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Pepe price was up more than 35% on the day as the cryptocurrency market witnessed a pumping start to 2026. There were also huge gains for Bonk, Floki and SPX6900, highlighting renewed memecoin vigour. Speculative enthusiasm is also driving price movements for top coins, Bitcoin and Ethereum. As of writing, Pepe ranked as the best performing memecoin among the top 100 by market cap. The frog-themed token had recorded an impressive 35% gain in the past 24 hours, trading to intraday highs of $0.000005667. Notably, Pepe’s price rally has been accompanied by a dramatic increase in trading activity. Per CoinMarketCap,…

Some of the biggest gainers over the past several days have been meme coins. The broader cryptocurrency market has signaled its first revival signs of the year after the painful Q4, 2025, in which many assets posted double-digit declines, pushing analysts to question the overall industry state. Interestingly, the biggest gainers since Friday come from the meme coin niche, which could signal a significant change in investor behavior. Data from CoinGecko shows that BONK has emerged as the top performer in the past 24 hours. The asset has returned to the top 100 alts by market cap after suring…

Wintermute faced scrutiny for two recent events: dumping Bitcoin onto Binance during New Year’s Eve’s thin liquidity, then scrambling to accumulate coins in what appeared to be urgent buying ahead of the Fed announcement on Jan. 2.The claims paint a picture of coordinated manipulation: sell into weakness, buy back cheaper. On-chain data supports the first accusation, but not the second.The evidence comes from blockchain transaction records, not from exchange order books. Every flow analyzed involves addresses labeled by Arkham as belonging to Wintermute on one side and Binance hot wallets on the other.This methodology captures custody transfers between the market…

After a quiet holiday stretch and muted market activity, memecoins are making a sharp comeback. Trading volume is climbing, social chatter is heating up, and retail traders are rotating into high-risk, high-reward tokens for the first time since late 2025. Memecoins are leading crypto’s rebound into the new year with sharp, sentiment-driven moves. Over the past seven days, the meme sector’s market cap rose 20.8% to above $45.3 billion. That surge reflects renewed risk appetite after a quiet holiday stretch. Price action shows clear standouts. Pepe [PEPE] and Useless Coin [USELESS] each jumped 54%, signaling aggressive rotation into high-beta names.…

Drift Overview Our real-time DRIFT to USD price update shows the current Drift price as $0.17 USD. Drift Profit Calculator Profit calculation please wait… Drift (DRIFT) Technical Overview When discussing future trading opportunities of digital assets, it is essential to pay attention to market sentiments. Drift Prediction Table 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2040 2050 December $0.1742 $0.1742 $0.1742 All Time $0.174 $0.174 $0.174 January $0.167 $0.181 $0.189 February $0.174 $0.188 $0.199 March $0.182 $0.195 $0.208 April $0.189 $0.202 $0.218 May $0.197 $0.209 $0.228 June $0.204 $0.216 $0.238 July $0.212 $0.223 $0.247 August $0.219 $0.230…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin declared that the blockchain has solved the trilemma through a combination of ZK-EVMs reaching production-grade performance and PeerDAS running live on mainnet. Summary Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum now achieves bandwidth, consensus, and decentralization. ZK-EVMs reach production grade, with mainnet adoption starting in 2026. PeerDAS live on Ethereum removes historical bandwidth constraints. The technological developments position Ethereum as a network combining high bandwidth, consensus, and decentralization. These were three qualities previously considered impossible to achieve simultaneously. Buterin expects higher non-ZK-EVM gas limits and the emergence of ZK-EVM nodes starting in 2026. ZK-EVMs will become the primary block…

“If the 4-year cycle is still in play, BTC will dump to $32,000 in January,” one analyst predicted. Bitcoin (BTC) has rallied in the opening days of the year (for now), fueling optimism among bulls that 2026 could be a highly rewarding period. Others believe the following 12 months will be generous only for the bears, envisioning a severe pullback. The Bullish Scenario The largest cryptocurrency had its shining moments in 2025, and its price reached a new record of over $126,000 at the beginning of October. However, the following months were brutal, and BTC closed the year at…

Bitcoin holds above $91K despite geopolitical tension, but Monday’s market open could trigger fresh volatility or a breakout. Bitcoin Holds Firm Amid US-Venezuela Conflict Escalation BTC price rose 1.7% to $91,235 in the past 24 hours, despite the US military strike on Venezuela. This operation resulted in the detention of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who was taken to New York. The raid was confirmed by President Trump, who described it as a large-scale strike and the US would preside over the transition in Venezuela. He included that the American oil companies will begin operations in Venezuela and…

US Rep. Ritchie Torres said he will introduce legislation to curb what he and other lawmakers describe as possible insider trading on prediction markets, after a single, highly timed wager on Polymarket paid off when Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was captured. Related Reading Reports have disclosed that the bill — being called the Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026 — would bar federally elected officials, political appointees and executive branch staff from trading on event markets when they hold material nonpublic information. Public Integrity In Focus According to reporting, a newly created Polymarket account placed roughly $32,500…

Semilore Faleti is a cryptocurrency writer specialized in the field of journalism and content creation. While he started out writing on several subjects, Semilore soon found a knack for cracking down on the complexities and intricacies in the intriguing world of blockchains and cryptocurrency. Semilore is drawn to the efficiency of digital assets in terms of storing, and transferring value. He is a staunch advocate for the adoption of cryptocurrency as he believes it can improve the digitalization and transparency of the existing financial systems. In two years of active crypto writing, Semilore has covered multiple aspects of the digital…