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China’s move to pay interest on the digital yuan is colliding with the GENIUS Act’s ban on stablecoin yields, intensifying questions over whether US digital dollars can remain competitive.

The proposal reduces Florida’s crypto ambitions, effectively limiting eligible assets to Bitcoin and distancing it from pension exposure.

Binance launched gold and silver perpetual futures settled in USDT, expanding crypto-denominated access to precious metals markets.

Banks risk falling behind if they cling to private blockchains. Upgrading to public, permissioned layer-2 infrastructure with ZK-proofs is essential for modern finance.

Bitcoin filled one of two new futures gaps with a trip below $90,000 as analysis predicted a potential bottom level for the next BTC price cycle.

YZi Labs is challenging CEA Industries’ newly adopted poison pill and bylaw changes, accusing the board of entrenchment and misrepresenting its commitment to a BNB treasury.

The largest corporate ETH holder started 2026 with a $105 million Ether purchase, while surpassing $2.87 billion in staked Ether, seeking to generate passive yield on its holdings.

Officials told a parliamentary panel that private wallets, offshore exchanges and cross-border DeFi activity make tracking taxable crypto income difficult.

XRP ETFs logged their first net outflow day since launch, breaking a multi-week inflow streak after more than $1 billion poured into the funds.

Analysts say the bank’s late entry into spot Bitcoin ETFs may still carry reputational and strategic upside across its brokerage and crypto ambitions.

Electric Coin Company CEO Josh Swihart says the firm's entire team left and will start a new company over disagreements with the nonprofit board that supports Zcash.

Claude maker Anthropic is aiming to nearly double its valuation to $350 billion, with The Wall Street Journal reporting a planned $10 billion raise.

Memecoins fell 65% over 2025 as risk-taking behavior dropped among traders, but the tokens are seeing gains as positive sentiment returns to crypto.

Solana Mobile will airdrop up to 20% of SKR tokens to users of its Seeker phone on Jan. 21, and introduce so-called Guardians to secure the network.

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says that post-October liquidation stability, the passage of the CLARITY Act and steady equities must happen before crypto hits new highs.

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says money flowing into Bitcoin has “dried up” for now, as traders are rotating back to traditional markets.

Fireblocks is expanding its institutional stack with a $130 million acquisition of TRES, a crypto accounting and tax compliance platform.

Pro-crypto lawyer John Deaton argued that banning yield on stablecoins would incentivize the use of China’s interest-bearing digital yuan, hurting the US dollar.

Wyoming’s Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) is “the first fiat-backed, fully-reserved stable token” to be issued by a US public entity, says Governor Mark Gordon.

World Liberty Financial has applied for a national trust banking charter to issue, custody and redeem its USD1 stablecoin under US banking oversight.