Bitcoin’s New Power Buyers: Companies Bought 3 Times What Miners Produced

According to on-chain data, companies have piled into Bitcoin at a pace that now outstrips new supply. Corporate treasuries held by public and private firms rose from about 854,000 BTC to roughly 1. дальше »

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Aptos (APT) Is Becoming a Private Credit and Stablecoin Rail, And Few Are Noticing

Aptos (APT) is quietly turning into something very different from most blockchains. Instead of chasing hype or trying to be everything at once, it is increasingly being used as infrastructure for real financial activity. дальше »

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Binance Investment Arm YZi Labs Backs Genius Terminal for Private Onchain Trading

YZi Labs commits $10 million to Genius Terminal, a professional trading platform designed to rival centralized exchanges with private, high-velocity on-chain operations. The post Binance Investment Arm YZi Labs Backs Genius Terminal for Private Onchain Trading appeared first on Coinspeaker. дальше »

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YZi Labs backs Genius to build private, high-speed on-chain trading for pros

YZi Labs, the venture investment firm of Binance co-founders Changpeng Zhao and Yi He, has announced a major investment in Genius, a trading platform aimed at professional traders. The YZi Labs announcement on January 13, 2026, noted that, other than the investment, Binance founder Zhao has joined as an advisor. YZi Labs’ backing of Genius, […] дальше »

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Understanding Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) for Crypto Investors in 2026

Early access in cryptocurrency launches often varies in structure, with some models involving private rounds, discounted phases, or tiered presales. Retail participants may sometimes enter later stages of token launches, The post Understanding Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) for Crypto Investors in 2026 appeared first on CryptoNinjas. дальше »

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Seventy economists urge EU to ‘let the public interest prevail’ on digital euro

Economists urge EU lawmakers to back a public digital euro, warning that private stablecoins and foreign payment companies threaten Europe’s monetary sovereignty. дальше »

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BNY Rolls Out Tokenized Deposits for Near Real-Time Institutional Settlement

BNY introduces tokenized deposit capability mirroring $55 trillion in institutional cash balances on its private blockchain for faster collateral settlement. The post BNY Rolls Out Tokenized Deposits for Near Real-Time Institutional Settlement appeared first on Coinspeaker. дальше »

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World's largest custodial bank BNY to offer tokenized deposits for institutional investors

The initiative mirrors deposit balances on a private blockchain to speed up settlement and unlock liquidity. дальше »

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Major Wall Street trade group SIFMA meets privately with crypto leaders on market structure bill

The private talks signal potential shifts in crypto regulation, impacting market dynamics and investor strategies amid ongoing legislative debates. The post Major Wall Street trade group SIFMA meets privately with crypto leaders on market structure bill appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

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Temple Digital Group launches 24/7 institutional trading built on Canton

The platform offers a private, non-custodial venue for regulated institutions to trade cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.

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Banks must upgrade their blockchain infrastructure

Banks risk falling behind if they cling to private blockchains. Upgrading to public, permissioned layer-2 infrastructure with ZK-proofs is essential for modern finance. дальше »

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Bybit’s Private Wealth Management delivered 20% returns amid a challenging 2025

Bybit’s top performing fund saw returns of 20.3% APR driven by the exchange’s flagship high-yield USDT-based strategies. дальше »

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Electric Coin Company’s entire Zcash team quits in Bootstrap governance rift

Electric Coin Company’s full Zcash team has resigned after a governance clash with nonprofit Bootstrap, planning a new “unstoppable private money” venture as ZEC falls. The entire team at Electric Coin Company, the development organization behind privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash (ZCASH),… дальше »

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India tax authorities warn crypto undermines tax enforcement

Officials told a parliamentary panel that private wallets, offshore exchanges and cross-border DeFi activity make tracking taxable crypto income difficult. дальше »

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Ripple President Quashes Imminent IPO Plans Despite $40 Billion Valuation And Wall Street Backing

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Ripple Rules Out IPO After $500M Share Sale, $40B Valuation, and Nearly $4B Acquisition Spree

Key Takeaways: Ripple confirms it has no plans for an IPO, citing a strong balance sheet and ample private capital. A November 2025 share sale valued Ripple at $40 billion, The post Ripple Rules Out IPO After $500M Share Sale, $40B Valuation, and Nearly $4B Acquisition Spree appeared first on CryptoNinjas. дальше »

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Ripple President Monica Long says company will stay private despite $40 billion valuation

Ripple's decision to remain private highlights a strategic focus on internal growth and innovation, potentially reshaping digital finance. The post Ripple President Monica Long says company will stay private despite $40 billion valuation appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

