Crypto

Your day-ahead look for Jan. 23, 2026

Restaking yields come from token emissions and VC incentives, not productive activity. Complex models concentrate power among large operators, while compounding risk cascades. Opinion by: Laura Wallendal, co-founder and CEO of Acre Restaking is often heralded as the next big thing in decentralized finance (DeFi) yields, but behind the hype lies a precarious balancing act. Validators are stacking responsibilities and slashing risks, incentives are misaligned, and much of the $21 billion in total value locked (TVL) is held by a handful of whales and venture capitalists rather than the broader market. Let’s break down why restaking lacks real product-market fit and how it compounds more risk than it yields. Most importantly, we need to confront the uncomfortable questions: Who profits when the system fails, and who is left holding the risk? Read more

I keep thinking about the kind of person who owns a little Bitcoin tucked away for the future, a little gold tucked away for the past. They are usually calm people; they do not trade headlines, they do not care about the daily noise, and they just want something solid on both sides of the […] The post Bitcoin is bleeding against gold’s record breakout but a “power law” slip hints at a $324k price snapback appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The exchange confirmed it has applied for regulatory approval under the MiCA regime, part of a broader effort to regain footing in major markets.

Peter Schiff claimed Bitcoin is now one of Wall Street’s worst-performing assets, renewing his long-running criticism.

Ethereum’s daily active addresses climbed above major layer-2 networks in January as lower fees revived on-chain activity.

[PRESS RELEASE – Toronto, Canada, January 23rd, 2026] LISTA DAO CLOSES 2025 WITH STRONG GROWTH AND MAJOR PRODUCT MILESTONES Closing out 2025, Lista DAO finalized a series of major product developments, including Smart Lending, a native Swap interface, and Fixed-Rate Borrowing. Rolled out toward the end of the year, these additions cap a period of […]

NBA veteran Tristan Thompson launched basketball.fun, a new prediction market platform that turns top athletes into tradable assets.

Bitcoin and ether were little changed alongside softer U.S. equity futures as investors leaned risk-off. Some altcoins bucked the trend due to thin liquidity.

The hardware wallet firm is following BitGo in tapping U.S. public markets, amid renewed crypto investor appetite.

Decentralized social network Farcaster remains operational after its acquisition by Neynar and confirmed plans to return $180 million in capital to investors. Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero moved to quell speculation about the project’s future, saying the protocol is not shutting down following its acquisition by infrastructure provider Neynar. Farcaster is a decentralized social networking protocol that allows developers to build interoperable social apps where users own their identities, social graphs and connections onchain rather than being locked into a single platform. In a post addressing the community, Romero said Farcaster remains operational and continues to see meaningful usage, citing its 250,000 active monthly users in December and more than 100,000 funded wallets. Read more

Bitcoin's profit cycle has turned negative for the first time since 2023, suggesting that BTC is transitioning into a bear market Bitcoin’s (BTC) drop below $90,000 has pushed onchain profitability metrics into the negative territory, signaling BTC’s entry into a bear market, new research revealed. Data from TradingView showed that Bitcoin price action had established a new range on lower time frames, and market observers were watching the key support levels below. Key takeaways: Read more

The proposal seeks to place abandoned digital assets under state custody, allowing staking rewards to flow into a reserve fund.

The fintech company believes a de novo banking license under the Trump administration will be faster than acquiring an existing bank, avoiding the need to maintain physical branches.

The scheme distributed drugs as counterfeit pharmaceutical pills throughout New Jersey, with eight co-defendants already pleading guilty.

Changpeng Zhao spoke at the World Economic Forum's 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos this week, his first appearance on the official programme since Binance's 2023 US settlement and his subsequent guilty plea, prison sentence, and presidential pardon. The listing placed him squarely in WEF's “New Era for Finance” track, including a session titled “Where Are […] The post From prison to Davos, pardoned Binance founder CZ exposes a $33 trillion secret the global elite can’t hide anymore appeared first on CryptoSlate.

This week's redemptions reached the highest level since November, a signal that often marks a local bottom in the price of bitcoin.

The proposal would fund the reserve with unclaimed crypto and staking rewards rather than direct state Bitcoin purchases. Lawmakers in the US state of Kansas are considering a bill that would create a state-managed Bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund funded through unclaimed property rather than direct purchases of cryptocurrency. ​Kansas Senate Bill 352, introduced by Senator Craig Bowser on Wednesday, would establish a “Bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund” in the state treasury, administered by the state treasurer.  The fund would consist of airdrops, staking rewards and interest earned on abandoned digital assets held under Kansas’ unclaimed property law.  Read more

Bitcoin trades near $89.5K as a 2-day death cross and bear flag raise downside risk, with analysts eyeing $60K–$40K targets.

Binance applied for a MiCA license in Greece shortly after France flagged the exchange as still unlicensed under MiCA ahead of June compliance deadlines. Binance submitted an application for authorization under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) in Greece as regulators warn of looming compliance deadlines. A Binance spokesperson confirmed to Cointelegraph on Friday that the exchange had filed for a MiCA license in Greece and was working with the country’s financial regulator, the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC). “We welcome the opportunity to work closely with the HCMC as this new regulation takes shape in the EU and look forward to contributing to the long-term growth of the EU’s digital financial ecosystem,” the exchange’s representative said. Read more