Month: January 2026

Metaplanet Resumes BTC Accumulation, Strategy and Tether Buy More, but Bitcoin Ended 2025 in Red: Weekly Crypto Recap

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The new year started with some positivitiy, but will it last? Despite the several consecutive all-time highs registered in 2025, bitcoin’s price ultimately closed below its starting price, which was the first such occasion in a post-halving year. The cryptocurrency’s price actions have been choppy and uncertain for several weeks. It dipped to a local low of $84,500 on December 19, shortly after the US CPI numbers for November came out, but quickly tightened its trading range. In the following ten days or so, it stood between $90,500 and…

How Crypto Regulations Are Changing in 2026

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Crypto laws around the world are changing in 2026, building on the momentum from 2025, which will impact crypto users in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), a US banking regulator, published a proposal in December outlining a pathway for banks to be able to issue dollar-pegged stablecoins under the GENIUS stablecoin framework passed by Congress in mid-2025. Under the proposal, banks must issue the stablecoins through a subsidiary, with both institutions subject to FDIC reviews and audits for…

Why Is the Shiba Inu (SHIB) Price Up Today?

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Is this the start of a huge rally or just a short-lived rebound? The second-biggest meme coin started the year on the right foot, with one analyst suggesting it may post an explosive pump in the near future. Nonetheless, some key factors hint that this could be a brief recovery that could soon be replaced by a renewed correction. SHIB Enters Green Territory The self-proclaimed Dogecoin killer pumped by 8% over the past 24 hours and is currently trading at around $0.000007593 (per CoinGecko’s data). Its market capitalization neared…

Tesla shares climb despite 16% drop in Q4 deliveries

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Key Takeaways Tesla delivered more than 418,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2025, down about 16% from the same period a year earlier. Despite the drop, Tesla shares moved slightly higher in early trading on Friday. Share this article Tesla shares rose about 1% early Friday after the automaker released fourth-quarter 2025 production and delivery results that came in below year-ago levels. The company reported 418,227 deliveries and 434,358 vehicles produced during the quarter, down about 16% year-over-year, while production fell 5.5%. For the full year, deliveries totaled 1.6…

The Top 5 Busiest Blockchains of 2025

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Onchain analytics firm Nansen ranked Solana, BNB Chain, Base, Tron and NEAR Protocol as the busiest blockchains in 2025. Solana led the pack with 23.01 billion transactions, while BNB Chain followed with 3.89 billion. Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 Base handled 3.29 billion for third, as Tron trailed with 3.22 billion and NEAR came in fifth with 1.89 billion. Even as 2025 was marked by institutional adoption, retail-focused use cases continued to dominate transaction volumes, particularly on blockchains with low fees and high throughput. Top five blockchains by activity in 2025. Source:…

BTCC Ends 2025 With $53.1 Billion in Tokenized RWA Futures Volume and 11M Users Despite Market-Wide Volatility

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[PRESS RELEASE – Vilnius, Lithuania, January 2nd, 2026] BTCC, the world’s longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, announced its Q4 2025 results, concluding a transformative year with over 11 million registered users globally and diversified offerings that positioned the platform for continued growth despite industry-wide market volatility. Diversification Strategy Validates During Market Headwinds While Q4’s crypto market downturn affected trading volumes across the entire industry, BTCC’s diversified product categories demonstrated exceptional resilience. The exchange processed $775 billion in total trading volume ($670 billion futures, $105 billion spot) while its tokenized real-world asset (RWA)…

JPEX crypto fraud case advances as prosecutors add new money laundering charges

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Key Takeaways Hong Kong prosecutors have charged Chu Ka-fai, an internet celebrity, with three additional counts of money laundering connected to the JPEX crypto fraud case. Chu is accused of laundering approximately HK$18.8 million through several banks between November 2020 and August 2023. Share this article Hong Kong prosecutors have added three new money laundering charges against Chu Ka-fai, a crypto influencer known as “Master Zhu,” in connection with the JPEX crypto fraud case, according to local reports. The 34-year-old defendant played a key role in promoting the JPEX crypto…

Privacy Among Digital Euro’s ‘Hardest Political Tradeoffs’

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Trade-offs between local institutions are expected to shape the digital euro’s final form, as debates continue over holding limits and privacy features. The EU Council recently announced that it is backing the European Central Bank’s digital euro design, which includes both online and offline functions. According to Apostolos Thomadakis, head of the financial markets and institutions unit at the European Policy Studies think tank, “cash-like privacy” with anti-money laundering rules is among the digital euro’s “hardest political tradeoffs.” He told Cointelegraph that he expects the European lawmakers and the ECB…

What Major Exchanges Like OKX Are Planning for 2026

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The cryptocurrency industry is growing under tighter rules, as large exchanges shape their next cycle around licenses and products built to withstand regulatory scrutiny. Instead of chasing explosive growth through speculative listings and high-leverage trading, the focus for 2026 is shifting toward sturdier foundations, such as tighter fiat ramps, compliant derivatives in more jurisdictions and building out stablecoin and tokenization rails. Cointelegraph spoke with Haider Rafique, global managing partner at OKX, to unpack how major exchanges are preparing for the year ahead.  OKX signals ambition to dominate licensed onshore crypto…