Author: Kryptonews

Digitap ($TAP) ripping past $4.1 million in its crypto presale is the market choosing banking utility over infrastructure in real time. The 2026 playbook is entirely different, and as the layer 1 premium compresses, capital is racing toward the application layer. Towards the products that will onboard new users and drive the next leg of growth for crypto.But why is Digitap enjoying such enormous early success? It has already launched its global money app, the use case is global payments, and the platform is built like a consumer fintech product. $TAP is precisely the best type of altcoin to buy…

The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, a storied German art school, faced scrutiny this week from three Jewish groups over the invitation of Palestinian artist and filmmaker Basma Al-Sharif for an event. Ahead of Al-Sharif’s lecture on January 21, the Jewish groups issued an open letter claiming, without proof, that Al-Sharif’s past events had been “characterized by the trivialization of terrorism and Israel-related antisemitism.” The groups then called for the cancelation of Al-Sharif’s Kunstakademie Düsseldorf event. Related Articles The letter went on to denounce posts by Al-Sharif on social media, including one that used the phrase “Zionist entity” to refer to Israel, which…

Bitcoin (BTC) could reclaim $100,000 as support and rally toward $107,000 in the coming days, driven by a combination of supportive technical and fundamental metrics.Key takeaways:Bitcoin’s breakout is gaining traction, backed by bullish technicals and fading selling pressure.Macro signals lean bullish, with liquidity expansion and divergence between BTC and gold.Ascending triangle, bull cross raise BTC rally oddsBitcoin confirmed its breakout from a multi-week ascending triangle earlier this week and shifted into a textbook post-breakout retest phase.After pushing above the pattern’s upper boundary near $95,000, BTC pulled back to retest the former resistance as support before bouncing higher, a move typically…

Key NotesSingapore-based Canaan must maintain share price above $1 for 10 consecutive sessions by July 13, 2026, or face potential delisting.The company may qualify for an additional 180-day extension if initial compliance period fails, subject to Nasdaq approval and fees.Canaan’s stock continues trading at $0.798, reflecting weak demand amid broader crypto market conditions and operational challenges. Canaan Inc. (NasdaqGM:CAN) has received a fresh warning from Nasdaq over its sub-$1 share price. The company has kept its listing for now and can avoid delisting, while its stock trades under the threshold in Friday’s session. Singapore-based crypto mining hardware maker Canaan Inc.…

Yet more details have emerged surrounding the abrupt cancelation of Gabrielle Goliath‘s planned Venice Biennale pavilion for South Africa, with the Daily Maverick publishing a report about the allegations that a foreign nation tried to interfere in her exhibition. Gayton McKenzie, the South African culture minister, controversially said in a statement that he canceled Goliath’s pavilion not because it was to deal with Israel’s war in Gaza, but because another country had attempted to purchase the work being shown there at the end of the show’s run. His statement appeared to conflict with reporting from a previous Daily Maverick article…

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $1.42 billion in net inflows over the past week, marking their strongest weekly performance since early October amid a renewed return of institutional demand.According to data from SoSoValue, inflows into spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs peaked midweek, with Wednesday recording the largest single-day net inflow of roughly $844 million, followed by $754 million on Tuesday. Despite late-week pullbacks, including a $395 million outflow on Friday, the sequence of large midweek inflows pushed the weekly total to $1.42 billion, the strongest since early October when the funds attracted $2.7 billion. Inflows into Ether (ETH) ETFs were…

Nearly 1,000 salaried and hourly workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art voted on Friday to join Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers (UAW), creating one of the nation’s largest museum unions. The new union, approved by a vote of 542-172, comprises staff from across 50 departments at the Met, including curators, conservators, librarians, visitor experience coordinators, and archivists. According to a statement from Local 2110, roughly 100 ballots remain sealed due to a management challenge, which objected to their inclusion in the union. Whether they will ultimately join the union will be decided through “a mutually agreed upon…

The Russell 2000 index reached a new all-time high in January. This breakout not only reflects the strength of US small-cap stocks but also carries important implications for the cryptocurrency market, especially altcoins.Meanwhile, other data points indicate improving sentiment among altcoin investors. Market participants are increasingly expecting a recovery during this quarter.Sponsored Strong Correlation Between The Russell 2000 And The Crypto Market The Russell 2000 tracks around 2,000 small-cap US companies. These stocks represent higher-risk assets within traditional financial markets.When the index leads the market higher, it often signals that capital is rotating toward riskier assets. Investors tend to accept…

The New York–based Joan Mitchell Foundation has named the 31 artists who will participate in its 2026 residency program. Taking place at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, the residents will participate in either six-week or 14-week residencies during three seasons (spring, summer, fall) this year, with no more than nine residents being on hand at one time. The first residents will arrive on February 2. The foundation’s residency program is unique in that it not only brings artists from across the United States to a locale but also engages a number of local artists. Within the 2026 cohort,…

A crypto user has lost more than $282 million worth of Bitcoin and Litecoin in one of the largest social engineering attacks ever recorded in the crypto sector.The theft occurred on Jan. 10, 2026, at around 11:00 pm UTC, after the victim was tricked into revealing their seed phrase linked to a hardware wallet, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT. The attacker gained full control of the wallet and rapidly moved the funds across multiple networks to obscure the trail.According to ZachXBT, 2.05 million Litecoin (LTC), currently worth $153 million, and 1,459 Bitcoin (BTC), now worth around $139 million, were drained.…