Day: January 21, 2026

Bitcoin ‘Strong Support’ Gets a Macro Boost From Trump WEF Speech

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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: US President Donald Trump breathes modest gains into BTC price action with his World Economic Forum speech. Pro-crypto legislation is back on the table in US, but Japanese bond issues temper market enthusiasm. Bitcoin setting new 2026 lows may be “good” in the long term, says analysis. Trump promises crypto legislation “very soon” Data from TradingView showed daily BTC price gains reaching 1.7% as Trump took to…

Crypto’s Next Battle Is Privacy: Regulators Face Chicken-Egg Dilemma

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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. “That…

Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks says banks will fully embrace crypto once market structure bill passes

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David Sacks predicted that banks would fully embrace crypto once crypto market structure legislation is approved. “I think what’s going to happen is that after market structure passes, the banks are going to get fully into the crypto industry. So we’re not going to have a separate banking industry and crypto industry. It’s going to be one digital assets industry,” Sacks said in a CNBC interview today. The White House crypto czar urged both the crypto industry and the banking sector to compromise on the stablecoin yield issue to advance…

Ripple Price Prediction: What Is XRP’s Next Move After 11% Weekly Decline?

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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 than establishing a sustained trend reversal. Ripple Price Analysis: The USDT Pair On the XRP/USDT pair, the sharp rejection from the $2.40 resistance block and the declining 100-day and 200-day moving averages have pushed the…

Ripio CEO Bets on Local Stablecoins in Latin America

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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 its own dollar stablecoin, Criptodólar (UXD), and a new range of local fiat-backed stablecoins, including the Argentine…

Injective Introduces the INJ Supply Squeeze to Bolster Token Scarcity

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The INJ Supply Squeeze will work alongside existing deflationary tools, such as the Community BuyBack. Layer-1 blockchain Injective has taken another step to make its native cryptocurrency, INJ, more deflationary than it already is. After a unanimous 99.89% vote in support of a proposal, dubbed IIP-617 (INJ Supply Squeeze), the blockchain development team unveiled the new tool to double down on its deflationary measures. The INJ Supply Squeeze Since its mainnet debut in 2021, Injective has explored various ways to make INJ scarce and potentially boost its value. Shortly…

Bank of Italy Governor Says Bank Money May Become Tokenized

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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,…

Coinbase CEO And Central Bank Governor Clash Over Trust At WEF

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The long-running tension between central banks and Bitcoin resurfaced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where senior executives and policymakers debated regulation versus innovation in digital finance. Trust in money must come from regulated public institutions rather than private crypto issuers, French central bank Governor François Villeroy de Galhau said during a panel titled “Is Tokenization the Future?” on Wednesday. “The guarantee for trust is independence on the central bank side,” Galhau said, adding: “I trust more independent central banks with a democratic mandate than private issuers of Bitcoin.”…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns AI adoption is happening faster than society can keep up

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Rapid AI integration may outpace societal adaptation, necessitating collaborative retraining efforts to mitigate job displacement and unrest. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that AI adoption is moving faster than society can adapt, saying governments and businesses may need to work together on retraining programs and income support to ease the transition. “I do think it may go too fast for society,” Dimon said at a World Economic Forum panel discussion in Davos. “And if it goes too fast for society, that’s where government and business and the collaborative ways to…

Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs See Heavy Outflows Amid Macro Uncertainty

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Spot Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) faced heavy outflows on Tuesday, as macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty continued to weigh on markets. Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs recorded $483.4 million in daily outflows, with the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC) leading the selling at $160.8 million, followed by Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) at $152 million, according to data from SoSoValue. Spot Ether (ETH) ETFs posted $230 million in net outflows, ending a five-day streak of positive flows, with BlackRock’s ETHA seeing $92.3 million exit. Spot XRP (XRP) ETFs also…