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$6 Billion Bitcoin Short Positions May Fuel Rally Back Above $90K

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has dropped 14.5% in the past 16 days, pushing the Crypto Fear & Greed Index to 16 (Extreme Fear), which is its lowest rating year-to-date. Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: alternative.me While selling has dominated markets over the past two weeks, Bitcoin derivatives data suggest the current trader positioning may lead to a recovery. Analysts are now weighing whether the latest sell-off has created conditions for a relief rally.  Key takeaways: Binance open interest has climbed more than 30% from its October 2025 lows, confirming rising…

Kraken-Backed SPAC Closes $345M Nasdaq IPO

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Kraken-backed KRAKacquisition Corp has completed an upsized $345 million initial public offering, listing its special purpose acquisition company units on Nasdaq to pursue future mergers or acquisitions. According to a Friday announcement, the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sold 34.5 million units at $10 each, including the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-quarter of a redeemable warrant exercisable at $11.50 per share. The units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol KRAQU on Wednesday.…

Bitcoin Miner Fees Remain Near Cycle Lows: What Does This Signal?

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Bitcoin has slipped below the $83,000 level as selling pressure continues to dominate global markets, extending a correction that has unfolded alongside broader risk-off conditions. Weakness across equities and commodities has weighed on investor sentiment, and Bitcoin has not been immune to this environment. With volatility elevated and liquidity thinning, market participants are increasingly cautious, and several analysts now point to the possibility of a deeper retracement toward lower demand zones before any meaningful stabilization can occur. Related Reading Beyond price action, on-chain data suggests that the Bitcoin network itself…

Amboss Unveils RailsX: Lightning DEX Connects Bitcoin to $9.5 Trillion FX Market

Key Notes Amboss debuts RailsX at PlanB Forum, executing atomic swaps entirely via Lightning Network channels without custodial risk. Bitcoin DeFi surged 2000% in 2024 reaching $6.5 billion TVL, with Babylon driving over 80% of ecosystem growth. Lightning infrastructure expands as Taproot Assets enable multi-asset support and Tether commits $8 million for stablecoin payments. Amboss Technologies launched RailsX, a Lightning-native, peer-to-peer (P2P) decentralized exchange, at the PlanB Forum in El Salvador on Jan. 30, 2026. Unlike other exchanges that build separate protocol layers, RailsX executes trades entirely via the Lightning…

Liquid Staking Lido Rolls Out stVaults on Ethereum, Linea, Nansen Join

Key Notes stVaults allow isolated, purpose-built staking setups with access to stETH liquidity and transparency, deployed by Lido. Early adopters and supporters include Linea for native yield on bridged ETH and Nansen for staking paired with DeFi strategies. Institutions and node operators can now configure vaults for specific compliance and operational needs. Lido, the leading liquid staking protocol on Ethereum, has brought stVaults to mainnet. Linea, Nansen, and several institutional stakers joined on day one as early users. In summary, the new primitive deployed today, Jan. 30, lets protocols, Layer…

DeFi Stays Outside Rules as Regulators Tighten Elsewhere

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The European Union’s new crypto tax reporting regime under DAC8 is intentionally focused on enforceable targets, leaving decentralized finance (DeFi) outside its scope for now. Colby Mangels, a former adviser to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and now Taxbit’s global head of government solutions, said the rules prioritize identifiable intermediaries such as custodians and exchanges, which will be required to collect and report standardized user activity data under the OECD’s Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF). However, the DeFi carve-out may not last. Mangels said tax authorities are…

Why Proof-of-Reserves Isn’t Enough to Trust Crypto Exchanges

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What is proof-of-reserves? At its core, proof-of-reserves is a public demonstration that a custodian holds the assets it claims to hold on behalf of users, typically using cryptographic methods and onchain transparency. If every crypto exchange can publish a proof-of-reserves (PoR) report, why can withdrawals still be delayed or halted during a crisis? The truth is that proof-of-reserves is not a trust guarantee. It shows whether verifiable assets exist on a platform at a single point in time, but it does not confirm that the platform is solvent, liquid or…

Ripple Affirms XRPL Focus, Says ‘We Love XRP’ Over Ethereum

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Ripple’s new stablecoin rollout has put a bright spotlight on a simple fact: most RLUSD is living on Ethereum right now. That imbalance has stirred worry among long-time XRP supporters. Some feel the company’s heart might be shifting away from the ledger that gave it a base. Others say the move is practical and short-term. Related Reading Exchange Rollouts And Technical Gaps According to Luke Judges, Ripple’s Global Partner Success Lead, the choice of which chain goes live first often comes down to plumbing — the systems exchanges already run.…

Bitcoin Loses Ground in Global Asset Rankings After Violent Selloff

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Bitcoin’s sharp reversal this week has pushed it outside the world’s 10 largest assets by market capitalization, underscoring how difficult price action has been in recent months as markets continue to digest the cryptocurrency industry’s largest forced liquidation on record. Hovering around $83,000 per coin, Bitcoin’s (BTC) market capitalization has slipped to about $1.65 trillion, ranking it 11th globally. That places it just behind Saudi Aramco, the state-run oil giant, and below Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), according to market data trackers. By contrast, gold has surged to the top…