Monthly Archives: January 2026

US spot Bitcoin ETF flows turned negative for January after a series of outflows this week totaling nearly $1 billion, data from SoSoValue show. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-ether-etfs-1-billion-outflows-crypto-6-percent-slump?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

DeFi’s composability creates cascading exploit risks while protocols handle risk idiosyncratically. Institutional adoption demands TradFi-style standardized frameworks. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/trust-defi-risk-management?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

A tentative deal in Washington has eased some shutdown fears, but with key votes still pending, crypto, gold and silver are trading through liquidity jitters and foreign policy risk. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-say-us-government-shutdown-deal-near-market-jitters?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The move comes as the Ethereum Foundation enters a period of “mild austerity” while sticking to its core technical roadmap, Buterin said. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-45m-eth-privacy-open-hardware?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Still, Bitcoin often rebounds toward its energy value after long downtrends, with one model pointing to a fair price near $121,000. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-miner-exodus-may-push-btc-price-below-dollar60k?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

BTC could drop to as low as $50,000 in the worst-case scenario after BTC price failed to hold the important $84,000 support level. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-loses-crucial-84k-support-how-low-can-btc-price-go?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The shift will take Binance’s insurance-style fund out of US dollar-pegged assets and into Bitcoin within 30 days, raising questions about user protection. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-to-convert-1-billion-safu-fund-btc?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Bybit’s upcoming neobank launch via Tether-backed Pave Bank highlights the regulatory hurdles and challenges that crypto exchanges face when entering traditional finance. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bybit-neobank-move-cex-into-tradfi-test?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

A final court order transfers the legal title of seized cryptocurrency and assets to the US government, closing a case tied to Helix’s operations from 2014 to 2017. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/doj-finalizes-helix-forfeiture-early-bitcoin-darknet-case?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Circle has flagged scaling its payments network and institution-focused blockchain as a 2026 priority as companies look to examine how to use stablecoins. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/circle-usdc-stablecoin-infrastructure-enterprise-adoption-2026?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound