Guardians of Bitcoin Live with @Bitcoin Bo on 15th January at block height 932370.
• Ledger adds BTC yield directly inside the wallet – no exchanges, no selling. • Argentina gets its first Visa credit card backed by bitcoin savings. • GooMoney locks in $19 million in Bitcoin for on-chain treasury launch. • UK drops plans for mandatory worker digital ID after backlash. • US groups push to treat small Bitcoin payments like cash. • US mining share slips as power shifts toward AI data centers
More than 11.6 million crypto tokens stopped trading in 2025 – not because the market suddenly collapsed, but because token creation exploded.
New data from CoinGecko shows DIY launch platforms and memecoin factories flooded the market with low-effort projects, reshaping what “failure” really means in crypto. When millions of tokens launch, millions are bound to disappear.
Clean water is becoming an investment focus. Global Settlement Network has launched a pilot to tokenize water treatment sites in Jakarta, aiming to raise $35 million for upgrades and scale to $200 million across Southeast Asia.
The project tests real-world asset tokenization, local-currency digital settlement, and new ways to fund essential infrastructure in fast-growing economies where financing gaps remain huge.
Dubai is emerging as one of the world’s most important crypto hubs – not by accident, but by design. Clear rules, real capital, and direct dialogue with regulators are drawing exchanges, Web3 startups, tokenization projects, and global institutions to the UAE.
From Abu Dhabi’s early frameworks to Dubai’s VARA, crypto is being treated as infrastructure, not a side experiment. As the US and Europe debate, the UAE is building.
Bitwise is accelerating its global push into crypto investment products. The firm has launched CLNK, a new exchange-traded product offering spot exposure to Chainlink on U.S. markets, while also listing seven Swedish krona-denominated crypto ETPs on Nasdaq Stockholm.
Together, the moves expand regulated access to Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and Chainlink through traditional brokerage accounts in both the U.S. and Europe, without investors needing to manage wallets or private keys.
Changpeng “@CZ ” Zhao’s YZi Labs has made an eight-figure investment in Genius Trading, an onchain trading terminal built to route trades across multiple blockchains. Unlike an exchange, Genius doesn’t hold liquidity – it acts as a control panel, helping traders execute large orders more efficiently and with less visibility on public blockchains.
As more trading shifts onchain, attention is turning to the infrastructure behind the trades, not just the venues themselves.
Yao Qian, founder of China's CBDC, is charged by the Chinese government of helping in the listing of an ICO in 2018, forming 20K $ETH and approving a bribe of 2K $ETH , per a Chinese local media outlet.
⚪️He was CoinDesk's 2017 Top 10 Most Influential People ⚪️He is under investigation at the moment ⚪️He sold some of ETHs when the price was approximately $4K in 2021
🚨UPDATE: The U.S. SEC concluded its review regarding a warrant sent to Zcash Foundation from August 31st, 2023, that inquired into certain crypto asset offerings.
The SEC does not intend to recommend any enforcement action or other measures related to the matter.
🚨Bitpanda is reportedly setting up an IPO at an evaluation of between $4.7B and $5.83B, selecting the Frankfurt Stock Exchange over other options like New York and London.
Till now, 2026 has seen a continuation of last year’s bumper crypto IPO boom.
South Korea’s biggest card issuer, KB Kookmin Card, has filed a patent that could let people spend stablecoins using their existing credit cards.
The idea links a blockchain wallet to a normal card, using stablecoins first and falling back to credit if needed. No new card. No new checkout process.
It’s a sign stablecoins are edging closer to everyday payments, just as Korea debates new digital asset rules.
Brazil’s crypto industry is pushing back against plans to tax stablecoin transactions. Abcripto says any attempt to impose a financial exchange tax by decree would be unconstitutional, arguing stablecoins are not foreign currency.
With Brazil rolling out tighter crypto rules and stablecoins dominating cross-border payments, the dispute could shape how digital dollars are used across Latin America.
U.S. lawmakers are weighing a ban on interest and rewards for holding payment stablecoins as the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act moves through Congress.
Credit unions and banks argue yield-paying stablecoins could pull money out of everyday savings and weaken lending for homes and small businesses.
Supporters say the goal is simple – stop stablecoins from acting like unregulated bank accounts while still allowing crypto innovation to grow.
Monero just hit a new all-time high and climbed to become the 11th-largest cryptocurrency, as tighter crypto rules push privacy back into focus.
With KYC and AML requirements expanding worldwide and the EU set to restrict privacy coins from 2027, investors are rethinking transaction transparency.
The privacy coin sector is suddenly outperforming again, after years in the shadows.
🚨Nikita Bier's comments about crypto Twitter provoked outrage amid criticism on declining reach on X.
⚪️Critics say the issue isn’t content, but how X communicates changes ⚪️Bier’s role made his comments feel official, not personal ⚪️Musk’s open-source promise sparked debate but didn’t calm concerns ⚪️The debate revives questions about crypto’s future on X
🚨 Alphabet hit a $4T market value due its extensive AI focus, making it the only fourth company to hit $4T after Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple.
⚪️January 12th: Class-A shares skyrocketed to $334.04 prior to the push ⚪️Rally happened after multi-year agreement to base Apple's AI next-generation AI models on Google's Gemini's platform ⚪️Highlights renewed investor confidence in the AI-driven growth strategy ⚪️Underscores Alphabet's shift from cloud-centric turnaround to broader AI leadership role ⚪️Gemini‑3 got strong reviews and AI chip rentals extending to external customers ⚪️The valuation boost is expected to sustain as AI services launch in jurisdictions where they are allowed.
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