January 2026

Bitcoin bear market almost over? BTC price metric outpaces 2022 bottom 2026-01-30 at 17:19 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin’s MVRV Z-score printed record lows on a rolling two-year basis, making BTC price more “undervalued” than at the pit of past bear markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Oracle seeks to build bridges with MySQL developers 2026-01-30 at 17:19 By Richard Speed Big Red promises ‘new era’ as long-frustrated contributors weigh whether to believe it Oracle is taking steps to “repair” its relationship with the MySQL community, according to sources, by moving “commercial-only” features into the database application’s Community Edition and prioritizing developer

Autonomous cars, drones cheerfully obey prompt injection by road sign 2026-01-30 at 16:44 By Connor Jones AI vision systems can be very literal readers Indirect prompt injection occurs when a bot takes input data and interprets it as a command. We’ve seen this problem numerous times when AI bots were fed prompts via web pages

Researchers Uncover Chrome Extensions Abusing Affiliate Links and Stealing ChatGPT Access 2026-01-30 at 16:44 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious Google Chrome extensions that come with capabilities to hijack affiliate links, steal data, and collect OpenAI ChatGPT authentication tokens. One of the extensions in question is Amazon Ads Blocker (ID: pnpchphmplpdimbllknjoiopmfphellj), which claims to be

Trump picks crypto-friendly Kevin Warsh as new Fed chair 2026-01-30 at 16:06 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben US President Donald Trump nominated former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, setting up a Senate confirmation fight. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ethereum loses $2.8K support as charts point to possible 22% downside 2026-01-30 at 16:06 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Ethereum slipped under $2,800 as charts and onchain data suggested downside risk remains elevated, with a potential move toward $2,100. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Want digital sovereignty? That’ll be 1% of your GDP into AI infrastructure please 2026-01-30 at 15:49 By Dan Robinson Analyst predicts massive spend on domestic AI stacks Countries intent on digital sovereignty will need to invest at least 1 percent of their entire gross domestic product (GDP) into AI infrastructure by 2029, according to analyst

China-Linked UAT-8099 Targets IIS Servers in Asia with BadIIS SEO Malware 2026-01-30 at 15:28 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign attributed to a China-linked threat actor known as UAT-8099 that took place between late 2025 and early 2026. The activity, discovered by Cisco Talos, has targeted vulnerable Internet Information Services (IIS) servers located

OpenAI gives ChatGPT models the chop – two weeks’ notice, take it or leave it 2026-01-30 at 15:02 By Richard Speed GPT-4o gets second death sentence after last year’s reprieve, but this time barely anyone’s bothered OpenAI is sunsetting some of its ChatGPT models next month, a move it knows “will feel frustrating for some

Bitcoin, Ether ETFs see $1B outflows as crypto market tumbles 6% 2026-01-30 at 14:37 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz US spot Bitcoin ETF flows turned negative for January after a series of outflows this week totaling nearly $1 billion, data from SoSoValue show. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

There is no trust in DeFi without proper risk management 2026-01-30 at 14:37 By Cointelegraph by Robert Schmitt DeFi’s composability creates cascading exploit risks while protocols handle risk idiosyncratically. Institutional adoption demands TradFi-style standardized frameworks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Trump says shutdown deal near, but markets remain on edge 2026-01-30 at 14:37 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben A tentative deal in Washington has eased some shutdown fears, but with key votes still pending, crypto, gold and silver are trading through liquidity jitters and foreign policy risk. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

Phones down, brooms up: HashiCorp co-founder lectures business hopefuls 2026-01-30 at 14:37 By Paul Kunert Stock management also important, says Mitchell Hashimoto HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto took to X this week to unveil the secret of workplace success: stay off your phone, sweep the floor, and clean the machines after that.… This article is an

Euro firms must ditch Uncle Sam’s clouds and go EU‑native 2026-01-30 at 13:49 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Just because you’re paranoid about digital sovereignty doesn’t mean they’re not after you Opinion  I’m an eighth-generation American, and let me tell you, I wouldn’t trust my data, secrets, or services to a US company these days for

Badges, Bytes and Blackmail 2026-01-30 at 13:49 By Behind the scenes of law enforcement in cyber: what do we know about caught cybercriminals? What brought them in, where do they come from and what was their function in the crimescape? Introduction: One view on the scattered fight against cybercrime The growing sophistication and diversification of

Bitcoin’s ‘miner exodus’ could push BTC price below $60K 2026-01-30 at 13:39 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Still, Bitcoin often rebounds toward its energy value after long downtrends, with one model pointing to a fair price near $121,000. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source