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В селе Майданское Унцукульского района Дагестана полицейские остановили работу подпольной майнинг‑фермы, которую организовал 52‑летний местный житель.

SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom, who previously led BlackRock’s digital assets strategy, framed the Ethereum-versus-Solana debate as a mismatch between narrative and actual institutional behavior: TradFi firms may praise speed and low fees, but the highest-value financial use cases are gravitating to networks optimized for trust, security, and liquidity.

Why Ethereum Beats Solana

Speaking with CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie on Jan. 26, Chalom said he would avoid positioning his view as opinion and instead point to what he called observable market signals. “Maybe I’ll just share facts,” he said. “The fact is that Ethereum has been around for 10 years. It’s the secure, trusted, and liquid ecosystem. And I talk about both the layer 1 mainnet as well as the long set of layer 2s who help do that rollup strategy.”

That longevity, in his telling, matters because institutions aren’t selecting chains the way consumers pick apps. They’re selecting settlement rails for moving money, tokenizing assets, and representing ownership, workflows where operational failure and security assumptions are existential. Solana, Chalom acknowledged, has carved out a reputation for performance. But he drew a hard line on reliability. “Solana has been fast and cheap but it has not been secure. It has had downtime,” he said, arguing that downtime risk is disqualifying for “high value projects.”

Chalom’s thesis is that when the use case is “tokenizing assets” and “moving money,” the decision criteria compress into three buckets. “The real institutions who care only about three things,” he said, are “trust, security, and liquidity.” On that basis, he argued, “they’re building on Ethereum for high value projects,” adding: “It’s happening on Ethereum.”

He also anchored the comparison in stablecoin and tokenized-asset activity, citing a sharp share gap as evidence of where the market is allocating serious volume. “More than 65% of stablecoins and tokenized assets are happening there,” Chalom said, describing that as “10x what you see on Salana.” He reinforced the directional claim immediately after: “Ethereum leads in high quality assets in DeFi, tokenization, and stable coins by a factor of 10 to one over Salana. And that gap is only getting larger.”

Still, Chalom did not argue for a single-chain world. Instead, he mapped Ethereum and Solana to different product surfaces based on security tolerance. “I do think there’s a role for cheap, fast, less secure chains,” he said, and suggested Solana’s comparative advantage shows up where finality speed and cost trump institutional-grade assurances. “I think Solana will win in the memecoin, maybe the gaming space where actually security matters a lot less and speed matters more.”

The subtext is a segmentation story: Ethereum as the default rail for high-value, regulated, reputation-sensitive flows; Solana as the venue for high-throughput consumer and speculative activity where users accept different risk tradeoffs. Chalom insisted this is not about persuasion so much as migration patterns. “It’s not my perspective,” he said. “People are voting with their feet.”

Notably, SharpLink Gaming (Nasdaq: SBET) has emerged as one of the largest corporate ETH holders, with public trackers putting its holdings at roughly 864,840 ETH (about $2.5B at recent marks).

At press time, ETH traded at $2,921.

Эмитент крупнейшего по капитализации стейблкоина USDT, компания Tether, объявила о выпуске привязанного к доллару США стейблкоина USAT, созданного специально для американского рынка.

As Bitcoin’s price continues to face downside pressure and performance, speculation about BTC’s price bottom has grown significantly within the sector or community. However, to accurately determine whether BTC has reached a bottom is highly dependent on on-chain data from several metrics, which are now showing that the bottom is not yet in.

Bitcoin May Not Be Done Correcting

Determining the Bitcoin price bottom has become quite difficult in the ongoing market cycle. In the meantime, several key on-chain metrics are flashing caution and showing data that suggests that the flagship cryptocurrency asset may not have fully found its bottom yet for this market cycle.

After an on-chain analysis, Alphractal, an advanced investment and on-chain data platform, outlined that the BTC market is witnessing steady bleeding, but the true bottom has not been achieved yet. The platform’s analysis is focused mainly on two key metrics, which include the BTC Net Unrealized Profit/Loss (NUPL) and the BTC Delta Growth Rate (Market Cap vs. Realized Cap).

These indications suggest that the market may still be dealing with excess supply and uncertainty, as evidenced by the ongoing pullback in BTC’s price. With the bearish signal from the two indicators, it is clear that the confirmation of a true bottom could need extended data-driven validation or more time.

As seen on the chart, the Net Unrealized Profit/Loss metric has started to drop, suggesting that unrealized gains across the network are starting to compress. In spite of the decline, the metric is still in positive territory. This implies that market participants continue to remain in profits rather than losses.

