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US Bank Lobby Makes Stablecoin Yield Restrictions a Top 2026 Priority

The American Bankers Association (ABA), a leading financial body in the United States, says that yield-paying stablecoins are a major concern in 2026. As the group says, stablecoins giving interest could take away funds from traditional banks and destabilize the financial system, prompting a debate between banks and the crypto

January 23, 2026 2 mins read

Kansas Bill Aims to Establish Bitcoin and Digital Asset Reserve Fund

Kansas legislators have submitted Senate Bill 352, a legislative bill that proposes the creation of a Bitcoin and Digital Asset Reserve Fund in the Kansas State Treasury. This is a major move in the way that the U.S. government can potentially deal with cryptocurrencies under government financial laws. Senate Bill

January 23, 2026 2 mins read

Coinbase Pushback Delays Crypto Market Structure Bill in Senate

Coinbase’s withdrawal from the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act effort is leading to a degree of political backlash in Washington, and the crypto regulation bill currently deemed to have the most potential is losing steam. It is indicative of how easy it is for crypto regulation wins to slip through

January 23, 2026 3 mins read

Vitalik Buterin Calls 2026 a Turning Point for Self-Sovereign Computing

Vitalik Buterin has declared 2026 as the year pf turing point that reclaims self‑sovereign computing. As he outlines a personal digital shift from centralized platforms toward encrypted, open‑source, and locally hosted tools, which give users control over their data. Vitalik Buterin wrote about technological changes he made to reduce the

January 23, 2026 2 mins read

Circle CEO Says USDC Is Financial Infrastructure, Not a Rival to Visa or Mastercard

The Chief Executive Officer of Circle, Jeremy Allaire, mentioned that USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, was meant to operate independently from other traditional payments technology companies like Visa and Mastercard. In his speech on CNBC’s Squawk Box during the recently concluded Economic Forum held in Davos, Allaire

January 23, 2026 2 mins read

Binance Applies for MiCA Licence in Greece Ahead of EU Deadline

Binance has recently submitted an application to authorise under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) in Greece as regulators alert of emerging compliance deadlines.  The spokesperson of Binance acknowledged that the exchange had filed for a MiCA licence in Greece and was working with the financial regulator of

January 23, 2026 2 mins read

Indian Rupee Records a Low Against US Dollar, Will Crypto Market be Affected?

The Indian Rupee (₹) just hit a new low against the US dollar ($), triggering anticipation if the Indian crypto market will feel the heat. The central bank has stepped in 2 times but the national currency continues to note depreciation at the moment. Nevertheless, India remains the top adopter

January 23, 2026 3 mins read

PwC: Crypto Adoption Grows Unevenly Across Regions in 2026 Report

Crypto adoption continues to expand globally, but PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) says the pace remains highly uneven across regions, creating a fragmented global ecosystem where digital assets solve different problems in different markets. In its Global Crypto Regulation Report 2026, PwC opined that “while the use of crypto assets transcends geographical boundaries,

January 23, 2026 3 mins read

Crypto Treasury Firms Face Consolidation as Big Players Dominate

The companies having crypto assets on their balance sheets will witness fierce consolidation this year, having only some of the biggest players with BTC and ETH on their balance sheets living, as per the analysts at Pantera Capital.  They further mentioned that the remaining will either be absorbed or left

January 23, 2026 2 mins read
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