On January 3, 2026, Tim Stern, a German investor, was sleeping peacefully at his Venezuela residence when the phone on his small bedside table suddenly went wild. As he explained to Timothy Allen of the " Free Cities Podcast," calls streamed in immediately after news broke that the United States had bombed Caracas in the early hours of the morning. Within hours, it was clear that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had been captured and was being sent to the United States - a change, Stern said in the podcast, that "is going to be the start of an absolute bonanza here in Venezuela."
U.S. markets saw a rotation into risk assets today and crypto-linked stocks, like Coinbase and Strategy, led some of the brightest gains of the day's session. Even as broader indexes such as the Dow and S&P 500 traded mixed on inflation and economic data, digital-asset exposure helped certain high-beta names outperform. Coinbase (COIN) was among the standout performers. COIN surged more than 18% on the day, finishing well ahead of most traditional technology stocks as traders "bought the dip" in crypto exposure.
A person claiming to have information about Nancy Guthrie's alleged kidnapper is offering to share what they know with TMZ for one Bitcoin valued at $66,000. The news and gossip site said it received a note promising a suspect's name around 5 a.m. on the West Coast and forwarded that letter to the FBI. It included deposit instructions tied to a Bitcoin wallet and said time is more than relevant.
To no one's surprise, Sunday's Super Bowl was a star-studded event. A host of big names in business and tech flocked to Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, to watch the New England Patriots battle it out with the Seattle Seahawks. The game, which saw the Seahawks winning the NFL championship, was highly anticipated, with Grammy-winning Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny headlining the halftime show. Here's who showed up.
Just in time to create a new Super Bowl ad, Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek has made the priciest domain purchase in history, buying AI.com for $70 million, according to the Financial Times. The deal, paid entirely in cryptocurrency to an unknown seller, shatters previous records. (Broker Larry Fischer, who facilitated the sale, is presumably celebrating his good fortune.)
The marketing stunt has been launched by Polymarket, a company that has made a name for itself by letting people bet on real-life occurrences, like celebrity news and political events. The Polymarket grocery is scheduled to open on February 12, with passersby able to walk in and pick up groceries without shelling out cash. The idea is that a fully-stocked market won't require any purchase from New Yorkers to access groceries inside the store.
As his flight departed from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport en route to Kuwait via Istanbul, Canadian crypto fugitive Andean Medjedovic was unaware that his globe-trotting lifestyle would soon be halted. Just two weeks later, on Dec. 11, 2023, Dutch authorities issued a European arrest warrant for the then 21-year-old, alleging he had pulled off a "sophisticated hack" that netted him $48 million US in cryptocurrency.
Metals are hot, and Bitcoin's not, much to the chagrin of the crypto sector. Silver peaked above a record-high $120 per ounce in the early hours of trading on Thursday, and gold also rose to a record price of about $5,600. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is down below $85,000, plummeting about 33% since its all-time high in October, according to Binance.
This amount is really greater than the sum total of everything he made from his inheritance, from being on The Apprentice, and from all the licensing deals while he was on The Apprentice.
"Today, an increasing number of consumers include crypto in their investment portfolios, while major financial institutions are deepening their involvement in crypto assets, supported by key regulatory developments," Newrez President Baron Silverstein said in the announcement, adding that now is the "right time" to weave crypto into the mortgage lending business.
When Adams revealed his "NYC Token" project to a gaggle of reporters in Times Square on Monday morning, he was short on specifics. The former mayor declined to clarify who else was involved with the cryptocurrency, and instead pointed to a website without functioning buttons. He added that the project would teach New York's children about the virtues of blockchain technology and fund initiatives fighting antisemitism.
But Adams, 65, says he is hard at work. In an interview with Fox Business early on Monday morning, Adams announced that he was working on a cryptocurrency called New York City Coin. Speaking with Maria Bartiromo, Adams said the main reason he was launching this coin was to promote the use of cryptocurrency in New York City. It would also fund three separate initiatives: antisemitism awareness and education, "crypto education for New York City youth," and scholarship opportunities for the aforementioned crypto-educated youth.
AMY GOODMAN: In The Wall Street Journal, you recently revealed that ventures launched since Trump's reelection have generated at least $4 billion in proceeds and paper wealth for the Trump family, that figure based on company statements and security filings. In addition, you've reported how one of the family businesses, Trump Media & Technology, recently announced a $6 billion merger with a firm aiming to build the world's first viable nuclear fusion plant to power AI projects and data centers,
It wasn't that long ago that the whole narrative around a so-called "crypto winter" forming was on most investors' minds. Indeed, the decline we saw in 2022 was significant, and certainly scared plenty of investors away from this asset class altogether. Of course, the reality is that investors who stuck with the game plan and continued to hold through the volatility are most likely ahead of the game.