Alphractal highlighted that the true cycle bottom historically only unfolds once the metric flips negative, entering full capitulation mode. Meanwhile, the BTC Delta Growth Rate is already demonstrating negative movement, signaling the end of speculative activity and the start of the fundamental accumulation phase.

Bearish Outlook Has Intensified Along With BTC’s Price Drop

Following a pullback last weekend, the Bitcoin price is now trading below the $90,000 mark again. According to Swissblock, an investment pioneer, recent price action has reinforced the bearish outlook of the market. 

As the crypto king loses key support at the $89,200 level, the Bitcoin Risk Index is seeing a steady climb, heightening the general bearish sentiment. However, the platform noted that Bitcoin bulls are persistently holding a critical line of defense at the $84,500 mark, which is currently serving as the immediate target for the downside. Swissblock has outlined two separate scenarios that could play out in the upcoming sessions. 

For the bullish case, the platform predicts that if the $84,500 support holds, a liquidity sweep could occur at this point. At the same time, the Risk Index begins to cool off, channeling a high-conviction entry for long positioning. Breaking down the bearish scenario, Swissblock noted that a decline and consolidation below the $84,500 level would likely spark a deeper correction, targeting new lows below the November levels with a primary target at $74,000.

Blockchain technology is beginning to absorb traditional government assets at an alarming pace, with Ripple’s XRP Ledger (XRPL) now hosting US Treasury debt in digital form. The latest reports have revealed a massive increase in tokenized treasuries on the ledger, reflecting not just rising governmental interest in the blockchain but also growing institutional adoption. 

US Treasury Debt Skyrockets On Ripple’s XRPL

Over the past year, tokenized US Treasury debt on the XRP Ledger has skyrocketed to more than $150.19 million. Data from the tokenized asset analytics platform RWA.xyz shows that digital platforms such as OpenEden Digital, Zeconomy, Ondo, and Archax have been the primary drivers behind this latest surge in activity and volume. 

XRPL data also shows that US Treasury debt has not been the only asset class to experience growth on the network. Recent reports revealed that the XRP Ledger achieved a significant milestone, surpassing $1 billion in total tokenized assets. While tokenized US treasury debt contributed significantly to this growth, other asset classes, including stablecoins, private credit, commodities, and private equity, have also recorded substantial volume, reflecting the network’s expanding role in global digital finance. 

Stablecoins recorded the highest volume of over $338 million within the $1 billion tokenized asset growth, representing approximately 160% more than US Treasury debt. In comparison, private equity accounted for $55.2 million, reflecting less than 33% of tokenized treasuries. 

Across all networks, tokenized US Treasury holdings have now reached about $10 billion. While the percentage held by the XRP Ledger is impressive, it still represents just 1.4% of the total. Nonetheless, the growth rate of US Treasury debt on XRPL is striking, showing a more than 2,900% increase from the roughly $5 million on the network in 2025. 

The recent surge in tokenized US Treasury debt on the XRP Ledger underscores the expanding integration of traditional finance with blockchain technology. It also reflects the rising demand for Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, which has become a fundamental aspect of Ripple and XRPL’s utility and key driver of the network’s growth and expansion into broader markets. 

Why This Is A Big Deal

Historically, US Treasury debt was tracked and recorded through conventional banking and government systems. As a result, trading relied heavily on intermediaries, transactions and settlements were slow, and most retail investors had limited access. At the same time, Paper records and centralized systems dominated the market, making processes less transparent and tedious.

However, the introduction of blockchain technology has significantly improved how debt is represented and managed. On the XRP Ledger, Treasury debt can now be tokenized, allowing near-instant settlement and real-time verification on a public network. This reduces the reliance on intermediaries and introduces a new level of transparency and security compared to traditional methods. 

The rise of tokenized Treasury debt also signals changes in investor behavior and broader market dynamics. It shows that blockchain-based assets can now compete with traditional markets, offering faster, more efficient, and accessible alternatives for institutions and governments.

С развитием систем отслеживания блокчейнов биткоины, которые некогда фигурировали в незаконной деятельности, рискуют быть исключены из мировой финансовой системы. Такое мнение во время своего стрима высказал криптоинвестор, миллионер, основатель блокчейн-компании Card1Ventures и соинвестор Node40 Гэри Кардоне (Gary Cardone).

Изменение цены биткоина в ближайшее время определят два фактора: общая ситуация на рынке и способность покупателей удержать уровень $86 000, заявили аналитики инвесткомпании IG Group.

