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📈 99% of financial advisors who invested in crypto in 2025 plan to increase or maintain their allocations in 2026 Source: Bitwise

🇵🇰 Pakistan has signed an agreement with a company linked to World Liberty Financial (WLF) to cooperate with the country’s state bank on integrating the USD1 stablecoin into Pakistan’s regulated digital payments system. This will allow it to operate alongside Pakistan’s digital currency infrastructure for cross-border payments.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$95,272 ETH ≈$3,322 SOL ≈$145,34 BNB ≈$947,11 XRP ≈$2,17 Market cap ≈$3,35T Fear & Greed Index: 48 ("Neutral") Altseason Index: 35

🦎 CoinGecko is reviewing a $500 million acquisition offer

💻 2025 became a record year for the number of crypto-related thefts PeckShield notes that the main causes were systemic vulnerabilities in centralized infrastructure and targeted social engineering attacks. Total losses in 2025 exceeded $4.04 billion (+34.2% compared to 2024, when losses totaled $3.01 billion). 📍 $2.67 billion — from hacks (+24.2%) 📍 $1.37 billion — from fraud (+64.2%) Only about $334.9 million was recovered or frozen (compared to $488.5 million recovered the year before).

📥 Elizabeth Warren, in a letter to SEC Chair Paul Atkins, urged that bitcoin not be allowed in retirement accounts.

“Allowing cryptocurrency into American retirement accounts creates fertile ground for major losses that could be borne by workers and their families.”

📈 Since the beginning of 2026, Bitcoin (+1.5%) has once again been lagging behind silver (+15%) and gold (+5.75%).

🧾 Senator Cynthia Lummis has introduced a bill aimed at protecting blockchain developers The essence of the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act is that developers should not be subject to the same requirements that apply to money transmission operators. Simply put, it’s like not prosecuting gun manufacturers because someone committed a crime using a gun.

🎬 The Golden Globe Awards yesterday integrated Polymarket into their broadcast, becoming the largest mainstream integration of a prediction market to date. Polymarket correctly predicted 26 out of 28 winners 🔮

🇺🇸 Cardano Founder Accuses Trump of Discrediting the Crypto Industry Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said that the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump have caused more damage to the crypto industry than those of the previous administration. According to him, after the launch of the TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins, cryptocurrency in the U.S. became associated with corruption, politics, and losses for retail investors. “When a project is launched solely to extract money from people, it destroys the very perception of cryptocurrencies. In the eyes of the left, it turns into a formula: ‘crypto equals Trump, and Trump is bad.’ You can’t alienate half the country and then expect it to support you,” he said in an interview with CoinDesk TV. Because of this, Hoskinson believes, consensus on key U.S. legislation — including the Clarity Act — was derailed. He also said that Trump-appointed crypto czar David Sacks failed to fulfill his role. Hoskinson further criticized the administration for a lack of structure and engagement with the industry, calling what is happening “predatory permissiveness” and “improvisation without a strategy.” In Hoskinson’s view, Trump’s actions have only intensified political tensions around cryptocurrencies and deprived the industry of any realistic chance for stable regulation in the coming years.

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$92,120 ETH ≈$3,134 SOL ≈$142,06 BNB ≈$907,87 XRP ≈$2,06 Market cap ≈$3,22T Fear & Greed Index: 26 ("Fear") Altseason Index: 35

🛠 An anonymous developer known as TheCharlatan has become a new Trusted Keys holder on the Bitcoin Core team This makes them only the sixth person with the right to commit changes to the master branch of the repository. The previous appointment of this kind was Ryan Ofsky in May 2023. The Trusted Keys group now consists of six people: Marco Falke, Gloria Zhao, Ryan Ofsky, Hennadii Stepanov, Ava Chow, and TheCharlatan. Their keys are used to sign software releases, and only these keys are recognized by the ~25 active Bitcoin Core contributors. The appointment was made by consensus: at least 20 people voiced support in the chat, with no objections. TheCharlatan is praised as a reliable reviewer and an expert in critical parts of the code, reproducible builds, and block validation.

⛔️ Dubai has banned privacy tokens If the sender and recipient cannot be identified, the asset is prohibited.

The company BitMine has already purchased 4,167,768 ETH ($13B) — about 3.45% of the total supply. ▪ Average purchase price: $3,119. ▪ Available cash to increase reserves: $988M. ▪ Purchased last week: 24,266 ETH ($75M). ▪ Staked: 1,256,083 ETH ($3.9B).

🔶 Binance lists the United Stables (U) stablecoin U is one of the first stablecoins on BNB Chain to support gasless authorization via EIP-3009.

💰 Today marks 17 years since the first transaction on the Bitcoin network. Satoshi Nakamoto sent BTC to developer Hal Finney.

🐳 Strategy bought 13,627 BTC for $1.25 billion at an average price of $91,519 per coin

📊 crypto prices: BTC ≈$90,675 ETH ≈$3,114 SOL ≈$139,69 BNB ≈$901,96 XRP ≈$2,05 Market cap ≈$3,18T Fear & Greed Index: 27 ("Fear") Altseason Index: 28

🪙 USDT has become deeply embedded in Venezuela, where it is used by the state-owned oil company to bypass sanctions, while the general population relies on it as a dollar substitute amid hyperinflation, The Wall Street Journal reports. After the arrest of Nicolás Maduro, analysts expect the use of the stablecoin to continue. Tether stated that it complies with U.S. and international sanctions and cooperates with authorities, freezing wallets linked to illegal activity when necessary.

📝 The crypto market needs more advanced decentralized stablecoins that can address a number of long-term issues such as inflation, said Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. The developer highlighted three key demands of the digital asset sector: 1️⃣ Stablecoins need an index that would be “better than the U.S. dollar exchange rate.” 2️⃣ A decentralized oracle pool that is resistant to capture is required. 3️⃣ The issue of competition for staking yield needs to be resolved. “Tracking the U.S. dollar works well in the short term, but in my view, part of the concept of a resilient nation-state should include independence even from this price ticker. What if, over a 20-year horizon, hyperinflation occurs — even a moderate one?” Buterin noted.