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​​Bitcoin Price Predictions by Public Figures🔮 The start of the year sets a cautiously positive consensus for 2026. According to Polymarket, the base-case scenario for this period places Bitcoin in the $110k–$130k range. At the same time, long-term public forecasts imply significantly higher upside. Michael Saylor expects Bitcoin to reach $20M by 2045, implying roughly 32.5% annual growth, broadly in line with Bitcoin’s historical long-term growth rates. In contrast, Samson Mow projects $1.33M as early as 2026, reflecting a non-linear repricing scenario rather than trend-based growth. More conservative views also exist: Julio Moreno (CryptoQuant) sees potential downside risk toward $60k within the current cycle. Which view makes more sense to you - and what’s your BTC target for 2026? 👉https://cryptorank.io/price/bitcoin

🚨 New GoBruteforcer wave is hijacking crypto and blockchain databases to expand a password-brute-forcing botnet. Researchers link the spike to AI-generated setup guides and reused defaults in legacy stacks like XAMPP. These servers are easy to take over, stay online 24/7, and scale attacks fast. 🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/gobruteforcer-botnet-targets-crypto.html

📈Bitcoin Forecast: Strong Returns Expected but No Spectacular Surges This Decade ··· 3 articles Bitcoin returns are expected to be strong but not spectacular over the next decade, according to Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan. Cointelegraph Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan anticipates a gradual rise in Bitcoin's value over the next decade, marked by steady returns rather than dramatic surges. Cryptonews Bitcoin is expected to deliver moderate gains over the next decade, with lower volatility and steadier growth predicted by industry insiders. CryptoBreaking ▪️BTC $87,879 ▪️ETH $2,939

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Singapore leads world in crypto adoption: Bybit report

🔗CZ says governments should record their spending on-chain in a transparent, immutable ledger. He’s right. A budget that still works like a black box makes no sense in 2025.

🔥💔 21-летний украинец был найден мертвым в сгоревшем Mercedes после того, как его заставили передать доступ к его криптокошелькам. Источник / @hypecoinnews

⛽Виталик Бутерин предложил создать рынок фьючерсов на газ в Ethereum, который позволит пользователям заранее фиксировать будущие комиссии и снизить неопределённость по мере роста сети.

NVIDIA CEO: Bitcoin is transforming surplus energy into a new form of "currency" that is easy to carry NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said in a December 7 interview that Bitcoin is currently “turning surplus energy into a new form of currency — one you can take anywhere.” “In other words, it lets you take energy from one location and turn it into something transportable across the globe.”

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​​On-Chain Activity Is Drying Up Across Major L1s On-chain activity across major chains is relatively low. Solana is the biggest loser, dropping from almost 32M active wallets in September 2024 during meme mania to about 1.7M now. BNB has held up better, boosted by Aster hype and short-term meme interest, with around 941K active wallets. Meanwhile, Base has shown solid performance recently, but with the current market conditions, activity on the chain is starting to fade, with only 437K wallets. Polygon and Ethereum show little change over the past couple of months, sitting at 252K and 86K wallets respectively. 👉https://cryptorank.io/blockchains

​​🚨BTC Crashes to $82K, Lowest Since April As the market dives deeper, mirroring negative stock action and broader macro uncertainty, Bitcoin touched $82,000, with over $2B in longs liquidated in 24 hours, $1B of that in just one hour. 👉https://cryptorank.io/price/bitcoin