MicroStrategy Stock Soared in November, Then Dropped 40% While Bitcoin Boomed

Doom CAPTCHA, created by Guillermo Rauch, uses Doom gameplay to verify human users by killing demons in nightmare mode. Players navigate the maze, facing challenging demon spawns, making it more complex than traditional CAPTCHAs.

Spirit Blockchain Capital, a Canadian investment firm, plans to earn yield on its Dogecoin holdings and potentially offer similar products for other major cryptocurrencies. The company aims to unlock a new revenue stream and position itself as a market leader in yield generation.

The U.S. currently accounts for around 40% of Bitcoin mining hashrate, with experts stating it's unlikely to shift the remaining 60% to American soil due to infrastructure and energy challenges. Despite Trump's support, global market economics drive mining operations worldwide.

Newly unredacted correspondences between the FDIC and member banks reveal the regulator's discouragement of offering services on public blockchains. The FDIC instructed a bank to undergo a detailed review process before launching products on public blockchains.

Solana has introduced a quantum-resistant vault, the Solana Winternitz Vault, to safeguard users' funds from potential quantum computer attacks by generating new keys for each transaction. This optional feature requires users to actively choose to store their funds in these vaults for quantum protection.

CumRocket's price surged 429% to $0.022 after Elon Musk's meme post on X, referencing tax implications. Musk's influence on meme coins like CumRocket and Dogecoin has been significant.

Bitcoin's first block, the "Genesis Block," was mined 16 years ago, marking the birth of the cryptocurrency. The network has since grown stronger, with mining difficulty hitting an all-time high of 109.78 trillion hashes, ensuring the security of the blockchain.

Telegram has introduced a new feature allowing users to convert gifts into NFTs on The Open Network using Telegram Stars, its in-app currency linked to Toncoin. Users can upgrade existing gifts to collectibles with customized appearances for a small amount of Telegram Stars.

Dogecoin has surged by nearly 11% in the past 24 hours, reaching $0.375, the highest price since December 18. The meme coin has rebounded by 18% since the beginning of 2025, following a market-wide plunge and a peak at $0.48 in December.

BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF experienced record-high outflows of $333 million on Jan. 2, with investors likely taking profits at the start of 2025. U.S.-based BTC spot ETFs collectively lost $248 million, with IBIT leading the losses.