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Sacks believes the divide between banking and crypto industries will disappear, with banks potentially seeing stablecoin issuance as a way to enter the market.

Ethereum is currently reporting the highest daily network growth in its history, a statistical surge that ostensibly signals a massive return of user activity. Over the past week, the Ethereum mainnet processed 2.9 million transactions, a new all-time high according to Token Terminal data. This activity was accompanied by a sharp jump in daily active […] The post How an industrial-scale scam is driving Ethereum transactions to record highs because of cheap gas fees appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin joined stocks in a relief bounce as US President Donald Trump hinted at new legislation "very soon" and a doubling of the Dow Jones. Bitcoin (BTC) sought a $90,000 reclaim around Wednesday’s Wall Street open as US President Donald Trump pledged to sign pro-crypto legislation. Key points: Trump breathes modest gains into BTC price action with his World Economic Forum speech. Read more

The crypto industry assumes institutions discover products the way retail traders do: stumbling across them on Twitter, experimenting quickly, and iterating in public. But that's not how asset allocators at pension funds or family offices operate, argues Dean Khan Dhillon, head of growth at RWA.xyz.

The launchpad that set up every major SHIB bull run may have been confirmed again – this could be the moment that Shiba Inu price predictions flip bullish.  The post Shiba Inu Price Prediction: SHIB Confirms Life-Long Launchpad – Is This the Bottom Dip Buyers Have Waited For? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto’s move into banks and state-backed systems is accelerating a clash between financial privacy and public ledger design, said Aleo’s Yaya Fanusie. Financial privacy is becoming the next structural battle in crypto, and neither governments nor the technology are fully prepared for mass digital surveillance or large-scale privacy. Institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies is accelerating, as more banks and payments companies test blockchain for settlements, but the technology itself exposes transaction data to the public. “What people are not comfortable with is having their transactions broadcast to the entire world,” Yaya Fanusie, head of global policy at Aleo Network and a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) economic and counterterrorism analyst, told Cointelegraph. Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he supported efforts to legislate crypto because of the political support he received for doing so.

The expansion comes as tokenized real-world assets continue to gain traction across crypto markets.

Aave hands stewardship of Lens Protocol to Mask Network, shifting the decentralized social platform’s focus from infrastructure toward consumer adoption and ecosystem growth. The post Aave Hands Lens to Mask Network, Doubles Down on DeFi Ambitions appeared first on Cryptonews.

Analyst Lance Vitanza noted the role of the company’s preferred equity in last week’s $2.1 billion bitcoin purchase.

Trump said U.S. prepares to negotiate to acquire Greenland that will not pose threat to NATO.

XRP remains in a corrective phase within the broader crypto market, with recent volatility failing to alter the prevailing medium-term downtrend. The price action across both the USD and BTC pairs continues to trade below key moving averages, indicating that strength in early January has so far been contained within a larger distribution structure rather […]

Solana economist Max Resnick is OK with making enemies in the pursuit of what he thinks is the optimal course of action for ETH and SOL.

Sui (SUI) was also an underperformer, down 1.6% from Tuesday.

A court in Guernsey, a self-governing British finance hub, upheld a German forfeiture order linked to crypto fraud proceeds.

The Butterfly app goes live in partnership with Crypto.com, Moonpay and Blockdaemon.

Ethereum remains in a corrective phase after rejection from the mid-$3,000 region, with the price rolling over on both the daily and 4-hour timeframes while on-chain data continues to show structural supply leaving exchanges. The combination of short-term technical weakness and longer-term constructive on-chain positioning creates a context where further downside or sideways action in […]

One of Argentina's longest‑running exchanges, Ripio, is betting on local currency stablecoins and tokenized bonds to drive a decade‑long boom in tokenized money across Latin America. Argentine exchange Ripio is leaning into local currency stablecoins and tokenized bonds as CEO Sebastián Serrano braces for what he expects to be a “lateralized” or down year for crypto in 2026 — but a decade-long boom for stablecoins.  Founded in 2013, Ripio has shifted from a pure retail exchange into a B2B infrastructure provider serving banks, fintechs, and big platforms like Mercado Libre (Latin America’s answer to Amazon).  The exchange now offers a range of local fiat-backed stablecoins, including the Argentine peso‑pegged wARS, the Brazilian real-pegged wBRL, the Mexican peso-pegged wMXN and a tokenized version of Argentina’s most‑traded sovereign bond, AL30, which Serrano says traded “more than a million units” on the Sunday of the last Argentinian election in October, 2025. Read more

The Bank of Italy's Fabio Panetta said stablecoins can only play a complementary role in the monetary system, arguing that their stability depends on fiat currency pegs. Commercial bank money is likely to become fully digital in the future, alongside central bank money, according to Fabio Panetta, the governor of Italy’s central bank, Banca d’Italia. Panetta made the remarks on Wednesday while addressing the executive committee of Italy’s banking association. According to a report by Reuters, Panetta said both digital commercial bank money and central bank money would continue to anchor the monetary system, while stablecoins would only play a complementary role.  He added that the stability of stablecoins ultimately depends on their peg to traditional currencies, limiting their ability to function independently in the financial system. Panetta's comments came during a broader discussion on payments, financial infrastructure and geopolitical uncertainty.  Read more

The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders.