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The industry’s great legislative hope is shifting to the U.S. Senate’s Agriculture Committee, which released its own draft of the contentious oversight effort.

Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse called the WEF panel ‘spirited’ as Coinbase’s CEO defended bitcoin and stablecoins, while Villeroy warned of threats to monetary sovereignty and financial stability.

The Shark Tank investor is preparing shovel-ready sites for bitcoin miners and data centers, betting that infrastructure — not tokens — will drive the next wave of value.

Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell said blockchain’s biggest opportunity isn’t tokenized Treasury bills or funds — instead, it’s bringing opaque, illiquid private credit markets onchain.

“The solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the U.S. and all NATO nations,” said President Trump in a Truth Social post.

The first-of-its-kind FIA, according to the companies, offers crypto exposure with principal protection, aiming to attract cautious investors near retirement.

Farcaster raised $150 million by Paradigm and a16z in 2024 but has struggled to sustain growth.

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee’s next draft is expected to shield developers from liability, insiders have been advised, but it may without Democrat backing.

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, David Mercer of LMAX Group writes on tokenization and capital markets that won’t sleep. Then, Andy Baehr looks ahead to crypto’s “sophomore year.”

There was a modest bounce after the president said the U.S. had no intention of taking Greenland by force, but prices quickly resumed their decline.

Network activity has risen, driven by speculation around AI tokens, with active addresses increasing from 14.7 million to 18.9 million in a week.

Elliptic traced more than $500 million in USDT tied to Iran’s central bank, suggesting the stablecoin was used to manage foreign-exchange pressures and build a “sanctions-proof” alternative to dollar banking.

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This follows news from a few days ago that the company added $10 million worth of bitcoin to its corporate treasury.

The $10 trillion asset manager includes bitcoin, ether and stablecoins in its 2026 outlook, spotlighting blockchain as a rising force in modern finance.

Sacks believes the divide between banking and crypto industries will disappear, with banks potentially seeing stablecoin issuance as a way to enter the market.

The crypto industry assumes institutions discover products the way retail traders do: stumbling across them on Twitter, experimenting quickly, and iterating in public. But that’s not how asset allocators at pension funds or family offices operate, argues Dean Khan Dhillon, head of growth at RWA.xyz.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he supported efforts to legislate crypto because of the political support he received for doing so.

The expansion comes as tokenized real-world assets continue to gain traction across crypto markets.

Analyst Lance Vitanza noted the role of the company’s preferred equity in last week’s $2.1 billion bitcoin purchase.

Trump said U.S. prepares to negotiate to acquire Greenland that will not pose threat to NATO.

Sui (SUI) was also an underperformer, down 1.6% from Tuesday.

The Butterfly app goes live in partnership with Crypto.com, Moonpay and Blockdaemon.

The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders.

The bank said the technology is shifting from experimentation to real-world deployment, with implications for capital markets, governments and global GDP.

Chainlink is a dominant software platform quietly powering stablecoins, tokenization, DeFi and institutional adoption across crypto, said Matt Hougan.

Your day-ahead look for Jan. 21, 2026

Bitcoin consolidated after a sharp Tuesday selloff alongside a broader risk-off move in equities, while altcoins suffered deeper losses in light of elevated volatility.

The fund will allocate 30% to crypto tokens and 70% to financial services stocks, taking both long and short positions to capitalize on market shifts.

The dollar-backed stablecoin will trade on Ethereum first, with support for the XRP Ledger expected soon.