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Top crypto firms reveal their 2026 forecasts: BTC ATHs, stablecoin dominance, and tokenized assets take center stage as speculation gives way to real-world infrastructure.
Investment firm Trend Research has opened a $1B leveraged ETH long by borrowing stablecoins on Aave, buying Ethereum on Binance, and redepositing it as collateral.
China is making efforts toward the adoption of its CBDC and has now mandated banks to pay interest rate on the currency.
More than half a billion dollars in multiple altcoins will be unlocked this week, triggering concerns among the crypto community.
Solana-based stablecoin USX briefly lost its dollar peg due to a secondary market liquidity drain, dropping as low as $0.10.
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has printed ‘Extreme Fear’ for 14 straight days: way longer than during the FTX collapse.
Trust Wallet’s users lost roughly $7 million to hackers due to a security flaw in its 2.68 version.
UNIfication turns UNI from a passive governance token into a burn‑driven proxy on Uniswap’s swap and L2 revenue.
Crypto derivatives volume increased to nearly $86 trillion in 2025, but the institutional-led growth triggered over $150 billion in liquidations.
Zcash price increased around 10% to the $446 level, amid strong bullish sentiment as daily trading volume jumped more than 50%.
Smaller altcoins see slightly bigger gains on Christmas while the leading altcoin struggles to break the $3,000 mark.
Anthony Pompliano said Bitcoin’s lack of a year-end rally does not signal an imminent crash moving into Q1 2026.
VanEck sees 2026 as a consolidation year for Bitcoin: lower volatility, miners’ AI/HPC pivot as the standout play, plus selective upside in stablecoin B2B payments with a disciplined 1–3% DCA.
SEC links AI-branded group chats, fake crypto platforms, and deepfake guru marketing into one $14M fraud narrative and a fresh warning shot at retail-facing “AI trading” plays.
Russia’s Central Bank plots 2026 shift to mass-market crypto access as the EU sanctions keep tightening.