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A widening gap has emerged between the Federal Reserve and financial markets over the trajectory of US interest rates in 2026. While the Fed signals caution on further cuts, markets are betting on two to three reductions this year.At the heart of this disconnect lies an uncomfortable paradox: President Donald Trump’s push for lower rates may be undermined by the very inflation that threatens his political survival.Markets Are Betting on Rate Cuts by Mid-YearAccording to prediction market platform Polymarket, the probability of a rate cut at the January Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting stands at just 12%. Most participants…

Washington is about to take a serious swing at crypto’s most stubborn problem: who, exactly, is supposed to police the market when a token trades like a commodity, is sold like a security, and moves through software that insists it isn’t a company at all. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (better known on Capitol Hill and in boardrooms as the CLARITY Act) has already cleared the House, and Senate lawmakers are now lining it up for a January markup that will determine whether the bill becomes a durable rulebook or another ambitious draft that buckles under its…

Despite mainstream media coverage of crypto becoming more negative in recent years, a report found that in 2025, legacy media’s coverage of bitcoin became more balanced, with neutral reporting outweighing negative stories.According to an aggregate of sentiment data compiled by crypto intelligence platform Perception, the shift was less about enthusiasm for bitcoin and more about the exhaustion of earlier critiques.Perception’s analysis, which tracked around 350,000 mentions across 407 outlets, suggests that environmental concerns, which once dominated mainstream coverage, faded in 2025, replaced by episodic reporting on crime, kidnappings, and illicit use.While those stories skew negative in isolation, they no longer…

The UK and more than 40 other countries have started a new global system to track crypto taxes. The goal is simple. Make it more difficult for crypto investors to evade tax authorities. From January 1, major crypto exchanges in the UK must now collect full transaction records for users. This includes the amount of cryptocurrency investors bought, the amount they sold, and any profits they made. Additionally, exchanges must also record where users pay tax and send that information to HM Revenue and Customs. These rules are part of a global plan created by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…

PANews reported on January 4 that Binance founder CZ stated that the crypto market is still "extremely small" in size, while its underlying technological potential is "huge and yet to be realized," and it is currently still in its early stages.

My name is Godspower Owie, and I was born and brought up in Edo State, Nigeria. I grew up with my three siblings who have always been my idols and mentors, helping me to grow and understand the way of life. My parents are literally the backbone of my story. They’ve always supported me in good and bad times and never for once left my side whenever I feel lost in this world. Honestly, having such amazing parents makes you feel safe and secure, and I won’t trade them for anything else in this world. I was exposed to the…

The U.S. carried out a “large scale” strike against Venezuela and its President Nicolas Maduro, Donald Trump announced early Saturday morning. Maduro and his wife, Trump continued, were captured and flown out of the country.U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi later announced that Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, had each been indicted in the Southern District of New York over various drug trafficking and weapons charges.Crypto prices took a modest hit around 2 a.m. ET on reports of military operations in Venezuela, with bitcoin BTC$91,327.01 dipping about 0.5% to $89,300. At press time, just shy of 9 a.m. ET, BTC…

The year 2025 has emerged as a year of consolidation, with major layer-1 networks laying the groundwork for the tooling and technology that will lead to better interoperability, as well as pushing forward with real-world financial use cases.For Ethereum, that meant a surge in institutional adoption and steady progress on scaling, while builders increasingly looked toward interoperability as the key challenge heading into 2026. For Solana, the focus was on stress-testing the network under real demand and hardening its infrastructure, setting the stage for deeper financial use cases in the year ahead. Together, the two networks offer a glimpse into…

On-chain security researcher ZachXBT flagged hundreds of wallets across multiple EVM chains getting drained for small amounts, typically under $2,000 per victim, funneling into a single suspicious address.The theft total climbed past $107,000 and kept rising. The root cause is still unknown, but users reported receiving a phishing email disguised as a mandatory MetaMask upgrade, complete with a party-hat fox logo and a “Happy New Year!” subject line.This attack arrived when developers were on holiday, support channels were running skeleton crews, and users were scrolling through inboxes cluttered with New Year promotions.Attackers exploit that window. The small per-victim amounts suggest…

Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 after pleading guilty to charges tied to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack, was released from prison after just 14 months behind bars.“Thanks to President [Donald] Trump’s First Step Act, I have been released from prison early,” Lichtenstein said on X on Thursday. “I remain committed to making a positive impact in cybersecurity as soon as I can.”Trump signed the First Step Act, a prison and sentencing reform bill proposed and approved by legislators in 2018, purportedly aimed at saving taxpayers money.Lichtenstein thanked his supporters and criticized…