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RAKBank’s in-principle nod from the Central Bank of the UAE to launch a dirham-backed stablecoin adds a homegrown bank to the UAE’s stablecoin race. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/rakbank-in-principle-approval-uae-stablecoin?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

US President Donald Trump says he will be impeached by the Democrats if the Republicans fail to win the midterms, which could galvanize resistance to his crypto policy agenda. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-impeached-republicans-lose-midterms?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The younger, tech-savvy generations will soon start to inherit wealth from their parents and relatives — which could bring more money into crypto. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-adoption-wealth-transfer-younger-generations?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Gold and silver, both seen as “stores of value,” briefly retook their position as the two biggest assets by market cap. Bitcoin sits in the eighth position. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/stores-of-value-gold-and-silver-top-global-asset-charts?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

XRP is having an explosive start to the year, driven by strong ETF inflows, bullish sentiment, and declining exchange reserves. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/4-reasons-xrp-called-hottest-trade-this-year?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Ethereum developers have raised the blob limit for a second time in recent weeks, a move that will allow more transactions to be batched via rollups, making them cheaper. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-blob-limit-raised-to-21-layer-2-cheaper?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Cypherpunk Adam Back has frequently shot down claims that quantum computing will be a threat to Bitcoin anytime soon. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/quantum-threat-bitcoin-beyond-wallets-coinbase?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

US spot bitcoin ETFs attracted over $1.2 billion in the first two trading days of 2026, with analysts projecting annual inflows could reach $150 billion. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-etfs-come-into-year-like-lion?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

It comes just weeks after White House crypto and AI czar David Sacks said the CLARITY Act was set for a Senate markup in January. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-clarity-act-markup-crypto-regulatory-clarity-tim-scott?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

The Community Bankers Council has asked the Senate for a crypto market structure bill that will ban exchanges and others offering interest on stablecoins. Read More at https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-community-bankers-close-genius-act-yield-loophole?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound