Crypto traders are abandoning token speculation in favour of prediction markets following a brutal $150 billion altcoin crash, with platforms like Polymarket seeing app installs surge from 30,000 to over 400,000 between January and December 2025, according to Bloomberg.Source: BloombergWeekly trading volume across prediction platforms, including Polymarket and Kalshi, exploded…

The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) is investigating allegations that the son of a Department of Defense and Department of Justice services provider, charged with managing cryptocurrency seized by law enforcement, stole more than $40 million worth of confiscated digital assets. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT accused John “Lick” Daghita, son of Dean…

Gold (GC=F) futures opened at $5,013.40 per troy ounce on Monday, up 0.7% from Friday’s closing price of $4,979.70. This was the first time the price of gold opened above $5,000. Gold’s move above $5,000 follows a weekend threat by President Trump to levy a 100% tariff on all Canadian…

BitMine Immersion Technologies, a New York–listed company chaired by Fundstrat’s Tom Lee, has quietly built one of the largest concentrated positions in Ethereum ever disclosed by a single entity.In an update published on January 26, BitMine said it now holds 4,243,338 ether, giving the company control of roughly 3.52% of…

Lantern Finance, a U.S.-based crypto lending company, has added Bitcoin Cash, Chainlink, and Sui as eligible collateral on its crypto-backed lending platform, expanding support for assets with established holder bases. With the update, Lantern now supports twelve digital assets in total. Existing collateral options include Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Litecoin,…

As 2026 begins, changes are filtering through the U.S. housing market. Mortgage rates are near their lowest in over three years. Home values are decreasing in certain areas, sellers are reducing their listing prices, and houses are staying on the market for longer. Considering all of the factors that exist…

Everyone’s building AI applications, but nobody’s asking who’s going to run them. AI models need actual compute, bandwidth, and storage, not just code and hype. Last year, I watched DePIN move from a narrative into a clear answer to this infrastructure gap. As a result, the market stopped rewarding projects…

Bitcoin (BTC) has been unable to break out of its downtrend since October. After the major crash, which saw it fall to the $80,000 mark, BTC has closed every month in the red since then. At this point, the risk of Bitcoin closing January in the red is increasing, and…

Some federal student loan borrowers can qualify for forgiveness through programs such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Teacher Loan Forgiveness (TLF), or after making years of payments under an income-driven repayment (IDR) plan. These programs provide significant relief. As of September 2025, PSLF forgiveness eliminated $87.6 billion in combined…

When people say they’ve been “audited,” they usually mean they received a letter from the IRS. But not every IRS letter signals an audit. It helps to understand how returns are selected — and how issues are handled once they’re identified.Audit rates are typically very low. According to the 2024…