January 31, 2026
Altcoins

Cantor Fitzgerald Says ‘Positive Momentum’ Suggests Crypto Winter Not Underway Just Yet

Cantor Fitzgerald believes the current Bitcoin and crypto downturn may be more of a temporary pullback than the start of a prolonged crypto winter. In a new CNBC interview, analyst Brett Knoblauch says that shorter drawdowns so far this cycle, Federal Reserve rate cuts, the absence of a major “black swan” event, and growing regulatory

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Bitcoin

Crypto Market Rebounds as Bitcoin Holds $88K and Altcoins Regain Momentum

Crypto Market Rebounds as Bitcoin Holds $88K and Altcoins Regain Momentum The broader crypto market is showing renewed strength as Bitcoin stabilizes near the $88,000 level while major altcoins move higher. According to crypto market rebound indicators powered by blockchain data AI, capital is rotating back into digital assets after a period of holiday-driven weakness.

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Crypto

Bitcoin, politics, and silver shocks fuel crypto’s latest narrative storm

Political scandal, Bitcoin accumulation, silver volatility, and creator coins collide as narratives—not fundamentals—drive short-term crypto sentiment and volatility. Summary Santiment flagged four hot narratives: Nick Shirley’s Minnesota daycare fraud probe, Strategy’s fresh Bitcoin buy, gold–silver volatility, and Base creator coins.​ Strategy boosted BTC holdings via stock-funded purchases as silver’s spike-and-dump and gold weakness reopened the safe-haven

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Ethereum

Announcing Grants Round for Academic Research

We are excited to announce a new wave of grants to fund formal research that aims to create more knowledge about Ethereum, blockchain technology, and related domains. We encourage academics, research centers, PhD Students and all those interested in researching Ethereum to submit their project proposals. This grants round has up to $750,000 in total

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Crypto

Chainlink price forms a risky pattern as whale buying fades

Chainlink price has been forming a bearish setup as whale demand for the token has declined over the past couple of weeks. If the setup is confirmed, it could likely mean more downside for the token ahead. Summary Chainlink price has been in a downtrend since August this year. The altcoin could face more intense

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin in 2026 between digital gold narrative and high risk reality

In financial conversations, Bitcoin still sits in an uncomfortable middle. Part of the market treats it as a long term store of value that protects savings from inflation and political shocks. Another part reacts to every chart pattern as if it were a short lived momentum trade. By 2026 this split had not disappeared. It

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Ethereum

Secured #2: Public Vulnerability Disclosures

Today, we disclosed the first set of vulnerabilities from the Ethereum Foundation’s Bug Bounty Programs. These vulnerabilities were previously discovered and reported directly to the Ethereum Foundation or client teams via the Bug Bounty Programs for both the Execution Layer and Consensus Layer. Through its Bug Bounty Programs, which allow the Ethereum Foundation (EF) to

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Crypto

KyberSwap, Indexed Finance hacker dumps $2M in crypto

An Ethereum wallet linked to the Indexed Finance and KyberSwap exploits resurfaced after a year of silence, selling more than $2 million in tokens. Summary A wallet linked to the Indexed Finance and KyberSwap hacks became active after about a year. The address sold over $2 million in tokens like UNI, LINK, and CRV. 2025

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Ethereum

Announcing the Kiln Merge Testnet

The Kintsugi 🍵 merge testnet, launched late December, has been a valuable testing ground for The Merge. Through various test suites, multi-client devnets, shadow forks of Goerli, application deployments, and the community’s help #TestingTheMerge, we’ve arrived at a set of stable and robust protocol specifications. Now that clients have implemented these latest specs, a successor

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Bitcoin

Russia’s Sberbank Moves First With Crypto‑Backed Loan Trial

Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, reportedly issued its first crypto-backed loan, utilizing digital assets as collateral under strict central bank rules. Crypto markets barely blinked, with Bitcoin holding near recent ranges, but this move matters more for regulation than for price today. It marks another step in the slow shift from “shadow” crypto use in Russia

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