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UK’s First Bitcoin & Gold ETP Goes Live

UK’s First Bitcoin & Gold ETP Goes Live

On January 13, 21Shares’ Bitcoin Gold ETP (BOLD) began trading on the London Stock Exchange, marking the UK’s first exchange‑traded…

January 13, 2026

Eric Adams’ NYC Token Crashes 80% Amid Controversy

Ex-New York City Mayor Eric Adams, known as the pro-crypto "Bitcoin Mayor," launched the $NYC token on January 12, 2026,…

January 13, 2026

Senate Unveils Bipartisan Crypto Market Bill

After months of negotiation, Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott released the text of the nearly 280‑page Digital Asset Market…

January 13, 2026

Nigeria Tightens Crypto Taxes With Identity Tracking

Nigeria has implemented sweeping tax reforms that require crypto activity to be linked to Tax Identification Numbers (TINs) and National Identity…

January 13, 2026

Michael Saylor’s Strategy Buys 13,627 Bitcoin

Michael Saylor’s publicly traded firm, Strategy, continued its long‑term Bitcoin accumulation by purchasing 13,627 BTC for $1.25 billion, paying roughly…

January 12, 2026

Standard Chartered to Launch Crypto Prime Brokerage

Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures is planning a crypto prime brokerage for institutional clients, offering custody, financing, trading, and clearing for…

January 12, 2026

Dubai Bans Privacy Tokens and Tightens Stablecoin Rules

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) will ban privacy tokens, including Zcash and Monero, in the Dubai International Financial Centre…

January 12, 2026

17 Years of Bitcoin’s First Peer-to-Peer Transfer

On January 12, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto sent 10 BTC to Hal Finney, marking the first peer-to-peer Bitcoin transaction in history. Finney,…

January 12, 2026

Binance Lists United Stables (U) With New Spot Trading Pairs

Binance will list United Stables (U) on January 13, 2026, at 08:00 UTC, opening spot trading for U/USDT and U/USDC. United…

January 12, 2026

India Tightens Crypto Rules: Selfie and Geo-Checks Required

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has rolled out stricter anti‑money‑laundering and KYC rules for cryptocurrency exchanges to strengthen user verification…

January 12, 2026

South Korea Lifts Nine‑Year Corporate Crypto Ban

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has ended a nine-year ban on corporate crypto investments, originally imposed over money laundering concerns.…

January 12, 2026

Crypto YouTube Views Drop to 5‑Year Low

Crypto YouTube viewership has plunged sharply over the past three months to its lowest level since January 2021, highlighting weak…

January 12, 2026

Coinbase Threatens to Pull Support for CLARITY Act

Coinbase has warned it may withdraw support for the CLARITY Act if the Senate limits stablecoin rewards beyond simple disclosure…

January 12, 2026

17 Years Since Hal Finney’s First Bitcoin Tweet

Seventeen years ago, cryptographer Hal Finney posted the first known tweet about Bitcoin, simply saying "Running Bitcoin," signaling that he…

January 10, 2026

Tether Partners with UN to Strengthen Crypto Safety in Africa

Tether, the leading stablecoin provider, has joined forces with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to tackle rising…

January 9, 2026

UK to Launch New Crypto Licensing Regime in 2026

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority will open a crypto licensing gateway in September 2026, giving firms time to prepare for…

January 9, 2026

Grayscale Files for BNB and HYPE ETFs

Grayscale Investments has filed for new trusts in Delaware to pave the way for BNB and HYPE exchange-traded funds, registering…

January 9, 2026

Trump Says No Pardon for SBF

President Donald Trump told The New York Times he will not pardon jailed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who is serving…

January 9, 2026

Ethereum’s Big Vision: Freedom, Scale, and Trust

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum draws inspiration from both BitTorrent and Linux to define its future. Like BitTorrent, it…

January 8, 2026

Rumble and Tether Launch “Rumble Wallet”

Rumble and Tether launched Rumble Wallet, a self-custody crypto wallet integrated into the platform for USDT, XAUt, and BTC tips.…

January 7, 2026