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Source: Artemis Analytics
Author: Mario Stefanidis
Original Title: Stablecoins Are a Rail, Not a Brand
Translation and Compilation: BitpushNews
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Stablecoins are penetrating the traditional financial sector in a patchy but undeniable way.
Klarna has just launched KlarnaUSD on Tempo, Stripe’s first-layer network built specifically for payments; PayPal’s PYUSD issued on Ethereum has doubled in market value within three months, with stablecoins market share surpassing 1% and supply approaching $4 billion; Stripe has now started using USDC to pay merchants; Cash

Author: Chloe, ChainCatcher
Original Title: Insider Trading Might Be the Most Valuable Part of Market Prediction
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Recently, Venezuelan leader Maduro was detained. Before mainstream media published the news, a Polymarket account established in late December quietly exited with a 1242% return. This event has prompted U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres to propose the "2026 Financial Prediction Market Public Integrity Act," aiming to bring traditional financial "insider trading" regulations into the crypto market.
This article will focus on the Maduro incident as a case study, delving into the controversial topic of "insider trading" in prediction markets, and re-examining whether decentralized prediction platforms need an absolutely fair casino or an accurate truth engine.

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【MSCI delays removing digital asset treasury companies, MSTR rises 6% after hours】
BitPush reports that MSCI announced on Tuesday that it will maintain the index inclusion of digital asset treasury companies (DAT) such as MicroStrategy for the time being. MSCI stated that distinguishing between investment firms and companies that consider digital assets as core business still requires in-depth research, and new evaluation standards based on financial reports may be introduced, with plans to reassess again in early 2027.
Boosted by this positive news, $MSTR

Source: A16z
Original Title: Privacy trends for 2026
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1. Privacy will become the most important moat in the crypto space this year
Privacy is a key feature for the global financial sector to migrate onto the blockchain. However, almost all existing blockchains lack this feature. For most chains, privacy is just a patch added after the fact. But now, privacy itself has enough appeal to make a chain stand out among many competitors.
Privacy also plays a more important role: it creates a “Chain Lock-in” effect; you could also call it the “Privacy Network Effect.” Especially in a world where pure performance competition is no longer sufficient.
Due to the existence of cross-chain bridge protocols, as long as everything is public, migrating from one chain to another

Ranger's ICO begins today, with a fundraising goal of $6 million and 39% of the supply allocated for the ICO. Ranger has three core products and innovatively reserves quotas for token holders, reducing the impact of whales. MetaDAO profits through Futarchy AMM and Meteora LP, facing a decline in revenue, but in the future, a rebound is expected driven by going public and passing proposals. In the long term, shifting to a permissionless model will accelerate growth.

Author: Cookie
Original Title: India, the Outsourcing Factory of the Crypto World
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On December 27, 2025, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong tweeted announcing that Hyderabad police in India had arrested a former Coinbase customer service employee and are still pursuing more suspects involved.
This is related to a data breach case estimated to have caused losses of up to $400 million. According to Reuters, on June 2 of last year, six informed sources revealed that Coinbase was aware as early as January last year that its customer service outsourcing partner TaskUs experienced a user data leak. An employee at the company's customer service center in Indore, India, was found taking photos of work computers with their personal phone and was suspected of selling C to a hacker with an accomplice.

Author: Cathy, Plain Blockchain
Original Title: Did Maduro Really Hide 60 Billion USD in BTC?
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In the early morning of January 3, 2026, U.S. special forces arrested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas during a military operation codenamed "Absolute Resolve."
This event has sparked a huge question in the crypto community: Does the Maduro regime really possess the rumored "shadow reserves"?
According to reports from the investigative agency Whale Hunting and multiple intelligence sources, there is a shocking rumor circulating in the market: the Maduro regime may hold between 600,000 and 660,000 Bitcoins. If this rumor is true, based on market prices in early 2026, the total value would reach between 60 billion and 67 billion USD.
What does this mean?
MicroStrategy (now renamed Strategy

Author: Ada, Deep Tide TechFlow
Original Title: Saying Goodbye to the Wild West, Crypto Market Makers Welcome Their "Coming of Age"
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In the cryptocurrency discourse, market makers seem to always stand at the top of the food chain. They are regarded as "system-level winners" alongside exchanges, imagined by outsiders as entities that do not bear directional risk but can profit from every market fluctuation, acting as "pumping machines."
However, when you truly step into this industry, you see a different, harsher reality: some get wiped out overnight during extreme market conditions, some exit in disappointment due to a single risk control mistake, and more are forced to reconstruct their entire business model amid profit halving, failed price wars, and scarce quality assets.
The days of crypto market makers are far from glamorous.
Over the past two years, the industry has undergone a quiet yet bloody cleansing. As windfall profits recede and regulations tighten, compliance capabilities, risk control systems, and technological accumulation have replaced the old

