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- Tezos (XTZ) XTZ enters the weekend with a major catalyst ahead as the Tallinn upgrade goes live. The update aims to enhance network efficiency, speed, and security. Protocol upgrades often influence short-term price action, making Tezos a closely watched asset as traders position for potential volatility. Technical indicators support the possibility of a breakout. Bollinger Bands are converging, signaling compressed volatility. If expansion coincides with the Tallinn upgrade, the XTZ price could push above $0.59 and $0.62. A successful breakout may drive Tezos toward the $0.66 resistance level. The bullish scenario depends on market reaction. If traders fail to respond positively, the price may remain range-bound. Under that...

- Crypto News of the Day: Binance’s Greek Gambit Is A Late Entry But With Big Ambitions Fortune reported that Binance has formally applied for the European Union’s pan-European MiCA license via its newly established Greek subsidiary, Binary Greece. The move positions Binance for full compliance with the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework ahead of the critical July 1, 2026, deadline. After this date, unlicensed platforms risk restrictions or exclusion from serving EU and EEA users. The decision to base the application in Greece, rather than traditional crypto-friendly hubs like Malta or Luxembourg, is a surprising strategic play. With a registered capital of €25,000 (almost $30,000) and a single-shareholder public limited...

- UBS Planning Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading for Some Wealthy Clients: Bloomberg Swiss banking giant UBS Group AG will open up crypto investing to some of its private banking clients, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg. Moves by UBS tend to align with the interests and demand from some of the world's wealthiest banking clients, because the bank is the world's largest wealth manager. It oversaw roughly $4.7 trillion worth of assets as of September for high net-worth and ultra-high net-worth clients. The core business focuses on private banking and advisory services for wealthy individuals and their families, rather than mass retail banking. UBS's clout grew significantly in 2023 when Swiss authorities forced the bank to...

- UBS Group AG, the world’s leading wealth manager with over $7 trillion in invested assets, is preparing to offer crypto investments to select wealthy clients, starting with Bitcoin and Ethereum. According to a January 23 Bloomberg report, UBS is expected to begin offering crypto services in Switzerland, with potential expansion to the Asia-Pacific region and the U.S. The Swiss banking powerhouse is still selecting partners and hasn’t finalized plans. The initiative reflects growing demand for digital assets among high-net-worth individuals and positions UBS alongside Wall Street competitors who have already entered the crypto wealth management space. Wall Street’s Crypto Wealth Management Rush UBS’s planned offering follows a...

- Spot Bitcoin ETFs Shed $1.62B in Four-Day Negative Streak Investors pulled capital from U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds on Thursday, marking the fourth successive trading day of outflows amid heightened macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility. The funds shed a net $1.62 billion over four trading days, marking one of the largest and most sustained periods of net redemptions since the ETFs' inception in early 2024, per SoSoValue data. The streak, which began last Friday, continued through Thursday as the market processed a series of heavy withdrawals. Selling pressure began with a $394.68 million withdrawal last Friday. Following the Monday holiday, outflows accelerated with $483.38 million on Tuesday and a significant...

- Strive prices upsized preferred stock offering at $90 to retire debt and buy bitcoin Strive (NASDAQ: SATA) priced an upsized public offering of 1.32 million shares of Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock at $90 per share on Thursday. The asset management bitcoin treasury company increased the deal size from a previously announced $150 million target to an issuance of 2.25 million shares. The transaction aims to streamline the corporate balance sheet by retiring convertible debt. Strive intends to use the net proceeds to redeem outstanding 4.25% convertible senior notes due 2030 issued by its subsidiary, Semler Scientific, and to repay borrowings under a loan with Coinbase Credit. Management described the financial pivot as a...

- DOJ Targets Crypto Fraud in ‘America First’ Blitz as AI Scams Spike 450% The U.S. Department of Justice is intensifying its efforts on crypto-related fraud in response to a surge of digital asset-related frauds driven by artificial intelligence. The shift was outlined in the DOJ Criminal Division Fraud Section 2025 Year in Review, indicating prosecutors accused 265 defendants with a cumulative alleged loss on fraud cases of over $16 billion. Although the cases were in medical care, consumer protection, corporate fraud, and market manipulation, the DOJ noted that cryptocurrency is increasingly used as a payment rail, for laundering, or as an asset category for illicit funds. In significant cases, authorities seized crypto alongside...

