Author: Oguz Ozdemir

Bitcoin is moving off a local bottom and coming out of its correction phase, but the path ahead remains volatile.  Crypto market momentum conditions have begun to recover, with RSI [relative strength index] rebounding into the upper-neutral zone, “signalling a renewed build-up in upside momentum,” reported on-chain analytics platform Glassnode on Monday. More Bitcoin supply is returning to profit, with declining loss-taking, and realized loss-taking pressure has declined sharply, “signalling a slow improvement in holder sentiment,” they added. “Spot market behaviour shows a meaningful reduction in sell-side aggression, while spot volumes have expanded modestly, pointing to improving liquidity without…

The Ethereum network validator exit queue has fallen back toward zero for the first time since July last year, which could reduce selling pressure, analysts say.According to data from Beaconcha.in, the current exit queue is just 32 Ether (ETH), with a wait time of around a minute. It is down 99.9% from its peak of 2.67 million ETH in mid-September. Meanwhile, the entry queue has hit its highest level since mid-November at 1.3 million ETH, signalling renewed interest in Ether staking. The ETH staking exit queue is “basically empty,” said Asymetrix chief technology officer and ETHKyiv founder Rostyk. “No one wants to…

Ethereum Layer-2 network Starknet reportedly suffered fresh mainnet downtime, adding another outage to a growing list of reliability scares in 2025. While Starknet’s token price data stayed limited at press time, the network still secures around $548 million in value, so every hour offline traps real money and freezes real trades. This comes as Ethereum scaling solutions race to attract users and developers, even as outages remind everyone that faster and cheaper does not always mean safer. Market Cap 24h 7d 30d 1y All Time DISCOVER: Top Ethereum Meme Coins to Buy in 2026 What Just Happened to Starknet, And…

Ripple [XRP] was trading at $2.39, at the time of writing. The altcoin has rallied by 31% since the start of the new year, especially as Bitcoin [BTC] challenged the $94.5k-resistance level. In fact, XRP has outperformed both Bitcoin [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH] in recent days. It even managed to surpass Binance Coin [BNB] in terms of market capitalization, earning itself the fourth spot on CoinMarketCap’s list of the largest crypto assets. Source: CryptoQuant AMBCrypto previously reported that the exchange reserves of XRP hit an 8-year low, with a 57% decline compared to October 2025. The compressed volatility of XRP…

On Monday, Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, announced a new acquisition of Bitcoin (BTC) in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Notably, this latest purchase brings the company’s total holdings to nearly 680,000 BTC, with current figures standing at 672,497 BTC.  Bitcoin Buys Vs. Stock Struggles Analysts, including Lirrato on the social media platform X, revealed that the company acquired 22,498 BTC in December alone. To reach the target of 680,000 BTC by January, Strategy needs only 7,503 more coins—an amount they surpassed last month. Related Reading However, despite this bullish acquisition, the company’s stock (MSTR)…

Ethereum became a focal point in the crypto world recently when a whale placed a $63M short bet, targeting the altcoin’s price resistance at $3,200-$3,400. The market is now eagerly anticipating the next move, questioning whether ETH could break through the aforementioned level. In fact, traders are on edge as they wait closely for Ethereum’s next move. Hence, the question – Will Ethereum’s price reclaim the $3,200-$3,400 resistance zone, or will it fail to maintain momentum? A $63M whale bet on Ethereum’s future Ethereum’s whale took a major risk, shorting $63M worth of ETH with 3x leverage. If Ethereum [ETH]…

Key takeaways DOGE is trading above $0.146 after adding 18% to its value in seven days. The leading memecoin could face a correction below $0.14. DOGE trades above $0.14 Meme coins such as Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), and Pepe (PEPE) are leading the cryptocurrency market rally thanks to the geopolitical tension in Venezuela.  The United States conducted an operation in Venezuela over the weekend, capturing Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. They were brought to the U.S. and will appear in federal court at noon on Monday, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. District Court in…

When Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appears in a federal courtroom in New York to face narco-terrorism charges, the world will see a geopolitical spectacle.However, for cryptocurrency investors, the proceedings carry a hidden financial stake that could reshape the global Bitcoin market for years to come.Data from Bitcoin Treasuries credit the Venezuelan government with holding just 240 Bitcoin, a position valued at approximately $22 million. On its own, such a balance is a rounding error, irrelevant primarily to global liquidity or price discovery.Venezuela Bitcoin Holdings (Source: Bitcoin Treasuries)However, a new Whale Hunt report suggests this official figure may be a mirage.According…

Andreessen Horowitz, better known as a16z, has shared its annual list of 17 priorities for the crypto space in 2026. The partners covered topics ranging from stablecoins, tokenization, and finance to AI, privacy, security, prediction markets, and building new products. These ideas reflect where a16z sees the market heading and what builders should focus on next year. Stablecoins and Tokenized Assets a16z says stablecoins will keep growing. They handled about $46 trillion in transactions in 2025. That is more than 20 times PayPal and almost three times Visa. The challenge, a16z notes, is connecting stablecoins to everyday money systems. 17…

Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF has released its initial round of staking rewards to shareholders. The action is accompanied by new inflows back into Ethereum ETFs which indicates the sentiment is better after the recent volatility in the market. Do Ethereum Staking Rewards Increase ETF Investor Confidence?  The announcement stated that the distribution includes rewards accrued from early October to the end of December. The staking activity in the fund was converted to direct cash returns to shareholders at 0.083178 per share. Shareholders will be paid in cash according to their records as of January 5 and the payments will take…