Author: Kryptonews

South Korea’s financial watchdog has expanded the use of artificial intelligence to monitor digital asset markets, signaling a shift toward automated, data-driven enforcement as trading activity grows more complex. On Monday, the country’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said it has upgraded its Virtual Assets Intelligence System for Trading Analysis (VISTA), a model used to investigate unfair crypto trading.An automated detection algorithm has been added, the FSS said, which can spot potential price-manipulation periods without manual intervention.From manual analysis to systemized oversightThe FSS said the new algorithm uses a sliding-window grid search technique to examine every possible sub-period within a trading dataset.…

The first month of 2026 saw analysts make a lot of predictions regarding Bitcoin. A bunch of numbers were thrown around, with numbers ranging from $50K to $125K. While analysts use a host of metrics to make their predictions, prediction markets are a great way to gauge market expectations as a whole. Currently, data from the prediction markets states that Bitcoin will not cross the $100K mark anytime soon. This has caused investors to look elsewhere for tokens that can generate returns. A lot of utility tokens have seen increased inflows, but Digitap ($TAP) seems to be the best crypto…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public Bitcoin holder, disclosed fresh BTC purchases for the week as the prices briefly dropped below $75,000.Strategy acquired 855 Bitcoin (BTC) for $75.3 million last week, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday.The acquisitions were made at an average price of $87,974 per BTC, with Bitcoin starting the week above $87,700 and reaching $90,000 before briefly plummeting below $75,000 on Sunday, according to CoinGecko. Source: SECThe purchase brought Strategy’s total Bitcoin holdings to 713,502 BTC, purchased for about $54.26 billion at an average price of $76,052 per coin.The purchase came…

US President Donald Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh as the new Federal Reserve chair, which introduced a mixed signal for cryptocurrency markets and dollar liquidity, threatening to extend the current consolidation.Trump nominated Bitcoin-friendly Warsh on Friday, and he is set to replace Jerome Powell when his term ends in May, assuming the Senate approves him.Warsh’s nomination could mean the Fed will continue its interest rate cut trajectory. But according to Thomas Perfumo, a global economist at cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, it also signals that broader market liquidity is expected to “stabilize rather than meaningfully expand.”He told Cointelegraph:“This sustains the mixed macro…

The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in New Delhi, one of India’s leading private art institutions, has announced the appointment of Manuel Rabaté as its first chief executive and director. The Frenchman joins from Louvre Abu Dhabi, where he has served as its inaugural director since the museum opened in 2016.Rabaté’s arrival comes as KNMA prepares for a major expansion that will see it move from its current location inside a shopping mall into a purpose-built museum complex near Indira Gandhi International Airport. Designed by David Adjaye Associates, the massive new campus is expected to open within the next…

XRP is below the average buy price of the past year, putting many holders in the red and increasing downside risk in the near term.XRP (XRP) mirrored a 50% crash scenario from 2022 as it underwent its sharpest weekly selloff since October 2025.Key takeaways:New XRP buyers are in the redAs of Monday, XRP was trading around $1.60, down more than 20% over the past week and sitting well below the cost basis of buyers from the last 12 months. XRP realized price by age. Source: GlassnodeIt is now just above its aggregated realized price near $1.48, which tracks the average…

Key NotesRipple was recently granted an EMI license by Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).The company had received preliminary approval for the license on January 14.Ripple partnered with Riyad Bank to promote financial innovation in Saudi Arabia. Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has granted Ripple Labs XRP $1.62 24h volatility: 1.5% Market cap: $98.77 B Vol. 24h: $5.40 B an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license. This expands the blockchain payment firm’s regulatory footprint in the European Union and provides an opportunity to accelerate the growth of Ripple Payments across the region. From Preliminary Approval to…

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)While the crypto market licks its wounds from the weekend’s slide, decentralized exchange Hyperliquid’s permissionless markets have exploded to record highs.The markets, introduced in October with Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 3 (HIP-3), hit a record high of $1 billion in open interest and $4.8 billion in 24-hour volume. Under HIP-3, anyone can spin up markets for crypto, stocks, gold and beyond by staking 500,000 HYPE tokens. The initiative represents democratization of market making, not just trading.This surge in activity has propelled Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, to a standout 41% gain over seven days,…

Corporate Ether treasury companies are facing significant paper losses on their holdings after the latest market correction pulled many underwater.BitMine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether (ETH) holder, is sitting on $6.95 billion in unrealized losses. Its Ether holdings were acquired at an average price of $3,883 per token, significantly higher than the current $2,240 ETH price. SharpLink Gaming, the second-largest Ether treasury firm, is facing $1.09 billion in paper losses, after Ether’s price fell below its average cost basis of $3,609, according to the company’s dashboard.The mounting unrealized losses may test the conviction of Ether treasury companies, making it increasingly…

Crypto investment products continued their sell-off last week as investor sentiment weakened, marking two consecutive weeks of outflows.Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $1.7 billion in outflows during the week, the European crypto investment company CoinShares reported on Monday.The outflows were slightly below $1.73 billion in the week prior, totaling $3.43 billion in the past two weeks. This has turned year-to-date flows negative, with $1 billion withdrawn.“We believe this reflects a combination of factors,” said CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, “including the appointment of a more hawkish US Federal Reserve Chair, continued whale selling associated with the four-year cycle, and…