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New rules from Colombia’s tax authority require crypto service providers to collect and share user and transaction data. Colombia’s tax authority, DIAN, has introduced a mandatory reporting regime for crypto service providers, requiring exchanges and intermediaries to collect and submit user and transaction data as part of its oversight of the digital asset sector. The rules were set out in Resolution 000240, issued on Dec. 24, which adds a crypto reporting regime aligned with OECD-developed international standards, including the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF). According to the new rules, crypto exchanges, custodians and other service providers must report identifying information and transaction data for “reportable” users, enabling the automatic exchange of that information with foreign tax authorities. Read more

Bitcoin Price Prediction has framed BTC as trapped between a $93K miner energy floor and $96K break-even, with hedging keeping volatility lower. If hashrate growth slows, a breakout over $100K could reset the range higher. Daily charts have shown a base above mid-$80K as RSI has recovered. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: The Physics Behind BTC Price Shows Miner Floor at $93K – Is a $100K Breakout Imminent? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Pump.fun has rolled out fee-sharing that lets token creators split rewards across up to 10 wallets, after saying earlier, creator-fee incentives favored low-risk launches over trading. The platform has posted $6.6B weekly volume, but fewer than 1% of 27,000+ daily tokens have graduated. The post Pump.fun Overhauls Creator Fees to Curb ‘Dangerous’ Low-Risk Activity – Here’s the New Model appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Banking Committee chief confirmed Friday evening that he's pressing forward, though the Agriculture Committee says it still hopes for a bipartisan version.

The first thing you learn when you spend too long around Bitcoin is that everyone has a chart that “always works”, and everyone has a scar from the last time it didn’t. This week’s chart is making the rounds again, it’s the one that tracks Bitfinex margin longs, and it’s flashing a familiar change in […] The post This Bitfinex whale “buy signal” is everywhere, but the real Bitcoin data suggests a much messier six weeks appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Democratic leaders on key committees considering crypto market structure legislation are reportedly drawing a line in the sand over elected officials profiting off the industry. A number of Democratic lawmakers in the US Senate are reportedly pushing for conflict-of-interest guardrails in a crypto market structure bill under consideration. According to a Thursday report from Punchbowl News, Senate Democrats including Adam Schiff and Ruben Gallego demanded safeguards in the Republican-led Responsible Financial Innovation Act (RFIA) which would affect how US regulatory agencies and the government handles digital assets. The lawmakers reportedly pushed for provisions prohibiting public officials, including US President Donald Trump, from profiting from any connections to crypto companies. “It is a red line,” Gallego told Punchbowl on the ethics guardrails. “They need to get it right, or they’re not going to have enough votes to pass this.”  Read more

Big banks aren’t debating crypto anymore — they’re building it. From tokenized cash to ETFs, Wall Street is quietly going onchain. For years, major banks treated cryptocurrency primarily as a risk to be contained. That posture is now giving way to a more deliberate form of engagement. Rather than debating crypto’s legitimacy, banks are increasingly deciding how and where to integrate it, from regulated investment products to blockchain-based payment rails. This shift is on full display in this week’s Crypto Biz. JPMorgan is extending its US dollar deposit token onto new blockchain infrastructure, signaling that tokenized cash is moving closer to production use within global banking.  Morgan Stanley, meanwhile, is positioning itself to offer exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), potentially bringing crypto investments to millions of wealth management clients.  Read more

DeepSeek's upcoming V4 model could outperform Claude and ChatGPT in coding tasks, according to insiders—with its purported release nearing.

Larian Studios head Swen Vincke said the upcoming RPG Divinity will not use generative AI art, though the studio still sees benefits to the tech.

The crypto market structure bill is unlikely to come up for a second vote in 2026 if it fails to pass in a vote next week, analyst Alex Thorn said. The passage of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, also known as the CLARITY market structure bill, hinges on bipartisan support in the United States Senate Banking Committee, according to Alex Thorn, head of research at crypto investment firm Galaxy. Typically, the Senate needs at least 60 votes to advance legislation, and Republicans need seven to 10 Democrats to vote yes on the CLARITY Act, Thorn said on Friday. If Republicans can secure four votes from Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee, it is “likely” that all 17 Democratic senators who voted for the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin regulatory framework, will vote with Republicans to advance the market structure bill. Thorn added:  The US Congress passing a crypto market structure framework would foster crypto adoption, especially among institutional investors, who may be hesitant to adopt digital as...

Could Bitcoin be worth more than $50 million per coin in 24 years? VanEck just put out its most bullish price prediction yet.

Trump explained in an interview that he would not grant clemency to SBF, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Nicolás Maduro, and others.

BNY has rolled out new tokenized deposits that mirror client balances on a private blockchain while deposits stay on bank books. The first phase targets collateral and margin moves with real-time, 24/7 settlement. Early users include ICE, Citadel Securities, DRW, Baillie Gifford, Circle, and Ripple. The post Major U.S. Bank BNY Enters On-chain Cash Race With Tokenized Deposit Pilot appeared first on Cryptonews.

U.S. employment data for December was mixed, while inflation expectations edged higher, and the U.S. Supreme Court did not deliver a ruling on the Trump Administration's tariffs.

There are red-line demands from decentralized finance — and backed by the rest of crypto — that remain unknowns as senators finish the draft they'll vote on.

The bill came after a Polymarket user netted more than $400,000 on a contract related to the removal of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, fueling concerns about insider trading. New York Representative Ritchie Torres, with the backing of more than 30 other Democrats in the House of Representatives, has introduced legislation following a Polymarket user netting $400,000 on a bet related to the removal of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.  In a Friday notice, Torres said he had introduced the Public Integrity in Financial Prediction Markets Act of 2026. According to the New York representative, the bill would prohibit “federal elected officials, political appointees, Executive Branch employees, and congressional staff from buying, selling, or exchanging prediction market contracts tied to government policy, government action, or political outcomes when they possess material nonpublic information or could reasonably obtain such information through their official duties.” Read more

Vitalik Buterin has defended Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm, arguing his prosecution represents a broader threat to privacy, open-source development, and digital rights as U.S. authorities weigh new legal boundaries for software creators. The post Vitalik Buterin Defends Tornado Cash Dev Facing 5 Years: ‘Don’t Criminalize Code’ appeared first on Cryptonews.

The cryptocurrency exchange reported sharp growth in automated trading as volatility narrowed across major crypto assets. Cryptocurrency traders increasingly leaned on automated strategies in 2025 as volatile but largely range-bound markets made directional bets harder to sustain, according to a year-end recap from HTX. The Seychelles-based exchange, formerly known as Huobi, said the trend was most visible in the growing use of grid-based trading bots on its spot platform. According to HTX, grid trading volume rose 97% year over year in 2025, while capital allocated to grid strategies doubled. The increase was especially pronounced in stablecoin pairs, where grid trading volume rose 352% year over year, compared with 122% growth in major cryptocurrencies. HTX said the bots were typically used to capture smaller, repeated price swings rather than to bet on sustained market moves. Read more

The initiative mirrors deposit balances on a private blockchain to speed up settlement and unlock liquidity.

Bitcoin has moved back above $90,000, rising toward $92,000 on $39B spot volume as U.S. jobs data today shaped rate bets. Traders have watched $93,500 as a hurdle, with 50-week and 21-week EMAs near $96K and $101K. Bitfinex data show whales closing longs; Mercuryo says investors reposition for 2026. The post Bitcoin Reclaims $90K as Strong U.S Jobs Data Fuels $100K Push appeared first on Cryptonews.