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AmericanFortress, a blockchain privacy infrastructure provider, and 0G, a decentralized compute network for AI agents, have announced the launch of an AI-native private and compliant transaction stack designed for autonomous on-chain activity. The joint solution combines 0G’s compute layer for autonomous agents with AmericanFortress’s patented dynamic stealth-address system. Transactions are executed using cryptographic one-time addresses derived by both parties, allowing users and agents to transact via names rather than exposed on-chain addresses. This approach prevents address reuse and limits third-party visibility while maintaining cryptographic verification and decentralized identity proofs between counterparties. AmericanFortress will also introduce a user-selectable “Hide My Balance”…

China has fixed the yuan at its strongest level since 2023, betting on continued U.S. policy that keeps the dollar weak. According to Xinhua, the currency has stayed below the 7 yuan‑per‑dollar mark, strengthening to 6.9843 yuan per dollar on Monday. People’s Bank of China Sets Yuan Stronger as Dollar Weakens China has signaled it is ready to strengthen its currency. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the institution that sets what’s called the daily fixing price of the yuan, has allowed the currency to reach its strongest level since May 2023. In its latest fixing operation, the PBOC fixed the exchange…

Crypto.com’s Cronos, Bitget Token, and Circle’s USDC have seen a surge in whale activity over the past seven days, even as the two exchange tokens’ prices have slumped by more than 7% in that period. On-chain analysis from Santiment Feed shows that Cronos and Bitget Token recorded the steepest week-on-week increases in whale activity among tokens with market capitalizations above $500 million. Whale transactions on Cronos jumped by more than 1,100% compared with the previous week, while Bitget Token activity climbed by 800%. USDC on Optimism also ticked upwards more than fivefold over the same period, placing the stablecoin among…

Korea’s oldest university joined the Injective network as a both a node validator and research collaborator. Both parties will pursue research and development in tokenization of real-world assets and other on-chain financial structures in South Korea. Korea University, one of Asia’s most prestigious educational institutions, recently joined the Injective ecosystem as a node validator and research collaborator in what the network says deepened cooperation between the crypto industry and academia. The partnership was spearheaded by the Blockchain Research Institute at the university, which has been researching decentralized technologies since its launch in 2020. Korea University ranked first in the country…

The CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, believes that public listings in the future will look very different. He says that IPOs will slowly turn into becoming completely on-chain. While using blockchain technology instead of the traditional systems that are being used now. 🎙️BRIAN ARMSTRONG: IPOs WILL MOVE FULLY ON-CHAIN IN THE FUTURECoinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says companies will eventually conduct IPOs entirely on-chain, arguing that heavier regulation has pushed firms to stay private longer.He reiterates on-chain listings would cut costs,… pic.twitter.com/mmxA8vG42H — Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) January 26, 2026 According to Armstrong, IPO processes now are quite slow, with a higher…

Another trader entered the market. He put in 2.44 million USDC in Hyperliquid. At first, he was going to make a less risky landing. He put a limit order of buy five million ASTER at 0.6 dollars. However, he lost patience. Rather, he has immediately opened a 5x leveraged long. He bought 2.96 million ASTER at 0.6295. Consequently, he has put 1.86 million dollars at risk to the market. Trader 0x38fD FOMOed in.Instead of waiting for the limit order to fill, he opened a 5x long on 2.96M $ASTER($1.86M) at an entry price of $0.6295.https://t.co/Klc4Uyypuj pic.twitter.com/UfOJ2FAGlB — Lookonchain (@lookonchain) January…

APRO, the most popular oracle network on BNB Chain has unveiled an intensive technical collaboration with Brevis, a leader in the area of zero-knowledge (ZK) coprocessing with a view to redefining the nature of how oracles source, verify, and deliver information to smart contracts. The partnership is a strategic use of cryptographically provable data as a shift away from consensus-based oracle models. Exciting collab alert! 🔥 @brevis_zk × @APRO_Oracle are partnering to build the future of trust-free oracles on @BNBCHAIN.By combining Brevis’ ZK tech with APRO’s oracle network, we’re moving beyond validator consensus to mathematically proven data feeds for prediction…

For years, traders in China leaned on one quiet assumption. When prices fell hard, the national team would step in and buy. That belief sat under the market like a floor. But last week, that floor cracked in public after Central Huijin Investment, a state-linked fund, sold sold about $67.5 billion across 14 tech-related ETFs in six sessions through Thursday, according to Bloomberg. Chen Da, founder of Dante Research, said, “If enough people are watching what this player is doing, its actions could be enough to alter expectations.” That view spread quickly on trading floors. The national team was no…

Revolut, a U.K. fintech that offers crypto trading, scrapped plans to buy a U.S. bank and will instead apply for a standalone banking license as it expands in the world’s largest financial market, the Financial Times reported Friday. The London-based company had sought to fast-track its entry into the American banking system by acquiring a chartered U.S. lender, a move that would have allowed it to operate across all 50 states. But the company, which last year reached a $75 billion valuation in a secondary share sale, concluded that an acquisition would be slower and more complicated than expected, the…

Crypto investment products reversed course last week from solid inflows to one of the largest outflow weeks on record amid persistent bearish market sentiment. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $1.73 billion of outflows during the week, the biggest since mid-November 2025, CoinShares reported on Monday. “Dwindling expectations for interest rate cuts, negative price momentum and disappointment that digital assets have not participated in the debasement trade yet have likely fuelled these outflows,” said CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill. The latest outflows highlight the market’s sideways trading, following the prior week’s $2.2 billion of inflows. Bitcoin and Ether lead outflows…