading near $2,730 after breaking key support, with analysts watching $2,620 and $2,450 as ETF outflows continue for a third month.

qLabs launches Quantum-Sig wallet and qONE token to secure crypto assets, signaling urgency for quantum-resistant blockchain security amid competition from Coinbase and other crypto leaders. The post qLabs Fires First Shot in Quantum Crypto Race — Can Coinbase Catch Up? appeared first on Cryptonews.

It was a big day for crypto policy in the US yesterday, but work still remains to be done

AI training is dominated by hyperscale data centers, but inference and everyday workloads are opening real space for decentralized GPU networks. Decentralized GPU networks are pitching themselves as a lower-cost layer for running AI workloads, while training the latest models remains concentrated inside hyperscale data centers. Frontier AI training involves building the largest and most advanced systems, a process that requires thousands of GPUs to operate in tight synchronization. That level of coordination makes decentralized networks impractical for top-end AI training, where internet latency and reliability cannot match the tightly coupled hardware in centralized data centers. Read more

Cronos (CRO) fell 4.2% and Aave (AAVE) dropped 3.7%, leading the index lower.

Lido contributors have announced a mainnet release of stVaults, a staking primitive that lets external builders run isolated validator setups and, optionally, mint stETH. Early deployments include Linea’s Yield Boost and node operators such as P2P.org and Chorus One. It has launched with limits now. The post Liquid Staking Protocol Lido Launches stVaults on Mainnet to Expand Ethereum Staking appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin's MVRV Z-score printed record lows on a rolling two-year basis, making BTC price more "undervalued" than at the pit of past bear markets. Bitcoin (BTC) may be “close to the end” of its correction as a classic BTC price metric beats records. Key points: Bitcoin’s MVRV Z-score is at record lows on two-year rolling time frames. Read more