Sector Activity: Solana memes: Dominated early but faded. Ethereum: Interest waned hard, SHIB down 69%, BRETT down 89%. BSC: CZ reveals his dog’s name as one trader flips $1K into $6.5M in minutes. Chinese-themed tokens took over H2. Sui: HIPPO and MemeFi held the

Cryptocurrency Market Dynamics Shift Amid Internal Factors

Bitcoin Enters 2026 Trapped Between Selling Pressure and Strong Absorption

Vitalik Buterin reflected on Ethereum’s progress in 2025, noting increases in the gas limit, higher blob counts, improvements in node software quality, and performance breakthroughs in zkEVMs. He emphasized that Ethereum still needs to go further to achieve its goal of becoming a

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INSIGHT: XRP supply on exchanges hits 8-year low at 1.6B tokens, down from 3.76B in Oct 2025.

Key Takeaways U.S. stacks five regulatory milestones from January to August Hong Kong and Singapore race on stablecoin frameworks starting Jan. 1 Central Asia opens exchanges in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan China adds interest to e-CNY, Russia enacts unified

🇷🇺 Russia Russia enacts a unified crypto framework July 1, licensing exchanges and depositories while banning privacy coins and capping retail exposure. Bank of Russia unifies regulations for investments and transactions, with enforcement ramping up in 2027 using banking-style

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