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19 Jan 2026, 16:36
Bitcoin Hits $0 on Paradex After Starknet Glitch — Mass Liquidations Force Rollback
Bitcoin briefly appeared to trade at zero on Paradex early Sunday after a technical failure during scheduled maintenance triggered mass liquidations across the decentralized perpetual futures exchange, forcing the team to announce a rare chain rollback to reverse the damage. The incident unfolded shortly after Paradex carried out database maintenance at around 4:30 a.m. London time. Within minutes, traders began reporting that prices on several perpetual markets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, had collapsed to near-zero levels. Okay, when I posted the screenshot, I thought it was a UI bug. Then I saw on the computer that the price came back after going to $0. Now there are thousands of liquidations. This doesn't look good for @paradex https://t.co/m4YbnfHkgN pic.twitter.com/QbKd3U432s — Sniper ₿ (@sniiperrB) January 19, 2026 Screenshots and videos shared on social media showed a flood of liquidation alerts hitting the platform almost simultaneously, suggesting that the exchange’s pricing mechanism or oracle feed had malfunctioned during the update. Timestamped alerts indicate the most intense activity occurred around 05:02 UTC on January 19, 2026. Inside Paradex’s Chain Rollback After Mass Liquidations During that brief window, long positions across multiple markets were liquidated at prices displayed as $0.00. Bitcoin perpetual contracts saw numerous long liquidations at zero, while some short positions were closed at normal market prices near $92,600, pointing to an issue that disproportionately affected one side of the order book. The sudden repricing automatically forced leveraged positions to close to prevent negative balances, amplifying the damage in a matter of seconds. Roughly three hours after the event, Paradex director of engineering Clement Ho addressed users on Telegram, confirming that the team had identified the issue and would roll back the chain state to block 1,604,710, timestamped at 04:27:54 UTC. Source: Clement Ho noted that this block represented the last known correct state before the maintenance began. Paradex later echoed the message on its website, stating that recovery efforts were underway and that all user funds remained safe. A rollback in this context means reverting the blockchain and associated system state to a point before the faulty transactions occurred, effectively canceling all trades, deposits, and liquidations that took place after that block. While improperly liquidated users may see their positions restored, any profits earned after the rollback point would also be erased. Such actions are widely considered a last resort in decentralized systems because they undermine the principle of immutability that blockchains are designed to uphold. Paradex Restores Services After Outage, Warns Users of Impersonation Scams Paradex operates on Starknet as a decentralized perpetual futures exchange and has grown into a sizable venue for on-chain derivatives trading. Data from DefiLlama shows the platform processed nearly $1.6 billion in trading volume the day before the incident and holds around $225 million in user deposits. Source: DefiLlama CoinGecko reported approximately $652 million in open interest over the past 24 hours, and over a 30-day period, Paradex ranks among the top ten decentralized perps exchanges, with more than $37 billion in reported trading volume. Following the liquidations, Paradex reported a platform-wide service outage affecting its trading interface, APIs, blockchain components, bridge, and block explorer. As part of its recovery process, the exchange said it would force-cancel all open orders except take-profit and stop-loss orders. Later updates confirmed that the platform and vault withdrawals had been re-enabled, though deposits and withdrawals for Gigavault would remain paused for up to 24 hours. We’ve received reports of fake support accounts posing as our team. Please remember: + Official updates only come from this account + We will never ask for your private keys + If another account messages you first, it is a scam — Paradex (@paradex) January 19, 2026 The team also issued warnings about fake support accounts impersonating Paradex staff during the outage, urging users to rely only on official channels. The incident has renewed scrutiny around technical risk in on-chain derivatives markets, which have faced a series of disruptions in recent months. Aster, a top perps exchange by volume, has suffered repeated losses after being targeted by sophisticated trading strategies, including a high-profile incident in September when following an abnormal price spike in its XPL perpetual contract . The post Bitcoin Hits $0 on Paradex After Starknet Glitch — Mass Liquidations Force Rollback appeared first on Cryptonews .
19 Jan 2026, 16:01
NYSE Joins Tokenization Race With New Digital Trading Venue
The New York Stock Exchange is taking a deliberate step into tokenization, outlining plans for a new platform that would enable trading and onchain settlement of tokenized securities—pending regulatory approval—while keeping its feet firmly planted in traditional market structure. NYSE Moves Toward Onchain Settlement for Tokenized Stocks and ETFs According to the announcement published Monday,
19 Jan 2026, 15:54
Dogecoin (DOGE) Crashes to $0.12 on Coinbase, but This Market Metric Hints Hope
Dogecoin sees major price drop as traders take profits, but tiny hope remains.
