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Tom Lee says that there are more reasons to be optimistic about financial markets in 2026 than not.
In a new interview on CNBC, the head of research at Fundstrat predicts a potential choppy phase in the early part of the year, before a strong finish with markets in the green.
“Compressed into one year, it will be joy, depression and a rally. I think just like last year, 2025 we had a terrible...
Crypto traders using leverage to bet on a Bitcoin price drop are getting hammered as a new week begins.
In the last 24 hours, $426.3 million in leveraged crypto bets have been liquidated, according to the market data tracker CoinGlass.
The vast majority of the liquidations hit traders going short, with total short liquidations hitting $346.1 million.
BTC is leading the volume with $227.96 in...
January 5, 2026 – Auburn, Washington
As a global digital asset trading platform, BitGW Exchange continues to prioritize security, transparency and regulatory compliance as foundational elements of its operations.
In response to the rapid expansion of the digital asset market and the growing complexity of cross-border financial activity, the platform has implemented a comprehensive enhancement...
The crypto hardware wallet company Ledger says a number of customers are affected by a third-party data breach.
The firm is sending email notices to affected customers, warning them that hackers have breached the third-party payment processor Global-e.
The breach exposed people’s names and contact information, and Ledger tells BleepingComputer that its network has not been impacted.
“Some of the...
January 5, 2026 – Singapore, Singapore
Taisu Ventures, a global Web 3.0 venture capital firm, today announced Keio ChainHack 2026, a one-day pitch and hackathon co-hosted with the Keio FinTEK Center.
The event forms part of Taisu Ventures’ broader initiative to support early-stage builders working at the intersection of blockchain infrastructure, regulation and real-world adoption.
Keio...
A Wall Street institution has been ordered to pay more than seven million dollars after US regulators found longstanding supervisory failures that may have allowed potentially illegal trading activity to go undetected for years.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority says Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC has agreed to a $7,125,000 fine after investigators determined the firm failed to...
January 5, 2026 – Dubai, Dubai
SignalPlus, a crypto options trading platform, and Deribit, a crypto derivatives exchange, have announced the conclusion of the 2025 Deribit x SignalPlus trading competition (Space edition).
The event concluded a year in which the competition series generated over $24 billion in cumulative notional trading volume, reflecting increased participation from both...
Scammers Use Bitcoin ATMs To Steal $333,000,000 As FBI Warns Crypto Scams ‘Not Slowing Down’: Report
Scammers have taken more than $333 million from Americans in just one year using Bitcoin ATMs, according to new data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and reported by ABC News.
The reported losses in 2025 cover the period from January through November 2025 and represent a sharp increase from roughly $250 million recorded in 2024.
The FBI says crypto-related scams involving these...
January 5, 2026 – Singapore, Singapore
BNB Chain Hack Abu Dhabi became ground zero for the next era of AI innovation as hundreds of global builders converged to create the future of on-chain intelligence.
This year, ChatAndBuild powered a dedicated challenge track focused on one mission – build the most compelling AI agent or AI-powered platform using NFAs (non-fungible agents) on BNB Chain....
Hackers posing as representatives at Amazon and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have scammed an elderly Nebraska couple out of $250,000 in a prolonged fraud scheme that began with a simple email.
Authorities say the 82 and 84-year-old victims received an email claiming there was an issue with an Amazon delivery and that they owed $200,000.
They were instructed there would be no interest if...