Author: NBTC
Luxury brands rarely rush toward change. They move with precision, confidence, and timing. TAG Heuer now proves that tradition and innovation can share the same wrist. The Swiss watchmaker has officially begun accepting Ethereum payments, marking a meaningful step toward modern commerce. This decision reflects more than payment flexibility. It shows how luxury brands respond to changing consumer behavior. Crypto investors now seek premium products that match their digital wealth. TAG Heuer listens closely and adapts with confidence. The move places TAG Heuer among forward thinking brands that recognize blockchain’s role in high end retail. Ethereum payments allow seamless global…
STON.fi has announced its strategic partnership with Privy, a wallet infrastructure platform that simplifies user onboarding and crypto integration for applications. The primary objective of this groundbreaking partnership is to facilitate seamless token swaps and engage a massive user base on Telegram. 🔧 Building on TON just got easier! Wallet infrastructure @privy_io now supports TON with docs powered by STONfi’s Omniston aggregator.Developers can now:✓ Add TON wallet onboarding✓ Execute token swaps via Omniston✓ Tap into Telegram’s 1B+ users📚 Docs:… pic.twitter.com/qROsDWsRUj — STON.fi (@ston_fi) January 22, 2026 STON.fi is a leading decentralized Automated Market Maker (AMM) exchange on The Open Network…
Ethereum price failed to hold above the $3,000 mark once again, with price slipping back toward the lower end of its weekly range as U.S. demand indicators weaken. Summary Ethereum slipped below $3,000 after another failed breakout attempt, extending weekly losses. Coinbase Premium fell to its lowest level since 2023, showing weak U.S. institutional interest. Derivatives open interest rose even as volume declined, increasing downside risk near $2,800 support. ETH was trading at $2,930 at press time, up 1.9% on the day. Price is down 7% on the week and nearly 40% from the $4,946 all-time high set in August…
A proposed SEC-filed crypto ETF spotlights top cryptocurrencies bitcoin, ethereum, and XRP, showing how new U.S. products could deliver heavily concentrated exposure as regulators weigh index-based digital asset fund structures. SEC Filing Details Crypto ETF Structure With BTC, ETH, XRP Out Front A proposed exchange-traded crypto product highlighted heavy concentration in leading digital assets as an organization detailed its benchmark exposure. Cyber Hornet ETFs LLC, a digital asset investment firm, filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Jan. 12, 2026, covering the “Cyber Hornet S&P Crypto 10 ETF” and its index-based strategy.…
Binance has unveiled a $40 million WLFI airdrop campaign to reward users holding USD1 on the exchange. Summary Binance will distribute $40 million in WLFI tokens to eligible USD1 holders over four weeks. Rewards are calculated using daily balance snapshots across Spot, Margin, and Futures accounts. The campaign runs from Jan. 23 to Feb. 20, with the first payout scheduled for Feb. 2. Binance has launched a new rewards program for users holding USD1, with $40 million in WLFI tokens earmarked for distribution. The leading exchange confirmed that accounts maintaining a USD1 balance between Jan. 23 and Feb. 20 will…
Vanguard has finally crossed the $1 trillion mark in client assets outside the United States. This comes after years of tiptoeing around global markets and treating crypto like it was radioactive. Now, they want double the international clients and assets within five years. From 17 million clients outside America today, they want 40 million by 2031. The asset manager currently handles more than $12 trillion globally, making it the second-largest in the world. And it’s not slowing down. Salim Ramji, the firm’s new CEO, said there are “incredible opportunities” abroad as more governments start begging people to invest their savings…
Bitcoin network hashrate hit a seven-month low over the weekend as a massive winter storm bombarded the United States with snow and ice, pushing miners to curtail operations to stabilize the energy grid. American weather forecasting company AccuWeather reported on Monday that the massive winter storm affected three dozen states over the weekend, with widespread snow, ice, and power outages affecting one million energy customers. Data from mining data tool CoinWarz shows that Bitcoin’s (BTC) network hashrate began to drop on Friday, and by Sunday, it hit 663 exahashes per second (EH/s) — a more than 40% slump in hashrate…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. For more than a decade, crypto has sold itself as a technology of inclusion. Permissionless finance. Open rails. Global access. Anyone, anywhere, with an internet connection. Yet today, one of the industry’s most celebrated frontiers — cross-chain activity — is quietly reproducing the very inequality crypto claims to dissolve. Summary Cross-chain today rewards complexity, not inclusion — fragmentation disproportionately benefits high-ability users while sidelining everyone else, reproducing inequality instead of eliminating it. Complexity has become the new…
Wall Street’s next leap may look boring from the outside, but it’s a huge development that’s shrouded in corporate speak: T+0 settlement, shorthand for settling a trade the same day it happens. Deloitte’s 2026 outlook flags it as one of the main themes of the year, alongside signals that regulators want to streamline rules, encourage experimentation, and open paths for blockchain-based products. The report’s message is blunt: if faster settlement arrives, companies should evaluate what it enables, including T+0 products “such as tokenized securities and stablecoins.” A tokenized security is a familiar asset, like a bond or stock, represented in…
Garanti BBVA Kripto, the digital asset subsidiary of Turkey’s second-largest private bank, has extended its custody partnership with Ripple. According to a statement from Ripple Managing Director Reece Merrick, Garanti BBVA will continue to use Ripple’s institutional-grade custody technology to secure major assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and XRP. From pilot to mass scale Garanti BBVA Kripto initially launched with a focus on a smaller cohort of 14,000 early adopters in late 2024. “This renewal is a massive vote of confidence in our joint vision for secure, compliant digital asset infrastructure,” Merrick noted. card For Ripple, the deal expands…