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Bitcoin and other top cryptos won’t have a stellar January, as far as Polymarket traders are concerned — here’s what they predict.

Donald Trump pardoned 3 major crypto felons in 2025 — and each of them had a proverbial (and real) cost. How much was it?

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TOP STORY

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP To Surge 20% In January? Unlikely, Polymarket Says

Don't hold your breath for a January moonshot — Polymarket traders are giving Bitcoin just a 31% chance of hitting $100,000 next month.

With Ethereum odds for $4,000 collapsing to single digits and a potential Strategy index expulsion looming, the "smart money" is pricing in volatility rather than a breakout.

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QUICK N DIRTY

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP are up on the first market day of the year: here’s what’s moving markets today.

XRP flashed its first technical buy signal of the year, just as a major Ripple executive announced 2026 could see significant upside.

Dogecoin has surged 9% over the past 24 hours — what is going on?

FINTECH FOCUS

Trump Pardoned 3 Crypto Felons In 10 Months — Here's What Each One Cost

From the Silk Road to Binance, President Trump used 2025 to clear the records of crypto’s most controversial figures.

He pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the BitMEX founders, and finally Changpeng "CZ" Zhao—sparking fierce allegations from Democrats that the moves were tied to the Trump family's personal crypto profits.

With $2 billion reportedly funneled into Trump-linked projects, did executive clemency just become a pay-to-play game?

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