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The bitcoin price continued its strong run this week, breaking out of a multi‑week trading range and climbing well above key psychological levels as market participants digest macroeconomic data and new institutional interest.
The bitcoin price hit an eight-week high and triggered roughly $700 million in short liquidations, per Bitcoin Magazine Data. Polymarket now estimates a 73% chance that Bitcoin will reach $100K in January.
After trading relatively sideways near the low‑$90,000 or lower for the last two months, the bitcoin price began gaining traction over the weekend, ultimately surging above $97,000 at the time of writing. This is its best level in more than two…
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In January, Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ:ENLV) reported that its treasury asset, the RAIN token, had been listed on the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange effective January 6.
KuCoin is a global cryptocurrency exchange serving more than 40 million users worldwide, with its strongest user base in Southeast Asia.
The commencement of RAIN trading on KuCoin is expected to expand global market access and secondary liquidity for Enlivex’s primary digital asset treasury holding.
Enlivex previously announced the launch of its digital asset treasury strategy, which focuses on acquiring RAIN tokens.
RAIN serves as the governance and utility token for a fully decentralized predictions-and-options…
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Germany’s second-largest lender DZ Bank has received authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, clearing the way for the launch of a retail crypto trading platform across the country’s cooperative banking sector.
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin, granted the MiCAR license at the end of December.
With the approval, DZ Bank will roll out “meinKrypto,” a digital asset trading platform designed for customers of Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken, Germany’s network of cooperative banks.
The platform allows local cooperative banks to offer retail clients access to cryptocurrency trading within an existing…
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Shares of Strategy ($MSTR) surged more than 10% Wednesday morning, briefly climbing above $189 per share, as investors piled back into the bitcoin treasury trade.
The move caps a volatile stretch for the stock following sharp drawdowns earlier this month.
Strategy, which holds the largest bitcoin position of any public company, has seen its equity trade as a high-beta proxy for bitcoin, with gains and losses often magnified relative to spot price movements.
As bitcoin pushed toward the upper end of its recent range near $97,000, MSTR followed with a rapid upside move that outpaced the broader equity market.
The rally builds on momentum that began late last week after…
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The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced 1.3 billion satoshis in new grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund, backing 22 projects worldwide aimed at strengthening financial freedom and censorship resistance under authoritarian regimes.
The funding round, disclosed today exclusively to Bitcoin Magazine, will support open-source Bitcoin development, decentralized mining infrastructure, privacy-preserving financial tools, and grassroots education initiatives across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
HRF said the projects are designed to improve the Bitcoin protocol itself while expanding access to permissionless money for dissidents, journalists, nonprofits, and ordinary…
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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is up 4% over the past 24 hours, supported by a broader crypto market rally and renewed ETF demand.
What Happened: CrediBULL Crypto noted XRP has completed a triple-tap pattern that reached its target at the range highs, setting up a key inflection point. From here, price action suggests two scenarios:
Either the move was a relief bounce that swept liquidity at the highs before resuming a local downtrend toward sub-$1.77 levels, or the pattern has formed a solid demand base with $1.77 acting as defended support, allowing dips to be bought for further upside.
Given Bitcoin’s strength and broader market context, the bias favours the second scenario implying looking for long…
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Benjamin Cowen, founder and CEO of IntoTheCryptoverse, says the crypto market may be entering a prolonged “ghost town” phase as retail investors continue to exit and show little sign of returning in the near term.
What Happened: Cowen said retail participation was the primary driver of the major bull markets in 2017 and 2021.
While Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) rallied in 2025, he noted that the move was largely powered by institutional ETF inflows rather than broad-based retail demand.
According to Cowen, years of capital misallocation into scams and meme coins have damaged trust in the wider crypto ecosystem, leading to lasting retail disengagement.
Social engagement metrics support this view,…
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Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK) is up 4% over the past 24 hours, and two fresh catalysts dropped this week that could push it higher: Bitwise’s spot Chainlink ETF launching on NYSE Arca under ticker CLNK, and a Senate Banking Committee draft bill Tuesday granting LINK the same commodity status as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC).
Bitwise Chainlink ETF Launches With Zero Fees For 3 Months
Bitwise received approval to list its spot Chainlink ETF on NYSE Arca, with trading expected to begin this week.
The ETF offers a full fee waiver for the first three months covering up to $500 million in assets, dropping to a 0.34% management fee afterward.
The fund launched with $2.5 million in seed capital, equal to…
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MicroStrategy Inc’s (NASDAQ:MSTR) stock doesn’t trade like a software company anymore — and Jan. 15 could force Wall Street to formally admit it.
The company has effectively reinvented itself as a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) balance-sheet vehicle, with its equity price now moving far more in sync with crypto than enterprise software fundamentals. That strategy has delivered eye-catching upside — but it’s also triggered a new and underappreciated risk: index classification.
When The Treasury Becomes The Business
At the center of the issue is MicroStrategy’s massive Bitcoin holdings, which now dominate its corporate identity. What began as a treasury hedge has evolved into the company’s primary…
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