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Tether reportedly invested up to $50 million in Ledn at $500M valuation — Cdn.sanity.io

Tether reportedly invested up to $50 million in Ledn at $500M valuation

Tether reportedly invested up to $50 million in crypto lender Ledn, valuing the company at about $500 million, a person familiar with the transaction said. The person described the previously undisclosed funding as coming from the stablecoin issuer and said the investment set the lender’s valuation at roughly $500

Bitcoin up 1% as Nasdaq futures fall nearly 0.8% amid Trump-Powell feud — Cdn.sanity.io

Bitcoin up 1% as Nasdaq futures fall nearly 0.8% amid Trump-Powell feud

Bitcoin rose 1% while Nasdaq futures fell nearly 0.8% and the dollar also dropped as a feud between Trump and Powell escalated. Bitcoin's price movement diverged from the Nasdaq futures, which fell nearly 0.8%, according to the report. How markets will move next in response to

Early Ethereum investor completes exit, nets about $274 million — Assets.beincrypto.com

Early Ethereum investor completes exit, nets about $274 million

Beincrypto reports an early Ethereum investor appears to have completed a full exit from their ETH position after on-chain transfers to a centralized exchange, generating an estimated $274 million in profit. Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain said the investor accumulated 154,076 ETH at an average price of $517 and began

Monero reaches all-time high as privacy tokens and altcoins rally — Cdn.sanity.io

Monero reaches all-time high as privacy tokens and altcoins rally

Monero (XMR) reached an all-time high as privacy tokens and a range of altcoins rallied. XMR, ZEC, SOL and other alts were cited as rising while Bitcoin remained rangebound. The provided material does not specify what is driving the moves or how long the rally might continue. Key Topics Crypto,

Crypto YouTube viewership drops to January 2021 lows amid fading retail interest — Images.cointelegraph.com

Crypto YouTube viewership drops to January 2021 lows amid fading retail interest

Viewership of crypto content on YouTube has fallen to its lowest level since January 2021 after a sharp retreat over the past three months, according to a 30‑day moving average of views shared on Sunday by ITC Crypto founder Benjamin Cowen. Cowen said, "So it’s not just

China alleges US stole 127,271 Bitcoin from Chen Zhi in 2020 — Assets.beincrypto.com

China alleges US stole 127,271 Bitcoin from Chen Zhi in 2020

Beincrypto reports that China says US government hackers stole 127,271 Bitcoin from accused scam kingpin Chen Zhi in 2020 and later presented the funds as a law-enforcement seizure. According to Chinese state media and a technical report by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC), Chen’s Bitcoin-mining

OKX overhauls institutional unit; about one-third of sales team exits — Cdn.sanity.io

OKX overhauls institutional unit; about one-third of sales team exits

Crypto exchange OKX has overhauled its institutional business as part of a broader restructuring, with approximately one-third of its sales team exiting, according to one source. The change was described by the source as an overhaul of the institutional unit linked to the wider restructuring effort. The estimate is approximate

Memecoins drive record 11.6 million crypto token failures in 2025 — Images.cointelegraph.com

Memecoins drive record 11.6 million crypto token failures in 2025

Crypto market turbulence decimated memecoins in 2025, driving the number of crypto project failures to over 11.6 million last year, according to a report by CoinGecko research analyst Shaun Paul Lee released on Friday. The fourth quarter of 2025 was among the worst, with 7.7 million tokens listed

South Korea ends nine-year corporate crypto ban with 5% investment cap — Assets.beincrypto.com

South Korea ends nine-year corporate crypto ban with 5% investment cap

Beincrypto reports South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has reportedly finalized guidelines allowing listed companies and registered professional investors to allocate up to 5% of their equity capital to cryptocurrencies, ending a nine-year corporate ban. Under the new rules, investments would be limited to the top-20 cryptocurrencies by market

BNY to offer tokenized deposits to institutional investors — Cdn.sanity.io

BNY to offer tokenized deposits to institutional investors

BNY, described as the world’s largest custodial bank, will offer tokenized deposits to institutional investors. The initiative mirrors deposit balances on a private blockchain to speed up settlement and unlock liquidity. No further details were included in the source material. Key Topics Crypto, Bny, Tokenized Deposits, Private Blockchain, Institutional

Ethereum Foundation names zero-knowledge proofs in midterm roadmap — Cdn.sanity.io

Ethereum Foundation names zero-knowledge proofs in midterm roadmap

Ethereum Foundation co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang said zero-knowledge proofs are part of Ethereum’s midterm roadmap in a recent interview with CoinDesk. Wang described zero-knowledge as included in the foundation’s planning and highlighted recent progress in the area. She pointed to “many amazing breakthroughs” in the past one to

Bitcoin nears 4.5% yearly flip as $94,880 daily close would signal breakout — Assets.beincrypto.com

Bitcoin nears 4.5% yearly flip as $94,880 daily close would signal breakout

Beincrypto reports Bitcoin is at a decision point after a quiet pullback, with a daily close above $94,880 needed to flip the 1‑year change positive by roughly 4.5% and complete a potential cup‑and‑handle breakout. Year‑over‑year BTC remains down about 4.5%, and a

Vitalik Buterin says decentralized stablecoins face unresolved flaws — Cdn.sanity.io

