An Ethereum address, which remained inactive for nearly a decade, mobilized a total of 85,000 ETH to the Gemini exchange this Tuesday. According to data tracked by analyst EmberCN, this investor originally accumulated their assets in 2017 at a unit value of $90, achieving a massive thirty-two-fold revaluation of their initial investment over the years.
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Chloe Adams writes about the infrastructure layer of crypto: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Layer 1 networks, stablecoins, DeFi and the regulation shaping how these systems are used. At BlockchainJournal, she pays close attention to protocol upgrades, network activity and adoption claims, separating meaningful ecosystem progress from technical noise or premature conclusions.When relevant, she also tracks regulatory developments and market reactions tied to core blockchain systems.
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The expansion and massive strengthening of Tether’s gold reserves, which recorded an increase of 27 tons during the last quarter of 2025, position the firm as a sovereign financial actor. Paolo Ardoino confirmed that this strategy seeks to consolidate a solid and auditable physical backing in Swiss vaults, ensuring the necessary institutional transparency for the market.
The demand for skilled professionals through Bitcoin job listings increased by 6% during the past year, according to the annual report from the Bitvocation platform. This growth, which raised vacancies from 1,707 to 1,801 positions, highlights a transition toward non-technical profiles that now represent nearly three-quarters of the labor market within the crypto ecosystem.
The emergence of a macroeconomic global liquidity signal, coupled with massive accumulation by large whales, suggests that Ether’s price could experience a triple-digit percentage rally in the near future. According to analyst Sykodelic, this technical pattern, which preceded the great bull market of 2021, indicates imminent potential growth for the leading altcoin within the financial ecosystem.
In a sophisticated cybersecurity campaign, North Korean-linked hackers are employing AI-generated video calls to impersonate trusted contacts, deceiving crypto industry employees into installing malware on their devices. This criminal scheme, recently reported by BTC Prague co-founder Martin Kuchař, utilizes advanced visual manipulation tools to compromise the security of various digital assets and sensitive personal information.
Ripple and Jeel, the innovation arm of Riyad Bank, signed a memorandum of understanding to explore blockchain-powered cross-border payments, digital-asset custody and tokenization.
GHOST, the native token of GhostWareOS, surged about 60% after the project unveiled GhostSwap, a privacy-first cross‑chain DEX and bridge designed to route shielded liquidity and perform atomic swaps.
SharpLink Gaming held 865.797 ETH, valued at about $2.6 billion in its treasury, positioning the company as the second-largest institutional Ethereum holder. Management says a concentrated, shareholder‑centric accumulation strategy together with a $170 million deployment into yield programs on Linea will turn the treasury into a productive source of value in 2026.
Following a period of solid inflows, digital asset investment products experienced a drastic trend reversal with crypto fund outflows totaling 1.73 billion dollars. According to the CoinShares weekly report published this Monday, this figure represents the largest divestment volume since mid-November 2025, evidencing a persistent bearish sentiment across the global market.
Ponke, the Solana-based meme coin brand, teamed with streetwear label RIPNDIP to release a limited blind-box vinyl art toy series that embeds blockchain functionality in a physical product. The presale began on january 23 and the project aims to introduce mainstream collectors to on-chain proof of ownership without requiring immediate crypto expertise.
