Four leading cryptocurrency exchanges have recently secured full licenses under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).

MiCA, which became effective on December 30, 2024, provides a unified regulatory framework for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) operating across the European Economic Area (EEA).

Crypto.com announced on January 27 that its Malta entity received a MiCA license from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). According to the press release shar

Risk assets faced a meltdown caused by rising concerns over a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model created by the AI startup DeepSeek. This model, dubbed R1, rivals o1, another one created by the American AI research company OpenAI. At the time of writing, DeepSeek’s AI assistant had dethroned ChatGPT as the most downloaded free app on Apple’s App Store.

Due to bitcoin’s (BTC) correlation with the equities market, the asset fell alongside equities, and major indexes like the S&P 500, the

TL;DR

Despite the brief price dip at the start of the business week, Bitcoin (BTC) seems capable of tapping a fresh all-time high in the following weeks.

Nevertheless, there’s also a dark horse in this prediction game, as the next FOMC meeting is right around the corner.

New Peak in Just a Few Days?

Despite its enhanced volatility since the beginning of 2025, Bitcoin (BTC) remains in a bullish mode and is among the best-performing leading cryptocurrencies. Prior to Donald Trump’s inauguratio

Ethereum’s price went through a frustrating correction at the start of the week. However, things could change soon, and a rebound might occur in the coming weeks.

Technical Analysis

By Edris Derakhshi (TradingRage)

The Daily Chart

On the daily chart, the asset has been making lower highs and lows since getting rejected from the $4,000 resistance level. The $3,500 level has also been lost and has turned into resistance.

At the moment, the market is testing the key $3,000 support level and th

Over the weekend, debate flared within the crypto community regarding the possible inclusion of other cryptocurrencies apart from Bitcoin in a proposed U.S. digital asset reserve, with XRP catching the most flak.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has now responded to the criticism, defending XRP’s potential role while denouncing the divisive nature of maximalism in the crypto space.

A Call for Unity

The Ripple exec took to X on Monday, stressing the need for collaboration within the crypto industr

TL;DR

Bitcoin (BTC) surged to approximately $103K after a severe dip, with analysts anticipating a new price discovery phase and potential record highs.

Shytoshi Kusama stepped down as Shiba Inu’s lead developer, sparking mixed reactions. Their announcement coincided with a brief plunge in SHIB’s price.

Most meme coins are in the green today (January 28), but Pudgy Penguins dropped 16%, raising concerns about a possible “rug pull.”

BTC Returns to Green Territory

The primary cryptocurrency w

Bitcoin’s adventure below $100,000 didn’t last long as the asset reclaimed that level in the past 12 hours and even spiked to over $103,000 earlier today.

The altcoins have also recovered from the Monday morning crash, with some, such as XRP, DOGE, and ADA, posting notable gains.

BTC Eyes $103K

Recall the highly fluctuating price movements that bitcoin encountered last Monday when the asset plunged from $106,000 to under $100,000 in the morning, just to skyrocket by over nine grand in an hour

Eight of the past twelve months of February going back to 2013 have seen double-digit gains for Bitcoin, according to Coinglass. The average gain for the second month of the year is 15.6%.

Moreover, only two Februaries over the past twelve years have been months of decline, namely in 2014 and 2020. The asset remained flat in February 2018 and 2023, both bear market years.

February 2013 saw the largest gain, with a 62% surge over the month, while the second-highest was in 2024, when BTC surged

TL;DR

XRP saw a significant 12% recovery, regaining momentum and outperforming many major cryptocurrencies.

Check out some of the possible factors that may have fueled the pump.

What’s Driving the Surge?

Ripple’s native token took a major blow on January 27, with its price dropping from over $3.10 to below $2.80 in a matter of hours. The downturn was most likely caused by the overall market crash, which negatively affected countless overleveraged traders. 

Today, though, the landscape looks

Seychelles-based crypto exchange – KuCoin – has pleaded guilty to conducting an unlicensed money-transmitting business. As per the agreement, KuCoin faces monetary penalties of more than $297 million, which includes a forfeiture of $184.5 million and a fine of $112.9 million.

