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The bill is still a "priority," White House Crypto Council Director Patrick Witt said, but interagency legalities remain a challenge. Progress is being made toward establishing a Bitcoin (BTC) strategic reserve in the United States, but “obscure” legal provisions are holding up the process, according to Patrick Witt, the director of the White House Crypto Council.  Several government agencies are discussing the legalities and regulatory issues of establishing a Bitcoin strategic reserve, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), Witt told the Crypto in America podcast. He said: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a “Digital Asset Stockpile” that included altcoins and other types of cryptocurrencies in March 2025. Read more

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin outlined sweeping technical and philosophical shifts to reverse a decade of centralization drift, declaring 2026 the year the network reclaims lost ground on self-sovereignty through accessible nodes, privacy infrastructure, and onchain application hosting. The post “No Longer”: Vitalik Buterin Demands End to Ethereum’s Value Compromises appeared first on Cryptonews.

Users are actively trading in hopes of qualifying for future perks, with the platform hinting at an airdrop in 2026 and receiving a multi-8-figure investment from YZi Labs.

So far, BTC has remained still.

Two senators have introduced a short bill with an unusually big ambition: to stop US law from treating people who write and publish blockchain software as if they were running a shadow payments company. The proposal, titled the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act of 2026, aims to clarify that “non-controlling” developers and infrastructure providers (i.e., those […] The post Why writing open-source code is suddenly an existential risk, and the five-page bill designed to fix it appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Economists and technologists say AI hype obscures displacement, infrastructure costs, and uneven gains.

After stablecoins proved product-market fit, crypto founders and executives say 2026 is when banks and asset managers will push tokenized assets into mainstream markets.

Federal prosecutors charged Venezuelan national Jorge Figueira with laundering approximately $1 billion through cryptocurrency wallets and shell companies, marking one of the largest money-laundering operations prosecuted by the Justice Department. The post Venezuelan Man Faces 20 Years for Alleged $1B Crypto Money Laundering Scheme appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum trades above $3,312 as ETFs add $474M and Buterin’s 2026 roadmap boosts confidence. Breakout toward $3,405 possible. The post Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Above $3,312 as ETFs Add $474M and Buterin’s Roadmap Inspires appeared first on Cryptonews.

The company says that accepting bitcoin payments has led to a "self-reinforcing cycle" where crypto revenue helps fund upgrades and improvements.

And, what happened to the underlying asset's price in the meantime?

XRP trades near $2.07 as a 2026 golden cross signals bullish momentum. Triangle breakout could target $2.35 and $2.70. The post XRP Price Prediction: Golden Cross at $2.07 Signals Breakout Toward $2.35 Resistance appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum is slowly grinding higher after December’s recovery, but it’s now pressing into a heavy multi-month resistance cluster around $3.3–$3.5K. The price structure is constructive, and on-chain activity via active addresses is breaking higher, which is a positive backdrop. Yet, ETH is doing all of this right under resistance, so the next few days should […]

Bitcoin’s first difficulty adjustment of 2026 was anything but dramatic. The network nudged the dial down to about 146.4 trillion, a pretty small retreat after the late-2025 grind higher. But small isn't the same as meaningless in mining, a business where margins are measured in fractions of a fraction and the main input (electricity) can […] The post Bitcoin difficulty just retreated, but a more critical “survival metric” signals the mining sector is bleeding out appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The crypto market structure bill isn't dead, but it took a blow.

XRP has become the default trading chip of South Korea, bypassing Bitcoin and Ethereum to dominate the country’s high-velocity retail market. While institutional capital worldwide typically gravitates toward Bitcoin as a store of value, South Korean trading patterns tell a different story. Data from the country's largest exchanges reveals that when the market heats up, […] The post XRP volume is exploding in Korea because it exploits a specific gap in the country’s spot-only exchange laws appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin entered a decisive breakout phase, targeting $107,000 as long-term holder selling fades and BTC continues to leave exchanges, tightening supply. Bitcoin (BTC) could reclaim $100,000 as support and rally toward $107,000 in the coming days, driven by a combination of supportive technical and fundamental metrics. Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s breakout is gaining traction, backed by bullish technicals and fading selling pressure. Read more

PI seems stuck. What can get it out of its winter hibernation?

Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted their strongest week since October as institutional investors returned via regulated products, helped by reduced whale selling and tightening effective supply. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded $1.42 billion in net inflows over the past week, marking their strongest weekly performance since early October amid a renewed return of institutional demand. According to data from SoSoValue, inflows into spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs peaked midweek, with Wednesday recording the largest single-day net inflow of roughly $844 million, followed by $754 million on Tuesday. Despite late-week pullbacks, including a $395 million outflow on Friday, the sequence of large midweek inflows pushed the weekly total to $1.42 billion, the strongest since early October when the funds attracted $2.7 billion. Read more

On Jan. 9, Tennessee’s sports betting regulator sent a set of letters that, at first glance, looked like the kind of paperwork most crypto natives scroll past. The message was blunt: stop offering sports-related event contracts to Tennessee residents, void unsettled positions, and refund customers by Jan. 31. The recipients, Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com, sit […] The post Kalshi and Polymarket face a “sports gambling” probe that could void your trades and shut down the market appeared first on CryptoSlate.