Author: Sanqing, Foresight News
Original Title: From the $70 Million Myth to a $9 Toy, Is NFT Really "Cooling Off"?
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On January 5th, the NFT Paris Developer Conference, originally scheduled for February, suddenly announced its cancellation. Once a night-long party by the Seine, now only a cold official announcement tweet remains: "The market crash has dealt a huge blow to us. Even with aggressive cost-cutting measures, we still cannot sustain."
Five years ago, digital artist Beeple's work "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" sold at Christie's auction house for a staggering $69.3 million. Subsequently, from CryptoPunks with multi-million dollar sales to countless digital collectibles endorsed by mainstream institutions, that was the NFT boom.

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【Investment Bank TD Cowen: Crypto Market Structure Bill May Be Delayed Until 2027 for Passage, Implementation Could Be Postponed to 2029】
According to BitPush, reports from The Block indicate that the investment bank TD Cowen states that the U.S. legislative process aimed at establishing clear rules for the cryptocurrency market may take longer than expected. The bill's passage could be delayed until 2027, with actual implementation possibly postponed until 2029.
In a report released on Monday, TD Cowen pointed out that although there are still pathways to push the crypto market structure bill through this year, political struggles in the U.S. Congress make delays more likely. The institution believes that the Democratic Party currently lacks the motivation to accelerate legislation, especially given their expectation of regaining control of the House in the 2026 midterm elections.

Author: Ray Dalio, Founder of Bridgewater
Compiled and organized by: BitpushNews
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As a systematic global macro investor, as we bid farewell to 2025, I naturally reflect on the underlying mechanisms of the events that occurred, especially the market performance. That is the main focus of today's reflection.
While facts and returns are undeniable, my perspective on the issues differs from most people.
Although most believe that U.S. stocks, especially U.S. AI stocks, are the best investments for 2025 and the core story of the year, an undeniable fact is that the most substantial returns (and the real headline story) come from: 1) changes in the value of currencies (most importantly the US dollar, other fiat currencies, and gold); and 2) U.S. stock performance significantly lagged behind non-U.S. stock markets and gold (gold was the best-performing major market). This is mainly due to fiscal

Source: Pine Analytics
Original Title: ZEC Is Not Money
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My Crypto Journey and the Pursuit of Sovereignty
When I first entered the cryptocurrency space, I carried naive optimism, believing that this technology could fundamentally constrain government overspending and empower individuals to hold currencies beyond the control of legal authorities. It represents a form of “exit,” a way for the weak to oppose the strong, to maintain dignity and rights. This deeply resonates with my identity as a descendant of Armenian immigrants—my family fled their homeland during the genocide and turmoil of the early 20th century. I was convinced that governments were spiraling into uncontrolled fiscal indulgence, constantly devaluing fiat currencies and eroding personal freedom. Cryptocurrency seemed to be a weapon for marginalized groups, a

Source: Odaily Planet Daily
Author: jk
Original Title: Ten-Thousand-Word Analysis of the Crypto Compensation Report: Huh? Do these people really earn that much?
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In the crypto industry, compensation has always been a frequently discussed topic, yet one of the hardest to draw reliable conclusions about. Whether it’s founders establishing internal salary frameworks or candidates evaluating whether an offer is reasonable, the reality often lacks data support. Industry discussions often rely on scattered case studies, anonymous sharing, or emotional judgments, rather than a universal compensation structure.
Against this backdrop, top crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly released its first annual crypto industry compensation report in 2023, summarizing a broad survey to provide a universal crypto salary data set. Two months ago, Dragonfly published the 2025 version. This report collected data from 85 crypto companies.

Tether earned $13 billion in 2024, demonstrating its robust profitability. In contrast, major AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are all operating at a loss. Tether has chosen to invest part of its profits into the AI sector, including loans to GPU cloud service provider Northern Data and the acquisition of brain-computer interface company Blackrock Neurotech, showing its ambition and anxiety in the market. At the same time, although Tether promotes decentralized AI, it is itself a centralized company, prompting industry discussions about its business model.

Early 2026, Meme coins lead the recovery of the crypto market, with trading volume and market capitalization rising significantly, and funds gradually shifting toward high-risk assets. However, whether this surge is a prelude to a bull market or a short-term rebound remains controversial, and investors should exercise caution regarding open contracts and short-term volatility risks.