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The decentralized perpetuals exchange said multiple core services were affected as it worked through a rollback and recovery process. Update Jan 19, 1:44 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add information from Paradex’s Telegram channel. Crypto derivatives exchange Paradex reported a platform-wide service outage on Monday, leaving its trading interface and supporting infrastructure unavailable as the team investigates the issue.  According to its public status page, the disruption affected multiple business services, including its user interface, cloud and API services, blockchain components, bridge, block explorer and remote procedure call proxy.  Read more

He called for a new wave of DAOs that focus on critical functions, like data maintenance and dispute resolution, with more sophisticated governance.

Odds of bitcoin rising to $100,000 by the end of January plunged on the Polymarket, highlighting how the token is trading more like a risk asset than "digital gold."

Toobit is one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, and it has just announced the launch of its Elite Championship. This is a trading campaign that’s designed and organized together with the premier football league in Spain – La Liga. Campaign Spanning Until the End of February This opportunity will run from […]

Bitcoin drove 71% of last week’s $2.17 billion in crypto fund inflows, while Ether and Solana held up despite US CLARITY Act proposals to restrict stablecoin yields. Crypto investment products continued gathering steam last week, with fund inflows outpacing every other week in 2026 so far and marking the largest gains since October. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) drew $2.17 billion of inflows last week, European crypto asset manager CoinShares reported on Monday. The bulk of inflows came earlier in the week, but Friday saw sentiment shift as $378 million in outflows amid Greenland geopolitical escalation and fresh tariff worries, CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, said. Read more

Crypto prices fell alongside global equities after reports the EU is preparing retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says DAOs must move beyond simple token-voting treasuries and be redesigned to power core infrastructure like oracles and onchain courts. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has called for new decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) designs, arguing that the sector needs more than token-voting treasuries if it wants to improve on traditional corporate and political structures.  In a Monday X post, Buterin said that current DAOs often amount to “a treasury controlled by token holder voting.” That model is widely copied but it is “inefficient, vulnerable to capture and fails utterly at the goal of mitigating the weaknesses of human politics,” he said. Read more

The Reserve Bank of India is urging the government to put a plan to link BRICS nations' central bank digital currencies on the agenda for the 2026 summit it will host.

Despite Ether’s rejection from $3,400, data suggested that ETH price could see a sustained recovery over the next few weeks, as long as a key support level held. Ether’s (ETH) price had dropped 7% since being rejected from the $3,400 mark last week, falling to key support levels. Data suggested that increased staking demand, coupled with renewed ETF inflows and strong technical support, could lead to a sustained recovery.  Key takeaways: Ether queued for staking goes parabolic, with a 44-day wait time Read more

Bitcoin price succumbed to a violent selloff on Monday while gold and silver surged to all-time highs following President Donald Trump‘s threat of sweeping new tariffs on European allies. According to CryptoSlate's data, BTC slipped below $93,000 within minutes during early Asian trading hours, after trading comfortably in the mid-$95,000s just moments earlier. This price […] The post Bitcoin just failed its biggest ‘digital gold’ test, and the reason why should have every investor deeply worried appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Binance accounted for more than $1M of XRP long liquidations as leveraged traders were caught in a rapid risk-off move.

The perpetual preferred equity, SATA, moved above $100, giving Strive access to at-the-market issuance.

On January 19 (SGT), SUN.io, TRON's flagship project, announced a strategic Chinese branding upgrade, reintroducing itself as “Sun Wukong” (“孙悟空,” the Monkey King) alongside a refreshed visual identity. Tapping into the deep cultural resonance of the legendary Monkey King, this move is designed to establish a strong cultural layer for TRON's DeFi ecosystem—one that combines […] The post The Legend Reimagined: SUN.io’s “Sun Wukong” Chinese Rebrand Powers a New DeFi Value Flywheel appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Blockchain data showed that stolen Bitcoin was bridged to Ethereum, fragmented into multiple wallets and later routed into the crypto mixer. Roughly $63 million in Tornado Cash deposits has been linked to the $282 million cryptocurrency wallet compromise of Jan. 10. Blockchain security firm CertiK said in a Monday X post that its monitoring systems identified Tornado Cash interactions tied to the exploit.  The update expands on the post-theft money laundering mechanics of the Jan. 10 incident, which is being tracked by multiple crypto investigators due to the amount lost and the speed at which funds were moved. Read more

SUI is among the poorest performers today.

The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Professionals Association is backing the OECD’s CARF and tougher tax transparency, but wants lighter treatment and more flexible recordkeeping. The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Professionals Association (HKSFPA) has urged the city’s government to soften some elements of its planned implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) crypto reporting standards. The industry body warned that the OECD’s Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) and related Common Reporting Standard (CRS) amendments could saddle local institutions with operational and liability risks. CARF is a new standard for automatic tax information exchange for crypto asset users across borders, while CRS is the OECD’s existing automatic information exchange regime for traditional financial accounts. Read more

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed new laws creating licensed crypto exchanges and giving the central bank authority to approve tradable coins. Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed legislation establishing a regulatory framework for digital assets, including licensed cryptocurrency exchanges and granting the country’s central bank authority to approve which cryptocurrencies can be traded on regulated platforms. The legislation amends Kazakhstan’s banking and financial market laws, setting out new rules for the issuance and circulation of digital assets and introducing licensing requirements for crypto exchanges operating in the country, according to a government statement. The rules introduce a classification for digital assets, including stablecoins, assets backed by financial instruments and property, and financial instruments issued in electronic digital form. Read more

The privacy coin category posted gains amid a broad market sell-off, as experts cite growing demand for "defensive" assets.

Bitcoin faced the prospect of turning its $98,000 highs into a liquidity hunt as tariffs put new BTC price local lows back on the table next. Bitcoin (BTC) takes a beating as the new week begins with markets held hostage by global trade tariff uncertainty. Bitcoin dips below $92,000, but traders warn that a much deeper support retest is on the horizon. Tariffs take center stage again as analysis agrees that conditions will likely get worse before the risk-asset bull run continues. Read more

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly sparred with crypto reporter Eleanor Terrett this week after she questioned the exchange’s stance on crypto regulation, prompting an exchange that quickly spilled onto social media and reignited tensions between industry leaders and the broader community. Senate Banking postponed its planned Jan. 15 markup of the CLARITY Act, leaving timing […] The post Coinbase accused of “rug pull” as the White House weighs killing the CLARITY Act over yield appeared first on CryptoSlate.