Председатель Австралийской комиссии по ценным бумагам и инвестициям (ASIC) Джо Лонго (Joe Longo) назвал отсутствие регулирования криптовалют серьезной проблемой, призвав власти страны как можно скорее устранить этот пробел в законодательстве.

Crypto traders are watching quietly. Prices are moving, but not in the way many bulls expected. According to Fundstrat managing partner Tom Lee, during an interview on CNBC’s Power Lunch Monday, the surge in gold and silver has pulled a lot of cash away from riskier bets. That shift has been strong enough to slow the momentum that might otherwise have lifted digital assets sooner.

Precious Metals Steal The Spotlight

Gold has surged to record territory, and silver has climbed sharply, drawing interest from investors seeking a safe place to park money. Reports note gold topped $5,100 after a strong run that added close to 8% since the start of the year, while silver hit about $110 following a 57% gain. Geopolitical stress, tariff fears, and a weaker dollar are cited as reasons for that move. In plain terms: a lot of nervous money went to metal, not crypto.

Lee pointed to the large deleveraging event in October as another drag. Many firms and market makers were hit hard, and margin-driven upside is much smaller now. That means rallies take more time to appear.

Based on reports, parts of the industry are recovering, but some players remain fragile. BitMine, an Ether treasury firm tied to Lee, added 20,000 ETH in a fresh buy, which shows belief is still there at institutional levels.

It seems that Tom Lee(@fundstrat)’s #Bitmine bought another 20,000 $ETH($58.22M) from #FalconX 6 hours ago.https://t.co/OYqF48eaXX pic.twitter.com/GB6DT0HUid

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) January 27, 2026

Bitcoin Price Action And Market Mood

Bitcoin traded in a tight band around $87,000–$88,000 after recent swings tied to global headlines. It tested support at about $86,000 and failed to push above $95,000 in recent attempts.

Buyers are stepping in on dips rather than chasing gains, and volumes have been mixed. ETF flows have been negative, which points to short-term caution. Still, holding those levels without a sharp drop keeps the story alive.

Risk Appetite Matters More Than Dollar Moves

Reports from CryptoQuant contend that dollar weakness alone won’t send Bitcoin higher if the move is fear-driven. When people flee the dollar because they are scared, they pick the most traditional hideouts — like gold.

For crypto to rally strongly, the dollar needs to weaken because investors are willing to take on risk, not because they are panicked. That difference is subtle but crucial. And that’s precisely what Tom Lee means — that Bitcoin and Ethereum usually jump when gold and silver pause.

What Could Trigger A Shift

A pause or pullback in precious metals could free up capital and change investor focus. Easing from the Fed, or clearer signs that geopolitical tensions are cooling, might push some money back toward digital assets.

Institutional interest in smart contract platforms was highlighted at recent finance events, and some firms are building on Ethereum and similar chains. Those longer-term moves are being made quietly, even while spot prices wander.

Featured image from Unchained, chart from TradingView

В республике Карачаево-Черкесия власти закрыли майнинговую ферму на 12 устройств. Ущерб энергетическому комплексу региона превысил 375 000 рублей, объявили специалисты госкомпании «Россети Северный Кавказ».

Инвесторы массово продают криптовалюту, чтобы получить наличные, превратив биткоин «в банкомат», заявил глава отдела аналитики New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) Грег Чиполаро (Greg Cipolaro).

Платформа GoMining, предлагающая токенизацию майнинговой мощности при помощи невзаимозаменяемых токенов (NFT), совместно с производителем часов Jacob & Co. планирует выпустить механические часы с функцией контроля за добычей биткоинов.  

Федеральный суд Австралии наложил штраф в размере $14 млн на компанию BPS Financial за продвижение и эксплуатацию криптопродукта Qoin Wallet.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson used the opening of a Midnight workshop in Sapporo (Japan tour) on Jan. 25 to frame Midnight as Cardano’s “crown jewel” and a missing primitive for mainstream crypto adoption, arguing the privacy layer is positioned to outpace incumbent privacy-focused networks within 12 months.

Why Cardano’s Midnight ‘Eclipses’ All Privacy Projects

Hoskinson told attendees that while crypto spent the past decade perfecting transparent ledgers, it never built a first-class “private side” that real businesses and regulators can work with. “When you have the yin and yang, well, we only built one side of the yin and yang. We only built the transparent side. We didn’t build the private side,” he said. “So the challenge is that blockchains, every single one of them, they’re missing something. They’re missing a component that’s required for real-life business.”