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Ripple again rules out IPO, saying balance sheet gives it room to stay private

The company raised $500 million in November 2025 at a valuation of $40 billion from investors such as Fortress Investment Group and Citadel Securities. дальше »

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Bybit PWM posts 20.3%APR top fund return amid volatile crypto markets

Bybit’s private wealth arm reported strong performance in 2025, underscoring a growing preference among wealthy crypto investors for yield-focused and risk-managed strategies over outright directional bets. дальше »

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From Trading to Wealth Preservation: Bybit Private Wealth Management Highlights 2025 Performance and New Year Outlook

PRNewswire, PRNewswire, 7th January 2026, Chainwire The post From Trading to Wealth Preservation: Bybit Private Wealth Management Highlights 2025 Performance and New Year Outlook appeared first on CaptainAltcoin. дальше »

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Ripple shuts down IPO chatter as strong balance sheet supports growth

Ripple confirms no plans to go public as the company continues scaling through private funding and strategic growth. дальше »

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Coinbase Executive Outlines 2 Ways Quantum Computing Could Threaten Bitcoin

Coinbase’s Head of Investment Research, David Duong, has noted that advances in quantum computing present risks that extend beyond Bitcoin’s private key security, potentially introducing long-term challenges to the network’s economic and security models. дальше »

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How Grayscale and Bitwise Are Quietly Driving Whales to Hoard Chainlink (LINK)

Chainlink (LINK) is drawing the attention of crypto whales and institutional investors alike, signaling renewed confidence in the oracle token amid broader market uncertainty. Recent on-chain data highlights a surge in accumulation activity, with both private whales and major fund managers doubling down on LINK positions. дальше »

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Ripple has no specific IPO timeline amid recent $500M raise

Ripple says it has no plans for an initial public offering after strong fundraises, choosing to focus on execution instead. Ripple does not have a set timeline to go public and plans to remain private as it focuses on scaling… дальше »

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Ripple President: We Still Plan to Remain Private

Ripple President Monica Long has poured cold water on hopes for an imminent initial public offering (IPO), telling Bloomberg that the crypto giant currently plans to remain private following a massive year of expansion. дальше »

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Bank of America advisers are finally recommending Bitcoin, but the “modest” allocation is the bigger shock

On Monday, January 5, something small on paper becomes huge in practice, the moment a mainstream American wealth adviser can finally say the quiet part out loud. Bank of America’s wealth platforms, Merrill, Bank of America Private Bank, and Merrill Edge, are set to let advisers recommend crypto exchange-traded products, with an internal view that […] The post Bank of America advisers are finally recommending Bitcoin, but the “modest” allocation is the bigger shock appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Before the IPO: How Hecto is turning the largest private companies into public tokens

For decades, the most valuable tech companies in the world remained effectively inaccessible. Hecto's Ultan Miller says that era is over. дальше »

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Ledger Data Leak Exposes Customer Details via Global-e, ZachXBT Flags Fresh Third-Party Breach

Key Takeaways: Ledger confirmed a customer data exposure tied to its third-party payment processor, Global-e. Leaked information includes names and contact details; no wallet seeds, private keys, or crypto funds The post Ledger Data Leak Exposes Customer Details via Global-e, ZachXBT Flags Fresh Third-Party Breach appeared first on CryptoNinjas. дальше »

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Bitget Opens TradFi Trading to All Users After Record-Breaking Beta Demand

Victoria, Seychelles, Jan. 5, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has officially opened its TradFi trading suite to all users, following a private beta that drew overwhelming interest and delivered standout trading activity across gold, forex, and global macro assets. дальше »

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MicroStrategy Solves Private Equity’s 2 Biggest Problems With Bitcoin

MicroStrategy continues to rewrite the rules of private equity and capital markets, leveraging Bitcoin to achieve what traditional funds have pursued, and largely failed to do, for over a decade. According to Chaitanya Jain, MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Strategy Manager, the company has successfully addressed two persistent challenges in private equity. дальше »

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Crypto’s Original Promise At Risk As US Lawmaker Flags Growing Financial Surveillance

Rep. Warren Davidson warned this week that the United States is moving toward a financial system that would be licensed, permissioned and heavily monitored — a change he says would undercut the original promise of permissionless, private money. дальше »

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Private messaging faces threats from AI, limited user awareness: Session execs

Session’s Chris McCabe and Alex Linton tell Cointelegraph that AI-integrated devices could bypass messaging encryption, creating privacy and security issues. дальше »

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Vertalo CEO Dave Hendricks on stablecoins, RWAs, and how the crypto industry ‘loses its collective mind’

