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View More NewsIn brief Prediction markets show nearly 50/50 odds Bitcoin falls to $69K versus recovering to $100K. BTC fell sharply Thursday amid government shutdown fears and stock market volatility. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index plunged to “Extreme Fear” at 16, the lowest so far this year. For the first time in almost two months, Myriad users doubted that Bitcoin will see $100,000 before it dumps to $69,000.Users on the prediction market platform, which is owned by Decrypt’s parent company Dastan, now see nearly even odds that Bitcoin will keep falling as they do that BTC will climb back into six-digit territory.The…
Hello, my dears! Everyone! Hello, my sweet daughter, hello, Sashenka, as well as Danik, Nikita and Nastenka [Alena’s grandchildren]! I really hope you got my last letter. This letter is a couple of days apart. My second last letter and yours were a couple of hours apart. My unit leader, Olga Viktorovna, brought it to me along with a letter from P.S. I am writing right away, so as not to forget. If all goes well, and I stay under the current conditions of stay (about which I wrote to you in a previous letter), then please put not one,…
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Xi Jinping purges a million officials a year. China’s president finds corruption wherever he looks for it, like a Grand Inquisitor rooting out heresy. Lately, his fury has turned to members of the military command, and on 24 January, the great purge finally reached its zenith—a moment described by Dennis Wilder, former China analyst at the CIA, as “the most stunning development in Chinese politics since the early days of Xi’s rise to power.”As vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, which heads the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party (not of China, which has no army), Zhang Youxia was…
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In brief U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $817 million in net outflows Thursday, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with $317.8 million in outflows. Analysts point…
The crypto market selloff accelerated overnight with bitcoin BTC$82,682.34 and ether ETH$2,734.66 falling by a further 2.7% and 3.5%, respectively, since midnight UTC to…
Bitcoin (BTC) has finally slid below a key support level at $84,000, which has held the price since mid-November 2025. Where will BTC price…
In brief Former Google software engineer Linwei Ding has been convicted of economic espionage for siphoning Google’s trade secrets to China-based companies. Federal agents…
The media does not fairly cover the conservative Supreme Court justices. But it is not enough to criticize their written opinions. Rather, pundits feel…
With another $25 million from Ripple and $24 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the crypto industry’s chief campaign-finance fund, the Fairshake political action committee,…
Key takeaways:HYPE surged 60% to $34.90, fueled by institutional investor accumulation from Hyperliquid Strategies and reduced selling after staking unlocks.Bearish liquidations exceeding $20 million…
In brief Brave is launching a multi-week “vault heist” game across its browser, X, and Discord starting February 3. More than 4,000 players have…
The killing of Alex Pretti by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is hard to defend for anyone who watched the video of…
Optimism’s governance has approved a proposal that links the OP token more closely to the economic performance of the Superchain, marking a notable shift…
Sony Group Corp. made a follow-on investment in Startale Group, deepening its involvement in the Soneium blockchain about a year after the network’s mainnet…
In brief The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged. Two members of the FOMC dissented from the decision. The central bank affirmed…