Cryptocurrency

• Bitcoin is under pressure after a brutal week. Here's why - Cryptocurrency markets fell as global equities and precious metals sold off while bitcoin liquidations exacerbated downside moves.
• Chinese organized crime networks moved $16 billion in crypto in 2025, according to report - A report published on Tuesday has found Chinese organized crime networks to be laundering massive volumes of illicit funds through
• Bitcoin dips below $78,000 as market digests silver sell-off, Trump's Fed chair pick - Bitcoin and Ethereum plunged following wide swings in the commodities market.
• Fireblocks CEO says North Korea-linked job recruitment scam targeted LinkedIn profiles - CEO Michael Shaulov said hackers, especially those with ties to North Korea, have been evolving at "lightspeed" because of AI.
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand 'optimistic' Senate Agriculture will advance crypto bill despite differences - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is "very optimistic" the Senate Agriculture Committee's updated cryptocurrency market structure bill will move forward.
• Pardoned Binance founder Zhao says his business relationship with the Trumps was 'misconstrued' - Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao said that he has "no business relationships whatsoever" with the Trump family.
• Led by Texas, New Hampshire, U.S. states race to prove they can put bitcoin on public balance sheet - Many U.S. states are planning bitcoin strategic reserves, and other forms of crypto financing, showing budgets are buying into the digital assets trend.
• The boldest bitcoin predictions for 2026 are in — from $75,000 to $225,000 - Industry executives and investors forecast a wide range of prices for bitcoin in 2026, dropping as low as $75,000 and rising as high as $225,000.
• Dust to data centers: The year AI tech giants, and billions in debt, began remaking the American landscape - Big Tech is remaking the U.S. map into an AI empire — kingdom-scale data centers, unprecedented debt, power constraints, and a near-religious belief in scaling.
• To lower crypto investment risk, the market is starting to diversify - Cryptocurrency market volatility won't go away, but the market is beginning to apply portfolio diversification ideas to assets like bitcoin.