Dave Hendricks is a serial entrepreneur currently leading Vertalo’s push to tokenize RWAs at scale. In this Q&A, he cuts through the noise around crypto policy, explains why stablecoins became the on-ramp in 2025, and outlines what it will take for tokenized securities and private assets to reach their next phase. дальше »

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Sui Network Targets Privacy Amid Quantum Computing Concerns

Mysten Labs co-founder Adeniyi Abiodun posted a video announcing the coming of private transactions on the Sui Network. The post Sui Network Targets Privacy Amid Quantum Computing Concerns appeared first on Coinspeaker. дальше »

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RWA TVL Grows 210.72% in 2025 as U.S. Treasuries, Commodities, and Private Credits Gain Top Tractions

The data disclosed that on-chain RWAs tripled their TVL year, an indicator that tokenized RWAs are one of DeFi’s fastest-growing segments this year. дальше »

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Crypto’s mid-life crisis: Tokens need Nasdaq-style secondary markets | Opinion

A Nasdaq Private Market style infrastructure, built for programmable assets, gives tokens a predictable mid-life, fairer markets, and real tokenization. дальше »

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Ripple Tipped as Top IPO Candidate for 2026 as XRP Open Interest Slides to 2-Year Low

Ripple has emerged as one of the companies most frequently mentioned among potential large IPO candidates for 2026, according to a widely shared industry graphic outlining the largest private firms that could go public. дальше »

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Hidden script caught harvesting private keys as Trust Wallet issues emergency warning for Chrome users

Trust Wallet told users to disable its Chrome browser extension version 2. 68 after the company acknowledged a security incident and pushed version 2. 69 on Dec. 25, following reports of wallet drains tied to the Dec. дальше »

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Brazil's live orchestra to turn Bitcoin price moves into music

The project recently received approval to raise private, tax-deductible funding under Brazil’s cultural incentive laws, with a live performance planned in the federal capital. дальше »

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Will crypto crash in 2026? $908b private equity giant issues warning

One potential sign of a crypto crash is how gold jumped to a record high of $4,438, much higher than the year-to-date low of $2,500. дальше »

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‘DeFi is dead’: Maple Finance’s CEO says onchain markets will swallow Wall Street

The Maple Finance CEO says institutions will stop distinguishing between DeFi and TradFi as private credit moves onchain, and stablecoins process $50 trillion in payments. дальше »

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Private Keys Are the Worst Design in Crypto — And It’s Costing Billions

For more than a decade, crypto security has been built on a fragile assumption: that a single secret — a private key — can be safely generated, stored, backed up, and never exposed. Reality has proven otherwise. дальше »

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-933,290,251,691 SHIB: Shiba Inu Whale Breaks Two-Year Silence With Unexpected Transfer

Almost one trillion SHIB woke up after two years, and these Shiba Inu coins did not stay private as the on-chain trail ran into the OKX wallet, putting a sleeping whale back on every meme coin holder's radar. дальше »

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Ethereum Whale Hacked for $27 Million Due to Private Key: Which Tokens Were Lost?

Whale multisig was drained for $27.3 million after a private key compromise, with 4,100 ETH already pushed through Tornado Cash and the attacker still controlling the wallet. дальше »

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New SEC rules lets Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sach legally “control” your private keys without the safety net you assume exists

The SEC has refreshed its crypto asset FAQs, clarifying how broker-dealers like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and others can satisfy custody and capital requirements for crypto asset securities, and addressing how the framework applies to Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF activity. дальше »

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X claims the right to share your private AI chats with everyone under new rules – no opt out

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. дальше »

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US government ‘tech force’ gets backup from Coinbase, Robinhood

The US government wants 1,000 tech workers to boost its capabilities and has turned to the private sector to plug its skill shortages. дальше »

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IPO Genie ($IPO) Price Outlook 2025 to 2026: Can a $0.01 Presale Reach $10 for a 1000x Run

Explore IPO Genie price outlook 2025 to 2026 & how $0.01 presale price to reach $10 by 2026. Explore the $IPO AI-driven platform & private market opportunities now! дальше »

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I forced an AI to reveal its “private” thoughts, and the result exposes a disturbing user trap

I keep seeing the same screenshot popping up, the one where an AI model appears to have a full-blown inner monologue, petty, insecure, competitive, a little unhinged. The Reddit post that kicked this off reads like a comedy sketch written by someone who has spent too long watching tech people argue on Twitter. дальше »

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Fhenix Showcases Encrypted-by-Default Payments With Privacy Stages and Private x402 Transactions

Fhenix introduces Privacy Stages and showcases Fhenix402, enabling fast encrypted x402 payments with confidential amounts and a new standard for onchain privacy. дальше »

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