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Speculation around a potential OpenAI acquisition of Pinterest Inc. (NYSE:PINS) is gaining traction, with traders now putting real money behind the idea.
A Kalshi bet on whether the Sam Altman-led company will announce an acquisition of Pinterest by Jan. 1, 2027, is actively trading, offering a real-time look at how investors and forecasters are pricing the probability of a deal.
The renewed interest follows a recent report from The Information, which included the ChatGPT owner acquiring the digital pinboard platform among its 2026 predictions.
Pinterest shares rose roughly 3% following the report, reflecting heightened investor attention despite the lack of any official… Read more on Benzinga
Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong said Monday that his longevity startup, NewLimit, is working on extending human lifespan by treating age-related diseases.
Can Aging Diseases Be Erased?
Armstrong said in an X post that the new venture’s goal is to extend healthspan by restoring the function cells had when they were younger.
“The thing that got me excited about that was like all these major diseases are correlated with aging,” Armstrong shared a clip from his recent podcast with Rick Robin.
He argued that returning cells to their youthful function would “automatically” knock out the diseases that occur later in life.
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Economist and market commentator Peter Schiff urged investors Monday to take profits on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) during the ongoing rally and use the proceeds to invest in gold.
Is This Bitcoin Surge Just Hype?
In an X post, Schiff said that the “Venezuela-inspired” rally, which has pushed Bitcoin above $94,500, is not a bullish sign, but rather a “pumper” narrative.
“Don’t believe the hype. Just take advantage of the rally to sell and use the proceeds to buy real gold instead,” the Bitcoin critic added.
Who’s The Real Safe Haven?
Both Bitcoin and gold have seen strong gains early in the new year. However, the two assets diverged sharply in 2025, with Bitcoin declining by about 5%,…
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ETFs transformed how capital accesses markets, not how markets are built. They bundled existing assets into efficient, liquid vehicles and standardized distribution at scale. It was a meaningful innovation, but it stopped at the wrapper.
Tokenization operates at the asset level. It changes the asset itself. When ownership rights, transfer restrictions, eligibility rules, and corporate actions are embedded directly into code on a shared ledger, issuance, servicing, and settlement collapse into a single native workflow. The result is not a new product format, but a new market structure.
This distinction matters because the next wave of growth is not in public beta exposure, but in private…
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Bitcoin climbed above $94,000 on Monday as institutional accumulation and improving sentiment lifted the broader crypto market.
Notable Statistics:
Coinglass data shows 109,514 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $423.09 million.
In the past 24 hours, top gainers include Virtuals Protocol, Lighter and Render.
Notable Developments:
Trader Notes: Bitcoin began the year with renewed momentum, reaching its highest level since November. Trader Michael van de Poppe said the $90,000–$91,000 zone is the key support to watch, noting it aligns with the 21-day moving average. Holding this area and forming a higher low could set up a move toward the $100,000 mark.
Altcoin…
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It seems that the U.S. Marshall Service (USMS) has sold the $6.3 million worth of bitcoin that Samourai Wallet developers Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill paid the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as a fee that was part of their guilty plea.
In doing so, it has potentially violated Executive Order (EO) 14233, which mandates that bitcoin acquired via criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings should be held as part of the United States’ Strategy Bitcoin Reserve (SBR).
If the Southern District of New York (SDNY), the federal judicial district in which the Samourai case was to be tried, did, in fact, violate EO 14233, it would not be the first time employees of the…
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A closely watched Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) technical pattern has delivered a strong track record over the past four years —but prominent analyst Trader Mayne urges caution.
What Happened: In his latest podcast, Mayne highlighted the weekly Swing Failure Pattern (SFP) as one of Bitcoin’s most reliable signals since 2021, posting a reported 91% success rate.
An SFP forms when price briefly breaks a key swing high or low to capture liquidity, then reverses and closes back inside the prior range. This move often traps late traders and has historically marked major tops or bottoms.
Since March 2021, Bitcoin has printed 22 weekly SFPs.
Of those, 20 were followed by moves of more than 10% in the…
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After remaining relatively sideways through the Christmas and New Year’s weeks, the bitcoin price made a small move higher over this past weekend. Bitcoin price closed the week at $91,489, just above the short-term resistance level at $91,400. If bulls can sustain above this level, they should take another run at the $94,000 resistance level this week, which has kept a lid on the price since mid-November. $98,000 is within reach this week as well.
Key Support and Resistance Levels Now
Bulls will try to carry some momentum into the New Year here and take out the $94,000 resistance level. Above $94,000, we have $98,000, where resistance really starts to pick up, and…
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