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A 15-foot-tall statue of former President Donald Trump, cast in bronze and gilded in gold leaf, has a home: a 7,000-pound pedestal at one of Trump’s golf resorts. But this monument, dubbed “Don Colossus,” is not just a tribute to the 34-felony-count president. According to the New York Times, it’s at the heart of a bizarre cryptocurrency venture that’s seen a rollercoaster of financial hopes, legal disputes, and strange alliances — and it may just be the wildest moneymaking scheme of the Trump era. Summary A 15-foot statue of Trump was used to promote the struggling PATRIOT memecoin, which lost…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure After losing the $80,000 price mark, the price of Bitcoin has made several attempts to recover this level, but each one was capped by this resistance zone, which was once a key support. Interestingly, this continued bearish pressure is beginning to reflect on multiple crucial areas of the market, such as Spot trading. Lack Of Spot Bitcoin Buyers Extends The broader cryptocurrency market was left in awe when the Bitcoin price experienced a sharp pullback during the weekend. Even after a strong decline, the ongoing correction is…

Jessie A Ellis Feb 03, 2026 19:06 The Graph is supporting two emerging standards that could enable AI agents to transact autonomously across blockchains. Here’s what developers need to know. The Graph protocol is throwing its weight behind two emerging standards designed to let AI agents operate autonomously across blockchains—handling payments, verifying identities, and executing tasks without human intervention.The indexing protocol announced support for ERC-8004, an Ethereum standard for agent identity and reputation, alongside x402, a payment protocol that revives a dormant HTTP error code to enable machine-to-machine micropayments. Both standards address a…

Shares of Strategy plunged today, dipping more than 8% in trading as Bitcoin traded at new one-year lows and crypto risk assets came under renewed pressure.  The decline pushed MSTR’s share price to levels not seen since late 2024, deepening a multi‑month downtrend that has left the stock among the worst performers on the Nasdaq this year. Bitcoin’s slump — dipping below key technical thresholds over the weekend and early week — has reverberated through markets, hitting crypto‑linked equities especially hard.  Shares of major crypto platforms, like Robinhood and Circle also lost ground, highlighting the increasing correlation between Bitcoin prices…

Coinbase has taken its fight against crypto debanking to Australia’s parliament, filing a formal complaint that accuses the country’s biggest banks of shutting legitimate crypto businesses out of the financial system.Here’s the scoop.Big Four Banks Named in FilingThe submission, sent to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, names Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ, and National Australia Bank. Coinbase said these banks are closing accounts without warning and blocking transactions tied to digital assets.“There is nothing that degrades trust in an economy faster than being told you cannot use your own money,” Coinbase wrote.The exchange warned that debanking has gone…

Is SHIB over? is being asked more and more right now because Shiba Inu open interest was recorded as sliding a full 11% at the time of writing. That’s coming alongside a steep Shiba Inu price drop that pushed SHIB to levels not seen in a long time. This has made some traders wonder is Shiba Inu dead instead of just shaken — and also sparked fresh debate over the Shiba Inu price prediction for the weeks ahead.Source: CoinGeckoAlso Read: “What’s the Plan?” Shytoshi Teases SHIB AI Ecosystem ShiftShiba Inu Price Drop And Open Interest Decline ExplainedSource: Watcher.GuruRight now, the…

The crypto market is violently flushing leverage right now. Coinglass data shows that over the period from Jan 29-31, $1.5B in $BTC leveraged long positions were wiped. Bitcoin ($BTC) is retracing sharply, triggering a cascade of liquidations across major exchanges. When the market leader sneezes, altcoins usually catch a cold, often resulting in brutal double-digit drawdowns for high-beta assets. This volatility is classic late-stage correction behavior: wipe out the over-leveraged longs to reset open interest. But market downturns are funny things. While speculative capital flees, smart money tends to rotate into infrastructure plays that actually solve ecosystem problems. Traders are…

Rebeca Moen Feb 03, 2026 17:14 NVIDIA partners with Dassault Systèmes to build science-validated industrial AI architecture combining Virtual Twin technology with accelerated computing infrastructure. NVIDIA and Dassault Systèmes announced a long-term strategic partnership on February 3, 2026 to build what they’re calling “Industry World Models” — an industrial AI architecture that combines Dassault’s Virtual Twin technology with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing infrastructure. The deal positions both companies to capture enterprise AI spending across manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and aerospace.The partnership goes beyond typical technology integrations. NVIDIA is adopting Dassault’s model-based systems engineering to design its…

The crypto market is still recovering from last week’s big drop. Metals already bounced back hard, and coins like HYPE are still showing relative strength. However, most major coins can’t pick a direction yet, and the overall market feels stuck in “wait mode.” Today, we’re looking at Solana and the big question traders keep asking.Did Solana bottom at 100?Solana price finds support at the 100 levelSolana sold off hard from the 127 area and dropped roughly 25% before buyers stepped in. The decline slowed down right as SOL reached the psychological 100 level, and that is not random. Round numbers…

Monero (XMR) had quite a bullish breakout since late 2025 till it hit an all-time high of $797.73 on Jan. 4, 2026. However, the privacy-focussed cryptocurrency has crashed by more than 53% since its January 2026 peak. The recent market crash has further deepened XMR’s correction. According to CoinGecko statistics, XMR’s price has fallen 7.8% in the last 24 hours, 21.6% in the last week, 37.3% in the 14-day charts, and 14.2% over the previous month. Nonetheless, the asset has maintained substantial gains over the yearly charts, rallying 77.4% since February 2025. Let’s discuss if Monero (XMR) can rebound from…