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The Hidden Risk in Browser Extensions That Cost Crypto Users $713M in 2025

3 Jan 2026 3 minute read 1 comment DanMalam

Trust Wallet’s Chrome extension shipped a malicious update in December, exfiltrating wallet data and draining roughly $7 million from hundreds of accounts before the company pushed a fix.   The compromised version 2.68 was live for days, auto-updatin...

Bitcoin Price Struggled in 2025, but Long-Term Lows Show a Strong and Rising Floor

2 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

The bitcoin price's 2025 price swung above $125,000 before falling to around $87,000, reflecting a shift from speculative rallies to macro-driven market forces.   The bitcoin price traded through a wide range last year. According to Bitcoin Magazine...

Coinbase Set to Combine Crypto, Stock, and Commodity Trading on One Platform

2 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

  Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shared a concise yet ambitious outline of the company’s strategic priorities for the year, with an all-in-one exchange at the top.   On Jan. 1, 2026, Coinbase’s CEO laid out the company’s priorities for the year ahead,...

Spot Bitcoin ETFs snap 7-day outflow streak with $355M as liquidity improves

1 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $355 million, snapping a 7-day outflow streak that saw $1.12 billion withdrawn from the products. After a bruising week that left traders feeling the pinch, the clouds over the crypto market are finally breaking. The US...

VC Firm a16z Flags Stablecoins, Tokenization and Privacy as Key Themes for 2026

1 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has identified stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization and privacy infrastructure as some of the most important forces set to shape the crypto industry in 2026, according to research published by its...

LIT Reveal Sparks Tokenomics Split, Shaking the DeFi Community

31 Dec 2025 1 minute read 3 comments DanMalam

Lighter, a prominent player among perpetual decentralized exchanges, has recently revealed its tokenomics for the new Lighter Infrastructure Token (LIT), generating varied reactions within the DeFi community. The structure of the token distribution,...

Elon Musk tells X to increase creator payouts to compete with YouTube

30 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

Elon Musk confirms payouts on X will be increasing to better compete with YouTube Adsense This is a huge move as many people prioritize posting on YouTube because of the ability to make astronomical amounts of money X must takeover and dominate as th...

ZachXBT Reveals How a “Canadian” Scammer Stole $2M Posing as Coinbase Support

30 Dec 2025 3 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has exposed a Canada-based scammer who allegedly stole more than $2 million in cryptocurrency by impersonating Coinbase customer support, adding to a growing list of social engineering cases targeting users of major ex...

James Howells Reveals Key Crypto Lessons for 2026

29 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

James Howells : the man known for accidentally throwing away a hard drive holding 8,000 Bitcoins, has shared practical advice for anyone looking toward crypto in 2026. His core message is clear: learn the fundamentals before getting involved. Drawing...

Here’s the XRP Price Wall Street Expects in 2026

29 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments DanMalam

Wall Street analysts are becoming increasingly optimistic about XRP’s outlook for 2026, with several forecasts pointing to strong upside potential. Standard Chartered Bank analyst Geoffrey Kendrick believes XRP could climb as high as $8 by the end of...