Crypto news

On the 27th of January, in the year 2026, Paypal and the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA) unveiled their findings, declaring that 39% of U.S. merchants have already opened their tills to cryptocurrency at the point of sale. Lo and behold, 84% of these merchants prophesy that such payments shall become as common as a courtier’s flattery within half a decade. This fervor, they say, is driven by the whims of customers and the swiftness of transactions. The study, conducted among merchants of all stripes and sizes, finds the largest enterprises (50%) leading this digital dance, with crypto accounting for 26% of their sales. Yet, 90% of merchants declare they would join this fray if only the setup were as simple as a credit card’s grace.

Despite the wretched underperformance of the so-called “flagship cryptocurrency” (a term that reeks of maritime pretension) relative to the venerable gold, Szabo insists that the market’s collective ignorance is, in fact, a cause for jubilation. How very convenient for him!

“Our self-sustaining system, designed to improve food quality, increase same-store sales, and then stuff the profits into the SBR, is transforming the chain using nothing but financial technology and the occasional misheard calculator,” Steak ‘n Shake wrote in a Jan. 27 X post.

A post penned by the Ethereum entity on X (formerly known as Twitter, a platform rapidly becoming a charming relic of the past) on January 27th hinted at this impending digital rite of passage. Community chatter, a rather uncouth habit of many, suggests Thursday is the day.

In his memo, cleverly titled “Gold Rising, Clarity in Suspense” (because who doesn’t love a good cliffhanger?), Hougan paints a picture of the world that’s basically a financial soap opera. Gold’s at $5,000 an ounce? Great, now my grandma’s jewelry is worth more than my 401(k). Thanks, inflation.

Failed to ascend the altar of $2.00, XRP now lingers in the shadow realm of $1.890, outperformed by ghosts in the machine like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The Fib levels-your 50% retracement-mock the bulls as they dig trenches near $1.880.

Ah, Tron, the stalwart of the stable, the champion of the unremarkable. Its users multiply like rabbits in spring, yet its token, TRX, remains as still as a pond on a windless day. A 36% surge in activity, you say? And yet, the market yawns, unmoved by such trivialities.

Chatting with Kitco News at the VRIC 2026 in Vancouver, Smallwood argued that Wheaton’s fixed-price streaming contracts are like a magic shield, protecting them from the inflationary dragons terrorizing mine operators worldwide. “We’re the knights in shining armor of the mining world,” he probably didn’t say, but should have.

So, mark your calendars! Nifty Gateway will officially close on February 23, just in time for you to forget the entire thing ever existed.

Now, after a little rename drama-thanks to trademark issues, which sounds like a sitcom plot in itself-his GitHub and X accounts were hijacked. Can you imagine? One day, you’re minding your own business, and the next, you’re a victim of the great crypto identity theft. Just another Tuesday, right?