Arthur Hayes, Chief Investment Officer at Maelstrom Fund, gave details of his investment portfolio on Sunday, including two cryptocurrencies showing starkly different year-to-date performances.

Hayes Spotlights Crypto SelectionsZEC And HYPE: A Story Of Contrasts In 2026

Notably, ZEC and HYPE have diverged sharply in 2026. While ZEC has plunged up to 55% year-to-date in 2026, HYPE has surged 11% over the same period.

It’s worth mentioning that ZEC was one of the market’s biggest gainers in 2025, returning over 550% amid widespread corrections in leading cryptocurrencies.

Hayes had earlier described ZEC as “Bitcoin with complete privacy” and predicted that the token would rally to…

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Block, Inc. (NYSE:XYZ) will release its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2025 after the closing bell on Thursday. Here’s what investors should know before the announcement.

Earnings Expectations

Analysts estimate the fintech company to report earnings of 49 cents per share, down from 71 cents in the same quarter of the previous year.

Block is expected to report a quarterly revenue of $6.32 billion, up nearly 5% year-over-year.

The company’s stock had a consensus price target of $79.89 based on ratings of 39 analysts. The three latest ratings from Cantor Fitzgerald, Macquarie and Citigroup yield an average price target of $73.33, pointing to roughly 37.30% upside potential.

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Wall Street analyst Tom Lee predicted Saturday that the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s tariffs would spark gains in technology, software and cryptocurrency markets.

Crypto Market To Benefit?

Speaking to CNBC, Lee expressed his belief that investors would likely “breathe a sigh of relief” that the ruling puts limits on executive powers.

“I think this is going to help revive the technology, software, and even the crypto trade because those groups have been largely shielded from the original tariff impacts, and they’re not going to have any clouds of them over the unwind or the Supreme Court ruling,” the Fundstrat co-founder stated.

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On Sunday, Michael Burry used an X post to lay out what he described as 26 years of major market calls. That self-audit arrives as Bitcoin lacks utility remains central to his current framework, with Burry arguing the token has not proven durable as a hedge against currency debasement.

In the post, Burry shared about his missed opportunity with crypto, writing that he considered buying Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in 2013 after meeting a friend at Lightspeed but did not follow through.

Burry also shared that he was short Amazon.com at the top in 2000, then flipped to a heavy small-cap value stance later that year. He also wrote that he bought Apple in 1998 and again in 2002, and that he moved…

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Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin once revealed that his decision to leave college wasn’t a planned move driven by conviction, but a reaction to realities he faced at the time.

From Visa Snag To Ethereum

In an essay titled “The End of My Childhood” from 2024, Buterin reminisced about his early days in the cryptocurrency world and how he was drawn to leadership roles.

By the end of August that year, Buterin chose to extend his vacation by a year to “spend more time exploring the cryptocurrency world.”

The Bitcoin Miami Conference

Then the Bitcoin Miami Conference happened, which changed his life forever.

“Only in January 2014, when I saw the social proof of…

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On Saturday, Robert Kiyosaki said he bought another full Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) for $67,000 even as he described the cryptocurrency as “crashing,” framing the purchase as a bet against a potential breakdown in the U.S. dollar and a coming supply milestone for Bitcoin. The move fits with his long-running stance of ignoring crypto volatility while he builds positions across Bitcoin, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), and hard assets as protection from what he sees as worsening U.S. debt dynamics.

In a post on X, he tied the purchase to two catalysts: a belief that a debt-driven dollar slide could trigger massive money creation and that the network is nearing the “21 millionth Bitcoin” being mined.

In…

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) could eventually go to $1 million if it does not go to zero, but institutions, not retail, are increasingly driving the market’s long-term direction, according to Anthony Pompliano.

Why Is Bitcoin Sentiment So Low?

In the latest “From The Desk Of Anthony Pompliano” podcast, Pompliano said the artificial intelligence arms race is accelerating even as Bitcoin sentiment has plunged to extreme lows, driven largely by retail capitulation.

Citing data from Binance Research, he noted that Bitcoin’s Fear & Greed Index recently fell to 5, one of the lowest readings on record and below levels seen during prior major crypto shocks.

Unlike earlier cycles, however, prices and…

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