15 March 2026
Austin, Texas, USA

Jake Simmons

Articles by Jake Simmons

XRP Whales Wake Up: $100,000+ Transfers Hit 3-Month High

CryptoJanuary 9, 2026

XRP Ledger whale activity spiked sharply at the start of the week, with on-chain data provider Santiment flagging a surge in large-value transfers that pushed the network to its highest $100,000+ tra…...

US Marshals Deny Selling 57.5 Bitcoin After Court Doc, On-Chain Buzz

CryptoJanuary 9, 2026

The US Marshals Service (USMS) says it did not sell 57.5 Bitcoin that crypto media and on-chain sleuths had recently flagged as liquidated, pushing back on a narrative that the government may be offl…...

Ripple Updates XRP ‘Fast Facts’ As ETF And Institutional Momentum Grows

CryptoJanuary 9, 2026

RippleX, the developer-focused arm of Ripple,used a Jan. 6 X thread to refresh a set of FAST FACTS about XRP, framing the asset less as a speculative ticker and more as market infrastructure, arrivin…...

Why Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF Is The ‘Most Bullish Thing Ever’: Jeff Park

CryptoJanuary 9, 2026

Morgan Stanleys decision to file for spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs caught even seasoned ETF watchers off guard and in Jeff Parks telling, its a stronger signal about cryptos next leg of adoption than …...

Bitcoin Core V30 Bug Risks Total Wallet Loss For Legacy Users

CryptoJanuary 8, 2026

Bitcoin Core developers issued an urgent notice after discovering a wallet migration bug in versions 30.0 and 30.1 that can, in rare cases, delete wallet files on the same node, turning a routine upg…...

Bitcoin, ETH, Dogecoin Rally Faces 3 Key Checkpoints: Bitwise CIO

CryptoJanuary 8, 2026

Crypto entered 2026 with a sharp bid, and Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says the next leg higher hinges on three checkpoints that have less to do with chart patterns and more to do with market plumbing, Wa…...

Ripple President On $500 Million Raise: No IPO, No Exchange, Bigger Plans

CryptoJanuary 8, 2026

Ripple president Monica Long says the companys latest $500 million equity raise is being put to work on integrating a run of acquisitions and expanding Ripples push into regulated stablecoin infrastr…...

US Spot XRP ETF Inflows Hit A One-Month High: Here Are The Numbers

CryptoJanuary 7, 2026

US spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged their strongest day of net inflows in more than a month on Jan. 5, as XRP rallied sharply and trading activity accelerated across both the token and th…...

Bitcoin Rallies On Venezuela Oil Story: Here’s What’s Wrong

CryptoJanuary 7, 2026

Bitcoins roughly 5% jump on Jan. 5 landed on a clean, TV-friendly explanation: a shock political turn in Venezuela would unlock oil supply, push energy prices down, cool inflation, bring rate cuts fo…...

Crypto Enters A Pivotal Week For Bitcoin, Ethereum, And Macro Events

CryptoJanuary 7, 2026

Crypto heads into the second week of January jam-packed with crucial events. Heres what crypto holders need to know: Starting January 5, advisers across Bank of America Private Bank, Merrill, and Me…...