Crypto for Thursday, January 8, 2026

• Pi Coin Price Prediction: Bullish Pattern Forms as Volume Shoots Up – PI Could Go Higher Than Most Think
• Pepe Coin Price Prediction: PEPE Just Crushed DOGE and SHIB – Is This the Meme Coin Flippening?
• Next Altcoin to Turn $100 into $10,000 – 7 January
• Wall Street, Crypto Leaders Make 'Progress' on Crypto Bill in Private Meeting: Sources
• Truebit (TRU) Slips 99.95% as Cyvers Flags $26M ETH Drain
• Solana Price Prediction: Solana Just Quietly Took Over Wall Street’s Hottest New Trend – Is This the Most Bullish Chart in Crypto?
• XRP Price Prediction: Spot Trading Arrives After Years of Waiting, Is This the Missing Piece for XRP Bulls?
• Trump says he won't rescue Sam Bankman-Fried with pardon
• Crypto Price Prediction Today 8 January – XRP, Bitcoin, Maxi Doge
• Stablecoins just replaced Bitcoin for crime on the dark web – and the reason why is a $154 billion nightmare
• Best Crypto to Buy Now January 8 – XRP, Zcash, PEPE
• Strange New Chinese AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Dogecoin and Solana By the End of 2026
• Pi Network (PI) Price Predictions: Here’s Why It’s Hard to Stay Bullish
• Nexo to offer zero-interest crypto lending for BTC and ETH holders
• XRP Price Prediction: XRP Enters Re-Accumulation After Rally – $3.20 Target Back in Focus
• Ethereum Treasury Firm SharpLink Stakes $170 Million of ETH on Linea
• Boston Dynamics Unveils First Commercial Atlas Humanoid Robot
• CFTC issues no-action letter to Bitnomial, clearing way for event contracts
• Bitnomial wins U.S. regulator's nod on prediction markets push, joins growing crowd
• Donald Trump will not consider pardon for Sam Bankman-Fried: NYT
• Myriad Moves: Traders Bet on Zcash Rebound, But Aren't Buying Another Bitcoin All-Time High
• Optimism Proposes Using Half Its Revenue to Buy Back OP Tokens
• Bitcoin bulls chase $91K as early 2026 rally finds sustained volume
• Scientists Crammed a Computer Into a Robot the Size of a Grain of Salt
• CryptoQuant CEO: Bitcoin Enters ‘Boring’ Sideways Phase as Inflows Stall
• Truebit token price falls 99% after reports of $26M exploit
• Temple Digital Group launches 24/7 institutional trading built on Canton
• New York Lawmakers Target Prediction Markets as NHL's Rangers Ink Polymarket Deal
• Bank of America upgrades Coinbase to 'buy' as exchange moves beyond crypto
• Trump could use Greenland for 10,000 EH/s Bitcoin mining hub from stranded energy if it becomes a part of the US
• Morgan Stanley to launch digital asset wallet as part of crypto product expansion
• ‘Deeply undervalued’ bitcoin faces continued bear market with no clear upside catalyst
• Crypto Market Cools as Bitcoin Stays Within Death Cross: Analysis
• Ethereum (ETH) Breakout Nears as Supply Falls, But Demand Lags
• Ethereum scaling network Polygon close to buying bitcoin kiosk firm Coinme, sources say
• e-pick: Your One-Stop Unboxing Platform for Japanese Pokémon Cards
• Florida Lawmakers Renew Push to Launch State Bitcoin Reserve
• Shiba Inu Price Prediction: SHIB is Up 25% in January – How High Can it Go This Week?
• JPMorgan expands blockchain goals, plans to build ‘interoperable digital money’
• Zcash Split Deepens: Bootstrap Blames Nonprofit Rules as ZEC Plunges 16%
• Zcash just plummeted 20% after its entire team walked out, exposing a boardroom battle over the project’s assets
• Coincheck to acquire digital asset manager 3iQ in $112M stock deal
• BlackRock adds $900M BTC as Bitcoin long-term selling falls to 2017 lows
• Altcoin Holders Beware: Binance Will Remove 23 Trading Pairs
• Treasury Secretary Calls for More Rate Cuts Despite Strong Jobs Data
• Why South Korea is struggling to decide who can issue stablecoins
• Google Just Overhauled Gmail With Gemini 3, Turning It Into an AI Assistant
• The ZCash situation explained! Interview with ZEC bull Mert! BTC below $90K! ZEC falls 19%!
• $50K or $250K? Top crypto companies are divided on Bitcoin's trajectory in 2026
• Stand With Crypto: Primary goal for 2026 is crypto market structure
• SharpLink Deploys $170M ETH on Linea in Institutional-Scale DeFi Move
• Bank of America Upgrades Coinbase to 'Buy' on Base Prospects, Tokenization Tailwinds
• XRP ETFs see $40M of outflows after eight-week run of inflows
• FATF Cites T3 Financial Crime Unit as Model for Combating Illicit Activity on Blockchains
• Why is Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI) is applying for a banking license right now?
• Bitcoin vs. gold vs. silver in 2026: How investors are repricing scarcity
• Polygon Labs Launches Open Money Stack to Bridge Fiat and Onchain Settlement
• Zcash governance clash tanked the token. Here's why it may not be as big as it seems.
