Gold has surged to $4,906/oz, as 2025 ETF holdings rose 801 tonnes and Q4 bar-and-coin demand hit 420 tonnes, even after higher Comex margins. Central-bank buying for 2026 has been penciled in at 800 tonnes. Bitcoin, at $72,639, has traded like a VAR-driven risk asset as desks cut size in drawdowns.
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Category: Cryptocurrencies
Base Restores Network Stability After Transaction Delays Triggered by Configuration Change
Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 network backed by Coinbase, has restored overall network stability following intermittent transaction inclusion delays and elevated transaction drops that affected users at the end of January.
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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Leans Into Crypto Dip With Fresh Bitmine And Circle Purchases
Ark Invest added $3.25M of Bitmine and $2.4M of Circle, extending Cathie Wood’s buy-the-dip push as Bitcoin steadied in the mid $70,000s.
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XRP Price Prediction: Ripple Supports Tokenization of $280M in Diamonds on XRPL
XRP Price Prediction: Ripple has said it will support Billiton Diamond and Ctrl Alt in tokenizing AED 1B ($280M) of certified polished diamonds held in UAE custody on the XRP Ledger. Spot XRP ETFs have drawn $1.3B+ since Nov. 2025, while XRP sits near $1.56 with $1.78 and $2.00 as resistance.
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JPMorgan Says Family Offices Are Dumping Crypto for AI Bets
JPMorgan’s 2026 Global Family Office Report found 89% of surveyed offices carry zero crypto exposure while 65% prioritize AI investments, though a parallel wave of institutional crypto entries from Hong Kong and Asian family offices signals a widening divide in how the wealthiest capital pools are approaching digital assets.
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Hyperliquid Moves Toward Prediction Markets With New Proposal
Hyperliquid unveiled a plan to enter prediction markets with outcome-based trades that are fully funded and avoid leverage and liquidations.
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Cboe Revives “All-or-Nothing” Binary Options to Challenge Prediction Market: WSJ
Cboe has weighed bringing back fixed-return binary options for retail investors and has held preliminary discussions with brokerages, market makers, and regulators. The move has followed a surge in prediction markets, with Kalshi and Polymarket posting record monthly volume in January in the U.S. now.
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US Liquidity Crisis Sparked $250B Crash, Not a ‘Broken’ Crypto Market: Analyst
Raoul Pal says the $250B crypto crash was driven by U.S. liquidity pressures from Treasury cash flows, reverse repo depletion, and a gold rally, with Bitcoin mirroring SaaS stocks, not failing fundamentals.
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Ripple Co-Founder Leads $40M Push to Counter California Wealth Tax
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.
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Bitcoin Hashrate Falls 12% After US Winter Storms Hit Miners
Bitcoin mining activity has suffered its sharpest setback in four years after severe winter storms forced large operators to scale back production.
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