Morning Crypto Report: XRP Bulls Are Safe From Max Pain, Zcash (ZEC) Rockets 9,780% in Liquidation Imbalance as Core Team Exits, Binance Announces Gold and Silver Listings
NewsU.Today2026-01-08 11:20
Thursday starts out on the crypto market with leverage still in the driver's seat as XRP avoids a $14.6 million max pain, Zcash collapses into a 10,00...
Thursday starts out on the crypto market with leverage still in the driver's seat as XRP avoids a $14.6 million max pain, Zcash collapses into a 10,000% liquidation imbalance after team exits and Binance rolls out nonstop gold and silver trading.
XRP Whales Wake Up: $100,000+ Transfers Hit 3-Month High
AnalysisNewsBTC2026-01-08 11:00
XRP Ledger whale activity spiked sharply at the start of the week, with on-chain data provider Santiment flagging a surge in large-value transfers tha...
XRP Ledger whale activity spiked sharply at the start of the week, with on-chain data provider Santiment flagging a surge in large-value transfers that pushed the network to its highest $100,000+ transaction count in roughly three months, a setup the firm says typically coincides with elevated volatility. XRP Whales Are Waking Up Again “XRP Ledger has seen a major increase in whale transactions (moved valued at $100K or more on the network),” Santiment wrote in a post on Wednesday via X alongside a Sanbase chart. “Monday saw 2,170 of them, and yesterday shot all the way up to 2,802 (a 3-month high). Volatility should be higher than usual.” The chart, labeled “XRP $1M+ & $100K+ Whale Transactions Per Day,” highlights two specific data points for the $100K+ threshold: ...
LiquidChain Targets the ‘Bridge Tax’ as Crypto Traders Demand Cross-Chain Speed
NewsCrypto News2026-01-08 11:00
LiquidChain is pitching itself as a Layer-3 network designed to reduce the “bridge tax” by providing a single execution layer that taps into the liqui...
LiquidChain is pitching itself as a Layer-3 network designed to reduce the “bridge tax” by providing a single execution layer that taps into the liquidity across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana from a single platform.
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$200,000,000 in Bitcoin Abruptly Dumped By Mining Giant Riot – Here’s Why, According to VanEck Executive
NewsDaily Hodl2026-01-08 11:00
The head of digital assets research at the global investment management firm VanEck is detailing why the publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) miner Riot dump...
The head of digital assets research at the global investment management firm VanEck is detailing why the publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) miner Riot dumped a substantial amount of the flagship crypto asset. Matthew Sigel says that Riot sold $200 million worth of Bitcoin in November. In comparison, the company did not sell BTC during the […]
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Cambodia Extradites Billionaire Chen Zhi to China in Billion-Dollar Crypto Scam
BitcoinBitcoin.com News2026-01-08 10:41
Cambodian authorities extradited billionaire Chen Zhi, head of Prince Group, to China on Jan. 7 after his arrest with two associates. He is accused of...
Cambodian authorities extradited billionaire Chen Zhi, head of Prince Group, to China on Jan. 7 after his arrest with two associates. He is accused of orchestrating one of the world’s largest crypto scams, involving forced labor “scam factories” in Cambodia. Major Breakthrough in Transnational Crypto Fraud Investigation Cambodian authorities announced Jan. 7 that they have […]