Month: January 2026

BitMine Invests $200M In MrBeast’s Beast Industries

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BitMine Immersion Technology has agreed to invest $200 million in Beast Industries, the entertainment company founded by YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, in a deal that links one of crypto’s largest Ether holders with the world’s most-followed online creator. BitMine will make a $200 million equity investment into Beast Industries, the company announced on Thursday.  BitMine said the deal could significantly expand its mainstream visibility, given MrBeast’s reach across digital platforms. Donaldson runs the most-subscribed YouTube channel, with more than 450 million subscribers and billions of monthly…

Galaxy Digital Closes $75 Million Tokenized CLO on Avalanche

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Galaxy Digital has closed its first tokenized collateralized loan obligation (CLO), bringing private credit onto blockchain infrastructure. The deal, known as Galaxy CLO 2025-1, was issued on Avalanche and has financed roughly $75 million in loans so far, according to a Thursday announcement. The transaction is anchored by a $50 million allocation from Grove, an institutional credit protocol within the Sky ecosystem, formerly known as MakerDAO. “By uniting our strengths in debt capital markets, blockchain technology, and asset management, we’re opening a new avenue for institutional engagement in credit markets—one…

Bulls in Control as Long as XRP Maintains This Crucial Level

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XRP has bounced nicely with the rest of the market, but it’s still trading as a laggard rather than a leader. The latest push was strong enough to squeeze shorts and reset sentiment from extreme fear to neutral, yet the price is stalling right where you would expect sellers to defend: higher-timeframe resistance and key moving averages. XRPPrice Analysis: The USD Chart On the daily chart, XRPUSDT has pushed into the $2.00 resistance block and is struggling to hold above it after a sharp bounce off the $1.80 demand zone.…

Amazon Web Services inks landmark metal deal with mining giant Rio Tinto

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Key Takeaways Rio Tinto and AWS have announced a strategic copper partnership using breakthrough bioleaching technology. Bioleaching technology will extract copper with reduced carbon emissions and water usage compared to traditional methods. Share this article Amazon Web Services (AWS), a large-scale cloud hosting and online services provider, has entered into a two-year agreement with Nuton, the proprietary bioleaching venture of the mining giant Rio Tinto. AWS will become the first customer of copper produced using Nuton’s innovative bioleaching technology at the Johnson Camp mine. The copper will be used in…

AI Is Moving Faster in Crypto Trading but Humans Remain in Charge

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming embedded across crypto trading, accelerating analysis, execution and optimization processes previously handled by people. Investors and trading companies are being pushed to confront how much decision-making can be automated without diluting control, accountability or human judgment. Even as some projects are reaching for more autonomous trading systems, most AI tools in crypto remain tightly constrained. Humans still define strategies, set risk limits and take responsibility for outcomes, as machines take on much of the bandwidth used for data-heavy tasks, such as research and monitoring. Across…

Short Squeeze Hits Top 500 Cryptos, Traders Unwind Bearish Bets

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Cryptocurrency markets staged their largest short squeeze since the selloff in early October, as a rebound in prices forced bearish traders to unwind positions and fueled hopes of a broader recovery. Short liquidations across crypto futures and perpetual contracts climbed to about $200 million on Wednesday, the highest level since about $1 billion in short positions was wiped out during the October market crash, according to data shared by analytics firm Glassnode. The company said that it was the biggest short liquidation event across the 500 largest cryptocurrencies since the…

Universal Blockchains Buckle Under Real-World Demands

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Opinion by: Steven Pu, co-founder of Taraxa ​Across verticals, the same pattern shows up again and again, and it has nothing to do with decentralization. Businesses rush toward blockchain solutions to solve their daily operational nightmares — only to discover that Ethereum and Solana can’t actually address them. ​Consider a construction foreman who approved a last-minute design change over a quick phone call, only to get sued six months later when the customer says they never agreed to it. Or consider an equipment leasing company that watches its revenue share…

Bitcoin Enters ‘Very Bullish’ Zone as Large Holders Stack BTC

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Bitcoin has entered a very bullish green zone as whale accumulation contrasts sharply with continued selling from the smallest retail holders’ wallets. Bitcoin (BTC) climbed to a high of $97,800 on Wednesday even as global geopolitical tensions remained high, pushing its weekly gains to nearly 8%. Interestingly, on-chain data showed large holders increasing accumulation while smaller retail wallets reduced exposure. Whales Are Back According to the latest analysis shared by Santiment, whale and shark wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC have collectively accumulated a net 32,693 Bitcoin since…

Bitmine invests $200 million in MrBeast’s Beast Industries to expand DeFi and financial services integration

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Key Takeaways Bitmine Immersion Technologies invests $200 million in Beast Industries. The investment will close around January 19, 2026. Share this article Bitmine Immersion Technology, the world’s leading Ethereum treasury company, announced Thursday a $200 million equity investment into Beast Industries. The announcement comes ahead of Bitmine’s annual meeting scheduled for later today. The partnership will focus on exploring the integration of decentralized finance (DeFi) into MrBeast’s upcoming financial services platform to bridge the gap between digital assets and the creator economy. The deal, viewed as a significant endorsement of…

London Stock Exchange unveils blockchain-powered platform for cash and digital assets

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Key Takeaways LSEG launched a blockchain-powered settlement platform named Digital Settlement House (DiSH). The service aims to minimize settlement risk, improve liquidity management, and enable round-the-clock asset and margin management. Share this article London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has rolled out a blockchain-based settlement platform that lets financial institutions move real commercial bank money and settle assets instantly, 24/7, across both traditional and digital asset networks. The service, the Digital Settlement House (LSEG DiSH), enables near-instant payment-versus-payment (PvP) and delivery-versus-payment (DvP) settlement using commercial bank deposits. These deposits are recorded…