After the latest pullback, the Bitcoin price is recovering in such a way that traders do not appear to fully trust the bounce. Every push attracts selling, and dips aren’t getting filled with the required volume. When this happens, the BTC price usually drifts until it finds a level where buyers finally step in hard. …
Cryptocurrency markets may be heading into a prolonged growth phase that breaks away from Bitcoin’s traditional four-year boom-and-bust cycle, according to Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance. Speaking in an interview with CNBC on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zhao said a global shift toward clearer crypto regulation and rising institutional …
Circle’s chief executive painted a brisk picture at Davos this week: autonomous software agents that act for people could be using stablecoins to pay for everyday things within three to five years. He said these agents will need a money system that is stable, fast, and programmable. That, he argued, points to stablecoins as the likely choice. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Sharp Reversal Leaves Over $800 Million Liquidated In 1 Day AI Agents And Money According to reports, Jeremy Allaire of Circle said “literally billions” of AI agents may be transacting on behalf of users in the near term. “Three years, five years from now, one can expect that there will be billions, literally billions of AI agents conducting economic activity in the world on a continuous basis,” Allaire said during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He described work on new networks and tools aimed at letting software act like small businesses or helpers that buy services, settle bills, and tip content creators. This idea is simple on the surface: software needs a reliable unit of account when it spends, and tokenized dollars can fit that role. Building The Tools Reports say companies across the crypto and tech world are racing to build the plumbing for this future. Circle is pitching USDC as a neutral payments layer that software can plug into. Other firms are testing protocols that let a machine sign off on a payment when certain conditions are met. Some large tech groups are also exploring ways for their platforms to let software pay for services automatically. Progress is visible, but the path is not yet clear. What Regulators Might Ask Regulators will have questions. Reports note concerns about money flow, consumer protections, and where bank deposits sit if stablecoins grow rapidly. At Davos, the CEO pushed back on the idea that stablecoins would drain bank deposits the way some fear, saying comparisons to other financial instruments are more fitting. Still, lawmakers in the US and elsewhere are watching closely. Rules could move faster if policy makers see real volume coming from so-called agentic commerce. New Networks, New Risks Based on reports, the technical choices will shape both convenience and danger. If agents can move value at scale, fraud and theft risks may rise too. Related Reading: Bitcoin Influencers Get Spotlight In X’s New ‘Starterpacks’ Systems will need clear identity checks, fault handling, and ways to stop runaway payments. Some safety work is already under way, but much remains to be designed and tested. Featured image from Pexels, chart from TradingView
A local news outlet reported that a hacking group called the Shiny Hunters sent ransom demands to Waltio after seizing personal data from about 50,000 users.
CertiK aims to be the first publicly traded Web3 security firm with an IPO push, following Binance investment and tech expansion plans.
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Bitcoin bull market optimism has suffered since the October crash, as chances of a short-term BTC price rally above $100,000 appeared to be fading.
The company came public at around a $2 billion valuation on Thursday.
CZ said he didn't expect to serve time, arguing that past cases typically resulted in home confinement or deferred prosecution agreements.
The product, if approved, would give US investors access to regulated BNB exposure without needing to hold the token themselves.
Silver surged past $100 as gold neared $5,000, extending a powerful metals rally driven by safe haven demand and policy uncertainty.
