🖥 In Hood County, Texas, a years-long conflict between residents and the mining company MARA over constant industrial noise has moved into the courts — residents complain of health problems and declining property values, while the company insists its operations are legal and economically beneficial to the region.

An attempt by locals to gain city status and impose strict noise regulations failed in a vote.

The situation highlights the hidden social costs of the rapid growth of crypto mining in the U.S.

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🤖 In a trading tournament organized by Aster, the human team lost to neural networks.

By the end of the competition, human traders posted a result of −32.21% (a combined loss of around $225 000), while the AI team limited its drawdown to just −4.48% (approximately $13 000).

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🐳 During bull markets, venture investors often overvalue crypto projects, driven by hype and excitement.

When sentiment cools, these projects face a “reality check,” with market caps falling far below prior private valuations.

The recent crypto downturn has clearly exposed the gap between VC valuations and actual market prices.

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🪒 Yesterday on Binance, Bitcoin briefly dropped to $24 111 in the BTC/USD1 trading pair before quickly recovering.

USD1 is a stablecoin launched by the Trump family.

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☠️ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged three purported crypto trading platforms and four “investment clubs” with an online fraud scheme that allegedly cost investors more than $14 million.

The scheme relied on social media ads and WhatsApp groups with supposed “experts,” directing victims to fake platforms where withdrawals were blocked under the pretext of additional fees.

According to the SEC, no real trading took place, and the funds were siphoned abroad through bank accounts and crypto wallets.

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📉 In 2025, nearly all major Layer-1 assets posted negative performance, with only BNB and TRX recording price gains.

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🪒 Solana's USX stablecoin temporarily lost its peg to the dollar, falling to $0.1 due to liquidity outflows.

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☠️ Trust Wallet has been exploited, with hundreds of users affected and over $6.77M stolen so far

CZ has stated that Trust Wallet will fully cover the losses.

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🎲 2025 marked a turning point for the crypto derivatives market, shifting from retail-driven speculation to an institutional model built around ETFs, regulated infrastructure, and on-chain solutions.

Institutional capital became the primary growth driver, while Bitcoin increasingly behaved as a high-risk asset, culminating in the largest liquidation event in October with over $19 billion wiped out in a single day.

With total derivatives trading volume reaching $85.7 trillion, the market has matured, but high leverage and liquidity concentration continue to pose systemic risks heading into 2026.

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🖥 Bitmain sharply cut prices on some of its ASIC miners as mining economics continue to worsen.

With network hashrate near record highs and Bitcoin’s price falling, miner profitability has declined, weakening demand for new hardware.

As a result, manufacturers are being forced to adjust pricing to sustain sales.

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📊 Bitcoin has returned to levels above $90 000, Ethereum is trading around $3 000, and most altcoins are in the green, though no strong rally is being observed yet.

The Fear & Greed Index remains in the extreme fear zone, currently at 24.

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🪙 The Ethereum staking entry queue has nearly doubled the exit queue for the first time in six months — around 746 000 ETH is currently waiting to be staked versus 361 000 ETH waiting to exit.

The last time the entry queue surpassed the exit queue, ETH doubled in price shortly afterward.

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🔮 Only about 30% of the 1.73 million Polymarket trading addresses ended up in profit. At the same time, nearly all gains are concentrated among a very small group — just 0.04% of addresses generated over 70% of total profits, roughly $3.7 billion.

Most profitable participants earn very little: around a quarter of winning addresses made no more than $1 000.

In the end, the market makes money for a few, while the majority of traders lose.

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