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In brief A Bank of Japan rate hike could reverse the lucrative yen “carry trade,” a major source of global liquidity that has historically fueled rallies in risk assets like Bitcoin. Analysts are divided, with one warning of a “crypto drag” from tightening liquidity, while another believes conflicting global forces may neutralize the long-term macro impact. Despite being anticipated, the hike’s “scary headline” could trigger short-term selling pressure in an already fragile, low-liquidity crypto market, Decrypt was told. Bitcoin faces a key macroeconomic test this week as the Bank of Japan signals a more definitive pivot away from its long-held…

Hut 8 Corp. announced a sweeping AI infrastructure partnership on Wednesday with AI model developer Anthropic and compute provider Fluidstack, marking a pretty clear signal that the bitcoin miner is pivoting to a large-scale energy and data center developer. Under the agreement, Hut 8 will develop between 245 megawatts (MW) and up to 2,295 MW of AI-focused data center capacity in the United States, beginning with a flagship project at its River Bend campus in Louisiana.  The partnership is structured across multiple tranches, creating a pathway to scale from an initial deployment to gigawatt-level infrastructure over time. The first phase…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Рынок снова переключился из режима «вечный рост» в режим «все пропало». На этой неделе $BTC опускался ниже $90 000 на фоне ухудшения аппетита к риску: инвесторов напугали сигналы, что бум расходов на ИИ может приносить прибыль медленнее, чем ожидалось, а значит — давление на рискованные активы возвращается. На этом фоне снова всплыл самый «токсичный» прайс‑таргет в крипте: $10 000 за биткоин. В медиа его активно продвигает Майк Макглоун из Bloomberg Intelligence — он связывает риск глубокой просадки с дефляционным сценарием после периода инфляции. Идея не в том,…

Next year’s first quarter could prove kinder to Bitcoin than late 2025, not because bank-run stablecoins arrive overnight, but because the pipes feeding retail and advisors just widened.Vanguard reversed its crypto ban, opening spot ETF access to roughly 50 million clients. Bank of America advisors can now recommend crypto allocations of 1% to 4% starting early January.Meanwhile, the FDIC’s Dec. 16 notice of proposed rulemaking under the GENIUS Act starts the clock on bank-issued stablecoins, a structural shift that could reshape dollar-based rails on public chains later in 2026.The timing defines the narrative. Distribution changes land in January, and regulatory…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure More than 100 new crypto exchange-traded products could hit the market in 2026 after a recent rule change by the US securities regulator, a researcher at Bitwise said. According to Ryan Rasmussen, that drop in red tape will let firms file many more ETPs without the long, individual approval process that slowed launches in the past. Regulatory Shift Lowers Bar The SEC issued generic listing standards in October that remove the need for separate 19(b) approvals for qualifying crypto ETPs. That step cuts out a process some…

In brief Indian MP Raghav Chadha has urged Parliament to introduce a ‘Tokenization Bill’ that would let Indians buy fractional shares of high-value assets, much like UPI broadened access to digital payments. He said tokenization could open real estate, infrastructure, and other traditionally out-of-reach assets to the middle class Industry leaders told Decrypt the bill is essential for ensuring India’s asset tokenization happens onshore rather than migrating to friendlier jurisdictions. India’s Parliament heard an unusually crypto-native pitch on Tuesday, as a Member of Parliament urged the government to bring a “Tokenization Bill,” he says, that could turn office towers, highways,…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Michael Saylor tossed a compact bit of Bitcoin game theory onto X on Tuesday and it set off the predictable kind of fight: technical details colliding with ideology. “The Bitcoin Quantum Leap: Quantum computing won’t break Bitcoin—it will harden it,” Saylor wrote, adding: “The network upgrades, active coins migrate, lost coins stay frozen. Security goes up. Supply comes down. Bitcoin grows stronger.” Short version: if quantum ever becomes real enough to threaten today’s signature schemes, Bitcoin can upgrade. Coins that are actively managed move to new, quantum-resistant…

X says its Terms of Service will change Jan. 15, 2026, expanding how the platform defines user “Content” and adding contract language tied to the operation and protection of its AI systems.The current terms, dated Nov. 15, 2024, remain in effect until the 2026 version takes over.A core revision is that X now treats AI-era interactions as “Content” that users are responsible for, alongside posts and other materials.How X’s updated terms redefine ownership and responsibility in the AI eraUsers are responsible for Content that includes “inputs, prompts, outputs,” and information “obtained or created through the Services,” and X cautions users…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Global payment giant Visa has announced the launch of stablecoin settlement in the United States using Circle’s USDC on the Solana Blockchain. The expansion follows the company’s ongoing efforts to modernize its settlement layer and be at the forefront of the emerging sector. Visa Expands USDC Settlement To The US On Tuesday, Visa unveiled the expansion of its stablecoin settlement service to financial institutions in the US, allowing local issuer and acquirer partners to settle with Visa in Circle’s USDC for the first time. In the statement,…