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Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors see big green, up 6-9% YTD; BTC at $93,000 BTC ETFs see biggest day of inflows since Nov 11 on Friday Memes outperform to start the year with PEPE +67% and BONK +55% Lighter pops 8% to $2.79 following last week’s TGE Infinex launches ICO over the weekend, raising at $99.99M ? Bitcoin Grinds Up Amidst Venezuela ConflictGeopolitical conflicts usually send Bitcoin into a tailspin.Not…

Prior to the US market opening this week, Bitcoin is trading around the low $90,000s again after the unprecedented weekend macro activity. You can feel the familiar shift in the room: less celebration, more checking phones, more chart screenshots.More people are asking the same question in different ways: “Are we about to dip?”Right now, the loudest answer on Crypto Twitter is two yellow rectangles.They’re the open CME gaps, one around $91,000 to $90,000 and the other around $88,000. They’ve turned into a kind of group anxiety, a shared map of where price “has to go” next.Bitcoin’s CME gaps (Source: AshCrypto)If…

In brief The average size of Bitcoin deposits to Binance has jumped 34x since early 2024, hitting 21.7 BTC, signaling a major return of large-holder activity. Analysts link the rally to a potential “regime shift” from macro events like the U.S. strikes on Venezuela, but warn it’s a recalibration, not an unbounded bull run. The consensus outlook is for a volatile, range-bound Q1 2026, with over $3B in sidelined stablecoin capital and equity market risks acting as near-term headwinds. Bitcoin’s decisive breakout above $92,000 to start 2026 has been accompanied by a surge in activity from large holders, signaling a…

A Wall Street institution has been ordered to pay more than seven million dollars after US regulators found longstanding supervisory failures that may have allowed potentially illegal trading activity to go undetected for years. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority says Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC has agreed to a $7,125,000 fine after investigators determined the firm failed to establish and maintain a supervisory system reasonably designed to comply with federal securities laws and FINRA rules aimed at preventing insider trading and market manipulation. According to FINRA, the failures occurred over an extended period from August 2012 through September 2020 and…

In brief Traders are unwinding defensive derivatives positions in privacy assets to fund leveraged bets on high-momentum sectors, driving the divergence. The rotation is possible because privacy coins held value well during the late-2025 downturn, making them a source of profit for investors seeking quick gains. Despite the sell-off, experts and developers see growing underlying demand for privacy, expecting a resurgence in the sector during future periods of regulatory uncertainty or risk-off sentiment. Privacy-focused cryptos are underperforming as Bitcoin’s rally above $90,000 has ignited a wave of speculative trading, prompting investors to rotate capital out of defensive holdings.The sector, with…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the network has effectively “solved” the blockchain trilemma: decentralization, consensus, and high bandwidth, arguing that the missing ingredients are now live on mainnet or within reach as zero-knowledge Ethereum virtual machines (ZK-EVMs) move toward production use. In a Jan. 3 post on X, Buterin framed the moment around two technical developments: PeerDAS, which he said is now live on Ethereum mainnet, and ZK-EVMs, which he described as being at an “alpha stage” with “production-quality performance” while “remaining work is safety.” “These are…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin has pushed back above the $92,000 level after several days of steady buying pressure, offering investors a sense of short-term relief following weeks of choppy and directionless price action. The rebound suggests that demand has not fully disappeared, yet the broader technical picture remains unresolved. Despite the recent strength, BTC is still trading below key structural levels that would normally confirm a sustained continuation of the broader uptrend, keeping market participants cautious about calling a definitive trend shift. Adding complexity to the outlook, a recent CryptoQuant…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has stated that the blockchain network must decide between chasing speculative trends or fulfilling its original promise as a neutral “world computer.”In two separate detailed posts on the social media platform X, Buterin reflected on 2025 as a year of significant technical progress.However, he cautioned against the network’s growing reliance on what he termed the “next meta,” a cycle defined by political memecoins, tokenized dollars, and efforts to artificially boost network usage for economic signaling.Instead, Buterin argued that Ethereum has reached a pivotal moment where it has finally solved the industry’s longest-standing engineering paradox: the scalability…

In brief Digital asset investment products attracted $47.2 billion in 2025, just shy of the 2024 record of $48.7 billion, according to CoinShares’ annual report. Bitcoin flows declined 35% to $26.9 billion, while Ethereum surged 138% with $12.7 billion in inflows. XRP and Solana posted gains of 500% ($3.7 billion) and 1,000% ($3.6 billion) respectively, while remaining altcoins saw flows drop 30%. Digital asset investment products closed 2025 with $47.2 billion in global inflows, narrowly missing the previous year’s record, while a shift in investor appetite saw Bitcoin’s dominance erode in favor of select altcoins, according to a new report…

When the futures market opened Monday, the screens told a story that felt backward.The U.S. had just captured Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in a weekend operation that jolted geopolitics and dominated headlines. And yet oil did not spike.It slipped.At the same time, Bitcoin held its ground, then pushed higher. It traded around the low $90,000s as markets processed the idea that this shock might add barrels to the world later, rather than take barrels away today.That is the first tell for crypto investors: this episode is being priced as a macro story. Inflation, rates, and liquidity are in the driver’s…