CryptoEconomy

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Crypto prices soften in January 2026 as total market capitalization slips 0.93% to $3.01 trillion, while Bitcoin trades above $89,000 despite $32.11 million in spot ETF outflows.
In the under-$1 segment, Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER) gains traction with a Bitcoin-focused Layer 2 plan and a

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Bitcoin lending is emerging as a modern collateral model inside global credit markets, where fixed income represents roughly $130 trillion in assets.
The Bitcoin-backed lending sector totals about $74 billion, expanding through centralized platforms and on-chain protocols.
Institutions ar

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Blockchain is moving beyond speculative assets and into trade finance, a core layer of global commerce. The sector faces a $2.5 trillion funding gap that mainly affects small and medium-sized businesses.
Tokenized receivables can connect exporters with global liquidity through onchain

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Newrez, a major U.S. mortgage lender with a $778.3 billion servicing portfolio, now counts Bitcoin and Ethereum as qualifying assets for mortgage applications when held with regulated custodians.
The policy applies a valuation discount to reflect crypto volatility while still treating

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Stablecoins moved 35 trillion dollars in 2025, but only 380 billion were actual payments.
The volume destined for remittances, payrolls, and suppliers represents barely 0.02% of the global market.
Most of the activity is concentrated in cryptocurrency trading and internal

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Less than 10% of traders on Polymarket and Kalshi believe Bitcoin will reclaim six figures before the end of January.
There is a 65% probability that the price will first retreat to $80,000 before attempting a new all-time high.
The investment community is closely watching MicroStrategy’s

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Railgun is building a private DeFi infrastructure on Ethereum based on 0zk addresses that conceal balances and transactions from the public network.
It allows users to interact with DeFi protocols using private balances without modifying smart contracts or liquidity pools and has already b

South Korea's Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office reported a loss of seized bitcoin due to staff mistakenly interacting with a fraudulent site. The investigation is ongoing, with estimates of the loss reaching around 70 billion won, while custody protocols may be reassessed.

Kansas state Sen. Bowser introduced Senate Bill 352 to create a state-run bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund, managed by the state treasurer, funded through airdrops and staking rewards from abandoned digital assets.

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Solana ETFs record 12 consecutive weeks of capital inflows despite outflows in Bitcoin.
The staking ratio reached an all-time high of 70%, with $60 billion worth of assets locked.
Technical analysts identify buy signals in key indicators as the price defends critical support

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Base reached a weekly volume of $16.5 billion, surpassing giants like Ethereum and BSC.
Uniswap and Aerodrome protocols led the trading activity within the Coinbase network.
The launch of the FootballFun protocol’s FUN token drove liquidity rotation toward the chain.
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The recent

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Privacy cryptocurrencies like Monero and Dash saw sharp weekly declines of over 20%.
Monero was the worst performer, dropping nearly 28% in seven days.
The sell-off reflects a broader risk-off sentiment and regulatory sensitivity in the sector.
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Privacy-focused cryptocurrencies

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A7A5, a ruble-backed stablecoin, processed more than $100B on-chain in less than a year before facing multiple sanctions and blocklists.
The token was launched in January 2025 by A7 LLC, operates on Ethereum and TRON, and functions as a bridge between rubles and USDT.
After U.S. and EU sa

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Mirae Asset Global Investments and Ctrl Alt are developing tokenized funds in the UAE, with on-chain issuance, management, and financial operations.
The project relies on Ctrl Alt’s regulated infrastructure and on the scale of Mirae Asset, a global asset manager with more than $353B

ARK Invest’s Big Ideas 2026 report highlights a shift towards on-chain finance, with stablecoins and tokenization advancing beyond payments into capital markets. The report serves as a roadmap for investors to identify key blockchain networks that will emerge as financial infrastructure.

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Laser Digital launched tokenised BDYF for institutional and accredited investors seeking income on top of long-only BTC exposure.
BDYF is billed as the first natively tokenised Cayman-domiciled Bitcoin yield fund, issuing shares at the main fund level via KAIO, with Komainu as

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Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded net outflows on January 21, while Solana and XRP ETFs saw modest inflows.
BTC ETFs experienced withdrawals exceeding $700 million, with redemptions in BlackRock, Fidelity, and ARK Invest, while Grayscale continued to show consistent negative flows.
Solan

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Prediction markets give a 62.5% probability that ETH will touch $2,500 before seeing $4,000 again.
Ethereum has suffered a 10.6% correction in the last week, momentarily losing the $2,900 support