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Stablecoins on #BNB Chain crossed $15B in total circulating supply

Grok chose 1 BTC per year instead of a salary of $250,000

chains generated notable fees in week one of 2026:
Tron: $6.1M
Solana: $4.14M
BNB Chain: $2.71M
Ethereum: $2.58M
Bitcoin: $1.68M

chains kicked off 2026 with solid fee numbers:
Tron: $6.1M
Solana: $4.14M
BNB Chain: $2.71M
Ethereum: $2.58M
Bitcoin: $1.68M

In December 2025, the total volume of the prediction market reached $19.1 billion, setting a new all-time high and surpassing the previous record by approximately 35%.
The leaders in trading volume for the month were Kalshi with $7 billion, Opinion with $6.7 billion, and Polymarket with $5.3 billion.

In December 2025, the dominance of memecoins fell to a historic low of just 3.2%.
and what's happening now?
- since January 1, the capitalization of memecoins has increased by more than $8 billion
- $PEPE is leading: +65% since the beginning of the year, including a jump of +34% in one day
$BONK +49%, $FLOKI +40%, $DOGE +20%
- Trading volumes have reached $9 billion, and shorts are being actively liquidated

$1.3T Morgan Stanley files an S-1 registration for a Bitcoin Trust with the SEC

Aster leads 24h perp volume with $6.60B, followed by Hyperliquid at $3.48B and Lighter at $3.39B.

Strategy announced their first #Bitcoin purchase of 2026.
They bought 1,286 $BTC and they now hold 673,783 $BTC

$ASTER climbed from $0.71 to $0.79 this week (+10.6%), hit $0.80 today
the on-chain flow is signaling something:
- $1.3M in $ASTER left exchanges (2x normal). tokens in cold storage = less selling pressure
- $2.2M flowing in from brand new wallets (2.2x average) fresh capital entering
- volume spiked to $7.3M on Jan 2, been ranging $2.8M-$7.3M daily since
data from @nansen_ai

only 1.028M Bitcoin remain unmined

Ethereum’s total stablecoin transfer volume topped $8 trillion in Q4 2025, hitting a new all-time high.

US government is sitting on $30B in crypto and 97% of it is bitcoin
328k $BTC

Bitcoin remains stable despite the tense geopolitical landscape.

Circle minted $750M USDC on Solana.
Adding fresh stablecoin liquidity for the first time in 2026.

Crypto added $100B to the market in the past 3 days.

Exactly 17 years ago, the history of cryptocurrency and blockchain began - on January 3, 2009, the first Bitcoin block was created.

ETH closed 9 red monthly candles in 2025.
This happened once before, back in 2018, which was a clear bear market year.
When patterns like this start repeating, it raises a real question.
The classic 4 year crypto cycle may not be working the way it used to anymore.