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In brief The White House says $6.4 million in seized Samourai Bitcoin was not sold, and will be added to a federal Bitcoin reserve. Legal documents suggested the DOJ intended to liquidate the funds, against the spirit of a presidential executive order. The Samourai developers remain in prison, and despite Trump signaling openness to pardons, none have been issued. The nearly $6.4 million worth of Bitcoin seized by federal law enforcement from the creators of privacy tool Samourai Wallet has not been liquidated, and will be added to a national Bitcoin reserve, a White House official said Friday.The announcement follows…

In brief Robinhood is enabling “Custom Combos” on prediction markets in the U.S. The NFL postseason is one of the biggest moments for gambling each year. Prediction markets are Robinhood’s fastest-growing product line by revenue. Robinhood is enabling “Custom Combos” for users wagering on professional football, underscoring efforts to flesh out its prediction market offering as gambling heats up in the U.S. alongside the NFL postseason, the company said Friday.The contracts are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and resemble parlays offered by traditional gaming companies Draft Kings and FanDuel, allowing users to predict the likelihood of multiple outcomes…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Ethereum Foundation has published a step-by-step plan to let Ethereum’s main chain validate blocks using zkEVM proofs, reducing the need for validators to re-run every computation themselves. The proposal, shared via X on Jan. 15 by Tomasz K. Stańczak, Co-Executive Director at the Ethereum Foundation, lays out the engineering work needed across Ethereum’s execution and consensus clients, plus new proving infrastructure and security processes. zkEVM on L1 – the planhttps://t.co/KLz7PoH6q9 — Tomasz K. Stańczak (@tkstanczak) January 15, 2026 Ethereum L1 Moves Toward zk Proof-Based Validation Already…

In brief Bitcoin confirmed a “golden cross” pattern on the charts yesterday, which traders widely interpret as a reliable bullish sign. A golden cross is when the short-term moving average crosses above the longer-term average, suggesting positive momentum. Prediction markets see Bitcoin hitting $100K, but not necessarily a new all-time high any time soon. For traders who study charts, there’s one “golden” pattern they love to see—and Bitcoin just flashed it, suggesting a recovery could be on the way.The rest of the crypto market, though, didn’t get the memo.Over 95% of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap have posted…

The US crypto industry believed it stood on the precipice of securing the regulatory legitimacy it has pursued for a decade, but the political ground has suddenly shifted beneath it.On Jan. 14, Sen. Tim Scott, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee, postponed a vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.This delay effectively halted Washington’s most advanced attempt yet to establish comprehensive “rules of the road” for the $3 trillion digital asset market.While Chair Scott characterized the postponement as a tactical pause to keep stakeholders “at the table working in good faith,” the sudden brake-pumping reveals a fractured coalition…

In brief Canaan must raise its share price above $1 for 10 consecutive days by July to avoid Nasdaq delisting. The company’s stock trades at $0.79, down from a brief spike after announcing a major 50,000-rig order in October. Largest institutional holder Streeterville Capital exited its $439 million position in December. Bitcoin mining hardware maker Canaan has until July to raise its share price and escape delisting, Nasdaq told the firm earlier this week.The company now has until July to raise its share price above $1 for at least 10 consecutive days to escape being delisted, it said in a…

In brief South Korea has passed legislation creating a legal framework for security token offerings under existing securities law. Meanwhile, Google Play will block unregistered overseas crypto apps from updates and downloads in the country starting January 28. The ban will have a practical blocking effect for most Korean Android users, Decrypt was told. South Korea is tightening its grip on how crypto platforms reach users, using app stores as an enforcement lever as regulators sharpen the boundary between compliant digital finance and unregistered crypto activity.The country has advanced legislation establishing a legal framework for security token offerings, creating a…

The consensus that Bitcoin has matured into “digital gold” faces a new fracture line on Wall Street, one that has little to do with daily price volatility and everything to do with the distant future of computing.Two prominent strategists named Wood are currently offering diametrically opposed roadmaps to global allocators for the world’s largest crypto asset.On Jan. 16, Christopher Wood of Jefferies eliminated his firm’s long-standing Bitcoin exposure, citing the existential threat posed by quantum computing.On the other hand, Cathie Wood of ARK Invest is urging investors to look past technical anxieties and focus on the asset’s distinct lack of…

In brief Bitcoin and Ethereum wavered despite positive momentum earlier this week. One analyst pointed to dashed hopes toward a crypto market structure bill. Another said that ETFs are doing a bulk of the heavy lifting. The cryptocurrency market wavered Friday as trading volumes cooled, with Bitcoin and Ethereum drifting downward despite positive momentum earlier this week.Following Bitcoin’s jump to $94,600 on Wednesday, the leading digital asset by market capitalization changed hands around $95,300, a 4.6% increase over the past seven days, according to crypto price aggregator CoinGecko. Ethereum has risen 5.9% to $3,250 over the same period of time.Trading…

In brief The Wikimedia Foundation has announced a slew of partnerships with AI firms to use its content for training LLMs. The AI companies have signed up for its Enterprise product for large-scale reuse of Wikipedia’s content. In October last year, the Foundation said site visits were dropping due to people using AI summaries instead of visiting the site. The Wikimedia Foundation has announced a series of new partnerships with artificial intelligence companies that will allow them to use Wikipedia content to train and power their AI models, as the nonprofit seeks to shore up its long-term sustainability amid changing online…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Swift has completed a new set of digital asset interoperability trials with BNP Paribas Securities Services, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Société Générale’s tokenization unit SG-FORGE, extending work that also includes Chainlink and UBS Asset Management as the messaging network pushes deeper into tokenized capital markets workflows. The project matters because it targets the hardest part of institutional tokenization: getting assets, cash, and operational processes to move cleanly across multiple platforms without forcing banks to abandon existing rails. Swift Hits Tokenized-Asset Interoperability Milestone Chainlink posted via X on Jan…

A new report from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis shows that Iran’s crypto ecosystem boomed in 2025, with Bitcoin playing a growing central role for both ordinary citizens seeking financial refuge and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which now dominates much of the country’s on-chain activity. According to the report, Iran’s crypto economy processed more than $7.78 billion in value in 2025, growing faster for most of the year than in 2024.  The report found that crypto activity in Iran is closely correlated with major political shocks, regional conflict, and domestic unrest, making blockchain data a real-time barometer of instability…