Perpetuals.com, founded by former FTX EU trading specialists Patrick Gruhn and Robin Matzke, as an AI-driven derivatives platform aimed at regulated institutional and retail markets. The company completed a rebrand and listing under Nasdaq ticker PDC and closed a $35 million Series A round led by investors including ARK Invest and Coinbase Ventures,.
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Olivia reports on regulation, compliance, and policy developments shaping the crypto industry. Her coverage examines how legal and regulatory decisions influence market structure, project development, and industry behavior. She also follows Web3 initiatives and altcoin markets when regulatory changes are a key factor.
The dYdX Foundation’s 2025 Ecosystem Annual Report presented a deliberate strategic shift: the protocol moved from trading-driven volatility to building institutional-grade liquidity and a predictable revenue architecture. The report tied that pivot to concrete metrics—$1.55 trillion in cumulative volume and a set of tokenomic and technical changes intended to lock in market share.
COCA, a stablecoin-native banking challenger, reached a fully diluted valuation above $1.000 billion following a price surge in its native token, $COCA. The company and media outlets flagged the milestone on 19 jan, citing accelerated user growth and an early revenue run rate that investors used to justify the valuation.
The Bitcoin (BTC) price is going through a critical cooling phase that is currently testing the patience of investors. According to analyst Aaryamann Shrivastava, the asset requires an immediate recovery above 98,000 dollars to escape the corrective trend.
Trove Markets confirmed the retention of nine million dollars following the TROVE token launch, sparking strong indignation among its initial investors. The official Trove team justified this decision due to an unexpected infrastructure shift toward the Solana network. This measure, announced just days before the asset generation event, has raised serious doubts about the transparency of the project on social media platforms.
By next January 22nd, the team behind the MegaETH layer 2 network has scheduled the start of an ambitious and challenging global stress test. This initiative, officially confirmed by the project, seeks to validate system robustness under a constant and demanding workload for the current protocol.
Ethereum has marked a historic milestone by processing an unprecedented volume of daily transactions on the Ethereum network during early 2026. According to data shared by analyst Shaurya Malwa, on-chain activity reached record levels while the validator system shows unusual operational fluidity.
Riot Platforms’ shares jumped roughly 11% after the company announced a long-term data center lease with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) that shifts part of its business from Bitcoin mining to AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.
Dogecoin price structure showed clear bullish signals, but industry coverage identified a decisive resistance zone at $0.15–$0.17 that the market had to overcome to confirm a larger rally. The technical case combined a falling-wedge breakout with momentum indicators aligned for upside; failure at that band, however, carried a material downside risk.
The crypto market shows signs of strength while the Bitcoin price towards 113,000 dollars becomes the main target for current traders. According to Chris Beamish, an analyst at Glassnode, the digital currency is at a crucial turning point to regain its momentum bullishly soon. This Friday, the asset seeks to overcome the cost basis of short-term holders to accelerate its pace.