HONG KONG, Jan. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BitVentures Limited (the “Company”) today announced the Company’s Board has approved the official launch of its Digital Assets segment. As a foundational step in expanding this new business segment, the Company has entered into various definitive purchase agreements and hosting agreements to acquire several fleets of Bitmain cryptocurrency mining machines and hosting capacity totaling approximately 0.5 MW in power capacity. The acquired fleets consist of Antminer S21 XP Hydro miners, Antminer S21 XP air-cooled miners and Antminer L9 miners, delivering an aggregate Bitcoin hashrate of 30 PH/s and a combined Litecoin and Dogecoin hashrate of…

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Stockholm, 2nd of January 2026 – Virtune AB (Publ) (“Virtune”) today announces that it has completed the monthly rebalancing of the Virtune Crypto Altcoin Index ETP, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Nasdaq Helsinki and Xetra (ISIN code SE0023260716).

In addition to the Virtune Crypto Altcoin Index ETP, Virtune’s product portfolio includes:

Virtune Bitcoin ETPVirtune Staked Ethereum ETPVirtune Stellar ETPVirtune Staked Solana ETPVirtune Staked Polkadot ETPVirtune XRP ETPVirtune Avalanche ETPVirtune Litecoin ETPVirtune Chainlink ETPVirtune Arbitrum ETPVirtune Polygon ETPVirtune Staked Cardano ETPVirtune Crypto Top 10 Index ETP SEKVirtune Crypto Top 10 Index ETP EURVirtune Bitcoin Prime…

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In a move to circumvent Western financial sanctions, Iran is reportedly offering to sell advanced weapons systems to foreign governments in exchange for cryptocurrency.

Iran To Sell Missiles For Bitcoin?

Iran’s Ministry of Defence Export Center, or Mindex, is open to negotiating military contracts that allow payment in digital currencies, according to a Financial Times report published Thursday.

The state-run body, which oversees Iran’s overseas defense sales, is also considering barter arrangements and Iranian Rials as payment options, the report mentioned.

Mindex’s website offers a catalogue of weapons that includes assault rifles, ballistic missiles,…

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Prediction markets are signaling deep skepticism that President Donald Trump‘s proposed $2,000 “tariff dividend” checks will reach Americans in the first half of 2026, with traders giving virtually no chance of an early-year payout.

Betting On Delay: Creation Vs. Cash

Data from prediction platforms reveals a sharp divergence between the program’s potential creation and the actual delivery of funds.

On Polymarket, traders are giving the administration a coin-flip chance, pricing in a 45% probability that Trump will successfully create the tariff dividend program by June 30.

However, markets are far more pessimistic about Americans seeing that money quickly. According to Kalshi, the…

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Skybridge Capital CEO Anthony Scaramucci named Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), Avalanche (CRYPTO: AVAX) and Toncoin (CRYPTO: TON) as his top three altcoins to watch this year.

Why Scaramucci Believes In These Tokens

In an Altcoin Daily interview aired on Thursday, Scaramucci picked the three Layer-1 tokens despite their disappointing performance throughout 2025.

Scaramucci admitted to getting it wrong about TON, a token tied to the Telegram ecosystem.

“I mean, this tells you how wrong you can be and how humbling this life is in our world,” he said, pointing out how the coin collapsed from $7.50 when he bought it to around $1.50 today.

“But I think that’s going to be a token…

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A lawsuit accusing billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban and the NBA team Dallas Mavericks of defrauding investors by promoting a now-bankrupt cryptocurrency company was dismissed ahead of New Year’s Day.

Relief For Mark Cuban

The plaintiffs claimed that Cuban and his team had misled investors about Voyager Digital, a cryptocurrency lender that went bankrupt in 2022. The case was filed under various state securities laws and consumer fraud statutes.

In a Dec. 30 filing, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, under Judge Roy K. Altman, dismissed the case in its entirety, stating that the plaintiffs failed to establish the theory of “personal…

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Leading cryptocurrencies consolidated with thin liquidity on the first day of 2026, while stock futures rallied.

CryptocurrencyGains +/-Price (Recorded at 8:25 p.m. ET)Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)+0.93%$88,601.49Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH)               +0.67%$2,999.74XRP (CRYPTO: XRP)                         +1.78%$1.87Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)                         +0.72%$126.30Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)                         +7.20%$0.1265Sentiment Improves From ‘Extreme Fear’ To ‘Fear’

Bitcoin wobbled between $87,000 and $88,000 as bulls await a decisive breakout above $90,000. Trading activity remained…

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