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Holders with large troves of unreported crypto held offshore are rightly getting nervous about new and invasive tax-reporting regimes.

In a global investor survey from Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode, 1 in 4 institutions agreed that crypto has now entered a bear market. Yet the majority of institutions still said Bitcoin was undervalued, and most said they had held or increased exposure since October. That discrepancy matters because it captures how institutions are positioning right […] The post Bitcoin institutions finally admit this is a bear market – so why do 70% say the price is still undervalued? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP is already down by 30% from its peak this month.

Japan spent decades as the world’s best destination for the world's easiest funding trade. You could borrow yen at very low rates, buy almost anything with a higher yield, hedge just enough to feel responsible, and assume the Bank of Japan would keep volatility contained. Late January 2026 is what it looks like when that […] The post Japan bond market chaos threatens unprecedented Bitcoin liquidations as the era of free money ends appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The dividend increase follows renewed pressure on STRC, which has been trading below its $100 par value.

HASH and WLFI are among the poorest performers, while HYPE is actually in the green daily.

Bitcoin mining activity has suffered its sharpest setback in four years after severe winter storms forced large operators to scale back production. The post Bitcoin Hashrate Falls 12% After US Winter Storms Hit Miners appeared first on Cryptonews.

An Abu Dhabi investment vehicle backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s national security adviser, agreed to buy 49% of World Liberty Financial for $500M. A UAE-backed investment vehicle quietly agreed to buy nearly half of World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency startup linked to President Donald Trump, just days before he returned to the White House, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Aryam Investment 1, an Abu Dhabi entity backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, signed a deal in January 2025 to purchase a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million, the Journal said, citing documents and people familiar with the matter. Half of that amount was paid upfront, sending $187 million to Trump family-controlled entities, with additional tens of millions flowing to entities tied to co-founders, including relatives of US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, per the report. Read more

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and venture capitalist Tim Draper launched Grow California with $40 million to elect moderate state legislators and oppose a union-backed wealth tax that would impose a 5% levy on net worth exceeding $1 billion. The post Ripple Co-Founder Leads $40M Push to Counter California Wealth Tax appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin may have found a floor after sliding roughly 7% to $77,000 over the weekend, according to analyst PlanC, who argues the move could mark a pullback. The post Bitcoin’s 7% Drop to $77K May Mark Cycle Low, Analyst Says appeared first on Cryptonews.

Is this the push BTC needed for a new run?

Trump picked Kevin Warsh for Fed chair, the first big market change may be the way the Fed talks When Donald Trump says Jerome Powell “got it wrong,” he usually means one thing: rates should have come down faster. Powell, for all the heat he takes, has still been a fairly standard Fed chair. He […] The post Federal Reserve to abandon ‘boring’ FOMC language, ending dovish vs hawkish analysis? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Step Finance disclosed a $30 million breach of multiple treasury wallets containing 261,854 SOL tokens during Asian Pacific trading hours, sending its native STEP token down 90% as the incident adds to January's $370 million in total crypto exploit losses. The post $30M Stolen as Step Finance Treasury Wallets Compromised appeared first on Cryptonews.

Solana-based DeFi platform Step Finance disclosed a treasury wallet breach that saw over $27 million in SOL moved onchain, sending its STEP token down more than 90%. Step Finance, a decentralized finance portfolio tracker on Solana, has disclosed a security breach that led to the compromise of several treasury wallets, triggering a sharp sell-off in its native token. “Earlier today, several of our treasury wallets were compromised by a sophisticated actor during APAC hours. This was an attack facilitated through a well-known attack vector,” the platform wrote in a post on X, adding that they have taken “remediation” steps. Onchain data reviewed by blockchain security firm CertiK shows that roughly 261,854 Solana (SOL) (worth around $27.2 million) was unstaked and transferred from Step Finance-controlled wallets. Read more

The last time BTC was so deep in the red monthly was during the 2018 bear market.

Bitmine is facing more than $6 billion in unrealized losses on its Ether reserves after the latest downturn in crypto markets. The post Tom Lee–Linked Bitmine Sits on $6B in Unrealized Losses on ETH Reserve appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRP plummeted by double digits yesterday.

Fear grips traders after $2.5B wiped out—Ethereum price prediction asks if smart money is already eyeing a reversal zone. The post Ethereum Price Prediction: $2.5B Liquidated as ETH Slides to $2,400 – Is $2,100 Next? appeared first on Cryptonews.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said in a series of recent X posts that US President Donald Trump was “right on crypto,” while Joe Biden “bungled crypto.” Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has ramped up his social media praise for US President Donald Trump while taking aim at former President Joe Biden, just days after Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, was released from federal custody. Since Bankman-Fried’s February 2025 interview with the New York Sun and March appearance with political commentator Tucker Carlson, many see Bankman-Fried as angling for a pardon from Trump. “@realdonaldtrump is right on crypto,” Bankman-Fried said in an X post on Friday, just days after Ellison walked free after serving 440 days in prison for her role in the 2022 collapse of FTX. Read more

A massive ETH liquidation on Hyperliquid led a leverage-driven wipeout that pushed total crypto liquidations past $2.5 billion in 24 hours.