Bitcoin News Press Review

Bitcoin News

• Polymarket’s Free Grocery Store Pop-up Aims to One-up Kalshi’s Viral Giveaway
  Two rival prediction markets took their competition offline and into the checkout aisle this month, as Polymarket and Kalshi rolled out free-grocery stunts in New York City that blended viral marketing, civic signaling, and a not-so-subtle flex at a moment when food prices — and regulatory pressure — are both uncomfortably high. Free Groceries in […]
• Ethereum Sheds $100 Billion in Market Cap During a Relentless Weeklong Slide
  Ethereum endured its sharpest decline of the year, losing $100 billion in market value and dropping nearly 27% in a week, with prices hitting $2,107, the lowest since May 2025. Institutional Movement and Macroeconomic Pressures While bitcoin’s steady erosion dominated the news cycle this week, ethereum (ETH) stole the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, […]
• Bitcoin Falls to $72,000 Intraday Low, Market Cap Down $500B Since Mid‑January Peak
  Bitcoin fell below $73,000 for the second straight day, extending a volatile week in which it lost nearly 18% of its value and erased about $500 billion from its market cap since mid‑January. Bitcoin Erases Gains as Liquidations Mount For the second consecutive day, bitcoin slid below the $73,000 threshold, extending a volatile week that […]
• US Stocks Walk a Tightrope: AI Fears Tangle With Earnings Strength
  The U.S. stock market is having an identity crisis, torn between the promise of blockbuster earnings and the panic over an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble. The Gravity of the Grift Wednesday’s mixed trading session is more than just a squiggle on a chart; it’s a stark Rorschach test for investor sentiment. With the Dow Jones […]
• TRON Network Integrated by CoolWallet to Deliver Lower-Cost, High-Speed Transactions With Full Self-Custody
  This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. Taipei, Taiwan, February 4, 2026 — CoolWallet, a leading self-custody hardware wallet provider, today announced the integration of energy rental services in the TRON blockchain ecosystem into its platform. This integration allows CoolWallet users to reduce transaction costs while securely managing TRX, the native utility token […]
• XRP Derivatives Paint a Cautious Picture as Price Stalls Under $1.65
  On Wednesday, XRP spot values traded in a tight $1.53 to $1.62 range over the past 24 hours and was last seen at $1.56 at press time on Feb. 4, as derivatives data signaled a market growing more selective rather than outright confident. XRP Derivatives Flash Mixed Signals as Volatility Fades Options activity continues to […]
• Ethereum’s L2 Scaling Story Gets a Rewrite From Vitalik Buterin
  Vitalik Buterin is openly challenging long-held assumptions about Ethereum’s layer-two ( L2) strategy, arguing that the original vision for L2s no longer fits a network where the base layer itself is scaling rapidly. Vitalik Buterin Calls for Specialized Appchains Over Generic L2s In a recent X post, Vitalik Buterin argued that two developments have quietly […]