KuCoin will also be suspending its US market activities for two years. Founders Michael Gan and Eric Tang will relinquish $2.7 million and withdraw entirely from the company’s leadership under the terms of a deferred prose

Bitcoin has recovered from its twelve-day low of just below $98,000 on Monday to reach an intraday high of $103,100 during the Tuesday morning Asian trading session. The asset only spent a few hours in the five-figure territory, finding solid support from which to bounce.

On Jan. 28, analyst ‘Rekt Capital’ said that Bitcoin had completed its first price discovery uptrend and most likely completed its initial price discovery correction.

“Bitcoin should be able to embark on its second price disc

Wall Street feared Monday that a flashy showing by a Chinese open-source AI startup meant the Internet won’t need faster chips.

The decline in Nvidia shares was dramatic on Monday, starting off the morning with a bang. NVDA went into free fall right out of the gate. Within minutes of the stock exchanges’ opening, the hot chipmaker’s stock fell from $142 per share to $124 per share.

Nvidia Stock, Other Semiconductors Crash

After that, the Santa Clara, California company’s stock continued to tu

Dean Norris, best known for his role in Breaking Bad, has become the target of hackers again.

His X account was recently compromised to promote a fraudulent meme coin named DEAN.

Details from the Exploit

An X user who shared a screenshot of the deleted posts described the incident as one of the “most believable” scams they had ever seen on the platform.

The attack began with a tweet from Norris’s official account on the social media platform, which falsely announced the creation of his crypt

Rosseti Group – Russia’s leading electric grid operator – has announced its interest in becoming an operator for hosting mining infrastructure.

The company told TASS that this initiative focuses on utilizing underloaded power supply centers, improving capacity utilization, and fostering economic growth.

Rosseti Targets Crypto Mining to Use Idle Power

According to the report, Rosseti’s position as the largest grid company in the country allows it to coordinate the placement of mining facilitie

Musk has begun to discuss using blockchain technology to streamline the government’s IT systems and cut unnecessary costs, according to recent reports.

To wit, Musk is the new president’s official advisor on matters pertaining to government efficiency. President Donald Trump appointed him to head the DOGE: a White House office named the Department of Government Efficiency.

Sources: Musk to Move US Government Onto Blockchain

Musk and his team have reportedly discussed using blockchain to accou

Roger Ver has publicly pleaded for assistance from U.S. President Donald Trump, expressing fears that he could soon face extradition from Spain to the United States.

In a video posted on X, he stated that he could be sentenced to up to 109 years in prison for what he described as “activism within cryptocurrency.”

The Plea

Ver described himself as the first person to invest in the Bitcoin ecosystem, emphasizing his American roots and the ideals that inspired his passion for crypto. He explaine

Meme coins are considered inherently worthless and possibly without a future, but Ki Young Ju, the founder and CEO of the crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant, thinks otherwise. In fact, he has likened the fun sector to the art market, insisting that they have some similarities and could be viewed from the same lens.

According to a tweet, Ju believes value is assessed similarly in both the meme coin and art markets; both sectors “legitimize intangible value through narrative.” The meme coin se

Digital asset investments saw $1.9 billion in inflows last week, bringing YTD inflows to $4.8 billion. Presidential orders proposing Bitcoin as a reserve asset likely influenced this surge in investments.

Despite flat price movements, trading volumes reached $25 billion, making up 37% of trusted exchange activity.

Bitcoin Dominates Digital Asset Inflows

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order last week establishing a Presidential working group on digital asset markets to develop a

Bitcoin’s price has once again failed to break above the $108K resistance level, as the crypto market is correcting going into the new week.

Technical Analysis

By Edris Derakhshi (TradingRage)

The Daily Chart

On the daily chart, it is evident that the asset has once again failed to close above the $108K resistance level after briefly trading above it and creating a new record high last Monday.

Currently, the price is breaking the $100K level to the downside, which could result in a drop low

Cardano’s price has failed to continue its upward momentum after failing to break above the key $1.2 resistance level.

Moreover, ADA plunged below the $1 mark during today’s market crash.

By Edris Derakhshi (TradingRage)

The USDT Paired Chart

On the ADA/USDT pair, the price has been dropping lower after failing to reach the $1.2 resistance zone once again. It is currently consolidating inside a large falling wedge pattern, and a retest of its lower boundary is the most probable scenario in t