Author: Kryptonews

The crypto market is slightly lower today, with the total cryptocurrency market capitalization down 0.8% over the past 24 hours, now standing at around $3.06 trillion. Despite the pullback, the market has managed to hold above the $3 trillion level. At the same time, total crypto trading volume over the past day is approximately $87.6 billion. TLDRs: The crypto market cap slipped 0.8% over the past 24 hours to about $3.06 trillion; Most large-cap coins traded lower, though losses were modest across the top 10; Crypto sentiment remains cautious, with the Fear and Greed Index at 31 in the fear…

A top executive at Dragonfly Capital believes the crypto markets will be full of surprises in 2026. Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital, a crypto venture fund, believes Bitcoin (BTC) will print new all-time highs next year. He predicts Bitcoin will soar more than 69% its current value in 2026, while Bitcoin dominance (BTC.D) will turn bearish. Bitcoin dominance tracks how much of the crypto market cap belongs to Bitcoin. A bearish BTC.D chart indicates that altcoins are gaining value faster than Bitcoin. “I think 2026 is going to surprise, both to the upside and to the downside… BTC…

The Flow Foundation is continuing to implement a remediation plan in response to a $3.9 million exploit of the blockchain on Saturday, flagging concerns about large token movements on a centralized exchange.In a Thursday X post, Flow said it had made “significant progress” in its recovery plan, now entering phase two and expected to take several days. According to the platform, developers had “identified a path to restore EVM [Ethereum Virtual Machine] functionality” as it addressed its non-EVM chain, Cadence.“The Community Governance Council continues executing cleanup transactions under validator-authorized boundaries, consistent with established precedents for digital asset recovery,” said Flow.…

Ethereum staking entry queue surpasses exit queue for first time in six months. Entry queue holds 745,619 ETH with 13-day wait versus 360,518 ETH exiting. BitMine stakes 342,560 ETH worth $1 billion in two-day period. Ethereum’s staking queue has overtaken the exit line for the first time in six months. Almost twice as much ETH now waits to be staked compared to ETH attempting to leave the network. The entry queue for validators holds roughly 745,619 Ether with a nearly 13-day wait. The exit line contains around 360,518 ETH with an eight-day wait according to blockchain explorer Ethereum Validator Queue.…

The total losses from hacks and cybersecurity exploits in the crypto industry amounted to about $76 million in December, a 60% decrease from November’s $194.2 million in losses, according to blockchain security company PeckShield.There were 26 major crypto exploits in December, PeckShield said in an X post, with one user losing $50 million in an address poisoning scams, a type of attack where the threat actor sends small amounts of cryptocurrency from a wallet that closely resembles a legitimate wallet address, betting that the intended victim won’t notice the discrepancy.  Typically, the first and last four characters of the addresses…

Peter Zhang Jan 01, 2026 14:15 HBAR price prediction suggests a 27% rally to $0.14 within 6-8 weeks, supported by improving MACD momentum and historical January performance patterns. HBAR Price Prediction Summary • HBAR short-term target (1 week): $0.1192 (+8.3%) • Hedera medium-term forecast (1 month): $0.12-$0.14 range • Key level to break for bullish continuation: $0.13 • Critical support if bearish: $0.10 Recent Hedera Price Predictions from Analysts The latest HBAR price prediction data reveals a cautiously optimistic consensus among analysts heading into 2026. CoinCodex has consistently maintained their $0.1192 target over…

The minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December 2025 policy meeting show officials paying close attention to a risk that rarely drives headlines but can rattle markets quickly: whether the financial system could quietly run short of cash even if interest rates barely move.Released on Dec. 30, the minutes from the Dec. 9–10 Federal Open Market Committee meeting suggest policymakers were broadly comfortable with the economic backdrop. Investors, the minutes note, largely expected a quarter-point rate cut at that meeting and anticipated additional reductions in 2026, and rate expectations changed little over the intermeeting period.But the discussion extended well beyond the…

This year is already shaping up to be a killer one when it comes to games, and not just because that one game we’ve all been waiting for is probably going to come out, finally.There’s a ton of other stuff already on the docket for 2026, and this list, for obvious reasons, doesn’t even cover the stuff we don’t know about yet. If we get even two-thirds of this list in our hands by the end of the year, then we have a lot to look forward to.Editor’s note: All of the games on this list are traditional “Web2” games without…

In 2025, the XRP community celebrated the long-awaited resolution of the SEC lawsuit, the launch of multiple US-based spot ETFs, and a surge in Ripple partnerships. Yet, the coveted $5 price target remained elusive, with XRP (XRP) price peaking at $3.66 before falling as much as 50% to a low of $1.58 in October. Key takeaways:Some of the most bullish events for XRP occurred in 2025, yet it fell by over 50%, underperforming the market.No sustained buying and low XRP network activity signal weak demand.Technicals suggest further downside risk in 2026, with analysts warning of a potential drop below $1.XRP price…

At the start of 2025, crypto’s biggest names issued bold forecasts: Bitcoin to $200,000, Ethereum to $7,000, a US strategic reserve, and stablecoins going mainstream.Twelve months later, the scoreboard reveals a pattern. The price targets mostly crashed and burned, while the structural calls on regulation, ETFs, and payments infrastructure quietly came true.Here’s who nailed it, who missed the mark, and what the gap between hype and reality says about how this market actually works.Bitcoin $200,000, Ethereum $7,000, Solana $750Bitwise’s December 2024 outlook opened with blockbuster numbers: Bitcoin to $200,000, Ethereum to $7,000, Solana to $750, all riding ETF-driven adoption and…