19 Jan 2026, 15:52
Stellantis' new CEO ditches old plans and tries to fix retailer mess
Stellantis just turned five, and it’s already lost almost half its value. The automaker was born from a $52 billion merger between Fiat Chrysler and Groupe PSA in January 2021. It was supposed to be a global powerhouse. Instead, its U.S. shares have dropped 43%. The Italian shares are down 40%. When it first listed on the New York Stock Exchange on January 19, 2021, things looked good. The stock kept rallying and was up 74% by March 2024. Well, it’s now January 19, 2025, and things are definitely not looking good. Stellantis’ new CEO ditches old plans and tries to fix retailer mess Carlos Tavares, the guy who made Stellantis’ merger happen when he was CEO, left suddenly in December 2024 after spending like 3 straight years cutting costs and chasing higher profits, which of course backfired. Carlos’s aggression was hurting Stellantis products, the workers, the suppliers, and the dealers. Antonio Filosa took over as CEO on June 23. Since then, he’s been trying to clean it all up. He’s scrapped a bunch of expensive plans. He’s cutting prices. He’s shifting attention away from electric vehicles and trying to fix broken ties with U.S. retailers. Filosa told reporters at the Detroit Auto Show this week, “The strategy that we have in front of us is a strong one and will lead us to growth if we execute well. So, I believe it’s a year of execution.” He’s now focused on turning around Jeep and Ram, which have been losing sales in the U.S. for years. He’s also calling in over 200 company executives this month for a meeting. That’ll cover company culture, 2026 goals, and what to announce on capital markets day. There’s been talk of selling off brands. Even Tavares had said that might be smart. But Filosa pushed back. “I believe the company should stay together,” he said . At the same time, he didn’t rule out shrinking or refocusing some parts of the business. Fiat and Alfa Romeo aren’t doing well in the U.S., and Filosa hinted that changes are possible there. Investors still waiting on new plan after Tavares’ exit Investors still haven’t heard a full plan since Tavares left. He was pushing something called the “Dare Forward 2030” strategy. The goal was 10% profit margins and doubling net revenue. That didn’t happen. Since Filosa took over, U.S. shares have been up just 2%. The stock closed Friday at $9.60, down 4.2%. He hasn’t blamed Tavares directly but has made it clear the company needs a reset. Filosa said, “In the six months, I see the changes that we will make we need to make to create the bright future that we need.” Don’t just read crypto news. Understand it. Subscribe to our newsletter. It's free .
19 Jan 2026, 15:51
Mysterious Binance Shiba Inu Whale Reawakens After 6 Months with 15,182,013,963 SHIB Withdrawal
Mysterious Shiba Inu whale on Binance that disappeared in mid-2025 just came back to life with a 15.18 billion SHIB transfer, right as the price of the meme coin tests the bottom.
19 Jan 2026, 15:42
Hoskinson blasts Ripple CEO over support for Clarity Act
Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, has publicly slammed Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse for supporting the Clarity Act. Hoskinson believes the bill is not being handled properly politically and blames the Trump administration’s Crypto Czar, David Sacks, for sabotaging its original bipartisan support. Meanwhile, the Input Outpt Global CEO does not see the bill surviving the current political environment. He further warns that the window to pass the bill is quickly closing and that he is not sure it will pass this quarter. Hoskinson has also directed his frustrations at David Sacks, the Trump administration’s crypto head, arguing that Sacks should resign if he fails to shepherd the bill through. He noted that the bill had a strong chance of passing until the launch of a Trump-branded memecoin turned crypto regulation into a partisan circus show. Garlinghouse says an imperfect bill is better than no regulation While Garlinghouse supports the Clarity Act, Hoskinson doubts the bill will pass, and Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong opposes it. Garlinghouse emphasizes that although the bill may not be perfect, it is better than the current lack of regulation. These sentiments position him as a major supporter of the bill. The Ripple boss also stresses that the crypto industry cannot wait for the bill to be perfected as lawmakers work to merge the Clarity Act with the Crypto Market Structure bill. He claims that having the Clarity Act enacted at this point is a win. The Clarity Act aims to assign oversight to the CFTC and the U.S. SEC. Meanwhile, Garlinghouse’s previous efforts contributed to the enactment of the first U.S. stablecoin regulation in June 2025. On the other hand, some XRP community members have criticized Hoskinson for crashing out on Brad. They urge Hosknison to focus on helping shape the Clarity bill rather than going all out against Brad for no good reason. Scott says markup hearing postponed, talks continue The Senate Banking Committee delayed its scheduled markup hearing for the Clarity Act last week, after Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong voiced his opposition. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the Senate Banking Committee Chairman, also announced last Wednesday that the committee will postpone the markup meeting as negotiations continue. He claimed that he has spoken with leaders across the crypto industry and the financial sector, as well as his Senate colleagues, and that everyone remains at the table working in good faith. Scott also explained that the progress with the Clarity bill is a result of months of detailed bipartisan discussions and input from law enforcement, investors, and innovators. The goal is to deliver clear rules that protect consumers and strengthen the country’s national security. Scott believes that clear regulations will ensure the future of finance is built in the United States. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats on the Banking and Agriculture Committee met on Friday via phone calls with crypto industry leaders to discuss the bill. However, Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong is concerned about some decisions of the latest effort to draft new rules. According to Armstrong, the bill will likely erode the U.S. CFTC’s authority and deprive crypto companies of the ability to offer rewards on customer holdings of dollar-pegged stablecoins. Contrary to Garlinghouse’s views, the Coinbase boss believes the industry would rather have no bill than pass a bad one. However, he is confident that the right outcome will be achieved if the ongoing efforts continue. Meanwhile, the Senators spearheading the bill are concerned that it will not get enough votes to advance out of the committee. They, however, believe the bill will need the support of at least 7 Democrats to pass. The smartest crypto minds already read our newsletter. Want in? Join them .
