Jan 08, 2026

Zcash devs split from Electric Coin Company, plan to create new firm

Electric Coin Company CEO Josh Swihart says the firm's entire team left and will start a new company over disagreements with the n...

Jan 08, 2026

AI giant Anthropic raising $10B at $350B valuation: Report

Claude maker Anthropic is aiming to nearly double its valuation to $350 billion, with The Wall Street Journal reporting a planned...

Jan 08, 2026

Memecoin social buzz grows as traders return to risk assets

Memecoins fell 65% over 2025 as risk-taking behavior dropped among traders, but the tokens are seeing gains as positive sentiment...

Jan 08, 2026

Solana Mobile to launch SKR token for Seeker phone on Jan. 21

Solana Mobile will airdrop up to 20% of SKR tokens to users of its Seeker phone on Jan. 21, and introduce so-called Guardians to s...

Jan 08, 2026

3 ‘checkpoints’ stand between a crypto all-time high in 2026: Bitwise

Bitwise’s Matt Hougan says that post-October liquidation stability, the passage of the CLARITY Act and steady equities must happen...

Jan 08, 2026

Bitcoin faces ‘boring sideways’ grind in coming months: CryptoQuant CEO

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says money flowing into Bitcoin has “dried up” for now, as traders are rotating back to traditional ma...

Jan 08, 2026

Fireblocks buys crypto accounting platform TRES for $130M

Fireblocks has expanded its institutional offering by buying TRES, a crypto accounting and tax compliance platform, as it looks to...

Jan 08, 2026

GENIUS Act changes would be a ‘national security trap’: Crypto execs

Pro-crypto lawyer John Deaton argued that banning yield on stablecoins would incentivize the use of China’s interest-bearing digit...

Jan 08, 2026

Wyoming rolls out state-backed FRNT stablecoin to the public

Wyoming’s Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) is “the first fiat-backed, fully-reserved stable token" to be issued by a US public entity,...

Jan 08, 2026

Trump’s World Liberty Financial applies for banking charter to expand USD1

The Trumpfamily’s World Liberty Financial filed for a banking charter to gain greater control over its USD1 stablecoin and expand...