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Bitget EU expects MiCA approval in Austria by mid-2026 and plans a broker-led model with strict asset standards for European users. Bitget appointed former Bitpanda chief legal officer and prior KuCoin EU head Oliver Stauber as CEO of Bitget EU to lead the exchange’s Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) expansion and set up its new European headquarters in Vienna. The entity, which applied for a MiCA license in Austria in 2025, expects regulatory approval in the second quarter of 2026 and will not offer services in the European Economic Area (EEA) until authorization is granted, Stauber told Cointelegraph. He said that Bitget EU will ring‑fence EEA users from the offshore Bitget platform via Internet Protocol (IP) address detection and enhanced Know Your Customer (KYC) controls designed to prevent unlicensed entities from onboarding residents through geographic workarounds, marketing or reverse solicitation.  Read more

The ASA banned Coinbase adverts concluding they imply crypto could ease the country's cost-of-living crisis.

DeFi is still out of scope for DAC8 and CARF, but AML enforcement trends suggest that may not last, according to Taxbit’s Colby Mangels. The European Union’s new cryptocurrency tax reporting framework is built around what governments can immediately enforce, leaving decentralized finance (DeFi) outside its scope for now. A former Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) official who worked on the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) said that this gap is a deliberate focus and not a blind spot. “It doesn’t make sense to go to your grandma and ask her to give you all the tax reporting on crypto just because you happened to work with her over a certain period,” Colby Mangels, Taxbit’s global head of government solutions and a former OECD adviser, told Cointelegraph. “You really have to go to the intermediaries that are doing this as a business.” Read more

The US dollar slid to a four-year low, while gold and silver pushed deeper into record territory as Bitcoin attempted to recliam the $90,000 level. During the past day, the dollar index, a gauge of the greenback against major peers, touched 95.566, its weakest level since February 2022, after President Donald Trump dismissed concerns about […] The post Bitcoin will either join the Gold rush or succumb to a risk-off reality after the dollar plunge appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The FIDD token will run on Ethereum, serve institutional and retail users, and comply with the new GENIUS Act’s reserve rules.

Speculative capital is flowing into emerging tech opportunities, as progress with US crypto regulations continues to stall, limiting investor appetite for digital assets, Delphi Digital said. Speculative capital is increasingly flowing out of cryptocurrency markets and into other emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and robotics, according to research company Delphi Digital. Last year’s underperformance of most altcoin sectors shows that crypto is no longer the “default destination” for speculative capital seeking higher-risk opportunities, wrote Delphi Digital in a Wednesday X post. The trend illustrates that emerging tech opportunities may continue limiting investment into the wider cryptocurrency space, specifically from risk-hungry investors looking for the sectors with the highest risk-to-return profiles. Read more

Bitcoin and ether options worth billions of dollars are set to expire this Friday.

Analyst says BTC’s slowdown reflects prices running ahead of ETF-driven adoption, not a broken long-term thesis.

Ripple comes out with a big announcement aimed at businesses dealing with crypto treasuries and blockchain-based payments.

Bitcoin remains in a sensitive transition phase where higher-timeframe structure is still corrective, while lower-timeframe price action shows signs of stabilization. Recent rebounds have improved short-term sentiment, but the market has yet to deliver the kind of impulsive strength required to confirm a broader bullish continuation. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily […]

[PRESS RELEASE – Nicosia, Cyprus, January 26th, 2026] Cryptocurrency betting platform eliminates account restrictions while expanding multi-blockchain support 1xBit launched Platform 2.0, bringing major improvements to its cryptocurrency deposit system and removing the five-account limit that previously restricted users. No More Account Limits The biggest change removes the old five-account restriction. Now there are no […]

Bitcoin and Ethereum rise as traders brace for Fed's first 2026 rate decision—will Powell's labor concerns hint at March cuts or delay easing?

The crypto market is up today. BTC rose 1.7% to $89,419, and ETH is up 3.8% to $3,020. ETH is trading in a key zone. “Next move hinges on this level.” The post Why Is Crypto Up Today? – January 28, 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Physical co-location and nanosecond advantages end as alpha shifts onchain. High-frequency trading firms own blockchain infrastructure. Opinion by: Annabelle Huang, co-founder and CEO of Altius Labs For centuries, the world’s traders and speculators have pursued one thing above all else: alpha. Not just returns, but an edge — a structural advantage that lets them capture value before everyone else. In modern times, they’ve achieved this through speed and precision, often beating the competition by mere nanoseconds. As markets migrate to blockchain rails, however, the nature of alpha itself is shifting. Future alpha won’t come from co-locating servers next to an exchange or shaving nanoseconds off fiber routes. Rather, it will emerge from using onchain infrastructure in unique ways. Read more

WisdomTree adds Solana to its tokenized fund lineup, citing transaction speed as it expands a regulated multi-chain strategy. American asset management company WisdomTree said on Wednesday that it is expanding its tokenized funds onto the Solana network as part of its “multi-chain deployment strategy.” The exchange-traded product issuer said the strategic expansion enables both institutional and retail users to “mint, trade, and hold WisdomTree’s full suite of tokenized funds on Solana, supporting the growth of on-chain offerings.” All of the company’s tokenized funds — including money market, equities, fixed income, alternatives, and asset allocation — can now be traded on Solana. Read more

Cactus Custody has rolled out an institutional MPC self-custody platform that keeps clients in control while connecting to Chainalysis and Notabene for AML/KYT and Travel Rule support. CEO Daniel Lee has said the system can work too with other onchain analytics vendors and USDC workflows via Circle. The post Cactus Custody Pushes MPC Self-Custody – Full Control, But Compliance Is the Catch appeared first on Cryptonews.

Tether increases physical gold holdings to 130 metric tons while Coinbase promotes futures trading as Bitcoin lags and gold tops $5,300 per ounce. As gold prices surged to $5,300 this week, Tether and Coinbase — the two companies behind the world’s largest US dollar stablecoins — are taking different approaches to gaining exposure to the precious metal. Spot gold climbed above $5,300 per ounce on Wednesday, posting a record high of $5,311 at 3:30 am UTC, according to TradingView data. Amid the rally, Tether, issuer of USDt (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin, doubled down on its gold accumulation, while Coinbase, a key partner in the USDC (USDC) stablecoin consortium, promoted access to gold futures on its platform. Read more

The firm is "reallocating resources to AI-focused roles," amid mounting concern around the technology's impact on the tech workforce.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation spent 2025 building infrastructure for extended trading hours, targeting a 24×5 schedule that would keep US markets open from Sunday night through Friday evening with brief daily maintenance windows. Nasdaq filed plans for 23-hour trading days. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced it has developed a tokenized securities platform that is […] The post The big lie about 24-hour trading ignores the $4.5 billion crypto market that never actually closes its doors appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Financial Services Commission chief says ownership limits are still under negotiation as lawmakers debate the Digital Asset Basic Act ahead of a mid-February deadline. South Korea’s top financial regulator said crypto exchanges should face ownership limits similar to those applied to securities markets, signaling a harder public stance on governance reforms under the country’s proposed Digital Asset Basic Act. According to a report by The Korea Times, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chair Lee Eog-weon said licensed crypto exchanges should no longer be treated as ordinary private companies but as entities with public-infrastructure characteristics.  Lee’s comments come as the FSC reviews a proposal to cap major shareholders’ stakes in crypto exchanges at around 15% to 20%, a measure that has drawn resistance from exchange operators and raised concerns within the ruling Democratic Party. Read more