Oh, great. Another day, another phishing scam. This time, it’s targeting MetaMask users, because apparently, hackers have nothing better to do than steal your crypto. 🤯 SlowMist’s Chief Security Officer is like, “Hey, guys, there’s a new phishing scam…” but let’s be real, we’ve all seen this before. It’s like the 10th time someone tried … Read more
While the broader crypto markets have, with characteristic volatility, bobbed back above the $3 trillion mark, the stablecoin sector has suffered a negligible slip of 0.25%. Tether (USDT), as ever, maintains its rather tiresome dominance, with a market cap hovering around the frankly preposterous sum of $187 billion.
Which brings us to the Official Trump [TRUMP] memecoin. Honestly, you’d think people had better things to do, but apparently not. Up 8.6% it went, like a wonky balloon. And get this – Open Interest jumped a whopping 35%! People are speculating, see. Which is just a fancy word for “throwing money at something silly.” 🤪
So, this OSL Group, which is a frightfully important firm operating out of Hong Kong (they’ve got a fancy listing on the stock exchange, you know!), decided to add Ripple USD (RLUSD, as they call it) to their collection of digital whatsits. And to celebrate, they’re waiving the fees! Can you believe it? They’re practically begging people to use it. It’s quite bizarre, really. It started on the last day of the year, December 31st, and goes on ’til the end of March. Three whole months of freebies!
And no, this isn’t a one-day wonder or a speculative sneeze. Throughput is back to normal, meaning users, bots, and even the institutional bigwigs are all back at their desks, sipping coffee and clicking away. 🖱️ After a period of inactivity, most struggling networks would still be napping, but not XRP! It’s smoother than a Mel Brooks punchline.
The rogue whisper on the streets, speaking through boards of wires, tells of a Bitcoin that could either soar to a wild reticulation akin to $123,500 or take a sudden dive down to $86,000. This do-or-die moment, cryptic ‘n’ all, can be likened to my younger siblings’ tactic at billiards-touch it here or there, and who knows where the ball will end up! 🎱 If the winds choose to blow favorably, the gilded one might just sprout wings and prance to $94,800. If it gets its second wind, why, it might leap as high as the moon! Landing those digits of six figures would be its first shout since the autumn thaw sent autumn leaves a-scattering.
Observe, if you will, the market’s current disposition: risk assets have commenced 2026 with a modicum of vigour, displaying a discernible upward trend. Yet, one must be cautious-lest we appear too sanguine-in declaring this the dawn of a reversal. After all, hope, like a wayward suitor, often leads one astray. 💼📈
But alas, as if under a Puckish spell, it descended in a dance of whimsy to about $0.85 as the year 2025 dawned. Volatility was its consort, fetching $1.00 swiftly, then falling below $0.55 like Phaeton from his chariot, only to resurge to nearly $1.20 by March. Yet, the malaise continued, with calamitous “corrections” and spikes rather akin to ectasias, culminating in a lamentable 60% plummet as the year’s curtain fell. 😢
For over ten years, Crenshaw graced the SEC, with an impressive five-year commissioner stint starting in August 2020. Her term was supposed to expire in June 2024, but she stuck around longer than a cat on a hot tin roof because the Senate forgot to confirm a replacement. Spoiler alert: they never did! 🐱👤
