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Memecoins Suffer Most in Turbulent Year as 11.6M Tokens Go to Zero
Crypto markets saw a concentrated wave of project failures in 2025 that wiped out an estimated
12 January, 2026
Crypto markets saw a concentrated wave of project failures in 2025 that wiped out an estimated
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin reaffirmed his support for Roman Storm on January 9, 2026, framing privacy
South Korea is positioning to permit spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in 2026, a clear pivot from
Grayscale took an early, procedural step by registering Delaware statutory trusts for a BNB trust and
Polygon was rumored on Jan. 8–9, 2026 to be close to acquiring Bitcoin ATM operator Coinme
SharpLink moved $170 million of its Ethereum treasury onto Consensys’s Linea zkEVM on January 8, 2026,
BlackOpal launched GemStone on Jan. 8, 2026 as a tokenized product built on Brazilian credit-card receivables,
Bitmine Immersion Technologies increased its staking footprint by deploying roughly 100,000 ETH, valued at about $344.4
Zcash (ZEC) sold off after the core development team behind the protocol resigned from the Electric
Memecoin markets rallied in early January 2026 as traders rotated back into higher-beta crypto instruments, lifting