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White House crypto and AI advisor David Sacks said U.S. banks will eventually adopt cryptocurrencies, especially stablecoins, once new legislation reshapes how the sector is regulated. Sacks said the divide between banks and crypto firms will vanish after Congress passes market structure rules currently in development. “We’re not going to have a separate banking industry and crypto industry. It’s going to be one digital assets industry,” he said in a CNBC interview. Sacks’ comments reflect the Trump administration’s belief that its legislative push will further unlock institutional participation in crypto markets. Many major U.S. banks have historically remained on the…

Binance Futures has announced it will be launching a new perpetual futures contract to expand its product offerings and enhance the user trading experience. According to the exchange’s announcement, the USDⓈ-backed AIAUSDT Perpetual Contract will be launched on January 20, 2026, at 2:15 PM. With this new contract, investors will be able to trade using up to 20x leverage with the DeAgentAI (AIA) token. The underlying asset for the AIAUSDT perpetual futures contract has been determined as DeAgentAI. DeAgentAI stands out as an artificial intelligence infrastructure project that aims to enable the creation, deployment, and coordination of autonomous agents in…

Chainlink now allows popular stocks and ETFs to be accessed on-chain 24 hours per day, 5 days per week. This upgrade opens up numerous on-chain use cases, such as trading, lending, and more. The move integrates the $80 trillion U.S. stock market onto the blockchain. DeFi platforms now have secure access to U.S. equity market data, including after-hours and overnight sessions. The 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams expand Chainlink Data Streams, providing fast and secure market data for U.S. equities and ETFs across all trading sessions. Equity RWAs have lagged on-chain U.S. equities are underrepresented on-chain despite the growth of real-world…

Ethereum’s latest upgrade sparked a burst of activity, but Wall Street bank JPMorgan (JPM) is skeptical it will last. In a Wednesday note to clients, the bank said December’s Fusaka upgrade expanded data capacity and drove an immediate drop in fees alongside a jump in transactions and active addresses. Fusaka builds on the Pectra upgrade earlier in 2025, the report said, which helped revive usage after the Dencun upgrade pushed activity toward layer-2 networks. While the combined upgrades lifted network activity over the past year, the bank warned that in the past, similar rebounds have tended to fade. “Historically, Ethereum’s…

BlackRock’s 2026 market outlook report says the fragility of the U.S. economy and projections that the federal debt will surpass $38 trillion will weaken the hedges used by long-term Treasury bonds, which form the basis of traditional finance. The world’s largest asset manager argues that this environment will quickly push Wall Street giants towards digital assets, particularly Bitcoin. The report noted that rising public debt has created significant vulnerabilities in the financial system. BlackRock states that high debt “increases the risk of sudden interest rate shocks stemming from fiscal concerns or political tensions between managing inflation and servicing debt.” The…

The UK has switched on new crypto tax reporting rules, giving HMRC a clearer view of exchange-based activity. As the rules take effect, BlackRock and J.P. Morgan are gathering in London to discuss the future of regulated crypto. The move signals a shift toward tighter oversight as institutional interest in digital assets continues to grow. The UK’s new crypto reporting rules kicked in on January 1. Now, some of the biggest names in finance are meeting in London to talk about what comes next. BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, and Stripe will attend the third annual London Digital Assets Forum (DAF3).…

The company has recently launched Walletconnect Pay, a solution designed to address the common challenges that merchants encounter when integrating cryptocurrency payments. The company stated that it will pivot to payments in 2026 and has already executed several partnerships to this end. Walletconnect Pivots to Payments in 2026 Walletconnect, a crypto connectivity protocol, has announced that it will now focus on bringing crypto-based payment services to the mainstream. Earlier this month, Walletconnect CEO Jess Houlgrave revealed that the company’s strategy would be to integrate with other payment services instead of trying to substitute them, building the crypto equivalent of fiat…

AscendEX, a popular centralized crypto trading entity, has partnered with Attarius Network, a renowned Web3 GameFi and NFT platform. The collaboration attempts to fortify innovation across the game and NFT platform with the merger of the worldwide exchange footprint of AscendEX with the specialized ecosystem of Attarius Network. As AscendEX pointed out in its official X announcement, the partnership is poised to bolster long-term growth in comparison with one-time integration. Hence, the consumers can anticipate a series of developments and updates in the near term. 🚀We’re excited to partner with @AttariusN Attarius Network is the first and only all-in-one NFT…

Ethereum is witnessing one of its strongest staking waves in recent months. Roughly 2.82 million ETH now waits to enter the network. This supply holds a value of nearly $8.49 billion at current market prices. The Ethereum staking queue continues to expand as validator interest strengthens rapidly. This surge follows a complete clearing of the validator exit queue. Validators who planned withdrawals already exited the network. With exits complete, new participants rushed to stake ETH. This shift signals renewed confidence in Ethereum’s proof of stake model. Institutional players also drive this movement. BitMine recently staked a large portion of its…

Michael Saylor, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Strategy (MSTR), known for its strategy of accumulating Bitcoin (BTC) reserves through the company’s balance sheet, confirmed that MSCI is holding talks with the organization regarding the possibility of removing the company from the indices. “We are in communication with MSCI throughout this process,” Saylor told Reuters, adding that contacts were ongoing ahead of the critical decision. MSCI is considering a policy to exclude companies whose business models rely heavily on cryptocurrency acquisitions from its indexes, arguing they resemble mutual funds. The decision is expected to be announced by January 15.…