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Telegram lost access to $500M in financing after a bond was frozen under Western sanctions against Russia. Despite Telegram’s global presence, its ties to Moscow are still affecting its business. Telegram has issued multiple bonds, including emissions to cover previous debt. The company holds regular buybacks and has bought most of its debt maturing in 2026. A part of the outstanding bonds, totaling $500M, have been frozen in Russia’s central securities depository, citing Western sanctions, reported the Financial Times. The bond issues have exposed Telegram to Russian capital, which complicates its bond operations and buyback program. Russia’s National Settlement Depository…

Defend American Jobs, an affiliate of crypto super political action committee (PAC) Fairshake, will reportedly spend $5 million to support crypto-friendly politician Barry Moore in his bid for the US Senate, according to Bloomberg. A five-week campaign will start this week with ads on broadcast TV and the Fox News Channel featuring US President Donald Trump endorsing Moore, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a statement from Fairshake. Super PACs raise money through donations from sources such as corporations and associations; however, the committees can’t directly donate to or coordinate with political campaigns. Instead, they fund ads and other media, urging…

TitanRWA, a popular RWA tokenization entity, has partnered with RubberVerseX, a blockchain platform that is developing a “digital rubber” economy. The partnership attempts to advance the worldwide rubber market’s digital transformation. As TitanRWA mentioned in its official X announcement, the development merges the rubber production while providing a compliance-first on-chain financing as well as a worldwide payment infrastructure. Hence, the initiative aims to modernize the financing, investment, and trading of rubber. 🎉Exciting Partnership Announcement 🤝🥳We are thrilled to announce our strategic partnership with @RubberVerseX 🌱#RVX is building a digital rubber economy that turns real production into shared growth.Global supply chains…

In the current context of strong risk aversion, the Ethereum price today remains under bearish pressure, while the $1,900–$1,850 area emerges as a potential key reaction zone. General Context: Risk-Off Market and Extreme Fear Daily Timeframe (D1): Primary Trend Clearly Bearish Exponential Moving Averages (EMA): $ETH far from any dynamic support RSI Daily: Oversold, but Not Yet Capitulation MACD Daily: selling pressure still present Daily Bollinger Bands: Price Heading Towards the Lower Band, But Not Yet Out of Control ATR Daily: high volatility, risk of range expansion Pivot Point Daily: $1,900–$2,000 is the battleground range Timeframe H1: Attempts at stabilization,…

The global credit market just issued $61 billion in dollar-denominated bonds, reflecting strong investor appetite for lower borrowing costs. At least nine Asian investors were marketing notes in USD. Asian borrowers and issuers flocked to the market, including Sumitomo Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group of Japan. These issuers, among eighteen others, sold their notes with an average size exceeding three times the issuance size in the U.S. high-grade debt market. Asian borrowers are storming the market, including Japan’s Resona Bank Ltd. and Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., which have marketed U.S. dollar-denominated notes. Global dollar corporate bonds yield…

As the US tax filing season kicks in, Coinbase is reminding crypto holders that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched Form 1099-DA, the new framework for disclosing digital asset transactions in the United States. The IRS’s Form 1099-DA is the standard document for reporting proceeds from cryptocurrency and non-fungible token transactions beginning in 2025. This is the first year the tax revenue agency has implemented a unified structure for crypto transaction reporting. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻.Sorry for the jump scare. This is the first year the IRS is standardizing crypto tax reporting. So we’ve teamed up with @CoinTracker to make it…

Swiss-based Dukascopy has increased the number of instruments on MT5 from over 100 to more than 400. The list of new products includes gold and silver, an extended range of forex crosses and crypto CFDs. According to the CFD broker’s Thursday announcement, all additional instruments are already available on both live and demo accounts. The online bank described the enhancement as part of its plan to offer comprehensive market access and diverse trading opportunities. “We continue to place a high priority on enhancing your trading experience and helping you to achieve your goals by providing you with the necessary resources…

London Stock Exchange Group said Thursday it will build a new on-chain settlement system for institutional investors. The service will be called the LSEG Digital Securities Depository. It will connect traditional securities markets with blockchain networks. The goal is simple. Large institutions will be able to trade and settle tokenized bonds, equities, and private market assets using blockchain technology while staying linked to existing infrastructure. The system will work across several blockchain networks. It will stay compatible with current settlement platforms already used by banks and asset managers. LSEG said the first deliverable is planned for 2026, but it needs…

Polygon joins EEA to work on institutional payment rails, global settlement, and compliant movement from onchain to traditional rails. Open Money Stack ties stablecoin rails to Coinme on/off ramps and Sequence wallet tools for merchant and user access. Polygon has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), enabling the network to work with enterprise members on payment infrastructure that connects traditional financial systems with onchain settlement. The company said the effort is tied to its “Open Money Stack,” a payments platform focused on instant transfers, reliability, and compliance requirements for institutional use. The EEA confirmed that Polygon is joining alongside Nethermind…

A Solana ($SOL)-based cryptocurrency trader has seen their investment in the memecoin 114514 grow from $321 into a multimillion-dollar position in just 11 days. On-chain data shows the trader, identified by the wallet address starting with 8BGiMZ, began accumulating 114514 roughly nine to eleven days ago using small, staggered swaps from wrapped $SOL, according to insights from Lookonchain retrieved by Finbold on January 6. Individual purchases ranged from less than $1 to about $57 per transaction, indicating a deliberate accumulation strategy rather than a single high-conviction bet. In total, the wallet spent approximately 0.85 $SOL, valued at around $321 at…