Day: January 22, 2026

Ex-Binance CEO ‘Talking with Probably a Dozen Governments‘ on Tokenization

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Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he is advising several governments on tokenizing state assets. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance and co-founder of YZi Labs, said he is in talks with “probably a dozen governments” about tokenizing their assets. Speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, Zhao said he had been engaged with several unnamed countries’ governments as part of efforts related to tokenization. The former CEO said tokenization…

Circle CEO Rejects Bank Run Fears Around Stablecoin Yield

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Jeremy Allaire, CEO of the publicly listed stablecoin issuer Circle, said interest payments on stablecoins do not pose a threat to banks. Speaking Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Allaire described concerns that stablecoin yields could cause bank runs as “totally absurd,” citing historical precedents and existing reward-based financial services already in use. “They help with stickiness, they help with customer traction,” Allaire said, adding that interest itself is not large enough to undermine monetary policy. Allaire’s comments came amid heated debate over stablecoin yields, including in discussions…

Chainlink acquires Atlas to power DeFi liquidation auctions across more blockchains

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Chainlink has acquired Atlas, the onchain order flow infrastructure developed by FastLane, as part of its effort to expand its oracle-based Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) recapture protocol, Chainlink SVR. The deal includes Atlas intellectual property and core personnel. Existing Atlas users will migrate to SVR, including those on the deprecated RedStone deployment. The integration brings Atlas’s production-tested liquidation auction technology into Chainlink SVR. DeFi protocols including Compound and Venus already use Atlas. The SVR protocol targets Oracle Extractable Value (OEV), enabling lending protocols to reclaim MEV from liquidations using Chainlink…

Cardano (ADA) News Today: January 22nd

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Check out the recent news and advancements surrounding Cardano’s ecosystem. Cardano has evolved into a complex ecosystem that extends far beyond its native token, ADA. In the following lines, we will observe and analyze the latest and most important developments. The Roadmap Last year, the Cardano Foundation announced the next evolution of its roadmap, which features six main points. Earlier this week, CEO Frederik Gregaard revealed that the team has reached the first milestone in the process. Specifically, the Cardano Foundation has delegated an additional 220 million ADA (worth…

Bitwise launches new ETF targeting Bitcoin, gold, and mining equities

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Bitwise Asset Management, in partnership with Proficio Capital Partners, has rolled out a new exchange-traded fund that provides exposure to Bitcoin, gold, silver, precious metals, and mining equities. The fund, called the Bitwise Proficio Currency Debasement ETF (BPRO), aims to help investors hedge against the declining purchasing power of fiat currencies, targeting a minimum 25% allocation to gold while adjusting exposures based on market conditions. “BPRO seeks to give investors a way to shield portfolios from the unstoppable train of reckless spending, rising deficits, and money printing by governments worldwide…

SpaceX taps Goldman, JPMorgan, BofA and Morgan Stanley to lead trillion-dollar IPO

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Elon Musk’s space and satellite giant is preparing for a 2026 public debut with potential valuation in the trillions, drawing top Wall Street firms. SpaceX is advancing toward a public offering in 2026, selecting Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley as lead advisers and underwriters for what could become one of the largest IPOs in history, according to a Financial Times report. The rocket maker and satellite operator founded by Elon Musk could seek to raise more than $25 billion, according to ongoing discussions. No final…

PayPal set to purchase Cymbio to expand AI chatbot commerce tools

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The Tel Aviv-based startup helps merchants expand product listings across AI chatbots. PayPal has agreed to acquire Cymbio, an Israeli platform that helps merchants sell products across AI chatbots, as the payments firm doubles down on agentic commerce. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition is expected to close in the first half of 2026. The move builds on PayPal’s October rollout of AI-powered tools designed to help businesses surface their catalogs across conversational platforms. Cymbio’s infrastructure will enhance PayPal’s offering by enabling seamless product integration…

Where Is BTC’s Floor if $90K Support Decisively Cracks?

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Bitcoin remains in a corrective phase after failing to sustain the recent breakout attempt above the mid-$90,000s. The price is trading back inside a broader consolidation that has contained the market since the sharp November sell-off, while momentum has cooled, and on-chain activity shows waning participation. The current structure is therefore best characterised as a range-bound market with a modest bearish tilt, where support levels are being tested rather than a fresh impulsive uptrend. Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily chart, BTC has been rejected from the…

Railway secures $100 million to expand AI-ready cloud platform

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Railway, a San Francisco-based full-stack cloud platform that has grown to two million developers without marketing, announced Thursday that it landed $100 million in Series B funding to scale its sub-second deployment platform amid rising demand for speed and efficiency in software development. The funding round was led by TQ Ventures and included participation from FPV Ventures, Redpoint, and Unusual Ventures. Prior to this round, the company had raised a total of $24 million, including a $20 million Series A from Redpoint in 2022. Improvements in AI coding are forcing…