The $thenickshirley experiment continues.
As Brian Armstrong and Jesse responded to the community that the pure speculative nature of creator coins is a key feature, be aware that this 5x pump from the bottom is significant.
Next phases to watch out for:
- price discovery

the @nickshirleyy coin on @zora seems like the best shot at any content-creator coin we are ever going to get
kid has been making content for nearly a decade with receipts, was demonetized on youtube during trump's election so has reason to prefer decentralized alternatives
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Author: Yuanshan Insights
Data Source: Farside Investors, SoSoValue, Fed H.4.1 Report, CryptoQuant

On the first trading day of 2026, BTC ETF saw a net inflow of $471 million.

What does this figure mean?

In November and December, the combined net outflow of spot BTC ETFs was approximately $4.57 billion; with a net outflow of approximately $1.09 billion in December alone.

Many people frantically sold at a loss above 93K, and institutions bought back about one-tenth of that amount on January 2nd alone.

Also happening...

Smart money influx! Decoding the three driving forces behind the BTC rebound.

After a long period of weakness, the meme coin has finally seen an encouraging rebound.
Since mid-September last year, the total market capitalization of Meme Coin gradually declined from approximately $80 billion to a low of only $35 billion, with virtually no significant rebound along the way. However, in the first week of 2026, the total market capitalization of Meme Coin finally rebounded, returning to nearly $50 billion.
During the same period, the market capitalization of Meme coin as a percentage of the overall Altcoin reached its lowest point since July 2022, almost reaching its lowest level since then...

Besides $114,514, what other projects should I keep an eye on?

Source: A16z

Original Title: Privacy Trends for 2026
Compiled and Organized by: BitpushNews

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1. Privacy will become the most important moat in the crypto space this year

Privacy is a key feature for the global financial migration to on-chain. However, almost all existing blockchains lack this feature...