Selling the Bitcoin would have violated President Donald Trump’s Executive 
Order 14233, which mandates that any Bitcoin obtained through criminal or 
civil forfeiture “shall not be sold.”

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Ethereum finds itself in an unusual position where the fundamentals are 
strengthening, but capital flows remain hesitant. On-chain activity and the 
real-world tokenization of assets point to a network that is becoming 
increasingly useful and more deeply embedded in financial infrastructure. The 
price action movement shows that ETH is stuck in a range where it is 
struggling to attract sustained momentum. Why Fundamentals And Price Are 
Diverging Ethereum is stuck in the middle, with the price hovering around 
$3,300, which is slightly up from earlier this month, but it remains 
compressed within the same triangle that has been forming since November. An 
investor known as Pepeisfriend mentioned on X that this kind of price action 
usually means pressure is building and a move is coming. However, the 
direction hasn&#8217;t been specified. Related Reading: Ethereum Outlook Has 
Improved, And It Could Outperform Bitcoin – Here’s What To Know As a result of 
this move, big money doesn&#8217;t seem very excited. ETH whales have been slowly 
reducing their exposure since mid-December, with no panic selling, just 
lightening positions. This kind of behavior signals a lower willingness from 
large investors to carry risk at these levels. The ETF flows have shown that 
there have been a few days of positive inflows, but the overall net flows are 
still negative, showing institutions haven&#8217;t truly rotated back into ETH the 
way they did during the previous hype phase. Meanwhile, Decentralized Finance 
(DeFi) activity looks weaker, and total value locked (TVL) has dropped 
noticeably, suggesting that on-chain capital is either leaving or just sitting 
on the sidelines. When DeFi isn&#8217;t active, ETH struggles to generate sustained 
upside momentum. Related Reading: Ethereum Price Finds Balance at Support—But 
the Next Move Matters Investor Pepeisfriend concluded that ETH isn&#8217;t bearish, 
but also not inspiring confidence for a breakout. This is a clear “wait for 
confirmation” phase that must be held, but probably still too early to go all- 
in or expect an immediate breakout. The Moment That Will Look Obvious In 
Hindsight While the market is obsessed with layer-1 competition, Ethereum is 
transitioning from a speculative asset into a yield-bearing, productive asset. 
Analyst Senior pointed out that on January 15, 2026, Sharplink Gaming deployed 
$170 million worth of ETH into a combined staking and restaking strategy on 
Linea. This move shows that institutional treasuries have moved beyond simple 
accumulation to active yield generation. At the same time, Visa is piloting 
stablecoin payouts directly on-chain, and EIP-7702 infrastructure is finally 
going live to eliminate biometric authentication seed phrases via Face ID. The 
user experience gap that once held ETH back has officially closed. This is the 
moment ETH is positioning itself as the most secure and liquid on-chain 
neobank financial platform in the world, and why the $3,500 breakout attempt 
will feel obvious. Featured image from Pexels, chart from Tradingview.com

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Monero price remains in a blue-sky breakout after clearing the $670 Fibonacci 
extension, with strong momentum keeping the next upside target near $930 in 
focus.

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A Utah man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for 
orchestrating a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme that resulted in losses 
exceeding $2.9 million, according to the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the 
District of Utah.

Utah man sentenced to 3 Years in $2.9m fraud scheme

Capital One Financial Corporation has received preliminary court approval for 
a $425 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit involving interest 
rate payments on savings accounts, according to the settlement administrator&#8217;s 
portal.

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