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The proposed "GBNB" trust would offer investors exposure to the native token of the BNB chain without having to directly own the tokens, but approval still hinges on Nasdaq’s filing.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told Bloomberg at Davos that investors who don't have at least 5% of their net worth in Bitcoin will “probably be pretty sad” by 2030. Recently, Morgan Stanley's wealth management division published portfolio guidelines capping crypto exposure at 4% maximum for even its most aggressive growth models. Both used “5%” as […]
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Dogecoin’s attempt to join the institutional ETF lineup is running into a basic problem: institutions may not want it. In a Jan. 22 conversation on the Crypto Prime podcast, Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst James Seyffart and host Nate Geraci who is also the President of NovaDius Wealth Management said spot Dogecoin ETFs have attracted “near zero” demand so far, an outcome they tied to who typically buys DOGE, and how financial advisers think about reputational risk inside client portfolios. The Dogecoin datapoint landed inside a broader discussion about a crowded crypto ETF pipeline. Seyffart said his running tally of crypto ETF filings has climbed “over 150 unquestionably,” with many products spanning spot and derivatives, income overlays, buffers, and multi-asset structures. The surge, he argued, looks like issuers “throw[ing] the spaghetti at the wall” in 2026. Dogecoin ETF Reality Check But volume of filings doesn’t guarantee demand, and Dogecoin is the clearest example offered of that gap thus far. Pressed on which existing products stood out, Seyffart said “nothing really stands out,” before singling out Dogecoin as the exception, precisely because it has not resonated. Related Reading: Dogecoin Flirts With An Inverse Head And Shoulders: $0.15 Break Is The Trigger “The real honest answer is like nothing really stands out to me […] honestly if I have to pick one thing that kind of stands out, it’s probably that the Doge ETFs have gotten almost no interest whatsoever,” he said. He added that while some newer altcoin products have done “decently well,” Dogecoin has not. My conversation w/ @JSeyff on current state of crypto ETFs… We discuss: -Crypto ETF sentiment -150+ crypto-related ETF filings -Morgan Stanley crypto ETFs -BlackRock’s next move -Index & active crypto ETFs -Recent flows -What’s nexthttps://t.co/2TzJAnKXuK via @CryptoPrimePod pic.twitter.com/mtDuuDirB7 — Nate Geraci (@NateGeraci) January 22, 2026 Seyffart and Geraci converged on a demand thesis: the marginal buyer of DOGE likely already has the tooling and habit set to buy it directly, rather than through an ETF wrapper. “I remember talking to the guys at Bitwise. I was like, I don’t think anyone’s going to buy this,” Seyffart said. “But maybe I’m wrong. I’ve been wrong plenty of times before. But I mean, literally no one has bought like the Doge ETFs […] I had pretty low expectations, but I thought maybe they could get to a point where they’re slightly profitable.” Seyffart pointed to Bitwise’s product—ticker BWOW—as an early scoreboard: “it’s under a million in assets right now,” he said, calling that “near zero demand.” He cautioned the funds are still new, noting the Bitwise product launched at the end of November, but framed the initial traction as “very minuscule.” Geraci’s explanation was blunter: ”The people who buy that, in general, these are degens and they already know how to access this. They already have digital wallets. They don’t need an ETF to access this […]. And I think that’s going to be a lot of these other coins that are much further down the market cap spectrum.” Related Reading: Dogecoin Foundation-Backed ETF Launches On Nasdaq As Analysts Call For Massive DOGE Rally Geraci argued Dogecoin faces an additional headwind that doesn’t show up in crypto-native narratives but matters in the ETF market: advisers. “The other aspect here […] is what I call client statement risk,” Geraci said. “So financial advisors, they’re the biggest driver of ETF flows. And so let’s take Dogecoin as an example […] If you’re a financial adviser and you have a Dogecoin ETF show up on a client statement […] it’s like a flashing red light saying, ‘Please fire me and go find another adviser.’” That framing matters because the episode repeatedly returned to distribution realities. Seyffart said he’s most excited about basket and index-style crypto ETFs, in part because advisers don’t want to “pick those winners and losers” across a growing long tail of assets. In Geraci’s view, a basket is the “easy button” for professional allocators who want crypto exposure without underwriting each token’s story or defending it to clients. Seyffart also suggested “what the actual chain is doing” can shape adviser appetite, contrasting niche infrastructure plays such as Chainlink, which he described as connecting DeFi and TradFi, against meme assets like DOGE, which he implied may be less “appetizing” for ETF buyers. At press time, DOGE traded at $0.12479. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
A recorded online dispute between alleged threat actors led blockchain investigator ZachXBT to trace millions in illicit crypto to a single wallet.
India has stepped up its oversight of the cryptocurrency sector, directing exchanges to restrict transactions involving privacy-focused digital tokens, as authorities seek to curb money laundering and illicit financial activity. The move comes after the Financial Intelligence Unit – India (FIU-IND) issued updated guidance to crypto platforms, asking them to halt deposits, withdrawals, and trading …
Grayscale Investments has moved forward with plans to expand its altcoin product lineup by filing an S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a spot Binance Coin (BNB) exchange-traded fund. The filing, submitted on January 23, 2026, marks a big move for Grayscale’s altcoin strategy for the year. If approved, the …
Spot bitcoin ETFs booked over $1.6 billion in outflows in four days, underscoring the rapid reversal in investor demand after last week's strong inflows.
Bitcoin is hovering near a crucial technical level, raising the risk of a deeper pullback if support fails, according to market analyst Gareth Soloway, chief strategist at Verified Investing. Soloway said that while he has remained broadly bullish on Bitcoin in recent months, current price action shows the market sitting at a make-or-break zone. Bitcoin …
Coinbase Institutional’s latest Charting Crypto report has signaled a constructive start to 2026 after a late-2025 market reset.
