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Fireblocks acquires TRES to add crypto financial reporting tools

Digital asset infrastructure firm Fireblocks said it has bought TRES Finance, a crypto accounting and financial reporting platform, in a bid to close the gap between blockchain-based operations and traditional finance systems. TRES helps companies generate structured, compliant financial records from blockchain activity so they can meet audit standards and

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Coinbase and Robinhood set for direct retail finance showdown in 2026

Beincrypto reports the long-simmering rivalry between Coinbase and Robinhood intensifies in 2026 as both companies now compete to become the primary retail finance super app. Coinbase’s December system update signaled the push: commission-free stock and ETF trading with 24/5 availability, native prediction market integration via Kalshi, a DEX

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Filecoin slips to $1.52 amid broader crypto market retreat

Storage token Filecoin (FIL) fell to $1.5211, down 3.6% over the past 24 hours as of Jan. 7, 2026, 2:22 p.m., tracking a 3.6% drop in the CoinDesk 20 index, CoinDesk data showed. CoinDesk Research's technical model identified support at $1.52 and

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Polymarket political betting could boost stablecoin use in 2026

Beincrypto reports that political and geopolitical betting on prediction market Polymarket is driving rapidly growing, high-value activity and could spur a major stablecoin boom in 2026. Top-charting markets largely center on US politics and global leadership polls, with trading volumes on these polls ranging from near $1 million to highs

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All-Republican SEC leaves path clear for pro-crypto rulemaking

Caroline Crenshaw has left the US Securities and Exchange Commission, leaving the agency composed solely of Republican commissioners — a shift the report says leaves "nothing standing in the way of pro-crypto rulemaking." Republicans in Washington are described as generally more friendly to the crypto industry, and the SEC

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Pump.fun posts $2B daily DEX volume as Solana memecoin activity rises

Beincrypto reports Pump.fun has recorded an all-time high daily DEX trading volume of $2 billion, according to DefiLlama, a milestone seen as a sign of renewed demand for Solana-based meme coins. Data from Dune show the number of tokens “graduating” daily from Solana meme-coin launch platforms has reached a

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Babylon Labs raises $15 million from a16z crypto to build trustless BTC collateral

Babylon Labs said in a blog post Wednesday that it has raised $15 million from a16z crypto to develop and scale its Babylon Trustless BTCVaults, infrastructure intended to let native bitcoin serve as on-chain collateral. The company said the funding will be used to advance the core technology behind BTCVaults

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Shiba Inu’s 30% New‑Year Rally Tied to Meme‑Sector Beta; Q1 Breakout Conditional

Beincrypto reports Shiba Inu opened 2026 with a near-30% rally in the first week of the year and was almost 48% higher from December 31 lows. On-chain data in the report shows the move tracked a broader meme-coin surge rather than targeted accumulation: the meme coin sector rose about 23%

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Whales Accumulate Chainlink as Bitwise Prepares NYSE Spot ETF

Beincrypto reports Chainlink is drawing attention as crypto whales have withdrawn millions in LINK and Bitwise has secured SEC approval to list a spot LINK ETF (CLNK) on NYSE Arca, with trading expected to begin this week. On-chain data cited by the outlet shows a single whale withdrew 171,000

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Bitcoin at $92,733 as Supreme Court tariff ruling threatens market volatility

Beincrypto reports Bitcoin is trading at $92,733 as it approaches a potential volatility trigger: the US Supreme Court’s January 9 ruling on President Trump’s global tariffs. Polymarket implies a 78% chance the Court will invalidate the tariffs; a decision against them could force the Treasury to refund

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Morgan Stanley files SEC registration for an Ethereum Trust

Morgan Stanley filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an Ethereum Trust, according to a filing on Tuesday. The move follows separate filings submitted the same day for spot bitcoin (BTC $92,087.62) and solana (SOL $137.90) exchange-traded funds, amid a rapid

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Coinbase executive outlines two quantum-era risks to Bitcoin

Beincrypto reports Coinbase’s Head of Investment Research, David Duong, said advances in quantum computing pose long-term risks that extend beyond Bitcoin’s private key security and could challenge the network’s economic and security models. Duong stressed current quantum technology is far from capable of compromising Bitcoin today, making

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CNBC names XRP the hottest crypto trade of 2026 after 24% January surge

