BREAKING: The CIA reportedly warned Apple, Nvidia, and AMD in 2023 that China could invade Taiwan by 2027, per the NYT.

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Trump is weighing an expansion of KYC rules that would require banks to collect citizenship details, including passport information, according to WSJ.

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🐳🦈 ADA Santiment: Cardano's biggest holders—whales and sharks—have been quietly accumulating over the past six months. Even as the price slips about 71% from $0.90 to $0.26, wallets with 100K–100M ADA have added roughly 819.4 million ADA ($213.9 million) and now account for about 1.6% of the total supply.

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MEXC was the fastest-growing centralized exchange in 2025.

Up 90.9% year over year, it jumped from $766.7B in 2024 to $1.5T in 2025. It now accounts for about 7.8% of the market, ranking as the third-largest CEX.

What drove the surge? A bold zero-fee policy across all spot trading pairs, aimed at high-frequency traders and cost-conscious retail users who value low costs over brand prestige.

Top 10 by market share:

1) Binance: 39.2% share, $7.3T volume (down 0.5% YoY; still dominant)

2) Bybit: 8.1% share, $1.5T volume (down 13.7% YoY; recovered from February hack)

3) MEXC: 7.8% share, $1.5T volume (up 90.9% YoY)

4) Gate: 7.5% share (up 39.7% YoY)

5) Crypto.com: 7.2% share (up 4.3% YoY)

6) Bitget: 6.4% share (up 45.5% YoY)

7) OKX: 6.3% share (down 0.5% YoY)

8) Coinbase: 6.1% share (up 2.8% YoY)

9) HTX Global: 6.0% share (up 35.6% YoY)

10) Upbit Global: 5.5% share (down 18.9% YoY)

Key takeaway:
- 6 of the top 10 exchanges posted higher volumes in 2025. Total top-10 volume reached $18.7T, up 7.6% from 2024.

- Fee competition is reshaping market share. MEXC and Bitget grew through zero-fee models. Binance remained dominant but didn’t grow. The CEX landscape is more competitive than in years.

Source: CoinGecko

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🇺🇸🛡️ U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warns that Anthropic could be removed from the Pentagon’s supply chain unless it agrees to allow its AI models for lawful military uses.

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🚨 Software shares are trailing the Nasdaq, marking the widest gap this century.

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CNN, citing Israeli media, reports that F-22 fighter jets will be stationed at a base in southern Israel, putting them in a position to intercept launches by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen.

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Just in: An analyst says Ethereum's AI microtransactions could be crypto's next lifeline.

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Anthropic has no plans to relax restrictions on military use, according to a source.

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Zachxbt said he exposed Binance. Oh wait—maybe not. It looks like you were paid off with $40 million.

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Several Democrats are calling for Changpeng Zhao (CZ) to be arrested and questioned.

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🔮 TD Cowen, a major investment bank, predicts Bitcoin will reach $225,000 by 2027.

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Breaking: Stripe valued at $159 billion in a tender offer, according to a report.

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📉 LATEST: $MSTR NOW THE WORLD’S MOST SHORTED STOCK AS $7B IN BITCOIN LOSSES MOUNT

Michael Saylor’s $MSTR has surged to the top spot in global short-interest rankings.

Investors are betting against the company after roughly $7 billion of unrealized losses on its Bitcoin-denominated corporate treasury.

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🗣 James Seyffart reports that 13F filers were net sellers of Bitcoin ETFs in Q4 2025. The two largest holder groups—advisors and hedge funds—dominated the selling, with about 25,000 BTC sold in the quarter. #ETFs

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Trump is set to unveil a tax-cut plan through reconciliation, CNBC reports.

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Two Federal Reserve officials don’t expect any near-term changes to monetary policy — Reuters.

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BREAKING: 🚨 Bitcoin has reached its bear-market low—exactly 23 months after the all-time high in every cycle.

We’re at the 23-month mark now.

This pattern has never failed.

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A war could pull us out of an economic crash, just as it did in 02/03.

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🕵️ The Blockchain Association, a leading crypto lobby, has presented its stance to Congress on how digital assets should be taxed. It proposes treating stablecoins as cash for everyday purchases and carving out a modest exemption for minor crypto transactions. #stablecoin link

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Bitcoin Depot plans to mandate identity checks for all transactions at its crypto ATMs, Cointelegraph reports.

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