Crypto for Friday, January 2, 2026

• Best New Meme Coin to 100x in 2026 – January 2
• Solana Price Prediction: Wall Street Investor Scaramucci Picks SOL as Top Altcoin for 2026 – $1,000 SOL Incoming?
• Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Ends 2025 Messy – Will 2026 Be the Start of a Bull Cycle or a Brutal Reset?
• XRP Price Prediction: Whales Load Up With $3.6B as Chart Flips Bullish – Is This the Bottom Everyone Missed?
• Best Crypto to Buy Now 2 January – XRP, PEPE, Solana
• China’s Alibaba AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Bitcoin and Solana By the End of 2026
• Turkmenistan Legalizes Cryptocurrency Mining and Trading Under New Law
• After bitter vote, Aave founder pitches a bigger future for DeFi lending giant
• Binance delists FLOW/BTC pair, flags token after exploit
• BitMine chairman proposes 1,000x increase in company's authorized shares, to 50B
• Why “good news” hasn’t been moving Bitcoin recently: Macro without the boom
• XRP Price Prediction: Coinbase USD–XRP Volume Jumps 365% in Early 2026 – Can ETFs Drive XRP Back to $3?
• Michael Saylor’s Strategy Nears “Danger Zone” as mNAV Threatens to Slip Below 1
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Near $90,000 as Volume Jumps 120% – Is a 96,000 Breakout Next?
• Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Progressed in 2025, Must Decentralize in 2026
• 13 WTF Moments of the Year: 2025 Crypto Edition
• No, whales are not accumulating massive amounts of Bitcoin: CryptoQuant
• Battle between Bitcoin bulls and bears spills over into 2026: Here’s price levels to watch
• Tether just bought 8,888 Bitcoin, exposing a mechanical profit engine turning T-Bills into automatic crypto demand
• TRM Labs Exposes How Nation-States Are Weaponizing Crypto to Evade Sanctions
• 'Hundreds' of EVM wallets drained in mysterious attack: ZachXBT
• Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein credits Trump’s First Step Act for early prison release
• SEC’s Crenshaw set to depart, leaving US financial watchdog all Republican
• Bitcoin Reclaims $90K as U.S. Buying Returns – Has the Tax-Drag Finally Ended?
• ‘Bring More Lambs:’ Researcher Slams Brian Armstrong Over Coinbase Security Failures
• The Fed just leaked a bullish liquidity signal that suggests Bitcoin can front-run a 2026 recovery
• BitVentures makes first crypto mining move weeks after Nasdaq rebrand
• Mastermind Behind $4.5 Billion Bitfinex Hack Walks Free with Trump Pass
• Hong Kong JPEX Case Escalates: Influencer ‘Zhu Gongzi’ Slapped with New Charges in HK$18.8M Laundering Probe
• Weekly Crypto Regulation Roundup: Oversight Pressure, Tax Shockwaves and Legal Resets
• Tom Lee urges BitMine shareholders to approve share increase ahead of January 14 vote
• Crypto Crystal Ball 2026: Will Ethereum Finally Start Going Parabolic?
• Pepe (PEPE) Soars by 35% Daily: Is This the Beginning of a Major Bull Run?
• Bitfarms exits Latin America with $30M facility sale
• Bitcoin pushes above $90,000 as traders eye change in pattern
• Changing regulations: What users should know before buying crypto in 2026
• Metaplanet Resumes BTC Accumulation, Strategy and Tether Buy More, but Bitcoin Ended 2025 in Red: Weekly Crypto Recap
• Banxa & Vicox Legal: Leaders in Real Estate Transactions with Cryptocurrency in Europe
• Price predictions 1/2: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH, LINK, ZEC
• Coinbase Plans All-in-One Exchange for Crypto, Stocks, and Commodities in 2026
• Coinbase Targeting Stablecoin Growth, Onchain Adoption in 2026: Brian Armstrong
• Why Is the Shiba Inu (SHIB) Price Up Today?