- Brag House, House of Doge announce launch of 21shares Dogecoin ETF House of Doge, the official corporate arm of the Dogecoin Foundation, along with merger partner Brag House (TBH) Holdings, announced the launch of the 21shares Dogecoin ETF, the only Dogecoin ETF provider endorsed by the Dogecoin Foundation. Launched by House of Doge partner 21shares, one of the world’s leading issuers of crypto exchange-traded funds, TDOG offers investors direct exposure to Dogecoin through a fully backed, transparent, and exchange-traded vehicle. The new ETF will begin trading on NASDAQ on 22 January. The 21shares Dogecoin ETF provides investors with secure and straightforward access to DOGE, holding the asset on a 1:1 basis in...

PwC Says Institutional Crypto Adoption Has Passed the Point of No Return One of the biggest concerns of crypto under the Trump presidency has been—what happens if the political winds shift in 2026 or 2028? Well, PwC says you have nothing to worry about. What Happened According to PwC, institutional adoption of crypto has crossed a threshold where it is no longer reversible, marking a structural shift in how large financial players interact with digital assets. PwC’s assessment points to sustained engagement across custody, trading, settlement, tokenization, and onchain financial infrastructure, even through periods of market volatility and regulatory uncertainty. Rather than institutions testing crypto on the margins, PwC says firms...

Key Takeaways Bitcoin (BTC) opened the week with a drop. Market sentiment shifted quickly. Just last week, some investors were still talking about a possible move toward $100,000. This week changed that mood. Bitcoin lost its support near $90,000. Several factors are weighing on Bitcoin’s price. One of them is the rhetoric from Donald Trump around Greenland. Tensions have been building. That conflict has now spilled over into tariffs as well. After some countries openly opposed Trump’s push to bring Greenland under US control, he announced a new 10% tariff package targeting them. This added another layer of uncertainty to the market. Trump’s tariffs are back on the agenda. They never really left, but recent developments put them...

Bitcoin Bearish Sentiment Climbs as BTC Price Slips Under $89K Bitcoin’s failed attempt to recover above $90,000 has eroded investor confidence, sending bearish sentiment flying. Users on prediction market Myriad have raised their expectation of Bitcoin crashing to $69,000 from 22% to 30% in less than 24 hours. This probability has grown from a mere 11.6% last Thursday, highlighting rising bearish sentiment. Bitcoin dropped 6.7% over the past week, and is currently trading at around $89,000, down 1% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko data. Since the start of 2026, Bitcoin has produced higher highs and higher lows, signaling a bullish market structure. Its steady ascent pushed it to $97,000 on January 15; at the time...

- Why Is Crypto Down Today? – January 23, 2026 The crypto market is down today after a brief jump. The cryptocurrency market capitalisation decreased by 2.2% over the past 24 hours, pulling back to $3.11 trillion. At the time of writing, 70 of the top 100 coins have seen their prices drop. The total crypto trading volume stands at $110 billion. TLDR: Crypto market cap is down 2.2% on Friday morning (UTC); 70 of the top 100 coins and 8 of the top 10 coins are down; BTC decreased by 0.4% to $89,477 and ETH fell by 2% to $2,945; Geopolitical uncertainty may leave BTC oscillating between its safe-haven narrative and its high-beta risk asset role; Ukraine-Russia talks may help ease markets’ tail-risk fears, but only temporarily; BTC’s...

- Key Takeaways Bitcoin (BTC) is under renewed pressure from prominent gold advocate Peter Schiff, who blames Wall Street’s growing involvement for its underperformance. Schiff’s remarks came as precious metals surged to record highs, with some market commentators warning that Bitcoin’s recent weakness could echo the 2022 bear market that followed its November 2021 peak. Other analysts, however, pushed back against the comparison, arguing today’s macroeconomic backdrop and investor structure differ sharply from those of 2022. Schiff Blames Wall Street Adoption Schiff, a long-time Bitcoin critic, said online that Bitcoin’s strongest gains occurred before it became widely adopted by institutional investors. He highlighted Bitcoin’s...