In his telling, the gap sits at the intersection of privacy-enhancing technology (PET), compliance, and an emerging “abstraction” stack aimed at making crypto usable without forcing consumers to learn how blockchains work. Hoskinson argued that regulated activity like KYC/KYB/AML requires selective disclosure, but public chains force a tradeoff between compliance and privacy. “If you share information about yourself on a public network, everyone in the world, everywhere in the world, gets to see that,” he said. “That doesn’t make any sense. That doesn’t make sense to do commerce.”

He extended the same logic to intent-based execution and account abstraction-style UX, where users describe outcomes and a solver network routes liquidity and settlement across chains. “If I know your intentions, I can trade against you,” Hoskinson said, warning that revealing price bounds or execution constraints invites adverse selection. “Never tell me your intention because I can use it against you. So, intentions also require privacy.”

Midnight, he said, is designed to supply those primitives without demanding wholesale migration to a new Layer 1. Hoskinson described the network as built for “hybrid applications” across multiple ecosystems, claiming Midnight’s launch architecture connected it to “eight different ecosystems, seven different blockchains,” so users can stay on chains like Solana, Cardano, Bitcoin, or Ethereum while invoking Midnight’s privacy features.

He also positioned Midnight as a catalyst for Cardano’s DeFi ambitions, acknowledging a participation gap between staking and on-chain application usage. “There’s 1.4 million people staking, but only about 50,000 people participating on a monthly basis in our DeFi ecosystem,” Hoskinson said, adding that the next phase is to upgrade a subset of leading Cardano dApps so they can tap Midnight and market privacy-native products—such as private DEXs, prediction markets, or stablecoins—to users from other ecosystems.

On rollout, Hoskinson said the first stage of Midnight launched in December and that the first mainnet is “very soon” to follow. He highlighted what he characterized as an unusually retail-heavy distribution: “We never sold a single token. We just gave it away,” he said, claiming ADA holders received more than 50% of supply and that early trading activity surpassed $9 billion in volume and more than $1 billion in value.

Hoskinson closed with his boldest projection: “Within a year, Midnight is going to eclipse anybody in the privacy space because we know how to solve these problems,” he said, attributing the edge to the depth of Cardano’s research bench.

“Because we hired 168 scientists, and they happen to have spent the last four decades of their life chasing this. One of the guys working on this wrote the first computer game online. He was at Stanford when they were building the internet, […]. He wrote Pong, and it was the first online game. That’s the legacy we have. Now, 40 years later, he’s a fellow in the Royal Society, the same society that Sir Isaac Newton was a member of. He’s working on this, as is that 22-year-old graduate student, as is the developer here in Japan, and everyone in between, and that’s why we’re going to win. It’s not a US cryptocurrency. It’s global,” Hoskison said.

At press time, ADA traded at $0.3512.

60% крупных американских банков уже предоставляют либо планируют предложить клиентам услуги, связанные с биткоином, включая торговлю и хранение, заявили аналитики компании River со ссылкой на свое исследование.

В среду, 28 января, в Москве компания «Вэйморр» проводит закрытую конференцию для майнеров WAYMORR Event 2.0.

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has unveiled its latest purchase of the cryptocurrency, this time tokens worth a total of $264.1 million.

Strategy Has Expanded Its Bitcoin Treasury By 2,932 BTC

In a new post on X, Strategy co-founder and chairman has shared the details related to the latest Bitcoin acquisition from the company. In total, the new purchase has added 2,932 tokens to the firm’s treasury at an average price of $90,061 per token.

According to the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the buy took place between January 20th and 25th. Strategy funded the $264.1 million acquisition using proceeds from its STRC and MSTR at-the-market (ATM) stock offerings.

In the last two weeks, the company has made purchases involving a substantial size. Last week, the company added Bitcoin worth $2.13 billion, while the week before that, it spent $1.25 billion on the cryptocurrency. Compared to these, the latest buy isn’t too big, but nonetheless showcases continued resolve for accumulation from Saylor’s firm.

Following the latest purchase, Strategy’s Bitcoin reserves have grown to 712,647 BTC, equivalent to about 3.57% of the asset’s total circulating supply. Currently, these holdings are worth around $62.23 billion, up nearly 15% over the company’s investment of $54.19 billion.

Strategy is the largest digital asset corporate holder in the world, with its closest competition being Bitmine, a BTC mining company that pivoted to an Ethereum treasury strategy last year.

