Proud to announce I'm playing one of the biggest and best festivals in the world @UntoldFestival and on the best stage ❤️ Shoutout to Tobias, Brent and the whole @TBV_ team 🫶 Uniting music and web3 under one roof 😍
Benjamin Cohen, founder of Into The Cryptoverse, says don’t hold your breath for a repeat of the 2020–2021 crypto boom. Here’s the gist: the Advance/Decline Index for the top 100 cryptocurrencies has been in a steady downtrend since late 2021.
Back in 2020–2021, $BTC ’s growth was supported by: a rising tide of altcoins, massive liquidity inflows from retail and institutional investors.
Fast forward to today: $BTC ’s growth is largely driven by defensive demand and institutional buying, while altcoins are losing investor interest and liquidity, and the constant launch of new coins just spreads the volume thinner.
“Bitcoin’s bull market masked altcoin weakness for years. Now that growth has stalled, that weakness is too obvious to ignore,” - Cohen.
Visa partners with BVNK to integrate stablecoins into Visa Direct, moving beyond fiat. Companies will now be able to send digital dollars straight to crypto $BTC wallets, almost instantly - no banks, no delays, no middlemen ⚡
This isn’t hype. It’s real infrastructure upgrade using proven chains like Ethereum, Polygon, and Solana. Pilot starts in high-demand markets, then scales globally 🌍
Visa isn’t “going crypto.” It’s making crypto payments practical at scale ✅
Polygon’s $250M Power Play: Buying the Future of Payments 💳🌍
$POL just dropped a quarter-billion dollars to remind everyone they aren't just a "L2 scaling solution" anymore—they’re becoming a global fintech giant. By acquiring Coinme and Sequence, they’ve effectively bought the plumbing of the U.S. financial system.
While most protocols are busy chasing "vibes," Polygon is integrating 50,000 physical retail locations and smart wallet tech to build an "Open Money Stack." They are betting that the future isn't just trading tokens; it’s trillions of dollars in stablecoin settlements for coffee, rent, and remittances. By securing 48 U.S. state licenses, they’re basically telling traditional banks: "We’ll take it from here."
If this vertically integrated stack works, the blockchain becomes invisible, and stablecoins become the global standard for 24/7 money. The legacy system is slow and expensive; Polygon is now fast, regulated, and very, very ready.
$BNB Chain Foundation announced new asset purchases under its $100M incentive program, signaling continued ecosystem support, liquidity expansion, and strategic investment to accelerate developer growth
Dubai’s #DFSA has banned all #Privacy -enhancing tokens (including Monero and $ZEC ) within the DIFC, effective January 12, prohibiting trading, promotion, and fund exposure.
Regulators cited AML and FATF compliance concerns, stating privacy features make transaction tracing and ownership verification impractical.
The update also redefines stablecoins, allowing only fiat-backed tokens with high-quality liquid reserves, while excluding algorithmic stablecoins from the category.
#Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced that the #MidnightProtocol will enable private DeFi for Bitcoin and XRP, positioning it as a cross-chain privacy layer.
Midnight will use zero-knowledge cryptography to allow assets like BTC and XRP to interact with smart contracts while keeping transaction data private.
The approach involves wrapping external assets on Midnight, unlocking lending, borrowing, and yield use cases not natively available on Bitcoin or XRP Ledger.
This marks a strategic shift for $ADA , framing Midnight as interoperability infrastructure rather than a standalone Layer-1 competitor.
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