Author: NBTC

A banking application connected to World Liberty Financial Inc., a crypto firm partially owned by President Donald Trump, will proceed as normal, according to the chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, who rejected a request from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren to focus special scrutiny on the president’s potential conflict of interest with the company. The Massachusetts lawmaker, who is the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, has been scrapping with a federal bank regulator and others in Trump’s administration over his personal stake in a company set to be regulated by the federal agencies he…

Crypto products on CME reached peak activity in Q4, announced the exchange operator. The shift was driven by $ETH futures, as well as the new $SOL and $XRP markets. For Q4, CME marked record activity on its crypto products, with peak engagement, volumes, and open interest. The peak activity led to CME’s decision to offer 24/7 trading for its crypto markets, mimicking native trading. CME completed nine years of $BTC futures trading in the past year, becoming one of the main indicators for the potential direction of $BTC. During those years, both CME and the crypto native market matured. Based…

Major pension funds across Sweden, Denmark, and Finland have initiated a comprehensive review of their substantial U.S. asset holdings, signaling a potential seismic shift in global capital flows driven by escalating geopolitical tensions and policy uncertainty. This strategic reassessment, first reported by Walter Bloomberg, involves analyzing billions in U.S. Treasury bonds, equities, and dollar-denominated securities as risk premiums climb to concerning levels. Consequently, some institutions have already begun selling portions of their government bond portfolios, a move that follows stark warnings from former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding retaliatory measures against European asset sales. Nordic Pension Funds Reassess US Asset…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) agreed to dismiss a lawsuit against crypto exchange Gemini on Friday, tied to the company’s defunct Earn product, saying the suit was no longer warranted. The SEC sued Gemini and Genesis Global Capital in 2023, alleging the companies had sold unregistered securities in the form of Gemini’s yield-bearing Earn product. Investors had entrusted their funds to Gemini, which had loaned them to Genesis, which halted withdrawals after the 2022 FTX collapse and the broader crypto market downturn, the SEC said in its lawsuit. The SEC halted the lawsuit in April of last year,…

WhiteBIT denied claims made by Russia’s Prosecutor General alleging that it facilitated illegal fund transfers out of Russia to finance Ukraine’s armed forces. The Ukrainian crypto exchange asserted it stopped operating in Russian territory since wae broke out between the two countries. WhiteBIT Rejects Russia’s Allegations In an official statement, WhiteBIT pushed back against Russia’s ban, stating that it had completely ceased operations in the country shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. “Following the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, WhiteBIT took a principled stance: it blocked all users from Russia and Belarus, and discontinued trading pairs with…

BlackRock is back in crypto headlines. A viral post on X claimed the asset manager “sold” millions in Bitcoin and Ethereum. The numbers spread fast and fear followed just as quickly. On January 23, Ash Crypto posted that BlackRock moved $22.3 million in Bitcoin and $44.4 million in Ethereum. The total came to about $66.7 million. BREAKING: 🇺🇸 BlackRock has sold $22.3 million worth of Bitcoin and $44.4 million worth of Ethereum. pic.twitter.com/pCVrZ9rFTi — Ash Crypto (@AshCrypto) January 23, 2026 The post used dramatic images and crashing charts. As a result, panic took over Crypto X within minutes. However, the…

Some of the U.S. Senate Democrats in the negotiation over the crypto market structure bill filed requested amendments on Friday, seeking a number of their top policy requests in the draft legislation pushed by Republicans in the Senate Agriculture Committee. The draft they’re trying to change was unveiled as a partisan effort without Democratic sign-off on Wednesday, so now the lawmakers are trying to insert such things as a ban of the president (and other government officials) profiting off of the crypto sector and a demand that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission fill out its slate of commissioners before digital…

Global cryptocurrency exchange OKX announces a significant market expansion with its upcoming USAT/$USDT spot trading pair listing, scheduled for January 27 at 3:00 p.m. UTC, marking another strategic move in the competitive digital asset landscape. OKX USAT Listing Details and Market Context OKX confirmed the USAT/$USDT trading pair addition through official channels on January 25, 2025. Consequently, the exchange will enable spot trading precisely at the announced time. This development follows OKX’s established pattern of carefully evaluating assets before listing. Moreover, the exchange maintains rigorous security and compliance standards for all new additions. Typically, OKX conducts thorough technical reviews before…

Indonesia saw a sharp rise in crypto investors in 2025, even as total transaction values declined, pointing to growing retail adoption led by younger users despite softer trading activity. Crypto Adoption Rises in Indonesia Amid Lower Volumes Indonesia’s crypto market showed mixed signals in 2025, with investor participation continuing to climb even as overall transaction values fell, according to the country’s Financial Services Authority (OJK). OJK said crypto remains a popular investment choice among younger Indonesians, with crypto investor numbers remaining strong despite reduced trading volumes. Data from the regulator shows that crypto transaction values totaled $31 billion (IDR 482.23…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have a public event scheduled for January 27, 2026, between 10 and 11 a.m. ET. The meeting will take place at the CFTC headquarters in Washington and will be open to people who want to turn up in person or join via livestream. The main focus of the SEC-CFTC meeting The meeting has been dubbed SEC – CFTC Harmonization: U.S. Financial Leadership in the Crypto Era. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig are slated to discuss harmonization between the two agencies and their…