While Electric Coin Company’s development team departed to form a new company, it will still be working on Zcash.
Morgan Stanley's digital wallet launch could accelerate mainstream adoption of tokenized assets, reshaping investment landscapes and strategies.
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The early rally to start the year failed to break past $95,000, setting the stage for the current pullback, according to one trading firm.
The Optimism Foundation is looking to redirect 50% of the revenue earned by Superchain for monthly over-the-counter token buybacks.
Bitcoin dropped below $90,000 this week, continuing its slide from last year’s record high, as markets reacted to weak price action and an upcoming U.S. vote that could reshape how cryptocurrencies are regulated. The world’s largest cryptocurrency is now down more than 28% from its October 2025 peak of around $126,000. Each rebound in recent …
Recent governance turmoil at Zcash has resurfaced questions about development continuity, tempering confidence after the token’s strong Q4.
The Ethereum co-founder made the case that Ethereum occupies a role similar to the Linux operating system, but for shifting value and risk on the internet.
Google shares hit a fresh intraday high near $330 as traders watch for a new record close while the companys market value tops Apple.
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2026 is here. The crypto year ahead: banks, stablecoins, tokenization. Discover why the biggest risk for advisors is now under-allocation.
The system will bring together various elements of the payment stack, including liquidity, orchestration, and regulatory controls.
Zcash's technical and fundamental catalysts raise the odds of ZEC price declining to as low as $200 in the coming weeks after core developers exited the project.
Saylor's meeting with Justice highlights growing political support for digital assets, potentially influencing future regulatory frameworks.
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A senior Ripple executive said XRP already has clear regulatory status in the United States and does not need new legislation to function, even as broader crypto rules remain uncertain. The comments came after a question on X asked whether XRP needs the proposed Clarity Act to “fully succeed.” The question followed a series of …
A longtime XRP Ledger builder says XRPL has a narrow shot in 2026 to jump into the top tier of chains on liquidity and activity, but only if Ripple and the XRPL Foundation stop “playing it safe” and prioritize frictionless consumer onboarding, real-world payment rails, and a faster, more aggressive funding engine. Why 2026 Needs To Be The Year For XRP Panos Mekras, founder of Anodos Finance, wrote on X that the network’s current metrics are a warning sign: “only a few thousand active users,” daily DEX volume “frequently under $10m,” and AMM TVL “struggling below $50m” roughly two years after launch. The target, he argued, should be explicit: “move into the top 3 networks when it comes to volume, liquidity and overall activity.” Mekras said the liquidity gap is ultimately an infrastructure and distribution problem. XRPL remains “an isolated island,” he wrote, with limited bridges to other chains and “fragmented, high-fee gateways” instead of seamless on/offramps. His prescription is direct integration of mainstream rails: “native support for major rails like VISA and Mastercard directly within XRPL-based applications” so users can issue cards and spend XRPL assets in real time. Related Reading: Same XRP Setup That Led To Over 1,000% Increase In 2017 Is Playing Out Again He also framed stablecoin alignment as a competitive constraint: RLUSD reaching a $1 billion market cap in its first year is “positive,” he said, but “$1B is not good enough” against incumbents with $5 billion to $180 billion in circulation that have already become default onramps. He also argued XRPL lost its consumer narrative after Ripple’s 2014 pivot toward payments and B2B. That shift, in his telling, trained the market to associate XRP primarily with Ripple partnerships rather than the ledger itself, leaving many holders unaware of XRPL’s native DEX and token features. He pointed to a 2023 reply from Ripple CTO David “JoelKatz” Schwartz, who said the DEX ecosystem was strong at the time of the pivot, citing “over $8 million per day in swaps and payments” that Ripple “could 100% confirm” as real activity. For 2026, Mekras wants XRPL positioned less as “payments” and more as a protocol-layer finance stack where core features are built-in rather than stitched together through smart contracts, with “aggregated liquidity” and “one DEX to rule them all.” A key pillar is “XRPFi,” which he described as an effort to turn “the $100B+ of dormant XRP into productive, yield-generating capital” by pushing XRP liquidity into programmable environments. He cited Flare’s FXRP via FAssets as a route into smart contracts without “central custodians,” and highlighted Axelar & Midas’ mXRP as an “institutional-grade liquid staking token” he said could enable “5–10% APY,” creating liquid XRP variants that can be used as collateral and AMM liquidity. Related Reading: XRP Rally Reopens The $8–$12 Zone Debate, Says Will Taylor The consumer strategy, he argued, should be “invisible infrastructure”: utility apps where users never see crypto mechanics. “If a user is ever prompted to ‘Add a Trust Line’ or ‘Have enough XRP for the reserves’ we have already failed,” he wrote. “The interface must be indistinguishable from the modern mobile apps people already trust.” To enable that, he called Sponsored Fees and Reserves (XLS-68) the top technical priority so developers can sponsor account reserves and fees, paired with Batch Transactions to compress multi-step actions into “one single, atomic signature.” Mekras’ sharpest criticism was aimed at grants. He called Ripple’s 2022 commitment of 1 billion XRP to fund XRPL development a “Ghost Fund,” estimating less than $50 million, under 5% has reached active builders in four years. “A grant program that takes 3 months to approve $50,000 and can take another 3 months to receive the money is not a growth engine, it is a bureaucracy,” he wrote, arguing XRPL needs million-dollar checks for proven teams, direct liquidity incentives, and a unified developer experience. His conclusion was a call for a “war chest mentality” in 2026: fund distribution and liquidity, fix onboarding friction, and build consumer products where XRPL is simply the backend. Without that, he warned, the ecosystem risks remaining a technically capable network that still cannot attract sustained users, builders, or capital at scale. At press time, XRP traded at $2.10. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Bearish BTC price takes are back in full force as Bitcoin gave back the majority of its 2026 recovery, when bulls failed to overcome $95,000 resistance.
