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Almost four days into the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the strongest and most consistent theme for crypto has been the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs). The event commenced on Monday, January 19, 2026, and will go on until Friday, January 23, with more Binance founder and former CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), also in the lineup. Tokenization Emerges as Crypto’s Dominant Theme at Davos 2026 WEF-related publications continue to describe 2026 as an “inflection point” for digital assets. They argue that blockchain has moved beyond pilot programs and into live production. Rather than revisiting long-running debates…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has applauded the Senate Agriculture Committee’s advancement of a crypto market structure bill. Garlinghouse believes the development will provide clarity to the sector and guarantee a better future for the crypto sector. Ripple CEO welcomes end to SEC-CFTC regulatory confusion For perspective, the U.S. legislation empowers the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to oversee digital commodities and establish rules for the spot market. This will also include consumer safeguards like fund segregation and mandatory disclosures. The legislation aims to clarify the different regulatory roles between the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It builds…

Ethereum price today trades near $2,922 after breaking below the psychological $3,000 level for the first time since mid January. The drop follows heavy spot outflows and continued rotation into precious metals, with gold up 18 percent and silver up 52 percent year to date. $ETH now sits nearly 40 percent below its October highs while traditional safe havens extend to record levels. Metals Rally Creates Capital Vortex TruthOwn what worksBut don’t let FOMO make you abandon good ideas 💡 https://t.co/DV0IYZJ9sn — Thomas (Tom) Lee (not drummer) FSInsight.com (@fundstrat) January 28, 2026 The macro environment remains hostile to risk assets.…

The US Federal Reserve is set to hold its key interest rates steady through this quarter and potentially lasting until the Fed chair Jerome Powell completes his term in May. This forecast was based on Polymarket results showing that traders anticipated a 98% likelihood that the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates unchanged at its January meeting, scheduled for January 27-28. Notably, this finding illustrates a significant shift from December’s prediction, when several individuals anticipated at least one reduction by March. Analysts weighed in on the situation. They explained that these recent predictions resulted from the moderate to solid growth…

Citi (C) said the CLARITY Act remains the key catalyst for legitimizing digital assets in the U.S., but progress is slowed by negotiations over its most contentious provisions. While the Senate Agriculture Committee has advanced its version of the bill, the bank noted the Banking Committee still controls the toughest issues, leaving timelines uncertain. Lawmakers are expected to keep working even during a potential shutdown, with target dates in the coming months still attainable, though there is a rising risk that talks delay final passage beyond 2026. “We see the passage of the CLARITY Act as the essential catalyst for…

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A Columbia Business School professor is raising concerns about the scant details in the New York Stock Exchange’s plan to build a blockchain for real-world asset tokenization, amid fears it could run against the ethos of crypto. In an X post on Tuesday, Omid Malekan said NYSE’s announcement read like “vaporware” and that many questions remain unanswered, including which chain it would be built on, whether tokens would be permissioned, permissionless, or a combination of both and what the tokenomics and fee set-up would look like. Vaporware refers to a product that has been announced and hyped but does not…

Coinbase (COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong is running into a wall — and it looks a lot like the heads of America’s biggest banks. During meetings at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Armstrong reportedly approached several Wall Street leaders to discuss the crypto market structure bill moving through Congress, according to a report the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Thursday. The reception was icy. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told Armstrong, “You are full of s—,” according to people familiar with the exchange who spoke with the WSJ. Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan sat for a 30-minute meeting but dismissed…

Tokenized stocks are gaining ground fast — and Ian de Bode, president at Ondo Finance ONDO$0.3006, believes they’re becoming one of the most practical and scalable use cases for crypto. The firm said its tokenized equity platform, dubbed Ondo Global Markets, has raked in over $500 million in total value locked and recorded over $7 billion in volume since its launch in September 2025, It’s now the largest by size among providers, leading ahead of issuers Kraken’s xStocks and Robinhood, RWA.xyz data shows. The overall market of stock tokens is just shy of $1 billion, growing 27% over the past…

Jensen Huang wants you to know the AI industry isn’t a bubble—despite looking like a bubble. At the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, the Nvidia CEO told BlackRock’s Larry Fink that the infrastructure powering artificial intelligence needs “trillions of dollars” more investment over the coming years. The alternative? Ultimate failure. Huang framed AI as a “five-layer cake” that starts with energy at the bottom, then chips, cloud infrastructure, AI models, and finally applications at the top. Each layer, he explained, requires massive buildout before the ones above can properly function. “We’re now a few hundred billion dollars into…