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CLARITY Act's fate rests on bipartisan support in Senate Banking Committee, analyst says

The passage of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, known as the CLARITY market structure bill, hinges on bipartisan support in the United States Senate Banking Committee, Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy, said. Thorn added the bill is unlikely to come up for a second vote

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XRP Falls 14% as Whales and Long-Term Holders Accumulate During Sell Wave

Beincrypto reports XRP fell about 14% after topping on January 6, even as long-term holders added roughly 8 million tokens and whale wallets accumulated about 180 million XRP (nearly $390 million) during the dip. From December 18 through January 9 the price trended higher while On‑Balance Volume (OBV) trended

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Bitcoin rally may hinge on stabilization of long-term holder supply

Onchain analysis indicates Bitcoin’s long-term holders (LTHs) underwent one of the most aggressive distribution phases on record in 2025, and that selling pressure may now be fading — a shift that could outline the next bullish period for BTC. Long-term holders distributed roughly $300 billion in BTC in 2025, a

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Whales buy $3.2M of Zcash after governance shock, but price structure stays fragile

Beincrypto reports Zcash experienced a sudden governance shock that pushed its price down by over 20%, briefly dipping near $380, before buyers lifted it roughly 17% back above $440. The sell-off followed reports that the core development team had exited, a move later clarified as a governance restructuring rather than

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Bitcoin steadies near $90K as traders await US Supreme Court tariff ruling

Bitcoin traders largely refrained from taking positions as the cryptocurrency's price held around $90,000, while markets awaited a US Supreme Court decision on trade tariffs. Market participants cited sideways BTC price action and avoided fresh bets amid the quiet price movement. Markets remained in a holding pattern

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Bitcoin Consolidates Near $90,000 Ahead of Supreme Court Tariff Ruling

Beincrypto reports Bitcoin is consolidating near $90,000 as markets brace for a rare convergence of a US Supreme Court ruling on the legality of Trump-era tariffs and US unemployment data. The Court’s decision is expected at 10:00 a.m. ET, following the US unemployment report due at

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Chiliz re-enters CoinMarketCap Top 100 as SportFi roadmap advances

Beincrypto reports Chiliz ($CHZ) has re-entered the CoinMarketCap Top 100 in early 2026, marking a return for the sports-focused protocol amid a reshaped market. The outlet notes the Top 100 has become dominated by institutional capital and short-lived hype: comparing March 2021 to January 2026 shows a sharp cleansing, with

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Trader Says Bitcoin Could Reach $105,000 in Weeks on RSI Breakout

Trader BitBull said on X that Bitcoin could hit $103,000–$105,000 within three to four weeks after a breakout on the weekly relative strength index (RSI), even as price action remains rangebound. BitBull noted the weekly RSI broke out of a three-month downtrend that began in September and

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Bitcoin time-based capitulation nears 50 days, mirroring April 2025 range

Bitcoin's "time-based capitulation" is nearing 50 days. The current tight consolidation closely mirrors the April 2025 range that set the stage for the record run above $126,000. The pattern echoes conditions that preceded the 2025 surge; the report does not state whether the current consolidation

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Pi Network liquidity collapses as trading volume falls over 99%

Beincrypto reports that in early 2026 Pi Network’s market price remained stagnant around $0.2 even as the broader altcoin market capitalization recovered from $825 billion to over $880 billion. Exchange data show no clear return to demand: CoinGecko data cited weekly Pi trading volume falling sharply below $100

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Zcash developer activity falls to lowest since 2021 amid governance dispute

Developer activity tied to the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash has dropped to its weakest level since November 2021, according to data from market intelligence firm Santiment, while the ZEC token has fallen about 40% over the past two months. Santiment shared the data in a Thursday post on X and said

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Lighter (LIT) forms head-and-shoulders; breach of $2.56 could open path to $2.30

Beincrypto reports that Lighter (LIT) has formed a head-and-shoulders pattern after an initial post-launch rally, raising the risk of a pullback. The token had broken out of an inverse head-and-shoulders and rallied nearly 21% to about $3.26, but price action has since slowed and, on the 4‑hour chart

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FCA opens gateway for UK crypto licences, applications expected in September 2026

The Financial Conduct Authority said it will open a gateway for crypto asset service providers to apply for UK authorisation, with the application period expected to begin in September 2026. The FCA said all firms providing regulated crypto asset services must be authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act.

