During the recent 2025 annual report, the United States Department of Justice officially labeled cryptocurrencies as industrial fraud infrastructure. This new stance by the agency, announced by the Criminal Division this week, seeks to curb criminal networks that generated record losses of 16 billion dollars while seriously affecting the general public across many states.
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Ethan focuses on altcoins and emerging blockchain ecosystems, covering new projects, sector expansion, and shifting narratives across the crypto landscape. His work looks at how ecosystems grow and interact, beyond short-term price movements. He regularly contributes context on Layer 1 developments and Web3 or DeFi trends connected to broader ecosystem growth.
A major winter storm threatening to blanket most of the southern US with ice and snow this weekend will likely force Bitcoin mining in the United States to drastically curtail its operations. According to AccuWeather reports, the cold front will extend 1,800 miles from Texas to the Atlantic coast, putting the power supply at risk for upwards of 60 million people.
The recent easing of U.S. regulations for Bitcoin and Ether ETF options will allow large funds to manage positions without the former 25,000 contract cap. This measure, implemented by Nasdaq this week, seeks to deepen the liquidity of the crypto market globally. Likewise, regulatory flexibility allows for providing much more sophisticated hedging tools for today’s global investors.
Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero confirmed this Friday that the project will return the full 180 million dollars raised to its investors following the acquisition by infrastructure provider Neynar. According to Romero, the Farcaster decentralized social protocol will remain fully operational under new leadership, ensuring the continuity of its technological services for the more than 250,000 monthly active users recently recorded in the network.
The manufacturer Ledger prepares its Ledger initial public offering in New York to reach a valuation of 4 billion dollars very soon. As CEO Pascal Gauthier reported this Friday, the firm collaborates with international banking giants to finalize its debut on the stock exchange. This operation seeks to capitalize on the increase in demand for digital security after records in global cyberattacks.
Monero’s price has entered a high volatility phase after retreating from its historical highs, currently trading at around 524 dollars. According to the latest reports, Monero technical indicators reflect significant caution due to a 20% drop in derivatives open interest recently. This reduction, which went from 272 to 217 million dollars, indicates that traders are closing positions amid uncertainty, avoiding maintaining unnecessary risks in the current market for digital assets.
Hedera’s HBAR traded narrowly above a critical support zone around $0.102 as weak sentiment and a cluster of bearish technical signals pushed the token toward a higher probability of downside continuation. Market data from mid- to late January 2026 showed severe negative flows and chart patterns that amplified the risk of a decisive breakdown.
TRON founder Justin Sun invested $8 million in River, a DeFi project building chain‑abstraction stablecoin infrastructure on TRON. The capital, routed through TRON DAO Ventures, aims to accelerate River’s deployment of a universal stablecoin layer and to draw cross‑chain liquidity into the ecosystem.
The American Bankers Association and major U.S. banks have mounted a coordinated policy offensive in 2026 to restrict yield-bearing stablecoins and to reshape open banking rules, arguing both threaten deposit funding and consumer safety.
Blockchain firm Elliptic revealed that the ruble-backed A7A5 stablecoin processed 100 billion dollars in transactions before being halted by international regulators this Thursday. This asset functioned as a strategic bridge toward the Tether market to facilitate the usage of cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions and Western financial restrictions during this period.