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Bitcoin climbed above $96,000 for the first time since November, triggering over $500 million in liquidations as altcoins outperformed and traders rushed to cover bearish bets.

A list of amendments — some of them far afield — is circulating for the planned markup hearing of the crypto market structure bill.

Recent US regulatory action seeking to restrict prediction markets hasn’t slowed activity in the first weeks of 2026, with trading volumes hitting a record $701.7 million on Monday.Prediction market Kalshi accounted for two-thirds of total trading volume at $465.9 million, while competitors Polymarket and Opinion tallied $100 million worth of trades, Dune Analytics data from Gate Research shows.The $701.7 million tally beat the previous record of $666.6 million set the day before, with Kalshi leading trading volumes by a similar margin. Daily trading volume on prediction markets since September 2024. Source: Dune AnalyticsPrediction markets have become one of crypto’s hottest use…

Aptos price rose to $1.99 on Tuesday, gaining by 8% as bulls looked to strengthen. Grayscale has announced Aptos as one of the assets under consideration. Potential ETF demand could help APT’s price. Aptos (APT) price is up more than 8% in the past 24 hours as the broader cryptocurrency market catches a bid, with Bitcoin rising to near $93,500. The Aptos token, native to the blockchain platform powered by the move programming language, is experiencing renewed interest as most other altcoins record a slight rebound. Many of these tokens, including BNB, TRON, Ethena and Hyperliquid, are part of the…

Binance continued to dominate in 2025, as it captured over 40% of spot and Bitcoin perpetual volumes across major global exchanges. Crypto exchange activity diverged sharply in 2025, as spot market growth slowed down while derivatives trading continued to expand at a strong pace. Total spot trading volume reached $18.6 trillion. This represented a 9% year-on-year increase, but it is a significant deceleration from the 154% growth recorded in 2024. Crypto Exchange Activity According to CryptoQuant, perpetual futures activity, in contrast, rose 29% year-on-year to $61.7 trillion, after adding $13.8 trillion in volume compared with the previous year. Spot trading…

In brief Galaxy Research says the Senate Banking draft embeds sweeping new illicit finance powers for the Treasury. The proposal includes transaction holds without court orders and expanded “special measure” authority. Industry voices warn unresolved gaps around privacy and risk still constrain adoption. Galaxy Research warned that a draft crypto market-structure bill circulating in the Senate Banking Committee would significantly expand U.S. financial surveillance powers, arguing in a note that new Treasury authorities targeting decentralized finance frontends and transaction freezes could represent the largest such expansion since 2001.The analysis focuses on certain provisions from the draft that would grant the…

The debut of Polymarket probabilities on Sunday’s Golden Globes broadcast put the brand in front of millions of viewers As usual, Sunday’s Golden Globes inspired a lot of reactions on social media, as many posters offered their takes on award winners and various happenings during the ceremony. But a new feature of this year’s broadcast of the awards show on CBS and Paramount+ was the focus of many comments. Polymarket announced on Friday that it had struck a deal with the Golden Globes to become the awards show’s exclusive prediction market partner. While the news release announcing the agreement suggested that odds…

An Ethereum price collapse could break the blockchain’s ability to settle transactions and freeze over $800 billion in assets, a Bank of Italy research paper warns.The paper, authored by Claudia Biancotti of the central bank’s Directorate General for Information Technology, outlined a contagion scenario where ETH’s price collapse degrades the blockchain’s security infrastructure to the point of failure.Such a breakdown, the report argues, would trap and compromise tokenized stocks, bonds, and stablecoins that major financial institutions are increasingly placing on public ledgers.Essentially, the paper challenges the assumption that regulated assets issued on public blockchains are insulated from the volatility of…

US President Donald Trump has pledged to make major tech companies “pick up the tab” for their power usage to prevent everyday Americans from paying more for electricity. “I never want Americans to pay higher electricity bills because of data centers,” Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday.He blamed the Democrats for surging household electricity bills and vowed to work with major American tech giants to “secure their commitment to the American People,” with an announcement in the coming weeks.The average price of electricity per kilowatt-hour in the average US city has increased around 40% over…

War scenarios do not reward clean narratives. Markets usually do two things at once. They sprint into safety, then they reprice the world after the first shock passes. Bitcoin sits right on that fault line.That is why the “WW3 trade” is not a single bet. It is a sequence. In the first hours, Bitcoin often behaves like a high-beta risk asset. In the following weeks, it can start behaving like a portable, censorship-resistant asset, depending on what governments do next.Are ‘World War 3’ Fears Real Right Now?Given the current geopolitical escalations, the world world 3 conversation is more real than…