Author: Oguz Ozdemir
In 2025, Binance had one of its best years. The exchange controlled almost 50% of international trade in Bitcoin and Ethereum on most days of the year. Let’s break it down. With its unique features, Binance continues to shape how millions of users interact with digital assets. Over 300 Million Users User growth was one of the greatest highlights of 2025. Binance has exceeded 300 million users worldwide, making it one of the largest financial system. Increased global adoption, efficient user tools, and greater access drove this growth. Binance said its global user base surpassed 300 million in 2025, with…
Bitcoin has a talent for looking calm right up until it isn’t.In the first trading days of 2026, the tape has had that familiar, coiled feel: enough headline noise to keep traders alert, not enough conviction to force a real move.When crypto behaves like that, the next decisive push often doesn’t come from inside the industry at all.It comes from the bond market, the dollar, and the set of economic releases that reprice the cost of money in minutes.That’s why Monday, Jan. 5, matters.At 10:00 a.m. ET, the Institute for Supply Management will publish its Manufacturing PMI, a single report…
The year 2025 has emerged as a year of consolidation, with major layer-1 networks laying the groundwork for the tooling and technology that will lead to better interoperability, as well as pushing forward with real-world financial use cases.For Ethereum, that meant a surge in institutional adoption and steady progress on scaling, while builders increasingly looked toward interoperability as the key challenge heading into 2026. For Solana, the focus was on stress-testing the network under real demand and hardening its infrastructure, setting the stage for deeper financial use cases in the year ahead. Together, the two networks offer a glimpse into…
Coinbase and its Ethereum layer-2 Base are drawing pushback from traders and builders who argue that its creator token experiment failed to turn a viral social media moment into sustained onchain activity.The backlash came after YouTuber Nick Shirley launched a token on creator platform Zora. Shirley’s token briefly rode his online fame to about a $9 million fully diluted value before sliding to $3 million. Most of the volume came from existing traders rather than new users.In a widely shared critique, trader and content creator notthreadguy argued that if Shirley couldn’t make the model work, nobody could. “If there was ever…
Shiba Inu [SHIB] ended its prolonged bearish trend and broke out of a strong resistance level that had capped its price action since September 2025. At press time, the SHIB was trading at $0.0000079, up 8.5% over the past 24 hours. Alongside the price surge, investor and trader participation also strengthened, as trading volume jumped 96% to $228.5 million during the same period. This rise in trading volume alongside the price increase suggests that market participants are showing strong interest in SHIB’s current trend, pointing to a bullish signal for holders. SHIB price action and technical analysis The key catalyst…
On-chain security researcher ZachXBT flagged hundreds of wallets across multiple EVM chains getting drained for small amounts, typically under $2,000 per victim, funneling into a single suspicious address.The theft total climbed past $107,000 and kept rising. The root cause is still unknown, but users reported receiving a phishing email disguised as a mandatory MetaMask upgrade, complete with a party-hat fox logo and a “Happy New Year!” subject line.This attack arrived when developers were on holiday, support channels were running skeleton crews, and users were scrolling through inboxes cluttered with New Year promotions.Attackers exploit that window. The small per-victim amounts suggest…
As 2025 came to a close, subtle changes in Federal Reserve activity started to catch the attention of traders watching both macro markets and crypto. Unusual moves in short-term funding and a series of quiet policy adjustments suggested that liquidity pressures might be easing. For some observers, that raised the possibility that Bitcoin could start moving higher before traditional markets show clearer signs of recovery in 2026. A Tense Year-End in Short-Term Funding On December 31, 2025, banks drew a record $74.6 billion from the Federal Reserve’s Standing Repo Facility. That spike pointed to stress in short-term funding markets right…
Today in crypto: Bitcoin Holds Firm Amid US Attack on Venezuela, BitMine Immersion Technologies has staked another 82,560 Ether. Meanwhile, a crypto executive stresses that the US CLARITY Act requires time to be done correctly. Bitcoin holds firm amid US attack on VenezuelaThe price of Bitcoin (BTC) held steady at above $90,000 amid a US attack on Venezuela that culminated in the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.Although BTC initially reacted slightly to the news, the price barely budged, quickly climbing back above the $90,000 level, despite the attack dominating media headlines.“The US bombed a country and captured its leader,…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) remained firm at about $90,000, despite geopolitical tensions between the United States and Venezuela reaching a boiling point in the early hours of Saturday morning.Bitcoin briefly fell below $90,000 on Saturday before climbing back up above the $90,000 level, where it is trading at the time of this writing. “The US bombed a country and captured its leader, on a weekend no less, and yet Bitcoin has barely moved,” Nic Puckrin, market analyst and founder of the crypto media company Coin Bureau, said in an X post. The price of Bitcoin barely moved, despite the…
Crypto traders are increasing their bets on former Trump advisor Judy Shelton even as the Fed chair race continues to tighten. This comes amid a drop in Kevin Hassett’s odds, although he remains the favorite to replace Jerome Powell. Judy Shelton’s Fed Chair Odds Rise as Market Awaits Trump’s Decision Kalshi data shows that crypto traders are increasing their bets on Judy Shelton replacing Powell, with her odds rising to 5%. Meanwhile, Hassett has seen his odds drop to 38%, from a high of around 85% at the start of December last year. Source: Kalshi Shelton’s odds of becoming the…