Category: Peer to Peer

SharpLink has moved $170 million worth of Ether into restaking arrangements on Linea, using Anchorage Digital as its custody and staking partner, signalling a calculated effort to extract yield from a growing corporate Ethereum treasury while leaning on regulated infrastructure to manage risk.The deployment represents a defined slice of SharpLink’s wider Ethereum holdings, which the company has disclosed at about $2.7 billion in value. By placing a portion of those assets into restaking, SharpLink is seeking to earn incremental rewards

Solana Mobile plans to distribute its long-awaited SKR token on January 21, marking a significant step in the company’s effort to build a self-contained mobile ecosystem around blockchain applications. The token will be airdropped to users of the Seeker smartphone and to developers participating in Solana Mobile’s app environment, according to an announcement made on Wednesday.The launch places Solana Mobile at the centre of a growing push by blockchain networks to integrate tokens directly into consumer hardware. By tying SKR

Ripple has no plans to pursue a public listing in the near term, its president Monica Long has said, pushing back against market speculation that the blockchain payments company could tap equity markets following a surge in private valuations and growing institutional interest.Long said the San Francisco-based firm is focused on building products and expanding its global payments footprint rather than preparing for an initial public offering, despite estimates that place Ripple’s valuation around $40 billion in secondary markets. Speaking

Bitcoin failed to sustain momentum above the $95,000 level as heavy selling pressure from exchange-traded funds weighed on prices, reinforcing concerns that institutional appetite has cooled after months of aggressive inflows. The world’s largest cryptocurrency slipped back after multiple attempts to break through the psychological resistance, with total spot bitcoin ETF outflows amounting to about $243 million over several trading sessions, according to market data compiled from fund disclosures.The pullback followed a period of strong gains that had lifted bitcoin

RAKBANK has secured in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE to issue an AED-backed payment token, marking one of the clearest signals yet that regulated stablecoins are moving from concept to execution within the federation’s banking system.The Ras Al Khaimah-based lender said the approval allows it to proceed with development and testing of a dirham-denominated digital token designed for payments and settlement, subject to meeting the central bank’s final regulatory and operational requirements. The move places RAKBANK among

MEXC has launched a month-long promotional campaign aimed at boosting user engagement and trading volumes, unveiling its “Galaxy Quest” trading event with rewards of up to 1,000 USDT for eligible participants. The initiative, which began on January 2 and runs until January 29, 2026, underscores intensifying competition among global digital asset exchanges seeking to retain active traders amid shifting market conditions.The campaign offers users the chance to earn Star Voyage rewards by meeting defined trading milestones across selected products on

U. S President Donald Trump intensified geopolitical tensions by openly warning of possible military action against Colombia following a dramatic U. S. operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolas Maduro. Trump made the comments aboard Air Force One, accusing Colombian President Gustavo Petro of presiding over a “sick” government and suggesting Colombia could be targeted if illicit drug and security concerns were not addressed, remarks that have alarmed regional leaders and unsettled global financial markets.Trump’s declaration

Dogecoin advanced about 4% during early trading on Wednesday, outperforming several large-cap digital assets as speculative interest returned to the memecoin segment and a short-term “golden cross” signal emerged on technical charts. The move followed a broader rally across smaller tokens, driven by renewed retail participation and heavier trading volumes that analysts said could sustain gains if key price levels hold.The token, created as a parody cryptocurrency more than a decade ago, rose alongside peers such as Shiba Inu and

Bitcoin surged beyond the $91,000 mark as a broader rally lifted ether and dogecoin, with traders pointing to political developments tied to Venezuela and signals of possible United States involvement as catalysts for volatility across digital asset markets. The move underscored how geopolitical risk, alongside liquidity conditions and investor positioning, continues to shape price action in cryptocurrencies that are increasingly sensitive to macro and political cues.The advance placed bitcoin at a fresh high, extending a run that has drawn renewed

XRP has moved back into the top tier of digital assets by market value, overtaking Binance-linked BNB to reclaim fourth place among cryptocurrencies as trading momentum gathered pace and regulatory signals from Washington shifted. Data from major market trackers show the token’s market capitalisation pushing past that of BNB, leaving only Bitcoin and Ethereum ahead when stablecoins are excluded.The advance follows a sharp rally that lifted XRP prices through key technical levels, drawing renewed attention from institutional and retail traders.

