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Key takeaways XMR has hit an all-time high price of $716 after adding 4% to its value in the last 24 hours. The rally comes as privacy tokens have been recording gains since the start of the year. XMR continues its rally, hits an ATH of $716 Monero (XMR) continued its excellent start to the year after hitting a new all-time high. The coin has added more than 4% to its value in the last 24 hours to hit an all-time high of $716 a few hours ago. At press time, XMR has slightly retraced to now trade at $708…
Gold and silver pushed to fresh all-time highs this week, creating a financial gap that sets the stage for a potential Bitcoin catch-up rally.According to Gold Price data, gold reached an all-time high of over $4,600, with industry experts predicting a rise above $5,000. At the same time, silver has topped $90, and its market cap crossed $5 trillion for the first time.Market analysts noted that these precious metals’ price movements reflect a “hard asset” dominance, with investors fleeing sovereign debt risks amid growing global macro uncertainty.Considering this, Bitcoin, widely regarded as “digital gold,” has also made a solid start…
Almost three million people signed a parliamentary petition opposing mandatory digital ID cards. Digital right-to-work checks will remain mandatory under the updated policy approach. The UK digital ID scheme, expected around 2029, will be offered as optional alongside electronic alternatives. The UK government, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, has dropped plans to make a centralised digital ID mandatory for workers, stepping back from a proposal that would have changed how employees prove their right to work. Under the original plan, workers would have been required to use a government-issued digital credential, rather than relying on traditional documents such as…
Franklin Templeton updated two Western Asset money market funds to align with the GENIUS Act, qualifying them for use in regulated US stablecoin reserves. The Treasury Obligations Fund now exclusively holds short-term US Treasuries (93 days or less), meeting strict new federal safety standards for backing stablecoins. The Treasury Reserves Fund added a digital share class, allowing intermediaries to use blockchain rails for 24/7 settlement and digital collateral management. Franklin Templeton announced that two institutional money market funds managed by Western Asset Management are now eligible for use in regulated stablecoin reserves under the GENIUS Act and for distribution across…
Pakistan signs MoU with World Liberty affiliate to explore stablecoin-based cross-border payments. USD1 stablecoin may integrate with Pakistan’s regulated payments system as digital finance efforts expand. Deal highlights Pakistan’s push to become a key digital payments hub amid rising global stablecoin adoption. Pakistan’s federal government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SC Financial Technologies LLC, an affiliated entity of World Liberty Financial, to explore using World Liberty’s stablecoin for cross-border payments. The announcement was made by the Pakistan Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (PVARA), which described the agreement as enabling “dialogue and technical understanding around emerging digital payment architectures.”…
Polygon Labs acquired Coinme and Sequence for over US$250 million to build the “Open Money Stack,” a unified framework for global stablecoin payments. The deal integrates Coinme’s US money-transmitter licenses and 50,000 retail locations with Sequence’s smart-wallet tech to simplify cross-chain transactions. Polygon aims to become a regulated payments provider by 2026, competing with traditional giants like Stripe by moving fiat and stablecoin flows entirely on-chain. Polygon Labs has signed definitive agreements to buy crypto payments firm Coinme and wallet infrastructure provider Sequence for more than US$250 million (AU$382 million). The acquisitions, Polygon says, are the foundation for a new…
A single Bitcoin (BTC) miner collected a full block reward on Jan. 13, claiming 3.125 BTC plus fees worth close to $300,000 at current prices.The win wasn’t split among thousands of pool participants. One address received the entire payout in an industry dominated by industrial-scale mining operations commanding exahashes of compute power.But solo miners still manage to find blocks, not because the odds are favorable, but because probability doesn’t care about expectations.The math is brutal. Bitcoin’s network hashrate sits around 1,024 exahashes per second as of mid-January 2026, according to Hashrate Index. That’s roughly 1.024 billion terahashes competing to solve…
While large financial institutions globally, such as Bank of America, move to allow their advisers to recommend crypto products, Aussie financial advisers remain poorly informed and reluctant to engage with crypto, according to Andrew McPhee from Swyftx. McPhee said many Aussie advisers continue to hold “outdated misconceptions about digital assets,” and mistakenly believe their clients aren’t interested in crypto, when they should be ramping up efforts to engage clients on crypto. On January 5, Bank of America moved to allow its financial advisers to recommend crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) products to their customers, reflecting an emerging global trend towards professional…
Kirk West filed a countersuit against Nancy Jones, claiming the 5.5 million XRP and US$400k in cash were shared relationship assets, not stolen property. West, an alleged “crypto expert,” is demanding half of their combined wealth, including US$11.6 million in XRP and US$5 million in physical gold and silver. Jones alleges West stole her Ledger wallet containing the funds; while legal teams recovered 5 million XRP, roughly US$1 million in tokens remains missing. A man accused of taking millions of dollars’ worth of XRP from Nancy Jones, the widow of country singer George Jones, is now suing her, arguing the…
Bitwise analysts stress-tested gold and Bitcoin allocations across major equity drawdowns over the past decade. Gold consistently reduced losses during market sell-offs, while Bitcoin tended to outperform during recovery phases. Portfolios combining gold and Bitcoin delivered stronger risk-adjusted returns than holding either asset alone. Ray Dalio’s recommendation that investors allocate roughly 15% of a portfolio to gold and Bitcoin has drawn renewed attention amid concerns over rising US debt and persistent deficit spending. The rationale behind the view centres on protecting portfolios against currency debasement and improving resilience during periods of market stress. To evaluate that approach, analysts at Bitwise…