Author: Kryptonews

Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies surged over the past week, even as Bitcoin and most altcoins tumbled, with the sector climbing 13% while nearly $1 billion in positions were liquidated across broader markets following Trump’s tariff threat on Europe over Greenland.The rally has pushed privacy tokens, including Monero, Dash, and DUSK, into the spotlight amid widespread crypto weakness, indicating what analysts describe as selective capital rotation rather than traditional risk-off behavior.Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin dropped nearly 3%, while most altcoins fell between 3% and 10%; privacy coins, however, moved in the opposite direction, according to CoinGecko data.Dash traded at $81.61, up…

Data shows Ethereum layer 2 MegaETH hit network speeds of up to 47,000 transactions per second in testing as the project prepares for a stress test ahead of its mainnet launch.  In an X post on Monday, MegaETH said it will launch a “global stress test” on Thursday, with an official launch to follow. “On Jan 22nd, we’re opening mainnet to users for several latency-sensitive apps while the chain is under intense, sustained load,” MegaETH said, adding:“Stress tests only matter if they’re uncomfortable. We’re targeting sustained, true TPS of 15-35K, totaling 11B transactions across 7 days.” Source: MegaETHThe stress test will…

Vocal critics within the Trove Markets community on X are in uproar again after the team announced it will keep most of the investor funds it had raised to build on Hyperliquid and instead use them to build on Solana. Trove had raised over $11.5 million for a token sale tied to its integration on Hyperliquid, but announced on Friday, just days before its token generation event, that it will pivot to building on Solana.One of Trove’s builders, “Unwise,” later blamed the pivot on a liquidity partner withdrawing 500,000 Hyperliquid (HYPE) tokens needed for the Hyperliquid integration, with dozens of Trove…

Complex code with thousands of lines and exotic cryptography fails “trustlessness,” the “walkaway test,” and “self-sovereignty.” You might have millions of nodes verifying everything, but if only experts grasp the guts, everyday users still depend on developers. Self-sovereignty means anyone can truly own and run their node without blind faith. Why Complexity Kills Crypto’s Promise Buterin fears Ethereum bloating from feature creep. Short-term wins like niche cryptography add functionality fast, but they erode long-term resilience. Trustlessness vanishes when users lean on “high priests” decoding PhD-level math. The walkaway test flops if new teams cannot maintain abandoned code. Self-sovereignty slips away…

Crypto buyers are hunting hard for early entries because that is where the real upside usually sits. The goal is simple: get in before the crowd and ride the price gap when the coin finally lists. That is why presales keep pulling attention even when the market is noisy and full of distractions. This list breaks down the best presale crypto options in January 2026 based on what is publicly being discussed right now. BlockDAG is leading this list because it has the clearest timeline, the largest raise, and a defined price jump to launch. The other three are still…

Bitcoin (BTC) takes a beating as the new week begins with markets held hostage by global trade tariff uncertainty.Bitcoin dips below $92,000, but traders warn that a much deeper support retest is on the horizon.Tariffs take center stage again as analysis agrees that conditions will likely get worse before the risk-asset bull run continues.Gold and silver take the opportunity to make fresh all-time highs, but faith that Bitcoin will copy them remains.US macro data is due for release as Fed rate cuts fade into the background.Bitcoin is already laying the foundations for a sustainable uptrend.Bitcoin price action: Volatility guaranteedBitcoin saw…

Ether’s (ETH) price had dropped 7% since being rejected from the $3,400 mark last week, falling to key support levels. Data suggested that increased staking demand, coupled with renewed ETF inflows and strong technical support, could lead to a sustained recovery. Key takeaways:Ether queued for staking goes parabolic, with a 44-day wait time.Ethereum institutional demand is recovering along with ETF inflows.ETH bulls must defend the support at $3,100 to set the stage for sustained gains. Ethereum staking demand soars to 30-month highsEthereum’s entry queue has surpassed 2.6 million ETH worth $8.3 billion at current rates, with a 44-day wait time.This marks…

Key takeaways:The BTC futures premium held near 5%, showing leverage demand was not impacted after the failed $98,000 breakout attempt.Bitcoin ETFs saw $395 million outflows as gold hit new records, weakening hedge appeal and pushing traders to price downside risk.Bitcoin (BTC) faced a 3.4% correction over the weekend as investors cut risk following rising global sociopolitical tensions and China reporting its slowest economic growth since 2022. The retest of the $92,000 level caught bulls off guard, as $215 million in leveraged BTC futures longs (buys) were forcefully liquidated, fueling concerns that a deeper price correction could be underway. Nasdaq index futures…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has called for new decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) designs, arguing that the sector needs more than token-voting treasuries if it wants to improve on traditional corporate and political structures. In a Monday X post, Buterin said that current DAOs often amount to “a treasury controlled by token holder voting.” That model is widely copied but it is “inefficient, vulnerable to capture and fails utterly at the goal of mitigating the weaknesses of human politics,” he said.Buterin argued that DAOs should solve specific infrastructure problems, starting with better oracles, onchain dispute resolution and long‑term project stewardship.He also highlighted…

Injective’s protocol community approved a major tokenomics overhaul on Monday, passing a governance proposal with 99.89% support based on staked voting power.Injective is a layer-1 blockchain focused on decentralized finance applications, with INJ (INJ) serving as its native token for staking, governance and transaction fees.The Supply Squeeze proposal (IIP-617) reduces its native token issuance and maintains the network’s buyback-and-burn program, which uses protocol-generated revenue to permanently remove tokens from circulation.The network said it has removed about 6.85 million INJ from circulation through token burns. The proposal is designed to accelerate tokens removal by aligning reduced issuance with recurring buybacks. According to an…