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New reports says Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan, or investors tied to him, agreed in January 2025 to invest $500 million into Trump-linked World Liberty Financial for about a 49% stake.WLFI, the governance token of World Liberty Financial, has currently decoupled from Bitcoin price, up around 8% today amid a flat market still attempting to recover from the weekend dip. Market Cap $3.56B 24h Volume $311.09M All-Time High $0.60 According to The Wall Street Journal, the arrangement has become public only now as scrutiny grows over how stablecoin issuers can sit at the intersection of cross-border capital,…

Groundhog Day for Bitcoin: six more weeks of macro winter?Bitcoin got its own Groundhog Day moment today as Punxsutawney Phil “saw his shadow” on the 140th Anniversary of the celebration and signaled six more weeks of winter, just after BTC slid to $74,000 in a sharp risk-off move.The coincidence was fitting: a cocktail of forced liquidations, ETF outflows, and rising real yields suggested crypto could be facing an extended stretch of macro chill and elevated volatility heading into the March FOMC.Satirical Bitcoin Groundhog Day announcement framed with verified Bitcoin metrics Related ReadingBitcoin price today starts to rally after 11% weekend…

Bitcoin’s slide below $80,000 has pushed a significant portion of US spot BTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) buyers into $7 billion in paper losses.According to CryptoSlate’s data, the world’s largest digital asset fell to as low as $74,609 over the weekend amid liquidity concerns and a risk-off tone in global markets. BTC has recovered to approximately $77,649 as of press time.Alex Thorn, Galaxy Digital’s head of research, noted that this price performance indicates that Bitcoin is trading below the average cost basis of US ETFs. Notably, spot Bitcoin ETF investors are holding average paper losses of approximately 15%, implying an average entry price of…

Solana price fell to lows of $96 as cryptocurrencies crashed. Declines align with fresh outflows from digital asset investment products. SOL saw over $31 million in net outflows last week, the first in three weeks. Solana (SOL) fell below $100 for the first time since April 2025 as a sharp sell-off pushed Bitcoin under $75,000. As BTC dumped to its lowest level in nearly 10 months, Solana touched lows of $96.43. This happened as crypto markets experienced extreme volatility. Dips for all the top coins, including Ethereum and XRP, resulted in over $2.5 billion in liquidations in 24 hours. Per…

XRP slid to near $1.5 amid a broad crypto selloff and $2.5 billion in liquidations, before a modest rebound. Heavy liquidations, weak volumes, and bearish indicators keep XRP’s near-term technical outlook fragile. Ripple secured an EU EMI license in Luxembourg, boosting its regulatory footing despite XRP volatility. XRP slid sharply over the weekend as a broad risk-off move swept through cryptocurrency markets, triggering heavy liquidations and pushing the token to its lowest level since December 2025. The selloff came alongside steep declines in Bitcoin, Ethereum and even traditional safe havens such as gold and silver, underscoring the depth of the…

Bitcoin just erased over $9,000 in a weekend liquidity trap and the Monday recovery is missing one thingBy the time London desks started lighting up this morning, Bitcoin had already moved sharply in off-hours trading.Over the weekend, while most of the world was off-grid or only half-paying attention between errands and late-night scrolling, BTC slid hard in thin liquidity.The chart tells the story in a single line: a steady Friday fade that turned into a sharper weekend flush, then a small rebound as global markets came back online.On Friday, Bitcoin was around $84,274.By Sunday evening, it had printed its lowest…

Visa and Mastercard CEOs downplayed stablecoins in late January 2026 earnings calls, stating they see no “product-market fit” for everyday payments in developed markets. Standard Chartered warned of a $500 billion deposit flight from traditional banks to stablecoins by 2028, specifically threatening the profit margins of US regional lenders. A legal loophole in the 2025 GENIUS Act is the main battleground, as banks lobby to stop third-party exchanges from paying the high yields that are luring customers away. Executives from Visa and Mastercard have said this week that stablecoins basically have no demand apart from trading. Despite the payment giants’…

Sheikh Tahnoon secretly bought 49% of World Liberty Financial for $500 million in January 2025, just days before the inauguration. The deal gave G42 executives board seats and preceded a major policy shift allowing the UAE to purchase 500,000 restricted US AI chips annually. World Liberty recently launched a lending platform for its USD1 stablecoin, which has already surpassed $3 billion in circulating supply. A secret US$500 million (AU$765 million) deal has placed an investment vehicle backed by Emirati Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the center of World Liberty Financial’s ownership, According to a Wall Street Journal investigation,…

CrossCurve confirmed an active bridge exploit enabling roughly US$3 million in unauthorised token unlocks. A validation bypass allowed spoofed cross-chain messages to drain funds from the PortalV2 contract. The incident drew comparisons to the Nomad hack and prompted warnings from Curve Finance. Cross-chain liquidity protocol CrossCurve has confirmed its bridge infrastructure is under active attack following the exploitation of a smart contract vulnerability that enabled unauthorised token unlocks worth approximately US$3 million (AU$4.32 million).CrossCurve disclosed the incident on Sunday, warning users to immediately halt all interactions with the platform while investigations continue. ⚠️ URGENT Security NoticeDear users,Our bridge is currently…

Binance just turned its emergency insurance fund into a public, auditable pledge. And it reads like a crisis-repair letter in balance sheet form.The exchange announced Jan. 30 that it will convert SAFU’s roughly $1 billion stablecoin reserves into Bitcoin within 30 days, with an explicit promise: if BTC price movements push the fund below $800 million, Binance will replenish it to $1 billion.The move comes wrapped in the language of trust-building: “we hold ourselves to elevated standards,” “we continually improve based on feedback,” and “we’re taking another step forward.”The framing isn’t accidental. Binance’s “open letter to the crypto community” follows…