• Whales Can’t Get Enough of Meme Coins as FLOKI Explodes 950%
• Florida Revives Bitcoin Reserve Plan for 2026 – But With a Major Cutback
• Bitcoin bounces to $90,500 after testing key support of $89,200
• Ethereum is the Linux of blockchain, says co-founder Vitalik Buterin
• Bitcoin on Exchanges Can Be Legally Seized in South Korea, Supreme Court Affirms
• JPMorgan Flags Crypto Sell-off Bottom as ETF Flows Turn Two-Way
• Polygon Labs unveils ‘Open Money Stack’ to power borderless stablecoin payments
• Crypto for Advisors: 2026: Crypto and Beyond
• Zcash governance in turmoil: How low can ZEC price go?
• Crypto Lobby Swarms Capitol Hill as Senate Vote Looms — With No Deal in Sight
• Bitcoin trader maintains $76K BTC price target as 2026 comeback fizzles
• Optimism proposes OP token buybacks using 50% of superchain revenue
• Ripple’s XRP Supply Shrinks Fast: Could $10 Be Next This Cycle?
• JPMorgan says the crypto selloff may be nearing a bottom as ETF outflows ease
• Polymarket user who won $400K on Maduro ouster bet quietly disappears
• Prediction markets let insiders profit on leaks, yet a massive Dow Jones partnership just validated the rig
• Zcash backer Bootstrap says split due to clash over nonprofit rules, Zashi future
• Crypto Recovers Restores Over $2.5 Million in Inaccessible Cryptocurrency Assets
• Digital Finance Will Evolve Into ‘Foundational Infrastructure Layer’ in 2026: Moody’s
• Zcash Governance Crisis Forces Full Exit of Electric Coin Company Staff
• CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Ripple (XRP) Drops 4.5% as Nearly All Assets Decline
• Davinci Jeremie bought Bitcoin at $1… but $100K BTC doesn’t excite him
• Stand With Crypto advocacy group sees nearly 700,000 new members ahead of 2026 election
• Tokenized Brazilian credit card debt offers 13% yield through BlackOpal's GemStone platform
• Nvidia’s Vera Rubin keeps crypto networks like Render in demand
• Digital assets to move from speculation to infrastructure in 2026, B. Riley says
• China’s interest-bearing digital yuan piles pressure on US stablecoin rules
• Morning Minute: The Institutions Aren’t Coming—They’re Here
• Crypto Liquidations Top $477M as Bitcoin Slips Below $90K
• Florida narrows scope of revived Bitcoin reserve proposal for 2026
• North Korea, Russia, and Stablecoins Fuel $154B Illicit Crypto Surge: Chainalysis
• Zcash Plunges Double Digits After ECC Team ‘Constructively Discharged’
• BNB falls below $885 as broader market pulls back and treasury tensions emerge
• Bitcoin Price Analysis: What Will Happen to BTC if Crucial $90K Support Cracks?
• Florida revives push for bitcoin reserve with new 2026 bill
• Binance expands into precious metals with gold, silver futures settled in USDT
• Spot XRP ETFs’ Record Green Streak Snapped as Ripple Price Plunges 13% in Days
• Banks must upgrade their blockchain infrastructure
• Solana is becoming settlement rail for Visa and JPMorgan but one metric still scares insiders
• Memecoins, DeFi lead declines as caution seeps in: Crypto Daybook Americas
• October's crypto crash left market makers stuffed with coins, slowing trading: BitMEX
• BNB treasury strategy sparks governance battle at CEA Industries
• Bitcoin falls below $90,000 as altcoins slide in thin trading: Crypto Markets Today
• Bitcoin's market rhymes as identical November lows create familiar January setup
• Fireblocks Expands Into Crypto Accounting With TRES Finance Acquisition
• India's Tax Department Echoes Reserve Bank's Concerns on Crypto
• Zcash (ZEC) Plunges by Double Digits, Bitcoin (BTC) Slips Below $90K: Market Watch
• Bitcoin is trapped in a $54 billion Nvidia gamble that could trigger a sudden institutional sell-off
• Bitcoin price may bottom at $88K next cycle if last CME gap stays open
• CZ-backed YZi Labs escalates fight over CEA’s ‘poison pill’ and BNB treasury strategy
• What’s Trapping Bitcoin (BTC) Below $100K? Analysts Break It Down
• BitMine buys $105M Ether to kick off 2026, still holds $915M in cash
• XRP Sees Surge in $100K+ Transactions: What Does it Mean for Ripple’s Price?
• India tax authorities warn crypto undermines tax enforcement
• The Highway Analogy: Vitalik Buterin’s Plan to Scale Ethereum 1000x
• Crypto Market Structure Bill Close to Passing: Senator Lummis
• Crypto firms like Ripple are betting on a Senate deal that is rapidly unraveling behind closed doors
• We Asked 4 AIs if Dogecoin (DOGE) Will Reach New ATH in 2026
• Google, Character.AI Agree to Settle US Lawsuit Over Teen’s Suicide
• Three Catalysts That Could Kickstart a Crypto Rally in 2026: Bitwise
• World Liberty Financial Applies for OCC Trust Bank Charter
• OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health Push Raises Questions About Data Security
• Wyoming rolls out state-backed FRNT stablecoin to the public
• Crypto credit is starting to look like cash savings accounts: Asia Morning Briefing
• Trumps' World Liberty Financial applies for banking charter to expand USD1