Month: January 2026

Banks Fear Stablecoin “Bank Run”, Regulators See No Impact

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Banks warn stablecoins — especially those paying yield — could pull deposits out of the banking system, but policy and finance experts say there’s little evidence of that so far. Major US bank Standard Chartered recently estimated in a research note that stablecoin growth could drain bank deposits. The report estimates “that US bank deposits will decrease by one-third of stablecoin market cap,” which currently stands at $308.15 billion according to DeFiLlama data. The debate has intensified as US lawmakers weigh whether to prohibit interest on stablecoin holdings under a…

Fidelity set to debut FIDD stablecoin on Ethereum next month

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Fidelity Investments is set to roll out its first stablecoin on Ethereum in early February, CoinDesk reported Wednesday. The token, called the Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), will be fully backed by reserves and available to both institutional and retail clients through Fidelity platforms and major crypto exchanges. The rollout follows the passage of the GENIUS Act, which provides the regulatory clarity needed to launch a production-ready stablecoin. Building on prior testing and its digital assets services, the move is expected to expand Fidelity’s blockchain-based financial offerings, including tokenized money-market funds.…

Speculative Capital Flows To Robotics, AI, From Crypto: Delphi Digital

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Speculative capital is increasingly flowing out of cryptocurrency markets and into other emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and robotics, according to research company Delphi Digital. Last year’s underperformance of most altcoin sectors shows that crypto is no longer the “default destination” for speculative capital seeking higher-risk opportunities, wrote Delphi Digital in a Wednesday X post. “Crypto isn’t just competing with other crypto anymore. It’s competing with every exponential technology narrative vying for speculative dollars.” The trend illustrates that emerging tech opportunities may continue limiting investment into the wider cryptocurrency space,…

Top Bitcoin Mining Stocks Soar Over US Winter Storm Hashrate Decline

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Bitcoin mining stocks saw a significant bump on Wednesday after the US winter storm forced some companies to wind down operations, leading to lower block competition and more profitable mining operations. Shares of several major mining companies posted double-digit gains over the past 24 hours. TeraWulf rose about 11%, Iren Limited gained roughly 14%, and Cipher Mining climbed around 13%, according to data from Barchart. The rally occurred days after the Bitcoin network’s hashrate sank to a seven-month low of 663 exahashes per second (EH/s) on Sunday, a 40% drop…

EU’s DeFi Tax Gap Won’t Last Forever, Says Ex-OECD Official

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The European Union’s new cryptocurrency tax reporting framework is built around what governments can immediately enforce, leaving decentralized finance (DeFi) outside its scope for now. A former Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) official who worked on the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) said that this gap is a deliberate focus and not a blind spot. “It doesn’t make sense to go to your grandma and ask her to give you all the tax reporting on crypto just because you happened to work with her over a certain period,”…

NYSE-listed health tech firm holds $18M in Bitcoin, Ethereum

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SRx Health Solutions, an NYSE-listed digital healthcare company, announced today it has expanded its digital treasury holdings to $18 million across Bitcoin and Ethereum following an additional Bitcoin purchase. The Toronto-based company said the investment was executed using internally developed models designed to preserve long-term optionality under volatile market conditions. SRx said the crypto allocation is part of a broader capital strategy that deploys excess liquidity into assets, including publicly traded securities like Opendoor, digital assets, and commodities such as gold and silver that management considers undervalued. SRx noted that…

Bitcoin ETFs Hit a ‘Pivot’ Amid Reports of New Buyer Surge

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Bitcoin ETF investors contend with price dropping to their aggregate entry level, but a crypto executive claims new institutions are lining up. Bitcoin (BTC) institutional investors face a test of “conviction” as exchange-traded fund (ETF) holdings tumble by $6 billion. Key points: Bitcoin ETF investors now face falling into aggregate loss on their holdings. Net ETF holdings drop by over 8% versus all-time highs in a “psychological pivot” point. New ETF buyers are on the horizon, a crypto industry executive claims. BTC price lingers near ETF realized price New research…

$159 billion WisdomTree brings full suite of tokenized funds to Solana

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Global asset manager WisdomTree, with about $159 billion under management, is rolling out its full suite of tokenized funds on Solana as it broadens access to regulated digital assets for retail and institutional investors, according to a Wednesday press release. The expansion allows users of WisdomTree Connect and WisdomTree Prime to access tokenized money market, equities, fixed income, alternatives, and asset allocation funds natively on Solana. The company also offers a stablecoin conversion service for USDC and PYUSD. The move is part of WisdomTree’s push to deepen its presence in…

WisdomTree Expands Tokenized Funds To Solana Blockchain

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American asset management company WisdomTree said on Wednesday that it is expanding its tokenized funds onto the Solana network as part of its “multi-chain deployment strategy.” The exchange-traded product issuer said the strategic expansion enables both institutional and retail users to “mint, trade, and hold WisdomTree’s full suite of tokenized funds on Solana, supporting the growth of on-chain offerings.” All of the company’s tokenized funds — including money market, equities, fixed income, alternatives, and asset allocation — can now be traded on Solana. WisdomTree already has a range of tokenized…

The Next Alpha Is Onchain

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Opinion by: Annabelle Huang, co-founder and CEO of Altius Labs For centuries, the world’s traders and speculators have pursued one thing above all else: alpha. Not just returns, but an edge — a structural advantage that lets them capture value before everyone else. In modern times, they’ve achieved this through speed and precision, often beating the competition by mere nanoseconds. As markets migrate to blockchain rails, however, the nature of alpha itself is shifting. Future alpha won’t come from co-locating servers next to an exchange or shaving nanoseconds off fiber…