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The long-lost mission of Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo, one of the earliest outposts of Europe’s colonial frontier in Texas, has been rediscovered. An archaeology team from Texas Tech University, in collaboration with Texas Historical Commission archaeologists, found the site in Jackson County, Texas, on a private ranch near the Presidio la Bahía and Fort St. Louis. The mission was established in the 1680s by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a French explorer and trader instrumental in the French colonization of North America and, by more incidental means, the United States’s claim to Texas. Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo…

Cryptocurrency markets kicked off 2026 with a focus on Solana, as Santiment data showed discussion regarding whale accumulation of SOL-related tokens as the top trend on Thursday.Santiment said multiple SOL-linked assets have seen repeated purchases of 10 or more Solana (SOL) by large wallets. “Market caps vary widely, but liquidity remains strong, indicating sustained interest  from large holders,” Santiment said in a Thursday post sharing five trending topics. The market trend tracker’s “behavioral heuristic” scores for these assets hovered around 70%, indicating moderate but steady confidence among investors. Despite Solana losing about 46% of its value in the past three…

Glassnode data shows that XRP’s exchange balances hit their lowest level since 2018 in late December, sparking the usual wave of accumulation phase speculation and “tight supply = moon” commentary.While the eight-year low encompasses the entire exchange ecosystem, CryptoQuant data for Binance offers a recent window into whether these troughs actually precede rallies.Binance’s XRP reserves dropped to roughly 2.6 billion by mid-December 2025, matching the July 2024 low, after peaking above 3.5 billion in early September.The question isn’t whether supply thinned, but whether prior episodes of similarly low Binance reserves preceded medium-term outperformance, or whether the pattern is just noise…

Crypto was supposed to go out with a bang this year.Heading into the fourth quarter, bitcoin was riding a wave of strong ETF inflows, digital asset treasuries (DATs) pitching themselves as leveraged bets on the next leg higher, and analysts dusting off charts showing the year’s final three months as crypto’s most reliable winning streak.Add in the promise of looser monetary policy and a friendlier political backdrop in Washington, and many investors convinced themselves of bitcoin heading to fresh record prices into the end of the year.Instead, here’s what happened: A $19 billion liquidation cascade in October blew a hole…

Bitcoin holders will likely remember 2025 for two very different reasons. On one hand, BTC pushed into fresh all-time highs earlier in the year, at over $126k. On the other hand, the year is ending on a far less comfortable note. From early October highs, Bitcoin is now down more than 30% and is worth around $87k, which reminds investors how quickly momentum can diminish. This environment has impacted the entire cryptocurrency market. Large caps are stalling, altcoins are bleeding, and traders are no longer chasing upside; they are protecting capital. That is where crypto presale opportunities with real products…

Solana heads into 2026 facing the question of whether infrastructure upgrades and tokenized financial activity can push the network beyond its memecoin reputation.Solana kicked off 2025 at the height of the memecoin frenzy, with Solana (SOL) reaching a new all-time high of $293 on Jan. 19. As memecoin volumes cooled over the year, SOL had fallen to around $130 by mid-December.“Solana needs to shake off the stamp of ‘memecoin [or] NFT’ chain and position itself as a serious place for Web2 and Web3 financial businesses to come and build the future of finance,” Tomas Fanta, principal at the crypto investment…

Strategy (MSTR) shares have declined for six consecutive months for the first time since the firm adopted bitcoin as a treasury asset in August 2020, according to a performance table shared Thursday by crypto analyst Chris Millas.In a Jan. 1 post on X, Millas highlighted the rare streak and attached a chart showing Strategy’s monthly returns since 2020. The data show the stock posted uninterrupted losses from July through December 2025, including declines of 16.78% in August, 16.36% in October, 34.26% in November and a further 14.24% drop in December.Strategy (MSTR) monthly performance since January 2020 (Chris Millas / X)…

Sometimes, we find out that our aesthetic heroes had dramatic moral failings—or just deeply strange quirks. In the latter category, we can place the fact that Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the twentieth century’s most revered architects, went in for outdated and downright bizarre medical treatments. Also surprising, he got some of his ideas from the artist and curator who commissioned him to build New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.  Hilla Rebay commissioned Wright to design a museum for her patron, writing to him in 1943, “I need a fighter, a lover of space, an originator, a tester and a…

CC has skyrocketed by over 130% monthly. Bitcoin’s underwhelming price performance at the end of 2025 continued as the asset was stopped at $89,000 and ultimately finished the year in the red. Most altcoins have fallen in the past 24 hours, aside from Canton’s CC, which trades in a world of its own as of late. BTC With 7% Yearly Decline The primary cryptocurrency spent December in a consistently narrowing range, which began with two boundaries at $94,500 and $84,500. However, as the month progressed, the boundaries tightened, and BTC has remained sideways between $86,000 and $90,000 for the…

Key Takeaways Robinhood wrapped up HOOD Holidays with big prizes, including $1.5 million in Bitcoin. The event launched on December 26 and featured several high-value items and crypto assets, including Dogecoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP. Share this article Robinhood on Wednesday rolled out a special New Year’s giveaway as part of its HOOD Holidays event, and Bitcoin was among the standout prizes.The commission-free trading platform distributed $1.5 million worth of BTC to users, alongside a lineup of luxury items, including a Porsche 911, a Rolex Daytona, and a Hermès Birkin bag.The campaign, which launched on December 26, featured limited-time surprises…