Risk sentiment deteriorates as safe havens outperform and equities weaken....

In early 2025, Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset manager, said tokenization would be a $1T-industry by the end of the decade. Roughly a year later, billions worth of assets, mostly cash and US Treasuries, have been tokenized on leading chains, mainly Ethereum....

Thursday, 8 January 2026 – As 2026 kicks off at full throttle, it’s impossible to overlook the strong “risk-on” signals lighting up markets worldwide. Just look at the Caracas Stock Exchange: Venezuelan equities have gone parabolic, posting a 44x surge since 2024, driven by recent political turmoil and a...

Zanzibar reportedly plans a crypto-backed “cyber city” aimed at digital nomads. The project, called Dunia Cyber City, would sit on a 71-hectare site and operate as a special economic zone (SPZ) with crypto-friendly rules. An SPZ is more like a sandbox or a testing zone where tech workers live,...

Local and geopolitical tension continued to rise over the weekend, with US President Trump making threatening comments against a few nations, including Iran and Cuba. Oh, he also posted a picture of himself as the President of Venezuela, but we will not focus on that here. Instead, this article...

Cryptocurrency bettors do not see a very high chance of the U.S. seizing control of Greenland this year amid mixed signals from the Trump administration over the past week. Greenland Acquisition Bets Get Hotter Odds in favor of the contract titled “Will Trump acquire Greenland before 2027?” stood at...

South Korean regulators plan to lift a nine-year ban on corporate crypto investments as the country continues to warm up to the digital asset space. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has reportedly crafted new guidelines for listed corporations and professional…...

Monero price hit a new all-time high of $595.96 on Jan. 12 for the first time since 2018 as privacy coins continue to gain mainstream recognition. According to data from crypto.news, Monero (XMR), the leading privacy-focused cryptocurrency by market cap,…...

India is tightening its know-your-customer rules for cryptocurrency users during onboarding, as part of new guidance issued by the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit. The updated guidance requires regulated crypto platforms to implement more stringent measures when onboarding users and to…...

The proposed guidelines would allow eligible firms to invest in the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market value....