Month: January 2026

South Korea Will Allow Corporate Crypto Investment After 9 Years

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South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) is reportedly updating its guidelines to allow corporations to invest in digital assets after a nine-year ban.  Listed companies and professional investors will be able to invest up to 5% of their equity capital in crypto assets, reported local news outlet Seoul Economic Daily on Sunday.  According to the report, a senior FSC official familiar with the matter said the authorities will “release the final guidelines in January [or] February and allow virtual currency transactions for investment and financial purposes by legal entities.” The…

Silver hits fresh high above $84, gold breaks record after Trump flags possible action on Iran

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Key Takeaways Gold prices hit an all-time high due to geopolitical risks. Silver reached a new record of $84 per ounce, driven by investment and industrial demand. Share this article Precious metals advanced in the early hours of Monday as investors sought safety amid rising geopolitical tensions. Spot gold established a fresh high near $4,600, while silver scaled levels above $84, per TradingView. The rallies come as tensions between the US and Iran escalate amid Iranian domestic instability. The US is evaluating a range of punitive measures against the Middle…

Role Of Tether’s USDT Venezuela And Iran Highlights Duality Of Stablecoins

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Recent turmoil in Venezuela and Iran has again put the spotlight on the duality of stablecoins, with the US dollar-backed assets such as Tether acting as both a savior for embattled citizens and a tool for blacklisted entities to evade sanctions.  Both Venezuela and Iran have been catching headlines at the beginning of 2026 amid political uncertainty and civil unrest. With both facing a host of sanctions, inflation, political instability, and a cost-of-living crisis, crypto and stablecoins have become an important part of the ecosystem.  Iran’s stablecoin entanglement Iran has…

US Government Pressure Identified as a Leading Cause of Debanking

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The majority of debanking cases in the US are a result of government pressure, rather than individual banks’ policies, according to a new report from the American think tank the Cato Institute. Cato Institute analyst Nicholas Anthony explained in a report on Thursday that debanking could take several forms: religious or political, the idea that a financial institution closes accounts solely due to political or religious belief or affiliation; operational, when a bank chooses to close a customer’s account as it’s no longer in the bank’s interest; or government, when…

UK Lawmakers Push to Ban Crypto Political Donations

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Seven senior UK lawmakers have urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ban the use of crypto for political donations, arguing the assets help obscure foreign interference. Labour Party MPs who chair various parliamentary committees asked the government in a letter on Sunday to include a ban on crypto donations in an elections bill expected to be introduced later this month, according to reports in The Observer and The Guardian. Business and trade committee chair Liam Byrne, one of the letter’s signatories, said that political financing “must be transparent, traceable and…

Vitalik Wants Better Decentralized Stablecoins on Ethereum

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One of the inventors of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, argues that Ethereum needs better decentralized stablecoins to truly give people independence from the traditional financial system.  “We need better decentralized stablecoins,” Buterin said in a post to X on Sunday, in response to Gabriel Shapiro, a lawyer at crypto investment firm Delphi Labs, who said Ethereum is “tripling down on disrupting power to enable sovereign individuals.” However, Buterin said for this to happen, decentralized stablecoins need to address three problems. Three problems plaguing decentralized stablecoins One of the problems is that…

Solana (SOL) Accelerates Higher, All Eyes on a Key Upside Level

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Solana started a fresh increase above the $140 zone. SOL price is now consolidating above $140 and might aim for more gains above the $145 zone. SOL price started a fresh upward move above the $140 and $142 levels against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $140 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $138 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could extend gains if it clears the $145 resistance…

Powell says rate policy under threat after DOJ action against the Fed

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Key Takeaways Fed Chair Jerome Powell accuses the Department of Justice (DOJ) of using criminal charges to pressure the Fed’s monetary policy decisions. Grand jury subpoenas were issued to the Federal Reserve concerning Powell’s past Senate testimony, hinting at a potential criminal indictment. Share this article Fed Chair Jerome Powell has alleged that the Department of Justice is using criminal charges as a tool to pressure the central bank’s monetary policy decisions. In a statement issued on January 11, Powell said the central bank was served grand jury subpoenas by…

XRP Price Approaches Resistance, Setting Up a Make-or-Break Moment

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Crypto YouTube Views Crash To 2021 Lows Amid Bear Sentiment

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Viewership of crypto content on YouTube has declined to its lowest level since January 2021 following a sharp retreat over the past three months. On Sunday, ITC Crypto founder Benjamin Cowen shared a 30-day moving average of views across various crypto YouTube channels, highlighting the drop.  “So it’s not just X and an algorithm change,” he said regarding a similar fall in engagement across crypto channels on microblogging platform X. It has “collapsed across all platforms, and has had a noticeable local decline since just October,” commented crypto YouTuber Tom…