According to a Monday press release, Bitmine has also participated in accumulation during the past week, adding 40,302 ETH ($116.5 million) to its holdings. The firm’s total treasury reserve has now risen to 4,243,338 ETH ($12.24 billion), corresponding to a supply share of 3.52%.

Recently, Bitmine has been putting its Ethereum toward staking to earn a passive interest on its holdings. In the past week, the company has increased its locked stake by 171,264 ETH, taking total staked supply to more than 2 million tokens. “Bitmine has staked more ETH than other entities in the world,” said Tom Lee, Bitmine chairman.

In some other news, Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a high amount of net outflows in the past week, according to data from SoSoValue.

As displayed in the above graph, the weekly Bitcoin spot ETF netflow measured at -$1.33 billion last week. This is the highest outflow that these investment vehicles have witnessed since the end of February 2025.

Just a week prior, the market situation was the complete reverse, as spot ETFs saw net inflows amounting to $1.42 billion. The latest streak of outflows, however, have nearly entirely retraced this growth.

BTC Price

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is floating around $88,000, down more than 5% in the last seven days.

Американская компания Circle, выпускающая стейблкоины USDC, подверглась критике за неспособность своевременно блокировать украденные цифровые активы.

Сооснователь Fundstrat Global Advisors и председатель компании BitMine Immersion Technologies Том Ли (Tom Lee) признал, что криптовалютный рынок значительно ослаб, и объяснил произошедшее в первую очередь ростом цен на золото и серебро.

The cryptocurrency market is facing renewed pressure as a sharp contraction in stablecoin supply raises fresh concerns about Bitcoin (BTC) and overall market liquidity. 

Over the past week, the total market capitalization of ERC‑20 stablecoins has dropped by roughly $7 billion, a move analysts say could signal deeper structural weakness rather than a temporary correction.

Bitcoin Outlook Darkens

According to market analyst Darkfost, who shared the data on social media platform X (previously Twitter), this is the first time in the current cycle that the stablecoin market has experienced such a steep weekly decline from approximately $162 billion to $155 billion in just seven days. 

Darkfost described this drop as a clearly negative signal, suggesting that investors are increasingly choosing to exit the crypto market altogether instead of rotating capital within it.

The mechanics behind the trend are relatively straightforward. When demand for stablecoins falls, it typically means investors are converting their holdings back into fiat currency rather than keeping capital parked on-chain. 

As a result, stablecoin issuers burn excess tokens that are no longer needed, leading to a decline in overall supply. For this reason, a shrinking ERC‑20 stablecoin market cap is widely viewed as a bearish indicator.

Importantly, the same pattern is beginning to appear on other blockchain networks, reinforcing concerns that the trend is not isolated to Ethereum-based assets. 

Darkfost also pointed to historical precedent, noting that a similar contraction in stablecoin supply in 2021 coincided with Bitcoin’s transition into a bear market, although the Terra Luna collapse also played a role during that period.

Analyst Warns Of Potential Crypto Liquidity Crunch 

At the same time, macroeconomic risks are resurfacing. Crypto analyst Crypto Rover has warned that the likelihood of a US government shutdown by January 31 has surged to nearly 80%, up dramatically from estimates of just 10% to 15% one day earlier. 

According to his analysis, a government shutdown could pose serious challenges for Bitcoin and crypto markets due to its impact on liquidity. Historically, when shutdowns begin, the US Treasury rebuilds its Treasury General Account (TGA) by pulling cash out of financial markets. 

During the last shutdown cycle, the TGA increased by roughly $220 billion, effectively draining that amount of liquidity from the system. Crypto markets, Rover argues, are particularly vulnerable to such conditions.

In the previous episode, markets initially rallied briefly before liquidity dried up. That was followed by sharp declines, with Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) falling between 20% and 25%, while altcoins suffered even deeper losses.

This time, the setup appears even more fragile, according to Rover’s view. Liquidity in the market is already thin, investor confidence is weak, and institutional capital is largely concentrated in equities and gold rather than digital assets.

Furthermore, Rover notes that volatility is elevated, and crypto prices are reacting sharply to relatively small capital flows. Under these conditions, a shutdown-driven liquidity drain could be especially damaging, potentially triggering another severe market sell-off.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $88,183, having erased all the gains seen in the first week of the year. It is now down 5% over the past seven days, with the cryptocurrency sitting 30% below the all-time high of $126,000 reached last October. 

Featured image from OpenArt, chart from TradingView.com