Highlights from Korea Blockchain Week 2025: The Role of Culture and Community in Crypto’s Global Story

This content is provided by a sponsor. From K-pop stages to hacker houses, KBW2025 showed that blockchain is more than finance – it’s a global cultural movement shaped by music, innovation, and community. Where Innovation Meets Identity in Seoul Seoul became a living showcase of culture, technology, and creativity during Korea Blockchain Week 2025 (KBW2025). […]

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From Colombia to Greenland, Prediction Markets Wager on the Next US Flashpoint After Venezuela

Following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, debate has intensified over whether the U.S. government might replicate such action elsewhere. This week, capital continues to flow into prediction markets, where bettors are staking wagers on whether countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Iran, and even Greenland could face similar treatment. Markets of Speculation: How […]

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Bitcoin Options Point to $100,000 Comeback

Bitcoin options traders are positioning for a move back toward $100,000 after a sharp late-2025 selloff. Improving flows into crypto investment products and broader risk-on markets are helping rebuild confidence. Options Market Signals Renewed Bitcoin Optimism Bitcoin derivatives traders are increasingly betting that the world’s largest cryptocurrency could revisit the $100,000 level, following a steep […]

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Bitcoin Retreats to $91,500 as Analysts Debate ‘Dead Cat Bounce’ vs. Accumulation

Bitcoin’s Jan. 6 surge past $94,000 quickly reversed to $91,500 erasing over 2% and triggering $96.5 million in long liquidations as total crypto market cap slipped by $70 billion. While skeptics framed the initial surge as a “dead cat bounce,” institutional inflows of $1.1 billion into spot exchange-traded funds and metrics showing strong accumulation suggest […]

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Markets Aren’t Buying a January Rate Cut—And the Fed Isn’t Either

With just 22 days remaining before the Jan. 28, 2026, Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, futures traders and prediction markets are sending a unified message: a rate cut looks very unlikely. Rate-Cut Hopes Fade as Markets Brace for a January Hold According to CME Fedwatch data derived from federal funds futures pricing, the market […]

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Tether Pushes Fractional Gold Payments With New Scudo Unit

Tether introduced Scudo on Tuesday, a new unit of account for its gold-backed token XAUT, as bullion prices climb to historic highs and interest in digital gold alternatives continues to build. As Gold Climbs in Value, Tether Launches Scudo for XAUT Transactions Gold prices are leaving little room for subtlety. As of Jan. 6, gold […]

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Wirex Launches TRON-Native Payment Infrastructure for Agentic Payments

This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. London, January 6, 2026 — Wirex, a global digital payments platform with stablecoin infrastructure expertise, today announced a strategic collaboration with TRON DAO to deliver a payment layer that enables instant, autonomous, and global on-chain value transfer natively on the TRON network. Built entirely on-chain, the […]

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Bitcoin Miners End 2025 in the Red, but Early 2026 Offers a Path Forward

After a lackluster November, bitcoin miners collected even slimmer proceeds in the final month of 2025, with revenue tallying roughly $1.21 billion—marking the year’s second-softest monthly showing. December Delivers Pain for Bitcoin Miners, but the Worst May Be Passing Although conditions are improving for bitcoin miners in 2026, December’s revenue still ranked as the second […]

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Bitcoin Leads Broad ETF Rally With $697 Million Inflow

Crypto ETFs opened the week with a powerful show of demand as bitcoin logged its largest daily inflow since early October. Ether, XRP, and solana followed suit, delivering a rare all-green session across major spot crypto funds. Crypto ETFs Turn Deep Green as Bitcoin Posts Biggest Inflow Since October A rush of fresh capital swept […]

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Wall Street Heavyweight Morgan Stanley Files for Bitcoin and Solana ETFs

Financial giant Morgan Stanley has officially stepped deeper into crypto’s regulated arena, filing paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, to launch two spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied directly to bitcoin and solana. Morgan Stanley Files S-1s for Bitcoin and Solana ETFs Morgan Stanley has filed registration statements with the […]

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