Author: Oguz Ozdemir

The crypto market isn’t alone in climbing this new year — the US national debt is soaring too.The national debt has risen to $38.5 trillion, the highest amount the country has ever owed to domestic and foreign lenders, according to debt dashboards.Over 70% of the national debt is owed to domestic lenders, while the rest is owed to overseas lenders, led by Japan, China, and the United Kingdom.The raw number isn’t the whole story; it’s how it stacks up against the economy. The US GDP, which is the total value of everything produced in a year, sits closer to $30…

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 space for risk assets to rebound into the new year.US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged $471 million in net inflows on Jan. 2, led by BlackRock’s IBIT, helping push BTC back over $90,000 into the weekend and setting the stage for today’s breakout.The ETF demand arrived amid…

In brief Market experts say liquidity will concentrate across fewer venues in 2026 as MiCA, Asia regulations, and the U.S. CLARITY Act shift trading behavior. October 2025’s $19 billion liquidation crisis exposed the fragility of infrastructure and liquidity gaps that institutions cannot tolerate, experts say. The regulatory focus is shifting from basic licensing to market structure and governance frameworks needed to bridge traditional finance with digital assets. Crypto markets are likely to see liquidity concentrate across fewer venues in 2026 as new regulatory frameworks and institutional participation begin to shape how trading actually functions, market participants say.Algorithmic trading and market-making…

Caroline Bishop Jan 06, 2026 08:03 ATOM price prediction suggests potential rally to $2.60-$2.80 range as technical indicators align bullishly near critical $2.40 resistance level. Cosmos (ATOM) is showing promising technical signals that suggest a potential breakout above current resistance levels. Our comprehensive ATOM price prediction analysis indicates the cryptocurrency is positioning for a significant move as multiple indicators converge at critical price levels. ATOM Price Prediction Summary • ATOM short-term target (1 week): $2.55-$2.65 (+7-11%) • Cosmos medium-term forecast (1 month): $2.60-$2.80 range• Key level to break for bullish continuation: $2.41 •…

Bitcoin institutions bought more BTC than miners added to the supply in the first week of 2026 as a classic BTC price bull signal began to repeat.Bitcoin (BTC) buying is back in 2026 as institutions acquire more BTC per day than miners produce.Key points:Institutions are now “net buyers” of Bitcoin for eight days straight, a dedicated tracking metric reports.Sustained net buying has resulted in average BTC price upside of nearly 110% since 2020.Bitcoin is due a relief bounce after three months of losses.Institutions buy 76% more BTC than miners addThe latest data from quantitative Bitcoin and digital asset fund Capriole…

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)…