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Crypto Twitter is angry again. This time, the target is familiar: Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, and its co-founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ).Over the past few days, major allegations have taken over Twitter (or X) timelines, with some users calling him “a scammer” and demanding he be “sent back to prison.” So what is actually behind the latest accusations, and how much of it is supported by verifiable evidence?The October Market Crash: What Happened?One of the most serious allegations facing Binance dates back to October, during what later became known as “Crypto Black Friday.”On October 10, US President Donald Trump…

The U.S. government is set to partially shut down at midnight, despite the Senate voting in favor of a funding package intended to keep the government running — showing the importance of specificity in prediction market contracts.The House of Representatives is out of session this week, and will not be back until Monday. Because the House needs to pass the package the Senate voted on Friday evening, this means that the government will technically shut down at 12:00 a.m. ET Saturday, and likely remain shut through the weekend. It’s just a partial shutdown and should not have a significant effect…

Bitcoin’s sharp slide to $81,119 on January 30 came with a derivatives-market gut punch: forced long closures spiked to extreme levels, yet perpetual funding stayed decisively positive. That mix is complicating a common read, whether the market has already “cleansed” leverage or is still set up for repeat liquidation waves. Is The Bitcoin Deleveraging Over? On-Chain analyst Axel Adler Jr., in his Morning Brief, pointed to a “cascade of forced closures” over the past 24 hours, with long liquidations dominating the tape. His liquidation dominance oscillator tracking the balance of long versus short liquidations, printed roughly 97%, while the 30-day…

A newly released report from crypto market intelligence firm Messari offers a detailed look at Avalanche’s (AVAX) performance during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2025, revealing a sharp contrast between weak price action and record‑breaking on‑chain activity. Metrics Climb Even As AVAX Suffers Steep Q4 Decline According to Messari, Avalanche’s native token, AVAX, experienced a steep decline during the final quarter of the year. The token fell 59.0% quarter‑over‑quarter (QoQ) and 65.5% year‑over‑year (YoY), dropping from around $30.00 at the end of Q3 in September to approximately $12.30 by the close of Q4.  Related Reading Avalanche’s circulating market capitalization mirrored…

In brief Tech investor Cathie Wood said Thursday that gold is the real asset bubble, not AI. Her comments came a day before gold fell 9% on Friday, with silver falling much harder. Wood recently claimed Bitcoin was a superior scarcity asset when compared with gold. Gold’s rise has caught the eye of noted technology investor Cathie Wood, who says the precious metal is the real ongoing market bubble—not artificial intelligence.Wood’s remarks came Thursday as gold surged to a new all-time high above $5,600 while hitting a new record percentage of the U.S. M2 money supply in intraday trading, based…

What lies ahead for the PI token next week, according to Gemini. It was a painful week for most of the cryptocurrency market, but Pi Network’s native token found a way to dig another (actually several) hole. In the span of just 72 hours or so, the asset plummeted to numerous consecutive all-time lows. The latest anti-record came on January 29 at $0.1589 (CoinGecko data), which means that PI has lost 94.5% of its value since late February 2025, when it charted an all-time high at $2.99. Given its spectacular demise and most recent correction, we decided to ask Gemini…

In brief The Bitcoin mining profit/loss sustainability index hit a 14-month low, according to CryptoQuant. The metric measures the price of Bitcoin versus the profitability of running a Bitcoin mining operation. Shares of publicly traded BTC miners have fallen by double digits this week. Bitcoin miners are struggling to eke out a profit lately amid the asset’s falling price and external complications, including a winter storm that rocked a large chunk of the United States last weekend, impacting the production of top mining firms.A ratio that tracks the relationship between Bitcoin’s price and the profitability of running Bitcoin mining operations…

DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, today announced its 2026 transformation into “The New Financial Platform,” a global financial ecosystem designed to expand access to modern banking, investment, and payments infrastructure for the world’s underserved populations. The vision, unveiled by co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou during the biannual keynote session, positions the company beyond its origins as a cryptocurrency exchange and into a unified financial platform connecting crypto, traditional markets, and real-world financial services. At the center of the strategy is a long-term mission: empowering the 1.4 billion underbanked people…

The end of another week is here again, and it’s also the end of the month, which means a bumper batch of Bitcoin and Ether options contracts are expiring. Around 91,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, Jan. 30, with a notional value of roughly $8.3 billion. This event is much larger than the rest this month because it is the last one for January. Crypto markets have lost around $215 billion since the start of the week, as the Federal Reserve kept US interest rates steady at 3.5% to 3.75%, still much higher than its 2% target. Geopolitical…

Bitcoin’s price downtrend may not be as short-lived as many holders anticipate, says crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen.“Bitcoin’s likely going to keep bleeding against the stock market,” Cowen said in a video on Thursday, adding that strong expectations of a “massive rotation” from metals like gold and silver into crypto may be misplaced.The prices of gold and silver have recently surged to all-time highs of $5,608.33 and $121.64, respectively, according to Trading Economics. Citi predicts silver won’t slow downCiti predicted on Tuesday that silver could climb to $150 within the next three months, driven by Chinese demand and the US dollar hitting…