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The London-based financial technology company is pushing deeper into Latin America as regional competition among digital banks heats up. Revolut, a London-based digital banking and payments company, has applied for a full banking license in Peru as part of its expansion across Latin America, Bloomberg reported on Monday. If approved, the license will allow the company to operate as a regulated bank in the country, adding Peru to a list of regional markets alongside Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. Bloomberg said Revolut plans to compete primarily with incumbent banks rather than newer fintech rivals. Revolut has identified remittances and cross-border payments as key parts of its local strategy, noting that about 1 million people in Peru rely on money sent from abroad. Read more

Bitcoin and altcoins lost part of their recent gains after the US trade war with various European countries resumed, prompting some traders to reduce risk and watch from the sidelines. Key points: Bitcoin may remain under pressure as the US-EU trade war may create a risk-off environment in the short term. Most major altcoins have turned down from their overhead resistance levels, signaling that the bears remain in command. Read more

The price of Bitcoin plunged to $0 on Paradex's perps exchange, leading to a liquidation cascade that required a chain rollback.

Tariffs have driven gold to $4,689/oz and silver to $94 after Trump has outlined 10% duties from Feb 1 and 25% from June 1 on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland, tied to Greenland dispute. European stocks have slipped; the BoJ meets Jan. 22-23. The post Gold, Silver Smash Records as Trump Sets Feb. 1 Tariffs Over Greenland Standoff appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin pricing in 2026 may hinge on officials and executives who set dollar liquidity, US market access, ETF distribution, stablecoin settlement capacity, and exchange venue rules, based on a market-structure framework that prioritizes chokepoints over social reach. The scale of each chokepoint is measurable in flows, assets, and supply, which makes a short watch list […] The post Bitcoin faces a massive liquidity shift as these five crypto gatekeepers prepare to tighten the remaining market chokepoints appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A wallet linked to a pump.fun memecoin turned $285 into a small fortune on Monday, reviving concerns about insider activity during the latest memecoin surge.

Bitcoin miners face profitability headwinds as network hash rate declines and difficulty is set to adjust downward.

Bitcoin has slid for a fifth straight day on profit-taking and rising political and macro uncertainty. The post Bitcoin Price Slides for Fifth Day as Risk-Off Sentiment Weighs on Prices: Analyst appeared first on Cryptonews.

Paradex rolled back its protocol after a Starknet-related glitch briefly mispriced Bitcoin at $0, triggering widespread liquidations across its perpetual trading platform. The post Bitcoin Hits $0 on Paradex After Starknet Glitch — Mass Liquidations Force Rollback appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto firms in Hong Kong caution that the OECD-backed CARF tax framework, aimed at increasing transparency, may overwhelm exchanges with compliance duties and stifle growth. The post Hong Kong Crypto Firms Warn CARF Tax Rules Could Backfire — How? appeared first on Cryptonews.

As the crypto market continues trading sideways, analysts argue that we may soon enter the last phase of this bull run, but also that we’ll likely see further downside. However, there are significant risk-off factors preventing a Bitcoin recovery. The post Are We Entering Wave V? Further Bitcoin Downside Still Likely, Analysts Say appeared first on Cryptonews.

The New York Stock Exchange is developing a tokenized securities platform that will allow for 24/7 settlement of trades.

How BTQ’s Bitcoin-like quantum testnet highlights where post-quantum risks may emerge and why mitigation is an engineering challenge. Bitcoin’s quantum risk centers on exposed public keys and signature security. BTQ’s testnet explores post-quantum signatures in a Bitcoin-like environment. Post-quantum signatures significantly increase transaction size and block space demands. Read more

Range-bound price action continues within a familiar cycle pattern.

Can Bitcoin mining heat grow food? A Manitoba pilot explores using crypto server heat to cut greenhouse energy costs and emissions. Bitcoin mining produces large amounts of heat that are typically treated as waste. In cold regions, this thermal output is now being tested as a useful resource. A pilot project in Manitoba is integrating Bitcoin mining with greenhouse farming, reusing server heat as a supplemental source of agricultural heating. Liquid-cooled mining systems are generally associated with higher and more stable heat capture, making recovered thermal energy suitable for industrial heating applications. Read more

XRP price plunged below $2 amid a market-wide sell-off as strong spot ETF inflows and a surge in XRP Ledger transactions failed to lift investor sentiment. Spot XRP (XRP) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have continued to attract investor interest, recording inflows every day of last week as transactions surged to a six-month high. Unfortunately, these positive fundamentals didn’t help the bulls hold the price above the psychological $2 support level. How low can XRP price go? Key takeaways: Read more

According to Grok, XRP can rise to a new all-time high of $5 in the first three months of the year, whereas PI can reach a maximum of $0.50.

On Monday morning, the market did that thing it always does when politics stops being background noise and starts grabbing the steering wheel. Screens went red, chats filled with the same half-jokes about “macro,” and Bitcoin slipped back under the psychological levels traders had just spent the weekend defending. The headline risk had a familiar […] The post Trump just broke from his tariff threat playbook for the first time causing Bitcoin to miss Sunday night relief rally appeared first on CryptoSlate.

[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, CA, January 19th, 2026] DipCoin, a decentralized perpetual trading protocol built on the Sui blockchain, has launched DipCoin Vaults, a new on-chain system that allows users to gain exposure to professional perpetual trading strategies without actively trading themselves. Unlike copy trading or opaque managed products, DipCoin Vaults operate directly at […]

Customs officials referred three Chinese nationals to prosecutors over an alleged cross-border crypto laundering scheme.