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• Here’s what happened in crypto today
  Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation. Today in crypto: The Bitcoin community celebrates 17th anniversary of Hal Finney’s ‘Running Bitcoin” post, Spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed early inflows in 2026 and posted four straight […]
• Bitcoin mining difficulty falls in first adjustment of 2026
  The Bitcoin mining difficulty continued to push through to new all-time highs in 2025 amid a turbulent year for the mining industry. The Bitcoin (BTC) network mining difficulty, the relative computing challenge of adding a new block to the decentralized blockchain ledger, fell slightly to 146.4 trillion on Thursday, in the first difficulty adjustment of […]
• Starknet publishes post-mortem report after temporary network outage
  The outage was the second major network disruption in 2025, with both incidents requiring a block reorganization that rolled back some activity. The team behind Starknet, an Ethereum layer‑2 (L2) scaling network, released a post-mortem report outlining the root cause of the temporary mainnet downtime on Monday.The root cause of the mainnet downtime was a […]
• Bitcoiners celebrate 17th anniversary of Hal Finney's Bitcoin post
  Many in the Bitcoin community continue to speculate that cryptographer Hal Finney was Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The Bitcoin (BTC) community is celebrating the anniversary of cypherpunk and Bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney’s post on January 10, 2009, telling the world that he was running the Bitcoin node software“Running Bitcoin,” Finney said on X, formerly […]
• Bitfinex whales dump BTC longs as $135K Bitcoin price target reemerges
  Bitcoin whales began repeating a classic bull signal as they took BTC long positions off the table after a year of declining overall market exposure. Bitcoin (BTC) whales are “aggressively” reducing long exposure as a classic bull signal reappears.Key points:Bitfinex whales are rotating out of BTC long positions — something that preceded major price gains […]
• Betterment urges users to ignore ‘unauthorized’ crypto promotion message
  The message claimed Betterment would “triple” Bitcoin and Ether deposits sent within hours, urging users to transfer $10,000 to crypto wallets. Betterment has warned users to disregard a crypto promotion message that circulated on Friday, describing it as an unauthorized notification that was sent through a third-party system.The incident surfaced after multiple users reported receiving […]
• Spot Bitcoin ETFs lose $681M in first week of 2026 as risk appetite fades
  Spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed early inflows in 2026 and posted four straight days of outflows as fading rate-cut hopes and rising geopolitical risks pushed investors into risk-off positioning. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) started 2026 with sharp outflows, shedding a combined $681 million over the first full trading week of the year. According to data […]