January 29, 2026
Bitcoin

[LIVE] Crypto News Today, December 18 – Bitcoin Price Holds $85K Support as PIPPIN Leads Meme Coin and AI Sector: Next 100x Crypto?

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Crypto

Fartcoin price bulls lose key support as Solana meme coin drops below $0.30

Fartcoin price declined approximately 20% in the past 24 hours as Solana-based meme coins faced renewed selling pressure, according to market data. Summary Fartcoin price fell roughly 20% in 24 hours and 68% over 12 months, dropping below $0.30 amid renewed selling in Solana meme coins.​ Trading volume jumped 28% and reached about 43% of

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Ethereum

Protocol Update 002 – Scale Blobs

Following up from Protocol Update 001, we’d like to introduce our approach to blob scaling. The L1 serves as a robust foundation for L2 systems to scale Ethereum, and a necessary component of secure L2 solutions is data availability provided by the L1. Data availability ensures that updates L2s make back to the L1 can

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Bitcoin

BNB holds fourth-largest crypto spot as price slides and selling pressure builds

BNB remained the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins, even after losing more than 2.55% of its value in 24 hours. The token of BNB Chain is now trading at $837 with a market capitalization of $115.3 billion, closely followed by XRP, which lost 2.3%, at $112.97 billion. BNB’s decline followed a failed attempt

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Crypto

Hive boosts Paraguay Bitcoin mining as rivals pivot to HPC

Holmes says Hive will keep expanding Paraguay Bitcoin mining and HPC sites despite leverage-driven BTC price volatility and short-term market contagion.​ Summary Hive raised daily production from 3 to 10 BTC and plans further mining expansion using low-cost Paraguayan hydro power.​ Management sees Bitcoin mining and HPC as parallel “twin engines,” using BTC cash flows

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Ethereum

The Ecosystem Support Program’s Next Chapter

The EF’s Grants Program launched in 2018 and has evolved over time to become the Ecosystem Support Program (ESP), providing grants and support to builders that help the Ethereum ecosystem thrive. Our mission is to enable work that strengthens Ethereum’s foundations and empowers future builders, in domains such as developer tooling, research, community building, infrastructure,

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Altcoins

Analyst Says One Privacy-Focused Altcoin Building Two-Year Parabolic Trend: ‘The Best Chart in Crypto’

A popular crypto analyst believes a privacy-focused altcoin is heading to new all-time highs even as the broader market loses steam. Analyst and trader Kevin Svenson tells his 163,500 followers on X that Monero (XMR) is set up for a price explosion that may result in a more than 80% increase in its current value

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Crypto

Dogecoin price forms bullish reversal setup as whales buy and exchange balances drop

Dogecoin price has formed a bullish reversal pattern over the past two months, a breakout above which could likely lead to gains of nearly 65% in the coming weeks. Summary Dogecoin price is down 20% over the past month. Whales have increased their Dogecoin holdings over the past month. A falling wedge pattern has formed

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Pumps Above $90k Then Dumps To $85k In 4 Hours

The bitcoin price (BTC) briefly surged above $90,000 early Wednesday in U.S. trading, only to tumble back below $87,000 within minutes, reflecting a fragile and volatile crypto market. The largest cryptocurrency rallied from roughly $87,000 to above $90,000 around 10:00 a.m EST before rapidly retracing to the $86,500–$87,500 range.  At the time of writing, Bitcoin

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Ethereum

Protocol Update 003 — Improve UX

A few months ago, we announced a renewed focus of Protocol on three strategic initiatives: Scale L1, Scale blobs, Improve UX. Following previous updates on Scale L1 and Scale blobs, this note relates to our “Improve UX” track, and its mission: Seamless, secure and permissionless experience across the Ethereum ecosystem, for individuals and institutions. We

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