- UBS Explores Crypto Investing for Select Private Banking Clients Jan 23 (Reuters) - UBS is planning to offer cryptocurrency investment options to some private banking clients, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Swiss lender is selecting partners for the proposed crypto offering, the report said. UBS would initially allow select clients of its private bank in Switzerland to buy and sell bitcoin and ether, according to the report, which added that the service could later be expanded to markets including Asia-Pacific and the United States. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. UBS did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The lender's increased focus on...

- Kansas Bill Proposes Bitcoin and Digital Assets Reserve Using Unclaimed Property Lawmakers in the US state of Kansas are weighing new legislation that would establish a state-managed Bitcoin and digital assets reserve funded by unclaimed digital property already held by the state. Key Takeaways Kansas Senate Bill 352 (SB 352), introduced on Wednesday by Senator Craig Bowser, proposes the creation of a “Bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund” within the state treasury. The fund would be administered by the Kansas state treasurer and would rely on abandoned digital assets rather than taxpayer-funded cryptocurrency acquisitions. Kansas Bitcoin Bill To Be Funded by Airdrops, Unclaimed Digital Assets Under the bill, the reserve...

- PwC Maps 6 Global Regulatory Trends Shaping Crypto in 2026 According to accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), regulatory clarity is no longer the central barrier in the crypto ecosystem’s evolution. In its latest report, the firm observed that global crypto regulation is moving toward greater alignment and identified 6 major trends for 2026. PwC Identifies Key Global Regulatory Trends for the Crypto Industry in 2026 The first key trend concerns stablecoins. PwC highlighted that the industry is shifting focus from drafting frameworks to enforcing them. Regulators are imposing binding rules around reserves, redemption rights, governance, and disclosures. In some regions, authorities are also introducing holding limits to...

- Alleged Mastermind Behind Global Scam Arrested The alleged mastermind of an international fraud operation involving the use of trafficked workers has been arrested, multiple news outlets report, citing Cambodian officials. Chen Zhi, founder and chairman of Prince Holding Group, was arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China on Jan. 6 after a months-long investigation by both countries. It’s unclear what charges Chen faces in China; however, the U.S. previously indicted him in absentia, charging him with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Prosecutors accused him of leading a widespread cryptocurrency investment scam that involved forced-labor compounds across Cambodia. Individuals were allegedly held against...

- Key Takeaways Bitcoin’s (BTC) price could face a sharp pullback toward the $58,000–$62,000 range, according to veteran trader Peter Brandt, who warned that the outlook remains uncertain. Brandt’s comments come amid heightened volatility in Bitcoin, with investors weighing macroeconomic uncertainty as Gold and Silver prices soar. Peter Brandt Bearish Prediction In a post on X, Brandt said he believed Bitcoin was headed lower, while stressing that his projection was not a firm prediction. Brandt, a long-time chart analyst with decades of experience across commodities and financial markets, has built a reputation for blunt assessments. He did not specify a timeframe for the potential move or identify a specific catalyst. In order...

- Kansas Lawmakers Propose State-Run Bitcoin and Digital Assets Reserve Fund Kansas lawmakers have introduced legislation that would create a state-run Bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund, embedding digital assets directly into Kansas’ unclaimed property framework. The bill proposes that the state treasury formally hold certain digital assets that accrue through abandoned property processes, with liquidation and transfers to the general fund governed by specific statutory conditions. Filed this week through the 2026 legislative session, the bill would place administration of the new reserve fund under the state treasurer and explicitly allow the state to receive and retain “airdrops, staking rewards or interest” generated from...

- Crypto Firm Partners With Visa to Enable Near Real-Time Crypto-to-Fiat Off-Ramping Crypto payments firm Mercuryo has partnered with Visa to enable near real-time conversion of digital assets into fiat currency. Key Takeaways: The move allows users to send proceeds directly to Visa debit and credit cards through Visa Direct, the payments giant’s real-time money movement network. Under the arrangement, eligible Mercuryo users will be able to off-ramp crypto holdings and receive fiat funds on their cards within minutes, according to the companies. Mercuryo Taps Visa Direct to Speed Up Low-Cost Crypto-to-Fiat Payments The service is designed to reduce settlement times and costs compared with traditional conversion and payout...