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Clarity Act Set Markup as Senator Cynthia Lummis Campaigns for Bipartisan Support
Pro-crypto U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, says the bipartisan text of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is ready for markup this coming Thursday. Upgrading the U.S. Financial Markets...
Ripple Urges SEC to Abandon Decentralization as a Legal Test
Ripple Labs submitted a formal letter to the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, urging regulators to move away from the subjective decentralization test often used to classify digital assets under securities...
Senate Crypto Bill Classifies Network Tokens as Commodities Like BTC
The newly published Senate Banking draft of market structure has classified network tokens as commodities. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which currently has bipartisan support, intends to classify network...
PancakeSwap Community Weighs Cutting CAKE Max Supply to 400M
PancakeSwap community members are discussing a proposal to cut CAKE’s maximum supply from 450 million to 400 million tokens. The change would permanently remove 50 million CAKE from the protocol’s...
XMR Hits New All-Time High, What’s Driving the Rally?
Monero pushed to a fresh all-time high near $608 after a sharp eight-day move higher. Price is now well above prior resistance from the $460-$480 zone, which had capped upside...
There is a Growing Interest in XRP Despite the Cryptocurrency’s Complexities
XRP continued to trade within a tight range on Tuesday as the price failed to break above the resistance at $2.08. An initial move early in the day saw the...
Iran’s Currency Collapse to “Zero”: Why It Matters for Bitcoin
Iran’s currency, the rial, is under heavy pressure again, trading near 1.45 million per U.S. dollar in early January 2026. While it hasn’t officially collapsed, many Iranians say it has...
Did BlackRock Embrace Ripple’s RLUSD? Here Are the Facts
Claims that BlackRock embraced Ripple’s RLUSD sparked debate across crypto social media. The discussion followed a post citing a screenshot of a private Ripple document. Public disclosures now provide a...
Ukraine Officially Blocks Access to Polymarket Platform
Ukraine has officially limited access to the Polymarket website. The National Commission for State Regulation in the Field of Electronic Communications (NCEC) issued the order under Resolution No. 695. The...
CLARITY Act and Fed Pressure Shape Bitcoin’s Quiet Market Shift
A mix of political tension and regulatory movement in the United States is reshaping how markets view Bitcoin, not through sudden price jumps, but through quieter structural changes. Fed Pressure...
Why XRPL’s Tokenized Gold Was Overlooked While Bitcoin and Ethereum Took Center Stage
A new discussion is growing on X around an old idea. Some users are pointing out that the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has supported tokenized gold for years. The surprising part...
South Korea Crypto Exchanges Oppose Proposed 20% Ownership Cap
South Korea’s digital asset exchanges are objecting to a government plan that would cap major shareholders’ stakes at 15–20%, arguing that forced changes to ownership structures could change decision-making and...
Vitalik Buterin Explains Why Ethereum Must Pass the “Walkaway Test”
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has highlighted his expectation for the Ethereum blockchain as a protocol expected to be sustainable over a long period. In his latest post on X, Buterin...
Bitcoin Quantum Testnet Launches With NIST-Approved Quantum-Resistant Security
BTQ Technologies released the Bitcoin Quantum testnet on January 12, shortly after the 17th anniversary of Bitcoin’s genesis block. The Vancouver-based quantum technology company introduces the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin fork...
Why Elizabeth Warren Says Crypto Has No Place in Workers’ 401(k) Savings
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has warned that cryptocurrencies are not suitable for Americans’ retirement savings. In a letter sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission, she argued that allowing crypto...
Mayor NYC Eric Adams Faces Scrutiny Over Alleged $NYC Memecoin Liquidity Pull
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing scrutiny from the crypto community after social media posts alleged that he removed liquidity from a newly launched memecoin, $NYC, minutes...
CFTC Chair Michael Selig launches an Advisory Group to Foster Clarity
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig has made his first major move as the head of the agency. Chair Selig announced the launch of the Innovation Advisory Committee...
SEC Chair Calls This a Pivotal Week for U.S. Crypto Regulation
The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said this week could be a turning point for cryptocurrency regulation, as Congress moves closer to passing the long-awaited Digital...
Lummis and Wyden Introduce Bill Exempting Blockchain Developers From Money Transmitter Rules
A bipartisan Senate proposal aims to resolve longstanding confusion about whether writing blockchain software constitutes operating a financial services business. Senator Cynthia Lummis partnered with Senator Ron Wyden to draft...
Bitget Introduces Bot Copy Trading With Built-In Profit Sharing
Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has unveiled the Bot Copy Trading feature to its platform. This new feature seeks to make automated trading strategies more accessible to a...
Bitcoin Waits While Gold and Silver Break Records Ahead of Key U.S. Data
Gold and silver surged to record highs this week as investors moved toward traditional safe havens amid rising political uncertainty in the United States. At the same time, Bitcoin showed...
Nigeria Targets Crypto Income With National ID and Tax Monitoring
Nigeria has begun laying the groundwork to bring cryptocurrency activity into its formal tax net, aligning domestic oversight with a global transparency push led by the OECD. Authorities now plan...
Standard Chartered Plans Institutional Crypto Brokerage for 2026
Standard Chartered is said to be looking into starting a crypto trading and prime brokerage business under its in-house innovation team, SC Ventures. This would be a notable step for...
68 Economists Warn EU Will Lose Control of Money Without Digital Euro
A group of 68 leading economists, featuring well-known figures such as Thomas Piketty, has published an open letter to European Parliament members. It calls for full support in creating a...
Tether Freezes $182 Million In USDT Across Five Tron Wallets
Tether has frozen more than $182 million in USDT held across five wallet addresses on the Tron blockchain, according to on-chain data and disclosures tracked by Whale Alert. The action...
