Your Daily Crypto - 5th Jan


Today’s Top Caps

BTC $94K (+3.6%)

ETH $3242 (+3.3%)

USDT $1

XRP $2.33 (+11.6%)

BNB $914 (+2.1%)

Source: Coinmarketcap

 

Today's Top Gainers

VIRTUAL, LIT, RENDER, FET, XRP

Source: Coinmarketcap 24HR Top100

 

Top ETF Tracker

BTC +471M, ETH +174M,

SOL +8M, XRP +13M.

Source: Coinmarketcap / Coinglass

 

Today's Top Headlines

As per ZachXBT on X..”Community alert: Ledger had another data breach via payment processor Global-e leaking the personal data of customers (name & other contact information).”

Earlier today customers received an email informing them of the data breach.

Source: ZachXBT

Michael Saylor, Chairman of Strategy, announced today that “Strategy has acquired 1,287 BTC to increase its BTC Reserve to ₿673,783 and has increased its USD Reserve by $62 million to $2.25 billion.”

Source: Saylor

Hours before the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, three wallets on Polymarket placed large bets on Maduro being ousted, earning a combined $630,484.

The wallets were created and pre-funded days earlier, activated only shortly before the event, and exclusively bet on Venezuela- and Maduro-related outcomes, with no other activity—behavior widely viewed as indicative of insider trading.

Source: WuBlockchain

Crypto markets saw $190 MILLION in liquidations over the past 24 hours, with $140 MILLION in shorts wiped out as prices surged.

Source: Coinbureau

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According to CryptoRank, among tokens with a market cap above $500 million, the top gainers in 2025 were ZEC (+861%), WBT (+131%), XMR (+123%), OKB (+118%), PAX Gold (+67%), Tether Gold (+66%), Bitcoin Cash (+37%), Beldex (+24%), BNB (+22%), and Dash (+12%).

Source: CryptoRank

Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum’s core goal is resilience over efficiency, prioritizing decentralization, permissionless access, and censorship resistance to withstand political or infrastructure risks.

He added that truly scarce blockspace is decentralized and resilient, which is where Ethereum’s long-term value lies.

Source: Vitalik Buterin

The US Government now holds over $30B in crypto with 97% of it in $BTC.

Source: Cointelegraph

Bank of America officially begins recommending that clients invest up to 4% of their portfolio in Bitcoin and crypto.

Source: WatcherGuru

Until Next Time, Stay Frosty!

 

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