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Corning shares jumped more than 16% to a record high after the company announced a multiyear agreement with Meta Platforms valued at up to $6 billion to support the expansion of advanced data centers in the United States. Under the deal, Corning will supply Meta with its latest optical fiber, cable, and connectivity technologies designed to meet the scale and density requirements of next-generation AI data centers. Meta will serve as an anchor customer as Corning expands manufacturing capacity across North Carolina, including a significant expansion at its optical cable facility in Hickory. The agreement is expected to drive employment…

Liquity, a protocol that develops decentralized stablecoins on Ethereum, also known for creating the most reliable decentralized stablecoins, is pleased to announce that BOLD has gained an A- rating from Bluechip. BOLD is the second decentralized stablecoin created by Liquity. The main purpose of Liquity’s BOLD is to give a fully decentralized, crypto-backed stablecoin that removes bank, custodian, and censorship risk. A decentralized stablecoin just outranked USDC.@bluechip_org rated BOLD A-, placing it above USDC (B+) and DAI (B+).The only A- rated stablecoin backed 100% by crypto.How did this happen? 🧵 pic.twitter.com/Ptfcbv98Je — Liquity (@LiquityProtocol) January 26, 2026 Bluechip is known…

A couple of Ethereum ($ETH) staker wallets have recently extracted massive amounts from Binance. Totalling $37.64M, these $ETH withdrawals have triggered speculation over the likely motive behind them. As per the data from Onchain Lens, the wallets “0xA75” and “0xd4f” have carried out 2 large transactions, pulling out 5,000 $ETH and 8,000 $ETH. These transfers signify the rising on-chain activity as well as the potential strategic positioning among big holders while market sentiment is shifting. 2 $ETH staker wallets have withdrawn 13,000 $ETH ($37.64M) from #Binance.– Wallet “0xd4f” withdrew 8,000 $ETH, worth $23.16M.– Wallet “0xA75” withdrew 5,000 $ETH, worth $14.48M.https://t.co/pPN8UOJB5Phttps://t.co/sYpG6KfYdS…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is partnering with Corning in a multi-year agreement worth up to $6 billion to supply fiber-optic cables for its AI data centers, the tech giant disclosed in a Tuesday press release. The agreement will allow Corning to expand manufacturing in North Carolina and grow its workforce, while Meta’s data centers will continue to support thousands of construction and operational jobs. “Building the most advanced data centers in the US requires world-class partners and American manufacturing,” Joel Kaplan, Chief Global Affairs Officer at Meta, said in a statement. “This collaboration will help create good-paying, skilled US jobs, strengthen…

Decentralised exchanges are no longer trying to reinvent trading from scratch. Instead, they are increasingly borrowing from the world’s oldest and most liquid market: foreign exchange. As on-chain liquidity grows and attracts larger, more time-sensitive flows, DEXs are discovering that the real challenge is reliability, not innovation. Decentralised finance has long experimented with foreign-exchange–style trading, mainly at the margins. Automated market makers (AMMs) such as Curve Finance, Uniswap, and Balancer have all optimised pools for low-volatility pairs, particularly stablecoin-to-stablecoin trades. What on-chain markets have struggled to deliver is FX-grade behaviour: tight spreads at scale, continuous liquidity during stress, and the…

Ethereum price slipped below the $3,000 mark last week, reflecting broader market volatility and uneven investor confidence. ETH briefly dipped to lower support before stabilizing, highlighting a clear divide between investor groups. While some participants reduced exposure aggressively, others appear to be positioning for a rebound, creating mixed signals for near-term price direction. Ethereum Institutions Are Skeptical Institutional investors showed a decisive shift toward risk reduction in the week ending January 23. Ethereum recorded more than $630 million in institutional outflows during that period. This wave of selling erased earlier gains and pushed ETH’s month-to-date flows to a negative $77.4…

Blockchain infrastructure firm Zerohash is in talks to raise $250 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The company recently pulled out of acquisition talks with Mastercard, CoinDesk reported, though the payments giant is still considering a strategic investment in Zerohash, and discussions remain ongoing. The raise comes amid rising demand for enterprise-grade crypto infrastructure, as more financial institutions move to offer tokenized assets, stablecoins and onchain settlement at scale. Zerohash didn’t respond to requests for comment by the time of publication. The amount could change as discussions are still ongoing. Fortune…

Ethereum is seeing a rare mix of heavy use and very low costs. Data from Glassnode shows that average transaction fees have fallen below $0.01. This is the lowest level since May 2017. Though network activity remains strong. On January 16, ETH processed close to 2.9 million transactions in a single day. In past cycles, this level of use would have pushed fees much higher. Now, the opposite is happening. Cheaper transactions are making the network easier to use, even as demand stays high. Record Activity With Near-Zero Costs Ethereum’s daily transaction count has reached new highs in January 2026.…

Deloitte warns that T+0 and tokenized securities could boost speed and collateral efficiency while creating a dangerous blind spot if reporting and oversight lag. Summary Deloitte’s 2026 outlook flags same‑day T+0 settlement and tokenized securities as key experiments, likely starting in limited pilots rather than a full market overhaul. Faster settlement shrinks time to source cash, fix errors, and manage margin, raising liquidity and operational risk if paired with reduced reporting and fragmented liquidity. Tokenized collateral and stablecoins are early targets, with the CFTC and SEC using no‑action relief for pilots while Deloitte urges strong compliance, audit trails, and cyber…

Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins have been unable to escape the downward trend that began in October and is still ongoing. While BTC fell as low as $80,000 during this decline, Ethereum (ETH) and altcoins also experienced significant losses. However, the situation for Ethereum may be changing. One analyst said Ethereum could enter a medium- to long-term uptrend similar to the one it saw in 2021. Accordingly, crypto analyst Sykodelic, using a pseudonym, argued that Ethereum could enter an uptrend similar to the one it saw in 2021, citing the cyclical pattern between global liquidity, the Russell 2000 index, and the…