• Bitcoin ETFs failed a critical holiday stress test as $1.29 billion vanished through “tactical” positioning
• $110 billion in crypto left South Korea in 2025 owing to strict trading rules
• Illivium’s risk-to-earn deathmatch, Axie Infinity to take ‘big swings’: Web3 Gamer
• South Korea’s Top Exchange Says It’s Ready for Bitcoin ETFs, But Regulators Still Stalling
• Cash-like privacy is among digital euro’s 'hardest political tradeoffs'
• The Biggest Games Releasing in January 2026
• What crypto exchanges are watching in 2026, according to OKX’s Rafique
• Bitfarms to Exit Latin America Selling 70 MW Paraguay Mining Site for Up to $30M
• The 5 busiest blockchains of 2025 and what powered their growth
• Bitcoin miner Bitfarms exiting Latin America with $30M sale of Paraguay site
• BTCC Ends 2025 With $53.1 Billion in Tokenized RWA Futures Volume and 11M Users Despite Market-Wide Volatility
• PEPE, BONK post double-digit gains: Are memecoins back?
• Hundreds of EVM Wallets Quietly Drained as Unknown Exploit Steals Over $107K
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Targets $90K Again – Breakout Incoming or Another Rejection?
• Russia cracks down on illegal crypto miners, India lobbies for CBDCs: Global Express
• Bitcoin Price Prediction: RSI Screaming for a Breakout – Is 2026 About to Start With a Bang or a Breakdown? 
• Coinbase Faces Backlash as Base Devs Point to “Corporate Double Speak”
• Bitcoin bulls charge at $90K as traders eye CME gap for BTC price dip
• Flow Pushes $3.9M Recovery Into Phase Two — Exchange Risks Still Present
• Iran accepts cryptocurrency as payment for advanced weapons
• Turkmenistan legalizes crypto mining and exchanges to boost the economy
• Ethereum Suffered Worst Year Since 2018: 9 Red Months in 2025
• Will DeFi adoption officially end in 2026?
• Ripple’s (XRP) Next Big Move, Ethereum’s (ETH) Outlook for a Strong Year, and More: Bits Recap Jan 2
• Veltrixa Introduces Audited AI Trading Platform Designed to Support Data-Driven Crypto Execution
• Coinbase bets on stablecoins, Base and 'everything exchange' for 2026
• Internet Computer climbs back to $3 as short-term momentum improves
• Bitcoin ETF momentum builds in South Korea as regulation lags behind
• BONK jumps more than 10% in 24 hours as momentum pushes price higher
• Major XRP Buy Signal Flashes as Ripple’s Price Finally Shows Early Revival Signs
• Bitcoin ETFs lose record $4.57 billion in two months
• Pi Network’s Vague 2026 Goals Trigger Backlash as PI Misses Market Rally
• Controversial trader exploits a New Year glitch on Binance to make $1.5 million in under 24 hours
• $2.2B Crypto Options Are Expiring Today, Will Markets React?
• DeFi pioneer coughs up $50K after making bad bet on Ether
• Bitcoin's squeeze sets stage for major price swing
• Crypto sentiment shifts off extreme fear, but ‘mixed emotions’ persist
• Solana enters 2026 with last-minute boost in RWA momentum
• Suspected Manipulation on Binance Sends Meme Coin Wild, Trader Wins Big
• Crypto tax data to be collected in 48 counties ahead of CARF 2027
• Cardano's ADA pops 7%, bitcoin, ether show steady gains as traders enter 2026
• Metric suggests Bitcoin has been in a bear market for 2 months
• Tether adds nearly $800 million in bitcoin, bringing holdings above 96,000 BTC
• Dogecoin surges 7% as a double-bottom break sparks DOGE rally
• XRP bounces, but $2 remains the hurdle as exchange supply hits 8-year low
• Polymarket traders see just 21% chance of Bitcoin hitting $150K this year
• Turkmenistan rings in new year with crypto exchanges, miners