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In a recent interview, Aaron Arnold of Altcoin Daily broke down his crypto market outlook for 2026, drawing parallels with past market cycles and outlining bull, base and bear scenarios.

Speaking on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, Strategy chairman Michael Saylor pushed back against criticism of companies issuing equity or debt to buy Bitcoin.

Bitcoin’s rejection near $98,000 took place as spot traders ran out of energy and short-term investors harvested profits. Will bears defend the resistance level throughout the weekend?

Banks and crypto firms are converging fast, as yield-bearing stablecoins, ETF filings and tokenized markets test the boundaries of financial regulation.

It's unclear when US lawmakers will return to address a market structure bill, but CEO David Solomon said Goldman Sachs was monitoring its progress for tokenization and stablecoins.

The new policy will allow borrowers to use Bitcoin, Ether, crypto ETFs and US dollar-backed stablecoins for asset verification and income estimates without liquidation.

Bitcoin ETF inflows have rebounded, but the total assets under management remains 24% below the all-time high, indicating the recovery has just started.

Bitcoin breached the $95,000 mark this week amid a wider market recovery, as investors digested regulatory delays to the much-awaited CLARITY Act in the US.

The deal followed Riot announcing last week that it sold more than $160 million of its Bitcoin holdings as part of a strategy shift, to broaden use of its data centers.

The crypto market rally lost momentum as Bitcoin met resistance near $98,000, but technical charts suggest traders will actively buy dips to underlying support levels in altcoins and BTC.

BTC price surged nearly 150% after a similar BTC–gold undervaluation signal in late 2022, highlighting how extreme discounts have preceded major rallies.

Bitcoin market research warned that BTC faced another bear market in 2026 if it was unable to reclaim its yearly moving average.

The CLARITY Act is becoming a fight over who controls yield as rules split DeFi companies and incumbents and risk pushing onchain US dollar yield offshore.

As DePIN projects generate revenue and AI agents move onchain, builders are shifting focus from speculation to fundamentals, but questions remain about Web3’s decentralization ethos.

Renewed spot Ethereum ETF inflows topped $474 million this week while network metrics smashed records, positioning ETH for a rally to $4,500 in the coming weeks.

A growing amount of the blockchain industry’s fees are captured by DeFi protocols rather than the underlying networks, signaling a potential investor shift to front-end facing applications.

The apparent shutdown follows years of scrutiny of one of crypto’s largest fraud marketplaces.

US President Donald Trump is bringing criminal charges against the head of the Fed in what many see as a political move motivated by a desire for lower interest rates.

US President Donald Trump said the “leaker on Venezuela has been found and is in jail” as some Polymarket accounts tied to early bets on Maduro’s ouster go silent.

Jefferies’ Greed & Fear strategist Christopher Wood has slashed a 10% Bitcoin allocation from his portfolio and moved into gold, citing the quantum risk to BTC, Bloomberg reports.