Chainlink has launched 24/5 U.S. Equities Data Streams, giving decentralized finance ( DeFi) protocols continuous access to institutional-grade stock and exchange-traded fund (ETF) data. This opens the door for onchain trading, lending, and derivatives tied to U.S. equities.

World Liberty Financial and Spacecoin have announced a strategic partnership and

WhiteBIT, a cryptocurrency exchange recently labeled an “undesirable organization” by Russia, said it lost 30% of its customer base after blocking Russian and Belarusian users in 2022.

Quantum risk is emerging as a decisive hurdle for bitcoin’s institutional future as sovereign investors weigh long-term resilience, pushing gold and BTC into sharper focus amid debt cycles, macro uncertainty, and geopolitical realignment, according to on-chain analyst Willy Woo.

Ethereum faces mounting downside risk as macro volatility rises, with Bloomberg Intelligence strategist Mike McGlone signaling a drift toward the lower end of its long-held trading range and $2,000 support coming into view.

Crypto markets are eyeing a powerful breakout as regulatory clarity and institutional demand align, with Ripple’s chief executive signaling confidence that digital assets could push to new highs amid shifting valuations and accelerating adoption.

Gold blasting past $5,000 is fueling fresh attention on Robert Kiyosaki’s long-held bullish thesis, as the Rich Dad Poor Dad author points to far higher potential prices amid debt, inflation, and currency concerns.

Ripple is pushing deeper into Saudi Arabia, teaming up with Riyad Bank’s innovation arm to advance blockchain adoption across payments, custody and tokenization as the Kingdom accelerates its Vision 2030 financial modernization drive.

The ‘digital gold’ narrative says bitcoin should be rallying, but instead, it has been crushed by shiny rocks for over a year, something that can only be explained by looking at BTC differently, one analyst suggests.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency plans to approve the country’s first cryptocurrency ETFs by 2028, adding digital assets to “specified assets” for investment trusts.

On Monday, activity across much of Wall Street and U.S. equity markets remained subdued, while precious metals like silver and gold pressed higher. At the same time, the Japanese yen firmed sharply against the U.S. dollar, as markets responded to rising expectations of coordinated currency intervention by Japanese and U.S. authorities.

After briefly dipping to $86,000 on Sunday, bitcoin rallied to an intraday high of $88,750 by Jan. 26, 10:15 a.m. EST. The recovery helped lift the total crypto market capitalization from a low of $2.96 trillion back above the $3.05 trillion threshold.

Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) endured another brutal week as bitcoin and ether suffered deep, broad-based outflows. Solana held onto modest gains, while XRP slipped into its first weekly net outflow since launch.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) has taken another oversized step into the crypto treasury race, revealing ethereum holdings that now rival sovereign-scale balance sheets.

At the time of writing, gold is changing hands at $5,079.30 per ounce, while silver is trading at $113.24—levels that currently make today’s prediction market wagers look less like fringe curiosities and more like forward-looking scoreboards.