Speculation is growing in parts of the crypto community that the price of Ripple’s XRP token may be moving more slowly than its supporters expect, despite what they see as increasing links to global financial infrastructure. The idea gained fresh perspective after comments from Jesse, who suggested that XRP’s role in future settlement systems could …
The CRO price has recently entered a critical decisive phase as bullish on-chain metrics and technical signals have converged at a critical support area. A sudden surge in whale activity, combined with stabilizing momentum indicators, has placed Cronos crypto firmly on the radar of market participants watching for the next high-volatility move, which could be …
Revolut has abandoned plans to buy a US bank and is preparing a de novo licence application, the Financial Times reported.
Grayscale is seeking to add another cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund to its roster — this time tracking Binance-linked coin BNB.
Bitcoin dropped further below $90,000 while gold and silver kept beating records, leading to a long-term price forecast of $23,000.
Crypto markets are consolidating as traders appear uncertain about the latest rebound. The XRP’s price action is stuck in such a condition where a rebound has struggled to sustain, and each push higher has attracted selling pressure. The latest bearish sequence, ignited by the rejection from $2.35, has been defined by repeated pullbacks at prior …
Increasing transaction activity on Ethereum and Tom Lee's continued buying bode well for the crypto, which has tumbled from 2026 highs in recent days, said Geoff Kendrick.
Ripple is laying out a transition in which XRP is no longer positioned primarily as a traded asset, but as infrastructure supporting tokenized finance and institutional settlement. At the World Economic Forum 2026, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse described how this shift is already taking shape through live tokenization activity, regulated integration with banks, and on-chain settlement at scale. XRP Tokenization Shifts From Theory To Balance-Sheet Reality Garlinghouse used tokenization as the primary context for explaining this transition. He described tokenization as a process that has already moved beyond experimentation and into operational use across financial institutions. To support that claim, he pointed to activity on the XRP Ledger, where tokenized asset volume expanded significantly over the course of a single year, rising from roughly $19 trillion to $33 trillion. Related Reading: Coinbase Exec Points Out The Big Difference Between Bitcoin And Central Banks That level of growth signals institutional commitment rather than exploratory testing. Tokenized assets at this scale imply the involvement of banks, custodians, and regulated entities moving real value. According to Garlinghouse, institutions are now focused on how to integrate tokenized assets into existing balance sheets, liquidity structures, and settlement processes. This shift changes what infrastructure is required. Tokenization at institutional scale demands networks that can process high volumes consistently, provide deterministic settlement, and operate continuously. The XRP Ledger is being positioned within this framework as a system capable of supporting that throughput. The emphasis is not on innovation for its own sake, but on reliability and execution under real financial constraints. As tokenized assets become embedded in core financial operations, the supporting rails stop being optional. They become foundational. That is the context in which XRP is being discussed, not as a standalone asset, but as part of the machinery enabling tokenized finance to function. Connecting Regulated Assets And On-Chain Liquidity Garlinghouse also addressed the structural challenge that emerges as tokenization intersects with decentralized finance. Institutions want access to programmability and liquidity, but they cannot compromise compliance, custody, or trust. He described this tension as the central problem Ripple is working to solve. Related Reading: Is Dogecoin About To Repeat NVIDIA’s Run? Here’s What The Chart Says Rather than positioning itself against traditional finance, Ripple is working directly with global banks to build regulated pathways between tokenized assets and on-chain liquidity. The objective is to allow institutions to interact with decentralized systems without stepping outside regulatory frameworks. Within this design, XRP serves as a settlement and connectivity layer, enabling movement between systems. This approach reframes XRP’s utility. Its value lies in facilitating finality, liquidity access, and interoperability across regulated and on-chain environments. As tokenized assets, decentralized rails, and institutional settlement converge, networks capable of delivering finality at scale become increasingly important. Garlinghouse emphasized that the XRP Ledger already provides this capability, giving it a structural advantage. As a result, XRP is no longer positioned primarily as a tradeable asset; it is being aligned as infrastructure that enables the issuance, movement, and settlement of value within an increasingly tokenized financial system. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
Internet Computer (ICP) joined Polygon (POL) as an underperformer, declining 1.7% from Thursday.
UBS will gradually introduce crypto services, starting with select private clients in Switzerland, according to Bloomberg.
The DASH price has entered a decisive technical phase after cooling off from a strong impulsive rally earlier this month. While recent price action reflected a period of consolidation, but the improving underlying structure and on-chain data suggest that the market may be preparing for its next directional move, which is raising market curiosity while …