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🚨 Bitcoin miner Core Scientific expects to sell approximately all of its 2,500 BTC holdings in the first quarter of 2026 to increase liquidity and fund capital expenditures related to the expansion of its AI division. In its annual report filed Monday, the company stated that the majority of the sales are planned for the first quarter, subject to market conditions and liquidity needs. As of December 31, 2025, Core Scientific held 2,537 Bitcoin.

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🇮🇷 Iran's Basij forces attacked a student anti-regime protest at Ferdowsi University. The Basij are the regime’s plainclothes shock troops, a volunteer militia under the IRGC, generally functioning as the Supreme Leader’s personal goon squad.

💬 Wintermute founder Evgeny Gaevoy stated on the Crypto Playbook podcast that the industry has moved away from its cypherpunk roots toward a narrative of "rising numbers." He argued that stablecoins reinforce the dominance of the US dollar rather than building a decentralized parallel system, and that crypto should return to its cypherpunk ethos instead of becoming fully integrated into Wall Street. Despite Ethereum's value-added layup (VAL) of over $120 billion, he added that actual adoption of decentralized applications remains limited.

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