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The fund is betting on a liquidity wave driven by U.S. deficit spending and potential money printing by the Federal Reserve, which Hayes expects to support crypto prices.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs have hauled in $1.1 billion in the first two trading days of 2026, with analysts pointing to a new year “clean-slate effect” driving digital asset demand. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have drawn strong inflows in 2026 as Matrixport analysts point to renewed investor appetite due to the new year’s “clean-slate effect.” US spot Bitcoin ETFs bagged $697 million worth of inflows during the second trading day of 2026 on Tuesday, bringing in over $1.1 billion in net positive inflows in the opening two days of the new year, according to Farside Investors data. The renewed inflows are a welcome sign for Bitcoin (BTC) holders, following two consecutive months of net outflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs. The funds saw $3.48 billion in outflows in November and $1.09 billion in December, according to Sosovalue data. Read more

Wall Street heavyweight files for bitcoin trust amid rising institutional demand.

Strong institutional demand returns as flows turn positive and bitcoin price recovers.

Venezuela’s early crypto adoption and gold-to-Bitcoin conversion speculation raise questions about a $60 billion reserve, though analysts have found no proof. The US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has renewed questions over whether Venezuela holds an undisclosed Bitcoin reserve, which analysts say remains unproven. On Saturday, investigative journalist Bradley Hope outlined a theory that Venezuela may be holding a hidden Bitcoin (BTC) reserve worth up to $60 billion, claiming that its government has been converting gold into cryptocurrency over several years. “Sources describe a Swiss lawyer who controls wallet access,” Hope said in a co-authored report published by the investigative newsletter Whale Hunting, raising questions about the alleged involvement of Alex Saab, Venezuela’s minister of industry and national production, who has been sanctioned by the US. Read more

Sui and XRP notched double-digit rallies, leading overnight crypto market gains as Bitcoin held above $93,000.

A migration flaw affecting older wallet setups can wipe local wallet files under specific conditions, prompting developers to pull recent releases. Bitcoin Core developers warned users on Monday of a wallet migration bug in versions 30.0 and 30.1 that can delete files and result in fund loss. The issue occurs under specific conditions and affects migrations from old Bitcoin Core wallets that were never renamed or upgraded. Lacie Zhang, market analyst at Bitget Wallet, told Cointelegraph that the bug is triggered when the software attempts to migrate an unnamed legacy “wallet.dat” file stored in a custom wallet directory, often defined using “-walletdir” setting, while pruning is enabled. Read more

Bubblemaps pushed back after analysts claimed a "99% match" linking a Maduro bet winner to politically connected wallets.

XRP rebounds 25% in 2 weeks, hitting $2.34 as ETF inflows rise and traders watch key resistance levels at $2.41 and $2.5.

RENDER and SUI have surged the most today from the top 100 alts.

Bitcoin (BTC) pierced $94,000 on Jan. 5, reaching its highest level since Dec. 10 and capping a rally that added nearly $100 billion to the total crypto market capitalization in 24 hours. The move came as spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their strongest inflows in three months, derivatives positioning turned aggressively bullish, and macro conditions created […] The post Bitcoin breaks $94,000 for the first time in a month: Why is crypto up today? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The proposal highlights South Korea’s push to align crypto oversight with securities markets, raising stakes for exchanges and traders alike. South Korea’s financial authorities are reportedly weighing whether to allow regulators to preemptively freeze crypto accounts suspected of price manipulation. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) is reviewing the introduction of a payment suspension system that would block transactions before suspects launder potentially illicit gains, local outlet Newsis reported Tuesday. The measure would mirror tools already used in the country’s stock market, where authorities can freeze accounts suspected of manipulation before profits are cashed out. Read more

The $100,000 mark reflects where many mid-term holders break even, giving it outsized influence on sentiment.

[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, January 6th, 2026] Gate Group announced that Gate Technology FZE (“Gate Dubai”), a part of Gate Group, has officially commenced operations. The platform operated by Gate Dubai is now live at https://www.gate.com/en-dubai. Gate Dubai has obtained a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license under the regulation and supervision of Dubai’s […]

Institutional Bitcoin purchases exceeded newly mined supply for eight consecutive days, a signal that has historically preceded major BTC price upside. Bitcoin (BTC) buying is back in 2026 as institutions have acquired more BTC per day than miners produced. Key points: Institutions have been “net buyers” of Bitcoin for eight days straight, a dedicated tracking metric reports. Read more

Bitcoin is moving off a local bottom and coming out of its correction phase, but the path ahead remains volatile. 

Investors would have been better off investing in the S&P500 than betting on US initial public offerings in 2025, with crypto and AI public debuts partly to blame. Crypto and AI-based initial public offerings last year reportedly dragged down the performance of all US public debuts to fall behind the tech-heavy index S&P 500. Shares of all companies that went public last year, not including closed-end funds and blank-check companies, gained 13.9% on a weighted average basis, underperforming the S&P 500’s comparative 16% gain, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Last year saw some of the crypto industry’s biggest players go public as the Trump administration gave Wall Street the confidence to back crypto companies with billions of dollars. However, not every company performed. Read more

Ether prices have reached their highest levels for over three weeks as institutional demand for staking surges.

As regulation advances and institutions scale in, 2026 is shaping up as the year crypto markets are forced to prove their resilience.

Whales accumulated over $5.3 billion in Bitcoin since mid-December while retail traders took profits, creating bullish market conditions. Bitcoin accumulation by whales and recent profit-taking by retail traders could be seen as bullish and leading to more upward market momentum, according to Santiment. Crypto markets “typically follow the path of key whale and shark stakeholders, and move in the opposite direction of small retail wallets,” said onchain analytics platform Santiment on Monday. Whales and sharks are defined as the cohort holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC, while retail traders have wallets with less than 0.01 BTC. Read more