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Market participants are sidelining MNT, dampening bullish Mantle price predictions with an 8% weekly drop while most coins see relief rallies following the Christmas flash crash. Holders are hedging their bets on the altcoin as it approaches a make-or-break level, the $0.885 neckline of a bearish head-and-shoulders pattern.MNT USDT 1-day chart, bearish head-and-shoulder pattern. Source: TradingView.Crossing below this trendline could confirm the bear-case scenario: a 30% crash back to August lows around $0.685.The sentiment extends to the smart money, with VC firm Dragonfly Capital’s recent transfer of $6.95 million in MNT to exchanges in a potential move to make their…

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor and other prominent cryptocurrency executives lost billions of dollars in 2025, partially as a result of losses in an October flash crash. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index released on Wednesday, Saylor lost $2.6 billion over the previous 12 months, reducing his net worth to $3.8 billion. Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao also saw significant losses due to a “massive slide” in the crypto market in October. “[Strategy’s Bitcoin treasury strategy] generated huge returns through early October, when Bitcoin hit fresh highs,” Bloomberg. “However, things began to turn south…

Lighter (LIT) is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange built on Ethereum Layer 2. After distributing 25% of its total supply through an airdrop, investors expect LIT’s market capitalization to continue rising.Why do investors remain optimistic about Lighter’s potential, and what risks should be considered now? The following article examines these questions in detail.Sponsored SponsoredLighter Valuation Surpasses Pump.fun And JupiterPreviously, Lighter raised $68 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion. Shortly after launch, Coinbase listed LIT with the LIGHTER-USD trading pair. The price currently fluctuates around $2.7–2.9, with a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of approximately $2.7 billion.After the airdrop, the market…

Onchain analysts tracking the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin on Solana have flagged large transfers from wallets labeled as parts of the “Official Trump Meme” cluster moving about $94 million in USDC from TRUMP liquidity pools over the past month. The most recent movement, highlighted by blockchain data platform Arkham, involved 33 million USDC (USDC) being withdrawn from liquidity on Tuesday and sent to an entity labeled Fireblocks, which then routed funds to wallets labeled as belonging to Coinbase. Public Solana records on Solscan corroborate the large USDC outflows from TRUMP‑linked wallets.A brutal year for TRUMPThe transfers put an end to an extraordinary…

Key Highlights In the post on X, Haseeb Qureshi predicts that at least one Big Tech company, like Google, Apple, or Meta, will launch or acquire a crypto wallet in 2026 Qureshi expects Bitcoin to surpass $150,000 but lose market dominance as capital moves to altcoins like Ethereum and Solana He also expects major consolidation in DeFi, with perpetual futures exchanges narrowing to a new leader, and projects stablecoin supply to grow 60% amid rising mainstream payment use In the latest post on X (formerly Twitter) on December 29, Haseeb Qureshi, the managing partner of the venture firm Dragonfly Capital,…

Bitcoin is likely headed for a challenging 2026, with many analysts expecting the cryptocurrency to extend its late-2025 downturn. Yet even as prices soften, early adopters say the coming year could mark a turning point for Bitcoin’s real-world utility, as payment infrastructure continues to mature and using BTC as a medium of exchange becomes simpler and more accessible.The price of Bitcoin (BTC) may bottom out at about $60,000 in Q4 2026, presenting a buying opportunity, according to early Bitcoin investor Michael Terpin. Terpin forecast:”The end of 2026 will be a great time to buy, as market lows based on fear…

Zach Anderson Dec 31, 2025 14:54 In 2025, IOTA celebrated its 10th anniversary with significant upgrades, including the Rebased protocol, and expanded its global presence through innovative projects and partnerships. IOTA marked its 10th anniversary in 2025 with a series of substantial advancements and strategic initiatives, according to the IOTA Blog. The year witnessed the implementation of the Rebased protocol upgrade, which is hailed as the most significant technical achievement in the project’s history. This upgrade transformed IOTA into a high-performance, decentralized Layer 1 network, removing the Coordinator and introducing a Delegated Proof-of-Stake…

Guy Wildenstein has stepped down from the office of president at the internationally known gallery Wildenstein & Co. after some 35 years in the post.  Wildenstein, 80, will be replaced by his son David, 46, who has been vice president in charge of the investment division and the real estate portfolio. His daughter Vanessa, who directs the London gallery, will be vice-president and director of the New York location.  Wildenstein also headed the Wildenstein Institute, which partnered with the Hasso Plattner Foundation, of Potsdam, to publish catalogues raisonnés on artists including Paul Gauguin, Jasper Johns, and Claude Monet. The Institute…

Key points:Bitcoin has been lagging gold and the S&P 500 since November, but analysts expect a rally to a new all-time high in 2026.Several major altcoins are showing signs of starting a short-term recovery.Bitcoin (BTC) remains stuck inside the $86,400 to $90,600 range, indicating a balance between supply and demand. BTC has been a laggard to other asset classes, such as gold and the S&P 500, since November, but market intelligence platform Santiment said in a post on X that there is “an opportunity for crypto to play catch-up.”Some analysts believe that BTC could benefit from increasing global liquidity in…

>>>> gd2md-html alert: inline image link in generated source and store images to your server. NOTE: Images in exported zip file from Google Docs may not appear in the same order as they do in your doc. Please check the images!—–>Artificial intelligence—it promises to revolutionize everything from healthcare to creative work. That might be true some day. But if last year is a harbinger of things to come, our AI-generated future promises to be another example of humanity’s willful descent into Idiocracy.Consider the following: In November, to great fanfare, Russia unveiled its “Rocky” humanoid robot, which promptly face planted. Google’s…