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With ETFs and corporate treasuries absorbing more bitcoin than expected, the market is entering a more institutional, lower-volatility era.

For years, crypto’s most ambitious builders focused on blockchains’ plumbing. But a growing number of projects are now stepping away from the base layer and focusing on payments and neobank-like services.

The UK is weighing an Australia‑style ban on social media for under‑16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act. The United Kingdom is considering new restrictions that could bar children under 16 from using mainstream social media platforms. The discussion builds on the Online Safety Act, which already requires services with minimum age limits to explain how they enforce them and to use “highly effective” age assurance measures where children are at risk of harmful content. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is monitoring how Australia’s under‑16 ban works in practice and is “open” to an Australian‑style approach, despite previously expressing personal reservations about a blanket ban for teenagers. Read more

ETF flows, treasury stocks, mining fees, scaling trade-offs and regulation now explain Bitcoin’s market shifts better than price alone. ETF flows reveal real institutional demand beyond short-term price moves. Bitcoin treasury stocks can turn BTC exposure into an equity risk shaped by index rules. Low fees are reviving questions about how Bitcoin may pay for its long-term security. Read more

The crypto market structure bill in the US Senate has been delayed amid disagreements among lawmakers and influential cryptocurrency companies. Lawmakers and crypto industry bigwigs have hit an impasse over the crypto market structure bill that had been making its way through the Senate. Now the future of the bill is uncertain as legislators go back to the drawing board. The initial goal had been to pass the landmark crypto legislation by September 2025. The deadline came and went, prompting a revised target of the end of the year. Just two weeks into 2026, the Senate has canceled a crucial markup vote to define language and other parameters of the bill. Major industry groups have also withdrawn their support. Read more

Societe Generale-Forge said its EUR CoinVertible stablecoin is the first MiCA-compliant digital asset that is “natively compatible” with SWIFT’s interoperability capabilities. Global bank messaging network SWIFT has tested Societe Generale’s euro-pegged stablecoin as part of a collaboration aimed at improving interoperability between traditional financial systems and blockchain-based assets. Societe Generale’s digital asset subsidiary, SG-Forge, on Thursday announced it successfully completed the exchange and settlement of tokenized bonds in both fiat and digital currencies. The collaboration involved transactions in SG-Forge’s stablecoin EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), which the bank initially launched on Ethereum in 2023.  Read more

The NCAA has called on the CFTC to halt college sports prediction markets, which have reached about $320 million in volume, until robust protections for student‑athletes and competition integrity are implemented. The post NCAA Demands CFTC Halt $320M College Sports Betting Markets—Citing Student Safety appeared first on Cryptonews.

Galaxy Digital has completed its first tokenized CLO, using blockchain infrastructure to bring private credit and crypto-backed loans onchain. Galaxy Digital has closed its first tokenized collateralized loan obligation (CLO), bringing private credit onto blockchain infrastructure. The deal, known as Galaxy CLO 2025-1, was issued on Avalanche and has financed roughly $75 million in loans so far, according to a Thursday announcement. The transaction is anchored by a $50 million allocation from Grove, an institutional credit protocol within the Sky ecosystem, formerly known as MakerDAO. “By uniting our strengths in debt capital markets, blockchain technology, and asset management, we're opening a new avenue for institutional engagement in credit markets—one that benefits from greater efficiency, transparency, and expanded collateral flexibility through onchain execution,” Chris Ferraro, president and chief investment officer at Galaxy, said. Read more

CoinGecko CEO Bobby Ong acknowledged the company is exploring strategic opportunities following reports that the crypto data platform is pursuing acquisition offers valued at approximately $500 million, with Moelis reportedly advising on the process. The post CoinGecko CEO Addresses $500M Acquisition Reports appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRP has bounced nicely with the rest of the market, but it’s still trading as a laggard rather than a leader. The latest push was strong enough to squeeze shorts and reset sentiment from extreme fear to neutral, yet the price is stalling right where you would expect sellers to defend: higher-timeframe resistance and key […]

BitMine Immersion Technology will invest $200 million in MrBeast’s Beast Industries, linking crypto capital with the world’s largest creator platform. BitMine Immersion Technology has agreed to invest $200 million in Beast Industries, the entertainment company founded by YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, in a deal that marks one of BitMine’s largest non-core equity investments to date. BitMine will make a $200 million equity investment into Beast Industries, the company announced on Thursday.  Donaldson operates a network of YouTube channels that collectively have more than 450 million subscribers, according to publicly available figures. Read more

Ethereum is showing renewed strength as it breaks out from key technical patterns, aligning with broader crypto market optimism. This move comes amid continued ETF speculation, increased institutional activity, and a wave of geopolitical instability driving capital into decentralized assets. Despite macro uncertainty, ETH’s structure across multiple timeframes and on-chain data reflect improving sentiment and […]

[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, UAE, January 15th, 2026] The BNB Foundation has officially announced the successful completion of the 34th quarterly BNB token burn by BNB Chain. This marks our first burn of 2026. Here are the facts and figures from the latest burn: Total BNB burned:  1,371,803.77 BNB This includes two components: Actual burn: […]

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, January 15th, 2026] OpenServ and Neol Advance Enterprise-ready AI Reasoning Under Real-world Constraints The foundational design partnership applies structured AI reasoning in high-stakes, regulated environments, with detailed findings forthcoming OpenServ today announced a foundational design partnership with Neol to apply and evolve SERV’s AI reasoning framework in real-world, high-stakes […]

Bitmine Immersion Technologies announced a $200 million equity investment in Beast Industries, marking a notable crossover between digital asset-focused public companies and the global creator economy. The post Bitmine Immersion to Invest $200M in Beast Industries appeared first on Cryptonews.

The investment gives Bitmine a stake in a brand with strong Gen Z and millennial appeal, reaching over 450 million subscribers across its YouTube channels.

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Ethereum activated the Fusaka upgrade on Dec. 3, 2025, raising the network's data availability capacity through Blob Parameter Overrides that incrementally expanded blob targets and maximums. Two subsequent adjustments raised the target from 6 blobs per block to 10, then to 14, with a maximum ceiling of 21. The goal was to reduce layer-2 rollup […] The post Ethereum’s surprising usage drop suggests the network solved the wrong problem with Fusaka upgrade appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitmine will host an unusually high-profile annual shareholder meeting today in Las Vegas, with Vitalik Buterin and Sam Altman expected to attend. The post Vitalik Buterin, Sam Altman to Attend Bitmine Shareholder Vote: Tom Lee appeared first on Cryptonews.

AI is spreading across crypto trading, heightening fears of displacement even as human traders remain responsible for key decisions. Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming embedded across crypto trading, accelerating analysis, execution and optimization processes previously handled by people. Investors and trading companies are being pushed to confront how much decision-making can be automated without diluting control, accountability or human judgment. Even as some projects are reaching for more autonomous trading systems, most AI tools in crypto remain tightly constrained. Humans still define strategies, set risk limits and take responsibility for outcomes, as machines take on much of the bandwidth used for data-heavy tasks, such as research and monitoring. Read more