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A unique situation in the market: precious metals, as a safe-haven asset, continue to rally following the S&P 500's record high.
Gold has risen to $5600, and silver to $120.

Since the beginning of the year, approximately 60% of all stablecoin transactions have been conducted on the Base L2 network. The main activity is taking place on the Aerodrome DEX.
Also, over the past month, the number of tokens issued on Base has increased - to over 100,000 per day - while the number of active addresses is at its lowest point in a year and a half.

The bull cycle is over, a prolonged decline is ahead, Rekt Capital stated.
The analyst noted a classic EMA crossover on the weekly Bitcoin chart. In 2022, after the end of the bull market and consolidation, a similar situation continued until the end of the calendar year.

South Korean prosecutors have lost $48 million worth of Bitcoin.
The authorities initially seized the BTC from criminals, but then became victims of phishing themselves. An employee conducting an audit accessed a fake website, and the passwords were stolen from a USB flash drive.
As a result, all the confiscated BTC, worth $48 million, ended up in the hands of other fraudsters, who have not yet been found.

M2 reaches a record high.
Analysts have stated that global M2 liquidity has set a new all-time high. Despite this, the correlation between M2 and BTC has weakened. However, a potential capital outflow from gold could change the situation.

16 years ago, the first NFT appeared.
On January 24, 2010, on the Bitcointalk forum, a user under the nickname Sabunir put an image up for sale for 500 BTC, which at the time was worth about $1.

Vitalik Buterin believes that 2026 will be a turning point in the restoration of computational self-sovereignty — the ability of individuals and organizations to independently control their data, software, and digital infrastructure. In his opinion, the significance of this process extends far beyond the blockchain industry and affects the entire digital environment.
In 2025, Buterin took two fundamental steps in this direction. He almost completely switched to decentralized tools for working with documentation, using open-source software and end-to-end encryption.

A chart showing similarities between Bitcoin's price movements in 2023 and today is being discussed online. If history repeats itself, BTC's upward trend could continue.

The amount of Ethereum staked has exceeded 30% of the total supply. For comparison, Solana has a staking rate of 68%.
The average staking yields are 2.8% and 6.6% respectively, but these rates can vary depending on the validator.

A Bitcoin whale has awakened after 13 years of inactivity and transferred 909 BTC worth $84.6 million.
The large investor acquired the cryptocurrency between December 2012 and April 2013, when the price was less than $7. The unrealized profit exceeded 13,000%.

Justin Sun is offering $30 million for an hour with Elon Musk.
The TRON founder is already known for his generosity: he paid $4.5 million for lunch with Warren Buffett and bought a banana for $6.2 million just to eat it.

The Hyperliquid Foundation donated 10,000 HYPE tokens, worth approximately $254,000, to on-chain investigator ZachXBT. This was the second largest donation received by the specialist.
ZachXBT confirmed receipt of the funds and provided information on the ten largest donors. These included Optimism, Octant, The White Whale, Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Unipcs, Nouns, CL207, and High Stakes Capital.

Upstream Data has delivered a mobile container for Bitcoin mining.
It is installed in the New Mexico desert and uses excess natural gas from an oil well.
The gas, previously burned to waste, is now being converted into electricity for mining.
The client has already begun the process, reducing emissions and monetizing waste.

According to a report by Artemis, the monthly volume of payments using cryptocurrency cards increased from $100 million at the beginning of 2023 to $1.5 billion by the end of 2025.
The main reason for this sharp growth in the segment is that most businesses still do not accept cryptocurrency payments. The cards operate on the existing Visa and Mastercard infrastructure, automatically converting stablecoins into fiat currency when a payment is made. Visa accounts for 90% of the market.

The Senate Banking Committee postponed discussion of the CLARITY Act after Coinbase withdrew its support.
The main problems with the bill include a ban on tokenized stocks, strict restrictions on DeFi, a weakening of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's role in favor of the SEC, and amendments that undermine stablecoins. Republicans believe the document does not serve the interests of the industry.

Bitdeer has overtaken MARA to become the world's largest Bitcoin miner by hashrate, with 71 EH/s (approximately 6% of the global total) compared to MARA's 61.7 EH/s.

Silver overtakes tech giants.
Silver has risen sharply in price, surpassing NVIDIA in market capitalization. It is now the second largest asset in the world by market capitalization, second only to gold.
Bitcoin ranks 8th.

To celebrate the 17th anniversary of the BTC genesis block, BTQ Technologies has launched the first open testnet of a quantum-resistant BTC fork. This is a kind of "trial version" of the BTC network, but with protection against future quantum computers.
The network is completely open: anyone can participate in mining and sending transactions.
The project aims to stress-test the security of BTC under conditions of potential quantum threats.

Historically, the price of Bitcoin has always remained higher than the cost of mining it, which is primarily related to electricity costs.
Currently, the cost of mining BTC, based on electricity prices, is $71,000.

According to analyst Willy Woo, the "death" of the four-year Bitcoin cycles associated with halving events is not confirmed by the capital flow model.
The inflow of funds into the network is decreasing in accordance with historical patterns, signaling that the market has entered a bearish phase.