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Bybit’s return to heavy trading was one of the stranger comeback stories of last year. Reports say the exchange moved back toward the top of the leaderboard after a massive security breach, and traders kept coming. That did not happen by accident. Quick decisions and public reassurances played a big role.

Bybit Bounces Back

According to CoinGecko, Bybit handled $1.5 trillion in trades during 2025 and ended the year with about 8% of total market share.

That is a solid showing given what happened in February, when attackers made off with $1.5 billion worth of Ether after finding a hole in the exchange’s cold wallet setup.

The theft has been linked to North Korean actors by several sources, and it stands as one of the largest losses in crypto history.

Many firms that face breaches do not recover. Reports note nearly eight out of 10 projects hit by hacks never fully bounce back.

Bybit’s choice to keep withdrawals open and to honor user balances changed the math. That move reduced panic and kept liquidity flowing.

Market Movers And Volume Gains

Trading volumes rose across multiple venues in 2025. CoinGecko’s research points out that six of the top 10 exchanges grew their yearly volume, and the total extra trades equaled about $1.3 trillion.

MEXC jumped sharply, reportedly rising 90% over the prior year, a gain blamed largely on aggressive zero-fee spot trading that pulled in high-frequency traders and new retail users.

Bullish price action for Bitcoin and several altcoins also pushed activity up; several coins reached fresh all-time highs during the year, which always sparks more trading and more headlines. For some platforms, promotions and fee policies had more immediate effect than brand reputation.

How Bybit Handled The Crisis

The exchange’s leadership was visible. Ben Zhou, Bybit’s CEO, addressed customers on camera and promised the platform would cover losses and secure additional liquidity quickly.

Some of those promises were acted on behind the scenes, where external support was arranged to shore up funds.

Trust was not rebuilt overnight. It was rebuilt in small steps, transaction by transaction, and in public statements that reassured users their capital was safe.

The combination of keeping services running and having clear communication changed investor behavior.

Binance And Rival Trends

Binance stayed the largest by a wide margin, with CoinGecko estimating about $7.3 trillion in annual volume. That massive figure hides a small drop from the prior year — a 0.5% decline — which analysts tied to a major liquidation event on October 10 that rattled markets.

Still, Binance’s user base was said to be over 300 million, and its ecosystem handles a vast range of products beyond spot trading.

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Криптоаналитик и блогер Бенджамин Коуэн (Benjamin Cowen) призвал владельцев биткоинов набраться терпения, так как нисходящий тренд криптовалюты может оказаться более длительным, чем хотелось бы.

Сооснователь Эфириума Виталик Бутерин заявил, что пожертвовал 16 384 эфиров (около $43 млн) на развитие сообщества сети второй по капитализации криптовалюты.

Canary Capital CEO Steven McClurg said he expects BlackRock could enter the spot XRP ETF race as soon as late 2026, framing it as a demand-led decision rather than a sudden shift in conviction from the world’s largest asset manager.

Speaking in a Jan. 27 interview with Crypto Sensei, McClurg argued that the market is already moving in that direction as more legacy ETF issuers test the perimeter of non-Bitcoin products.

BlackRock Could Join XRP ETF Race By End Of 2026

“It wouldn’t surprise me if BlackRock files for a XRP, potentially Solana ETF sometime by the end of 2026 or 2027,” he said. “I mean you’ve already got Fidelity, you’ve already got Franklin Templeton in the race there. So it’s not going to be a whole lot longer before BlackRock. Aso […] Invesco just filed for a Solana ETF. Give it time. XRP will be there as well.”

McClurg described the ETF playbook as straightforward: issuers follow client demand and liquid market structure, then expand product shelves once the commercial case is clear. “I think it has to do with a few functions. They want to see demand. They want to see high market cap and it’ll get there eventually,” he said, suggesting that XRP’s pathway to a BlackRock filing is less about narratives and more about sustained investor pull.

That framework also matches how he says Canary thinks about filings. Asked how much product development is driven by client demand versus the firm’s own views, McClurg was blunt: “It’s highly weighted towards where we believe demand is.” He added that Canary will occasionally “take a couple of risks” on earlier-stage tokens, citing Axelar as a filing that was ultimately not launched amid weaker demand and drawdowns.

McClurg’s comments came with a wider thesis about where institutional attention is shifting. He said many pension funds and sovereign wealth investors are approaching Bitcoin as an allocation akin to gold, but that conversations around Ethereum often stall. “The conversation we’re having with Ethereum is that’s old technology, I want what’s next,” he said, adding that some institutions “just pass on Ethereum,” pointing to a view that open-source code can be replicated inside private networks.

By contrast, he said institutions are increasingly focused on networks he described as “very cheap and efficient to run,” naming XRP Ledger, Hedera, and Solana, alongside “competitors to Solana” such as Injective. The core pitch, in his telling, is operational: lower costs, higher throughput, and a clearer line from network utility to enterprise deployment.

On US bank adoption, McClurg predicted banks will partner with specific crypto protocols rather than converge on a single rail, with Ripple “first,” Hedera “second,” and Solana “a far third” in terms of being “dug into the financial system.” He also singled out Ripple’s stablecoin RLUSD as a potential breakout, saying, “I see that thing exploding” once integrated with partner rails, and even floated that RLUSD “could surpass USDC.”

McClurg tied much of the timing, ETFs included, to regulatory clarity. “I don’t really care what’s in the bill. I just want to know what I can and can’t do,” he said, referring to the Clarity Act debate. “And once I know what I can and can’t do, I can go make money […] just tell me the rules so that I can go out and run my business and not have to look over my shoulder.”

At press time, XRP traded at $1.75.

За неполный январь в реестр XRP Ledger добавилось 42 адреса с балансом более 1 млн токенов. Число кошельков с крупным балансом криптовалюты XRP компании Ripple растет впервые с сентября, обратили внимание аналитики компании Santiment.

Чистый отток капитала из американских спотовых биржевых фондов (ETF) на биткоин за четверг, 29 января, составил $817 млн, говорят данные платформы SoSoValue.

Шесть сенаторов-демократов направили письмо заместителю генерального прокурора Тодду Бланшу (Todd Blanche), раскритиковав его решение о роспуске Национального подразделения по обеспечению соблюдения правил в отношении криптовалют (NCET), созданного в 2022 году Министерством юстиции США.

Основатель медиаплатформы Bankless и криптофонда Mythos Capital Райан Шон Адамс (Ryan Sean Adams) посоветовал владельцам криптовалют не иметь прямой доступ к активам из собственного дома и со смартфона, чтобы избежать нападения преступников.

Объем предложения стейблкоинов к началу года достиг почти $300 млрд, но рост практически остановился. До сих пор сказывается октябрьский обвал криптовалютного рынка, объяснили аналитики компании ARK Invest.

22-летняя жительница Минска потеряла 23 000 белорусских рублей (около $8 000 долларов), попытавшись обналичить криптовалюту, рассказали в Октябрьском районном управлении внутренних дел столицы Республики Беларусь.