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After a year of steady decline, the “memecoin dominance” ratio, a key metric tracking the sector’s share of the total altcoin market, has abruptly reversed course from historic lows.This came as the total capitalization of meme assets reclaimed the $50 billion mark and tokens such as PEPE, BONK, and FLOKI posted outsized double-digit gains to start the year.The surge is forcing institutional managers and retail traders alike to confront a critical question: Is this a fleeting spasm of post-holiday speculation, or the early bellwether for a broader market rotation?Data from market intelligence firm CryptoQuant highlights the severity of the shift.…

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…

An international team of archaeologists from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and Italy’s University of Padua has uncovered several industrial workshops and a burial complex in Egypt’s western Nile Delta region. The discovery took place across two interconnected archaeological sites in the Beheira Governorate: Kom Al-Ahmar and Kom Wasit. The Egyptian daily newspaper Al-Ahram reported the news on December 30. The industrial complex is from the early Ptolemaic Period, around 300 BCE, and the nearby necropolis is from the subsequent Roman Period. The discovery includes remains of a large building subdivided into six rooms. Related Articles Archaeologists found nearly 10,000…

Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee said Monday Bitcoin BTC$93,547.04 has not yet peaked and could reach a new all-time high as soon as this month, doubling down on a bullish crypto and equity outlook during a CNBC Squawk Box appearance.“I don’t think bitcoin has peaked yet,” Lee said. “We were overly optimistic about achieving the high-water mark before December, but I do believe that bitcoin can hit a new all-time high by the end of January 2026. So, we should not assume that the prices of bitcoin, ethereum, or other cryptocurrencies have already peaked.”The call comes after a late-2025…

Coinbase shares spiked 8% after Goldman Sachs upgraded COIN from “neutral” to “buy” as it upped its 12-month price target on its growing diversification. In a report on Monday, Goldman Sachs analyst James Yaro said the bank has “selective optimism” about US brokers and “structurally growing crypto infrastructure businesses” such as Coinbase. The firm upgraded COIN to “buy” and also raised its 12-month price target from $294 to $303 per share. COIN closed the day with an 8% gain, sitting at $254.92 at the time of writing, with minimal action in after-hours markets.  At the current price, Goldman Sachs’ 12-month price target…

Andreessen Horowitz, better known as a16z, has shared its annual list of 17 priorities for the crypto space in 2026. The partners covered topics ranging from stablecoins, tokenization, and finance to AI, privacy, security, prediction markets, and building new products. These ideas reflect where a16z sees the market heading and what builders should focus on next year. Stablecoins and Tokenized Assets a16z says stablecoins will keep growing. They handled about $46 trillion in transactions in 2025. That is more than 20 times PayPal and almost three times Visa. The challenge, a16z notes, is connecting stablecoins to everyday money systems. 17…

Buterin frames Ethereum’s progress as a structural shift, not a performance tweak, pointing to live code already reshaping the network. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin over the weekend declared that the blockchain trilemma, the long-held belief that a network cannot simultaneously achieve decentralization, security, and scalability, has been solved. His statement marks a pivotal claim for the ecosystem, asserting that this breakthrough is no longer theoretical but is being realized through live technology on the network. Live Upgrades Shift Ethereum’s Network Design In a detailed post shared on X on January 3, Buterin argued that the rollout of PeerDAS on…

Filecoin FIL$1.4919 rallied 6% on Monday to $1.59 during the 24-hour period, outperforming the wider cryptocurrency market. The broader market gauge, the CoinDesk 20 index, was 2.2% higher at publication time.The storage token climbed from $1.51 to $1.59 over the session, carving out a $0.21 range (13.9%) while volume registered at approximately 91% of its 30-day average, suggesting controlled directional positioning rather than speculative froth, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model.The model showed that the measured volume profile, falling short of the 110% threshold that signals elevated institutional participation, pointed to efficient positioning by informed traders. The outperformance versus…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies said its combined crypto, cash and strategic holdings have climbed to $14.2 billion, underscoring the company’s aggressive push to become the world’s dominant Ethereum treasury. Summary Bitmine, a Bitcoin and Ethereum-focused firm, now holds more than 4.1 million Ether—about 3.4% of the total ETH supply. Bitmine is the largest ETH holder globally and the second-largest crypto treasury overall. “We are excited about the prospects for Ethereum in 2026 given the multiple tailwinds of US government support for crypto,” said Thomas “Tom” Lee of Fundstrat, Chairman of Bitmine. As of Jan. 4, Bitmine reported crypto and cash holdings…

Key Takeaways The US Department of Justice is under scrutiny for selling $6.3 million worth of Bitcoin, allegedly defying a presidential executive order. The Bitcoin was forfeited from Samourai Wallet, a project known for its privacy-centric features, through a plea deal related to money laundering. Share this article The DOJ may have breached a federal Bitcoin reserve order by selling roughly $6.3 million in BTC forfeited by the developers of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused Bitcoin application.According to a document obtained by Bitcoin Magazine, the forfeited Bitcoin was sent directly to a Coinbase Prime address on November 3, 2025, bypassing USMS…