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Ethereum’s declining social media sentiment is mirroring levels similar to those seen before its 2025 price rally, which eventually pushed the asset back to its 2021 all-time highs, according to a crypto sentiment analyst.“Ethereum is actually way down, this would argue against us falling too much further,” Santiment analyst Brian Quinlivan said in a video published to YouTube on Saturday.“This is kind of reminiscent of what we saw before Ethereum went on its major run last year,” Quinlivan said. On August 23, Ether (ETH) surged back to its 2021 all-time high of $4,878, marking a gain of almost 70% over…

Jan3 founder Samson Mow anticipates billionaire investor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will aggressively move into Bitcoin in 2026.It was one of five bold Bitcoin (BTC) predictions from Mow for 2026, coming off a year where several Bitcoin forecasts from prominent crypto executives missed the mark.“@elonmusk goes hard into BTC,” Mow said in an X post on Saturday.Musk has shown his support for cryptocurrency over the years, but has raised concerns around Bitcoin’s environmental risks. Tesla stopped taking Bitcoin payments in May 2021 due to environmental concerns. The following year, in July 2022, the electric vehicle manufacturer revealed that it…

Users of Betterment reported receiving a scam-like notification on Friday that urged them to send large amounts of cryptocurrency in exchange for guaranteed returns, prompting confusion and concern across social media. Key Takeaways: Betterment users were targeted by a scam message promising to triple crypto deposits using urgency and guaranteed returns. The company said the notification was unauthorized and sent through a third-party communications system. The incident shows ongoing crypto risks driven by social engineering and deceptive wallet-related scams. According to posts shared on Reddit, the message claimed Betterment was “giving back” after its best-performing year and promised to triple…

Ethereum’s declining social media sentiment is mirroring levels similar to those seen before its 2025 price rally, which eventually pushed the asset back to its 2021 all-time highs, according to a crypto sentiment analyst.“Ethereum is actually way down, this would argue against us falling too much further,” Santiment analyst Brian Quinlivan said in a video published to YouTube on Saturday.“This is kind of reminiscent of what we saw before Ethereum went on its major run last year,” Quinlivan said. On August 23, Ether (ETH) surged back to its 2021 all-time high of $4,878, marking a gain of almost 70% over…

The blockchain based prediction platform announced it will distribute its prediction market data to Dow Jones outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and Investor’s Business Daily. The move connects onchain forecasts with some of the most widely read financial publications in the world, signaling growing confidence in crypto powered data. What Polymarket Data Brings to Financial Media Polymarket allows users to trade on the outcomes of real world events, from elections to economic indicators. Each market price reflects the collective belief of participants about the likelihood of an outcome. For example, if a contract predicting a rate cut trades…

Even with the crypto market looking forward to what many would call the next big supercycle, focus is turning to the assets that show strength, articulate stories, and real adoption. The flashing signals of Bitcoin, Solana, and Sui all indicate that they might be the next trend, with Remittix rapidly becoming mainstream as a utility-oriented initiative with a clear roadmap. Investors no longer seek the hype but are concentrating on projects that have market structure, liquidity, and real application. This is the reason why Bitcoin, Solana, Sui, and Remittix DeFi project are now discussed in combination as the top four…

Key NotesPump.fun’s creator-fee model failed and that traders will decide which tokens earn fee rewards.Pump.fun’s initial changes include fee sharing across up to 10 wallets plus coin ownership transfer and revocation of update authority.Developer Unihax0r publicly criticized the update on X as insufficient and framed creator fees as renamed taxes. Pump.fun co-founder Alon told users on Jan. 9 that the platform’s creator-fee design failed to produce durable trading incentives. Pump.fun now plans a market-led overhaul that lets traders decide which tokens qualify for fee rewards. Creator fees need change. When Dynamic Fees V1 was introduced a few months ago, the…

The Bitcoin (BTC) network mining difficulty, the relative computing challenge of adding a new block to the decentralized blockchain ledger, fell slightly to 146.4 trillion on Thursday, in the first difficulty adjustment of 2026. “The next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment is estimated to take place on Jan 22, 2026, 04:08:12 AM UTC, increasing the Bitcoin mining difficulty from 146.47 T to 148.20 T,” according to CoinWarz. Average block times are 9.88 minutes at the time of this writing, slightly below the 10-minute target, which means the next difficulty adjustment will increase slightly to align better with the target block time. The Bitcoin network…

Semilore Faleti is a cryptocurrency writer specialized in the field of journalism and content creation. While he started out writing on several subjects, Semilore soon found a knack for cracking down on the complexities and intricacies in the intriguing world of blockchains and cryptocurrency. Semilore is drawn to the efficiency of digital assets in terms of storing, and transferring value. He is a staunch advocate for the adoption of cryptocurrency as he believes it can improve the digitalization and transparency of the existing financial systems. In two years of active crypto writing, Semilore has covered multiple aspects of the digital…

Betterment has warned users to disregard a crypto promotion message that circulated on Friday, describing it as an unauthorized notification that was sent through a third-party system.The incident surfaced after multiple users reported receiving a message that appeared to promote a limited-time cryptocurrency offer. Screenshots shared on Reddit showed the notification urging recipients to send as much as $10,000 worth of Bitcoin (BTC) or Ether (ETH) to specified wallet addresses, with a promise that the funds would be “tripled” and returned within hours.The message, framed as an official promotion celebrating Betterment’s “best-performing year,” closely mirrored common crypto scam tactics, including…