Beincrypto reported that CNBC named XRP the hottest crypto trade of 2026 after the token surged 24% in January. Market data showed XRP’s January advance outpaced Bitcoin’s 5.5% and Ether’s 9.7%, making it the second-strongest performer among the top 20 coins behind Dogecoin, and allowing

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Chintai (CHEX) jumps as whale buying and exchange outflows coincide

Beincrypto reports the Chintai (CHEX) token is up nearly 52% in the past 24 hours and around 120% over the past seven days as RWA demand, whale buying, and exchange outflows aligned. On-chain data show the top 100 CHEX wallets on Solana increased holdings by 7.19%, bringing their combined

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Ethereum pressured by $971 million whale sales after breakout

Beincrypto reports that Ethereum whales sold roughly 300,000 ETH — about $971 million at current prices — over the past three days, adding near-term supply pressure even as ETH confirmed a breakout from a two-month descending wedge. Those sales came from wallets holding between 100,000 and 1 million ETH and

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MSCI Keeps MicroStrategy in Indexes but Freezes Future Passive Inflows

MSCI will retain MicroStrategy and other Digital Asset Treasury Companies (DATCOs) in its global equity indexes, the outlet Beincrypto reported, a move that averts an immediate forced-selling event but restricts index-driven inflows. MSCI said it would not proceed with a proposal to exclude DATCOs during the February 2026 review, but

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VALR CEO says Bitcoin could reach $130,000 if metals rally fades

According to Beincrypto, VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani said Bitcoin could rise to $130,000 in the first quarter of 2026 if the rally in gold and silver fades and capital rotates back into crypto. Ehsani ties Bitcoin’s recent sideways action to capital moving into precious metals rather than to

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Crypto market dips $14 billion as Bitcoin stalls and BONK retreats

Beincrypto reports the total crypto market cap fell by $14 billion over the past 24 hours, consolidating near $3.16 trillion as short-term support while Bitcoin trades around $93,021, remaining below the $93,471 resistance. The pullback followed profit-taking after nearly a week of gains, with TOTAL failing to

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Ethereum's second BPO hard fork raises blob limit to 21

Ethereum’s second Blob Parameter-Only (BPO) hard fork raised the blob limit from 15 to 21, taking effect on Wednesday at 1:01:11 UTC. The upgrade increases data throughput by allowing more transactions to be batched via rollups and also raised the blob target from 10 to 14, which

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Polymarket trader ricosuave666 returns to bet on Israel‑Iran strikes

Beincrypto reports that a dormant Polymarket trader known as ricosuave666 has resurfaced after a seven-month hiatus to wager on the likelihood of Israeli strikes against Iran. The trader has spent $8,198 on Israel-related wagers and the account shows $155,699.12 in profits, with each past Israel-related position proving

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Coinbase researcher warns quantum computing could threaten Bitcoin mining and keys

Coinbase’s head of investment research, David Duong, warned that advances in quantum computing could threaten Bitcoin beyond wallet security and might be used to mine blocks far more efficiently, potentially undermining the network’s economic and security model. Quantum computing is debated as a potential threat to the crypto

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K-shaped crypto market widens as Bitcoin and top tokens gain, altcoins lag

Beincrypto reports Bitcoin and leading cryptocurrencies are maintaining growth while most altcoins continue to decline, a divergence highlighted by the Accumulation/Distribution (A/D) indicator. The cumulative A/D line for the broader crypto market is falling even as the top 200 assets show stable upward patterns, suggesting capital is

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US spot Bitcoin ETFs record $1.2B inflows in early 2026

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded more than $1.2 billion in inflows in the first two trading days of 2026, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said, adding that "the spot Bitcoin ETFs are coming into 2026 like a lion." Balchunas said nearly all funds saw inflows

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Gemini executive forecasts institutional reshaping of crypto in 2026

Beincrypto reports that Patrick Liou, Gemini’s Director of Institutional, shared five predictions he says will mark a structural break for crypto markets in 2026. Liou argues Bitcoin’s traditional four‑year cycle is ending as ETFs, institutional custody and deeper derivatives markets absorb supply shocks; Bitcoin is now roughly

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MicroStrategy Shares Fall 5% After $118M Bitcoin Purchase

Beincrypto reports MicroStrategy’s stock fell another 5% on Tuesday after the company purchased $118 million in Bitcoin, extending a months-long slide despite a brief early-week bounce. On Monday the firm said it acquired 1,287 Bitcoin, increasing its reserve to 673,783. The stock peaked at $167.24, slid