Vitalik Buterin says decentralized stablecoins face unresolved flaws

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that decentralized stablecoins still have deep flaws. He argued that price benchmarks, oracle security and staking incentives remain unresolved challenges for decentralized stablecoins. According to Buterin, those problems have not yet been resolved. Key Topics Crypto, Vitalik Buterin, Decentralized Stablecoins, Price Benchmarks, Oracle Security, Staking

NFT Paris cancelled as France reports surge in crypto-targeted kidnappings — Assets.beincrypto.com

NFT Paris cancelled as France reports surge in crypto-targeted kidnappings

Beincrypto reports that organisers cancelled NFT Paris and RWA Paris 2026 on January 5, citing a global crypto market collapse and unsustainable costs, a decision that arrives amid reports that France has recorded more than 20 kidnappings and violent attacks targeting crypto professionals and their families since January 2025. The

X product chief teases asset-aware Smart Cashtags after crypto backlash — Cdn.sanity.io

X product chief teases asset-aware Smart Cashtags after crypto backlash

Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, outlined plans for asset-aware Smart Cashtags a day after criticism from parts of the crypto community over a now-deleted post. The comments from Bier described a move toward Smart Cashtags that are aware of assets, following the backlash. The criticism came from parts

Stellar nears breakout as RWA value approaches $1 billion — Assets.beincrypto.com

Stellar nears breakout as RWA value approaches $1 billion

According to Beincrypto, Stellar's XLM price is approaching a potential 30% breakout as the network's real-world asset (RWA) value nears $1 billion, even though the token remains about 34% lower over the past three months. The article says XLM has stabilized and is forming an inverse

Monero tops $500 for first time since 2021 as Zcash faces leadership crisis — Images.cointelegraph.com

Monero tops $500 for first time since 2021 as Zcash faces leadership crisis

Monero (XMR) surged past the $500 mark for the first time since May 2021, briefly touching $500.66 after rising more than 6% on Sunday and about 20% over the past week, bringing it close to its April 2021 record near $517.50. The rally came amid turmoil at rival

X previews Smart Cashtags to show real-time asset prices and mentions — Assets.beincrypto.com

X previews Smart Cashtags to show real-time asset prices and mentions

Beincrypto reports X is previewing a feature called Smart Cashtags that product lead Nikita Bier says will let users tag exact assets or smart contracts so tapping a cashtag surfaces the asset’s real-time price and all related mentions in the timeline. Bier framed Smart Cashtags as formalizing X’s

On-chain data point to Bitcoin rebound as Trump credit cap may boost DeFi — Assets.beincrypto.com

On-chain data point to Bitcoin rebound as Trump credit cap may boost DeFi

Beincrypto reports that on-chain data suggest Bitcoin may have bottomed in late December, opening a short-term rebound window, according to analyst Willy Woo, whose models show investor flows bottomed on December 24, 2025, and that President Donald Trump’s proposed 10% credit card interest cap could push some consumers toward

India's FIU tightens KYC and AML rules for crypto onboarding — Images.cointelegraph.com

India's FIU tightens KYC and AML rules for crypto onboarding

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which sets anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer regulations, has issued new guidelines tightening onboarding rules for users of regulated crypto exchanges in the country. Under the measures, exchanges must verify users with live selfie pictures and geographic-location checks, the Times of India reported, with the selfies

Satoshi-era miner moves 2,000 BTC mined in 2010 to Coinbase — Assets.beincrypto.com

Satoshi-era miner moves 2,000 BTC mined in 2010 to Coinbase

Beincrypto reported that a Bitcoin miner from the network’s earliest days moved 2,000 BTC, roughly $181 million, consolidating coins mined in 2010 that had been dormant for more than 15 years and sending them to Coinbase. CryptoQuant’s Julio Moreno said this is the largest Satoshi-era activity since

BitMine crosses 1.08 million staked ETH after adding 86,400 Ether — Images.cointelegraph.com

BitMine crosses 1.08 million staked ETH after adding 86,400 Ether

Crypto treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies staked an additional 86,400 Ether (ETH) on Saturday, a move that pushed its total staked holdings past the 1 million ETH mark. Arkham Intelligence reported the 86,400 ETH was staked in four transactions, and onchain analysis platform Lookonchain said BitMine’s total

Zcash falls below $381, head-and-shoulders points to $253 downside — Assets.beincrypto.com

Zcash falls below $381, head-and-shoulders points to $253 downside

Beincrypto reports Zcash slipped below $381, activating a head-and-shoulders breakdown that projects a downside target near $253 and implies roughly a 30% move if weakness continues. On the 12-hour chart the price broke the neckline near $381 and also fell below the 200-period exponential moving average, while the 20-period EMA

Tether freezes $182 million in USDT from five Tron wallets — Assets.beincrypto.com

Tether freezes $182 million in USDT from five Tron wallets

Beincrypto reports that Tether froze more than $182 million in USDT in a single day, targeting five Tron-based wallets during the last 24 hours. On January 11 the blockchain tracking service Whale Alert flagged five distinct freezing actions, with the targeted wallets holding sums ranging from $12 million to $50

Fidelity analysis flags $65,000 as key Bitcoin support if 2026 turns bearish — Images.cointelegraph.com

Fidelity analysis flags $65,000 as key Bitcoin support if 2026 turns bearish

Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity Investments, said new analysis flags $65,000 as the next key Bitcoin price battleground if 2026 becomes a classic bear market year. Timmer’s power-law work shows BTC had closely followed its long-term trendline during much of the current bull market but