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🎙️Hot Off the Mic: My Top 10 Predictions For Crypto In 2026
📰News: Bitcoin Breaks Post Halving Trend
🌟Narrative of the week: Lighter Launches $LIT
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🟠 Bitcoin Breaks Post Halving Trend
Bitcoin defied historical patterns by finishing 2025 lower than it began, marking the first time a post halving year has ended in a loss. Trading down over 30% from its October peak of $126,080, analysts have declared the traditional four year cycle officially dead, arguing that institutional capital and macroeconomic factors now outweigh the impact of programmed supply cuts.
🐳 Tether Adds 8,888 BTC To End 2025
Tether closed 2025 with a strategic purchase of 8,888 Bitcoin, pushing its total holdings over 96,000 BTC as part of its policy to allocate 15% of quarterly profits to the asset. The stablecoin issuer remains one of the world's largest corporate whales amidst a broader industry race to accumulate bitcoin.
🏛️ Senate Set to Advance Major Crypto Market Bill in January
After months of delays caused by a historic government shutdown, the US Senate Banking Committee is expected to finally markup the Responsible Financial Innovation Act in the second week of January 2026. This critical legislation aims to clarify regulatory authority between the CFTC and SEC.
🚀 Ethereum Fees Drops as it Hits Record Daily Transactions
Ethereum has reached a historic milestone of 2.2 million daily transactions while average fees have plummeted to just 17 cents, a massive drop from the $200+ highs of 2022. This surge in affordable Layer 1 activity is attributed to the successful Pectra and Fusaka scalability upgrades, which have revitalised developer usage and boosted validator confidence.
⚠️ Trust Wallet Extension Down
Trust Wallet’s Chrome extension is temporarily unavailable due to a Web Store bug, delaying a crucial update intended to help victims of the recent $7 million hack submit reimbursement claims. Investigations links the original breach to a sophisticated Sha1-Hulud supply chain exploit that experts suspect may have involved insider access.
My Top 10 Predictions For Crypto In 2026
In this video, I lay out my top 10 crypto predictions for 2026. What I got wrong in 2025, why I think altseason is still ahead, and how high I see Bitcoin and ETH going this year.
Narrative of the Week: Lighter Launches $LIT
The perpetual DEX market has a new competitor. Lighter has officially released its governance token, LIT, positioning itself as a direct rival to Hyperliquid with a focus on revenue sharing. Here's all you need to know:
The Launch: Late December $LIT was airdropped to several users of the perp dex which serves to govern the protocol and capture value through direct buybacks using platform revenue.
Coinbase Listing: In a strong signal of institutional support, Coinbase announced it would list LIT just one day after launch.
Market Sentiment: Traders are now weighing whether Lighter can capture significant market share from Hyperliquid or if it will remain a secondary option as we've seen a huge outflow of capital after the airdropped concluded.
This launch offers a clear alternative for capital looking to rotate out of the dominant HYPE ecosystem, but it might just be another perps dex airdrop farm where usage and activity only go down from here.
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