Bitcoin has flashed a weekly “death cross”, a technical pattern that has coincided in earlier market cycles with deep drawdowns, prompting traders to reassess downside risk even as longer-term adoption narratives remain intact. The signal, formed when a shorter-term moving average slips below a longer-term one on a weekly chart, has historically preceded declines of 50% to 60% from local highs, according to widely tracked market data from past cycles.The pattern has re-emerged after months of choppy trading that followed

Bitcoin is trading within a narrow band at the start of 2026 after pulling back from the $110,000 zone, yet blockchain data and market activity point to mounting pressure beneath the surface. Large holders are adding to positions, exchange balances are thinning and derivatives markets are showing renewed engagement, a combination that has fuelled expectations of a potential double-digit move if key technical levels give way.The world’s largest cryptocurrency slipped from its late-year peak into a consolidation range that has

Ilya Lichtenstein, the convict at the centre of one of the largest bitcoin thefts in history, has walked free from federal custody ahead of his full sentence, publicly attributing his early release to the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform law enacted in 2018 under President Donald Trump. Lichtenstein’s abrupt return to civilian life after serving about 14 months of a five-year term for laundering nearly 120,000 bitcoins stolen from the Bitfinex exchange has reignited debate over sentencing practices

Iran has signalled that it is prepared to accept cryptocurrency as payment for advanced military hardware, a move that underscores Tehran’s efforts to widen its financial options under sanctions while raising fresh concerns among regulators and security analysts about the use of digital assets in global arms markets.Information published on a government-linked defence export website indicates that prospective buyers could settle contracts using cryptocurrencies for a range of systems, including missiles, armoured vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles. The listing, which

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have recorded an unprecedented $4.57 billion in net outflows over a two-month period, marking the sharpest withdrawal since spot products were approved and underscoring a shift in investor positioning after a steep correction in the digital asset’s price. The reversal follows a roughly 20% drop in bitcoin over the same window, testing the durability of institutional demand that had powered inflows earlier in the year.Data compiled from issuers and custodians show that redemptions accelerated across most US-listed

More than $110 billion in digital assets moved out of South Korea during 2025 as stringent trading restrictions and policy uncertainty pushed investors and firms to seek friendlier jurisdictions, according to estimates compiled from blockchain analytics, exchange disclosures and regulatory briefings. The scale of the outflows has sharpened debate in Seoul over how to balance market oversight with competitiveness at a time when global crypto activity is consolidating around clearer rulebooks.Financial authorities have acknowledged that tighter controls on leverage, advertising

XRP has moved ahead of BNB to claim the position of the world’s fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, marking a sharp shift in the digital-asset rankings during a period of heightened market activity. The token’s valuation has climbed to about $123 billion after prices advanced to the $2.02–$2.03 range, reflecting an intraday rise of roughly 8 per cent and outpacing gains among several large-cap peers.The change in rankings places XRP behind only Bitcoin, Ethereum and the US-dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether, while

Coinbase has said a former customer-support agent has been arrested in India following an investigation into a security breach that exposed limited user data on the US-based cryptocurrency exchange, marking a significant step in efforts to trace accountability for one of the platform’s most closely watched incidents.The exchange said the individual, who had worked for a third-party support contractor, was taken into custody by law-enforcement authorities in India after investigators established that access to internal systems had been misused for

Britain has begun enforcing a far-reaching set of crypto tax disclosure rules, marking one of the most significant shifts in oversight of digital assets to date. From 1 January 2026, authorities started applying the OECD’s Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, a global regime designed to close gaps that allowed gains from crypto trading to fall outside conventional tax reporting.The new framework requires cryptoasset service providers operating in or serving UK customers to collect and share detailed information on users’ transactions with HM

Tether has expanded its balance-sheet exposure to bitcoin with a purchase of close to $800 million worth of the cryptocurrency, lifting its total holdings to more than 96,000 tokens and reinforcing a strategy that ties the world’s largest stablecoin issuer more closely to the digital asset market.The acquisition, disclosed in company statements and blockchain data tracked by market analysts, forms part of Tether’s policy of allocating up to 15 per cent of its quarterly profits to bitcoin accumulation. At prevailing

El Salvador has signalled an ambitious push to fuse its Bitcoin experiment with a broader artificial intelligence drive by 2026, underscoring President Nayib Bukele’s intent to position the country as a technology-forward outlier in Latin America despite persistent scepticism from multilateral lenders and sections of the domestic business community.Government officials have framed the coming two years as a consolidation phase, building on the decision taken in 2021 to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender and on a series of digital economy

Mirae Asset is holding advanced discussions to acquire Korbit, one of South Korea’s earliest cryptocurrency exchanges, in a transaction valued between 100 billion and 140 billion won, according to people familiar with the matter. The talks underline a renewed push by established financial groups to position themselves for a potential rebound in digital asset trading and related services after a prolonged market downturn.The negotiations, which remain subject to due diligence and regulatory clearance, would mark one of the most significant

Price action across the two largest dog-themed memecoins has remained subdued as the market navigates a seasonal lull in participation, with traders pointing to thin liquidity and a largely technical backdrop rather than any shift in fundamentals. Dogecoin and Shiba Inu have moved within narrow ranges, reflecting a broader pause in risk-taking across crypto assets during the holiday period.Trading data from major exchanges show reduced volumes compared with early December, a pattern that market participants describe as typical for the

 Bitcoin could set a fresh all-time high in the first half of 2026, according to forward-looking projections outlined by digital asset manager Grayscale, which argues that a maturing market structure, institutional demand and macroeconomic tailwinds are aligning for another leg higher after the current cycle plays out.The outlook, published as part of Grayscale’s industry expectations for 2026, places Bitcoin’s next peak within the opening six months of that year, a timeframe that broadly corresponds with historical post-halving performance patterns. The