Month: January 2026

Bitcoin Price Shows Early Signs of a Pullback After Recent Run

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Bitcoin price started a fresh increase above $92,500. BTC is now correcting some gains and might revisit the $90,500 support zone. Bitcoin started a fresh increase above the $92,000 zone. The price is trading above $92,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $93,750 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might continue to move up if it stays above the $90,500 zone. Bitcoin Price Faces Resistance Bitcoin price remained supported above the…

Strategy stock soars as MSCI pauses plan to drop digital asset treasury firms

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Key Takeaways Strategy, previously MicroStrategy, saw a post-market stock increase. MSCI decided not to remove digital asset treasury firms from its indexes. Share this article Shares of Strategy (MSTR) rose over 6% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after MSCI said it would not proceed with a proposal to remove digital asset treasury companies (DATCOs) from its benchmark indexes in the February 2026 review. MSTR fell about 4% on Tuesday to close near $158, leaving the stock roughly 67% below its July 2025 peak of $434, per Yahoo Finance. The stock…

Community Banks Want GENIUS Act Yield ‘Loophole’ Closed

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A group of US community bankers is pressuring Congress to change the GENIUS Act to close a supposed “loophole” that allows yield-generating stablecoins to undercut banks. The American Bankers Association’s Community Bankers Council said in a letter on Monday to the Senate that it must tighten the stablecoin regulating bill passed last year to stop stablecoin issuers from offering yield to tokenholders through third parties. “Some companies have exploited a perceived loophole allowing stablecoin issuers to indirectly fund payments to stablecoin holders through digital asset exchanges and other partners,” the…

Bitchat Dev Says App Can’t Be Blocked in Uganda

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One of the developers of Jack Dorsey’s decentralized messaging app Bitchat has cast doubt on Uganda’s threat to shut down the app ahead of the country’s presidential election. On Monday, the Uganda Communications Commission executive director, Nyombi Thembo, said his team has the technical know-how to turn off Bitchat. Bitchat leverages Bluetooth mesh networks, enabling encrypted communication without the need for an internet connection.  It saw a huge rise in downloads last week after opposition leader Bobi Wine encouraged locals to install the app in case the government shuts down…

Bitcoin’s Rally Stopped at $95K, Ripple’s XRP Surges by Double Digits: Market Watch

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RENDER and SUI have surged the most today from the top 100 alts. Bitcoin’s price rally since the start of the new year took the asset to a new multi-week peak of just under $95,000, where it faced an immediate rejection and now trades over a grand below that line. Many altcoins have produced even more impressive daily gains. Ripple’s XRP stands out from the larger caps. BTC Stopped at $95K The primary cryptocurrency entered 2026 at around $88,000 after ending last year in the red. Following a rather…

Riot Platforms sells $161 million in Bitcoin, trimming its holdings to 18,005 BTC

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Key Takeaways Riot Platforms sold 1,818 Bitcoin in December for around $161 million. The company currently holds 18,005 BTC worth $1.7 billion. Share this article Riot Platforms, a Bitcoin mining and data center company, sold 1,818 Bitcoin in December 2025 for approximately $161 million, reducing its total holdings to 18,005 Bitcoin, valued at $1.7 billion at current market prices. The sale represents part of the company’s ongoing strategy to fund operational expansions through Bitcoin liquidation. Riot has historically utilized Bitcoin sales and stock offerings as part of its business financing…

XRP Breaks Structure With Power — Now The Real Test Begins At $2.41

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JINDOGE (JINDO) Unveils a Solana-Based Meme Project Evolved into an AI K-POP Idol

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[PRESS RELEASE – Hong Kong, China, January 6th, 2026] JINDOGE (JINDO), a Solana-based meme project, has been officially unveiled as a Web3 project expanded into an AI K-POP idol concept, inspired by the Korean Jindo dog—one of Korea’s native breeds. Moving beyond the traditional scope of meme coins, JINDOGE aims to establish itself as a next-generation digital idol project by combining AI-generated content, community participation, and a culturally rooted narrative. JINDOGE as an AI K-POP Idol JINDOGE operates as an AI-powered character that continuously creates music lyrics, compositions, and vocal…

Same XRP Setup That Led To Over 1,000% Increase In 2017 Is Playing Out Again

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XRP has shown a notable uptick in price action in the past 48 hours as XRP’s price pushed higher from below $2 at the beginning of the year, but it now finds itself trading near the $2.40 region.  Interestingly, this recent push is more than just a bounce, especially as a longer-term chart structure shows comparisons with XRP’s behavior ahead of its 2017 breakout. How The 2017 Structure Unfolded Before The Surge Technical analysis of XRP’s current price action on the weekly candlestick timeframe chart shows that the cryptocurrency is…

Morgan Stanley Submits SEC Filings for BTC and SOL Funds

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The banking giant has been a long-term BTC supporter. It has been almost two years since the launch of the first spot Bitcoin ETF in the United States, and the field could soon become even more competitive with the entrance of Morgan Stanley. The banking behemoth has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to launch exchange-traded funds tracking the performance of BTC, and also Solana’s SOL. The report by Reuters indicated that most US banks have completely changed their views on the digital asset industry ever…