Bitcoin just saw one of its largest leveraged trading wipeouts ever, driven by rising global tensions and heavy betting in futures markets, according to a new analysis from Featured Bitcoin News
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An expert says the brief drop in BTC price to $24,000 was just a short-term glitch in trading on one exchange, not a true Bitcoin market crash.
Analysts say Bitcoin may have been in a bear market through 2025, with some, including Samson Mow, now predicting a long bull run ahead, while others expect weaker BTC prices in 2026 despite strong underlying market fundamentals.
Coinbase’s 2026 outlook says Bitcoin and other digital assets are moving into the core of global finance, calling the shift extraordinary and transformative, and expects major growth in everyday use and integration of Bitcoin by 2026.
French insect farming startup Ÿnsect, which raised over $600M to make insect-based protein for animal and pet food, has entered judicial liquidation in France after its large automated “giga-factory” failed to become economically viable.
New study from Penn State and partners finds that, under dry conditions, male mosquitoes can drink human and animal blood and even carry West Nile virus, challenging the long-held view that only females bite and spread disease.
Google briefly tested a new setting in its Phone app to lock calls in vertical view to stop the screen from turning sideways, but has now removed the option from beta versions and did not release it to all users.
Texas startup AST SpaceMobile has launched BlueBird 6, the largest commercial satellite ever put in Earth orbit, to help build a space-based mobile network that connects directly to regular phones and could compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.
New data show Bitcoin’s 2024–2025 cycle was driven by strong network activity but held back by the wider economy. BTC more than doubled in 2024 and hit new highs, but in 2025 its price swings were limited as higher interest rates and tight money conditions continued.
Scientists used Hubble data to test whether a dying white dwarf star cools faster by leaking energy through a dark matter particle called an axion. The study found no sign of axions, setting new limits on how strongly they can interact with electrons.
Princeton researchers found a way to pull clean hydrogen fuel from treated wastewater, potentially cutting production costs nearly in half and opening a new path to cheaper, greener energy powered by what we flush.
Analysts say Bitcoin ETFs have become a steady support for Bitcoin, with 96% of BTC ETF assets staying put during a 35% price drop. They expect big growth in Bitcoin-focused ETFs in 2026 as more large investors join in.
Developer Fabrice Bellard has released MicroQuickJS, a tiny JavaScript engine for low-memory devices that can run code with about 10 kB of RAM and needs only ~100 kB of storage, making JavaScript possible on small microcontrollers.
Analyst Benjamin Cowen says Bitcoin’s current market looks similar to 2019, noting BTC is lagging stocks and gold as it reacts more to real money conditions than hopes of easier policy, and may face macro headwinds that could last into 2026.
Trust Wallet says a hack of its Chrome extension let attackers steal about $7M in crypto. Malicious code in version 2.68 sent users’ wallet recovery phrases to an attacker’s server. Users are urged to update the extension to version 2.69.
Bitcoin slipped below $87,000 in early U.S. trading after a brief rise overnight, as investors shifted toward record-high gold and other metals. Public bitcoin miners’ shares fell around 5% or more in the post-Christmas session.
New analysis of 470 code changes finds AI-written code has 1.7 times more issues than human code, with more serious logic, quality, and security errors, suggesting current AI coding tools often create extra debugging work instead of saving time.
Intel showed a concept AI chip design that’s up to 12 times larger than today’s biggest processors, using many smaller chips and stacks of memory in one giant package. It could enable far more powerful AI computers later this decade.
No significant new Bitcoin development was mentioned. The article highlights growing use of blockchain tools like Swear’s video-authentication software to prove if online photos and videos are real, as AI-generated content becomes harder to spot.
Intel says upcoming Wi‑Fi 8 will focus on more reliable connections instead of higher top speeds, promising smoother roaming between routers, less lag for calls and games, and smarter handling of busy home and office networks.