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Colombia and France tighten crypto tax reporting rules

Beincrypto reports Colombia and France have moved to strengthen crypto tax reporting: Colombia’s tax authority will require exchanges and other providers to report user balances and transactions starting with the 2026 tax year, while France’s National Assembly committee adopted amendments to force disclosure of self‑custody wallets holding

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Optimism proposes using half of Superchain revenue for OP buybacks

The Optimism Foundation has proposed directing 50% of incoming Superchain revenue to buy Optimism (OP) tokens, the foundation said in a Jan. 8 blog post. The program would launch in February if a Jan. 22 governance vote approves the plan. The Superchain is a network of layer-2 chains built with

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Iran internet blackout raises questions about citizens' access to cryptocurrency

Iran’s government cut internet access on Thursday as protests spread across the country, prompting questions about whether citizens can still use cryptocurrencies. About seven million Iranians are estimated to be crypto users, Statista says, and TRM Labs tracked roughly $3.7 billion in total crypto flows in Iran between

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Over $2.2B of Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire, pinning prices near max pain

Beincrypto reports Bitcoin and Ethereum were trading tightly around key options “max pain” levels as more than $2.2 billion of BTC and ETH options were set to expire on Deribit at 8:00 UTC. At the time of the report, Bitcoin was near $90,985, almost exactly aligned with

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Bloomberg: Stablecoin payment flows could reach $56.6 trillion by 2030

Bloomberg Intelligence projects that stablecoin payment flows could reach $56.6 trillion by 2030, a rise the firm said would make stablecoins one of the most important payment tools in global finance. Bloomberg reported that stablecoin payment flows were $2.9 trillion in 2025 and said achieving the projected total

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Pump.Fun posts $2.03B DEX volume as PUMP token falls 18%

Beincrypto reports Pump.fun recorded $2.03 billion in daily DEX volume on January 6 even as its token PUMP dropped 18% over 24 hours. The surge in platform activity coincided with a sharp reversal in price: PUMP traded near $0.00217 at the time of writing after erasing earlier

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Iran internet blackout likely causes only short-term, localized Bitcoin mining impact

Beincrypto reports Iran’s near-total internet blackout today amid anti-government protests has raised questions about the country’s role in Bitcoin mining. Iran contributes an estimated low-single-digit percentage of global Bitcoin hashrate, down sharply from its 2021 peak, and cheap subsidized energy and sanctions have pushed parts of the industry

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Zcash rebounds after ECC says exit was governance shift, not protocol failure

Zcash (ZEC) rebounded on January 8 after an initial sharp sell-off sparked concerns about its core development team, Beincrypto reported. ZEC price fell more than 20% at one point, briefly dropping below $390 before recovering above $430, and trading volume spiked—suggesting forced selling driven by headline risk rather than

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WLFI seeks national trust bank charter to expand stablecoin operations

Beincrypto reports World Liberty Financial announced that its affiliate, WLTC Holdings LLC, has submitted a de novo application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish the World Liberty Trust Company, National Association, a national trust bank with a primary focus on stablecoin-related activities; the move joins

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Institutions Reduced Bitcoin Exposure in 2025 and Moved Into Altcoin ETFs

Beincrypto reports that institutional investors cut Bitcoin exposure in 2025 and rotated capital into select altcoins, a shift driven largely by ETF demand. CoinShares data showed Bitcoin inflows fell from about $41.69 billion in 2024 to $26.98 billion in 2025, while Ethereum, XRP and Solana recorded $12.69

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Coincheck Group to buy Canadian manager 3iQ for $111.84M in stock deal

Coincheck Group, the Nasdaq-listed holding company behind one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has agreed to acquire a 97% stake in Canadian digital asset manager 3iQ from its majority owner, Monex Group. The stock-purchase transaction values 3iQ at $111.84 million, using Coincheck Group shares priced at $4 each.

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MSCI cap on new MicroStrategy shares tied to major Bitcoin drop, critics say

Beincrypto reported MSCI's October 2025 index proposal on crypto-heavy firms was followed by an $18,000 drop in Bitcoin, an approximately $900 billion market loss and a 31% quarterly decline. MSCI will no longer include newly issued shares from companies such as MicroStrategy (MSTR) in its indexes, removing