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Bitcoin remains pinned below $90K as sellers cap upside momentum, keeping markets in a holding pattern. Meanwhile, Solana’s SKR token skyrockets 300% post-airdrop, Trump launches a $5B lawsuit against JPMorgan tied to alleged 2021 debanking, and Zcash’s future grows murky following a shakeup at the Electric Coin Company.
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News Roundup
Artificial Intelligence
YouTube Expands AI Tools in 2026 While Targeting ‘AI Slop’ (The Block)
Eightfold AI Sued Over Alleged Secret Scoring of Job Applicants (Decrypt)
Why You Shouldn’t Ask ChatGPT for Legal Advice (Cointelegraph)
Decentralized, Centralized, & Traditional Finance
Newrez Moves to Count Bitcoin and Ethereum Toward Mortgage Qualification (Decrypt)
SIRE Partners With Polymarket to Power Trading and ΔVault Operations (SIRE)
BitGo Prices IPO Above Range, Targets $212.8M Raise (The Block)
Justin Sun Backs River With $8M as Analysts Warn RIVER Rally Fueled by Leverage (The Block)
Laser Digital Launches Tokenized 5% Bitcoin Yield Fund (The Block)
xStocks Trading Surpasses $17B as On-Chain Activity Accelerates (Dune)
Russia’s Ruble Stablecoin Processed $100B Despite Sanctions (CoinDesk)
South Korean Banks Form Stablecoin Alliances Ahead of Legal Shift (DL News)
USD.AI Approves $500M Onchain Loan for Australian AI Firm (The Block)
Base Tops Ethereum and BNB Chain in Weekly DEX Volume for First Time (The Defiant)
Trump Sues JPMorgan for $5B Over Alleged 2021 Debanking (CoinDesk)
Exchanges
Exchange-Traded Funds
F/m Investments Seeks SEC Approval to Tokenize ETF Shares (The Block)
U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs logged $708.71 million in net outflows on Jan. 21.
On Jan. 21, U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $297.51 million in net outflows
U.S. Solana spot ETFs recorded a $2.92 million in net inflows on Jan. 21.
U.S. XRP spot ETFs saw $7.16 million in net inflows on Jan. 21.
21Shares Launches First SEC-Approved Spot Dogecoin ETF on Nasdaq (Decrypt)
Infrastructure
Hashed Proposes Compliance-First Layer 1 for Korea’s KRW Stablecoin Economy (The Block)
Saga Halts EVM Chain After $7M Smart Contract Exploit (The Block)
Binance Wallet Rolls Out AI Tools to Track On-Chain Narratives and Trends (Binance)
Chainlink Acquires Atlas to Accelerate ‘Non-Toxic MEV’ Rollout (The Block)
Markets
Ethereum Sentiment Turns Bearish as Traders Eye $2,500 (Decrypt)
New Bitcoin Whales Overtake OG Holders, Fueling Choppy Market (Decrypt)
Bitcoin Stalls Below $90K as Overhead Supply Caps Rallies (The Block)
Stablecoin Supply Hits Record as Traders Flee Crypto Volatility (Decrypt)
Indonesia’s Crypto Market Tops $31B in 2025 as Investors and Tax Revenue Grow (CNBC)
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for week ending Jan. 17: 200K (exp. 208K; prev. 199K revised) (BLS)
U.S. Q3 Real GDP annualized QoQ: 4.4% (exp. 4.3%; prev. 4.3%) (BEA)
U.S. Q3 Core PCE Price Index annualized QoQ: 2.8% (prev. 2.7%) (BEA)
Zcash Faces Uncertain Path After Electric Coin Company Shakeup (Decrypt)
Solana Seeker Token SKR Surges 300% After Airdrop Launch (The Defiant)
Mining
Non-Fungible Tokens
McLaren Racing Partners With Hedera to Launch Web3 Fan Experiences (Hedera)
Politics & Regulation
Trump Pauses Tariffs After Talks With NATO Chief on Greenland (Donald Trump)
Market Structure Bill Delayed as Senate Banking Committee Shifts to Housing Agenda (Bloomberg)
Senate Agriculture Committee Releases Crypto Market Structure Draft, Key Gaps Persist (The Block)
Thailand Moves to Greenlight Crypto ETFs, Futures, and Tokenized Assets (Cointelegraph)
Netherlands to Tax Unrealized Crypto Gains Starting 2028 (Coinpedia)
South Korean Prosecutors Investigate Loss of Seized Bitcoin in State Custody (The Block)
Token Generation Events
Solana Co-Founder Outlines Ideal Token Launch Model for Early Projects (Anatoly Yakovenko)
Space Protocol Pushes Back After $20M Token Sale Sparks Backlash (The Block)
Treasuries
Venture Capital
Superstate Raises $82.5M to Scale Onchain Equity Issuance (The Block)
Other News
Vitalik Buterin to Focus on Decentralized Social Media (The Defiant)
Native American Tribes Accuse Kalshi of Draining Casino Revenue (Decrypt)
X Launches “Starterpacks” to Curate Top Accounts Across Crypto and Other Niches (Nikita Bier)
Online Gambling Still Moving Hundreds of Millions (Bitrace)
Gen Z Trusts Crypto Over Banks as Control Becomes a Financial Priority (Decrypt)
Brazilian Police Bust $126M Crypto Money Laundering Network (DL News)
Check This Out!
Tokenized real-world assets have climbed to $21 billion in TVL, led by U.S. Treasury debt at $9.1 billion, or 42.4% of the total, according to CryptoRank.
Source: CryptoRank
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Source: Bitcoin Magazine
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