Under the proposal, which is set to move to a governance vote on January 22, Optimism would begin monthly buybacks starting in February.
Flow and positioning data suggest the recent crypto market correction may be running out of steam, with early signs of stabilization across ETFs and derivatives.
Bitcoin price is juggling around the crucial range at $90,000 after failing to secure acceptance above $95,000, triggering a sharp shift in short-term market structure. The rejection at higher levels has pushed BTC into consolidation mode, dragging the broader crypto market lower. A key macro overhang is the U.S. Supreme Court ruling due Friday on …
The Polymarket account that profited on Nicholas Maduro's capture and ouster as president is inaccessible, adding to concerns over insider trading allegations on prediction markets.
Dow Jones announced an exclusive partnership to distribute Polymarket prediction data across The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and MarketWatch on the same day Kalshi claimed it had hit $100 billion in annualized trading volume. The juxtaposition captures where prediction markets sit at the start of 2026: simultaneously legitimized as a financial data product and mired […]
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Zcash’s nonprofit backer Bootstrap said governance tensions stem from nonprofit limits on outside investment, following a split with Electric Coin Company.
Florida's move to create a state crypto reserve could set a precedent for other states, potentially influencing national crypto policy.
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The deal is expected to close in Q2 2026 and could give Coincheck ownership of 3iQ’s regulated crypto ETFs and fund platforms.
Aptos (APT) was also an underperformer, down 5% from Wednesday.
XRP’s price action has transitioned into a falling phase after a multi-day rally at the start of the year, but technical analysis implies this may be part of a bullish structure. After climbing from below $2 on January 1 to $2.41 on January 6, the market has begun digesting those gains. Now, the outlook is whether short-term Fib price levels can hold as momentum resets, with the next directional move expected to define XRP’s near-term trajectory. XRP’s Rally Sets Context For Current Pullback XRP’s current price action in the past 24 hours is tracing out a downward retracement. Notably, this retracement follows a strong upward move that began at the start of the week. To put this in context, XRP opened in January 2026 at around $1.85, but shot up to as high as $2 on January 6, equating to a 30% increase within that timeframe. Related Reading: Strategist Reveals What Will Drive XRP Price To $100 Per Coin On January 4, XRP was trading roughly between $2.01 and $2.12 before demand accelerated. By January 5, intraday price action expanded into the $2.09 to $2.36 range, reflecting a clear pickup in momentum. The rally extended into January 6 and 7, when XRP briefly pushed above $2.41 before sellers began to step in. According to technical analysis shared on X by TARA, the pullback pushed the XRP price to the 0.236 Fibonacci retracement, which comes in around $2.27. This level has quickly turned into an important area of interest, as it represents the first meaningful support following the recent impulse higher. The chart accompanying the analysis shows price reacting cleanly around this zone, with XRP falling in one quick sweep on the 4-hour candlestick timeframe. What To Expect Next For XRP Momentum indicators on the chart suggest that the correction is still unfolding, but not in a way that signals structural weakness. The 14-SMA is rising toward price and might act as dynamic support, which often helps limit downside during healthy retracements. Related Reading: Here’s How Much The XRP Price Will Be If It Overtakes Ethereum In Market Cap According to the analyst, XRP needs to revisit the $2.30 to $2.33 area during this corrective wave. That region previously acted as resistance and may now determine whether the pullback remains shallow or extends further. If XRP fails to reclaim that zone, the analysis points to a deeper but still technical retrace toward the 0.382 Fibonacci level around $2.18. Even in that scenario, the move would remain consistent with a strong trend cooling off, rather than a breakdown of bullish structure. Despite the ongoing correction, the broader outlook outlined in the analysis is optimistic. XRP is likely to return to its previous highs once the retrace finds a confirmed low. Based on the current structure, upside targets are projected in the $2.49 to $2.66 range, but adjustments are expected depending on where the correction ultimately bottoms. Featured image from Freepik, chart from Tradingview.com
The initiative leverages the Plume Network to tokenize credit card receivables, while giving merchants immediate access to cash.
The organization established by Coinbase to mobilize crypto enthusiasts has built up a 2.6-million-member base across 50 state chapters as U.S. elections loom.
Nvidia’s Vera Rubin slashes AI costs, challenging decentralized GPU networks like Render that thrive on scarce and underused computing power.
Regulatory clarity, tokenization and bank adoption will push crypto firms from balance-sheet accumulation toward real operations.
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.