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Stablecoin usage on Revolut has picked up and reached exponential growth rates. The expansion happens after a record year for stablecoin minting and usage. Stablecoins on Revolut grew with a nearly exponential rate, based on the volume of interactions. Transaction volume for dollar-pegged assets through Revolut is growing at 156%, while the total value of payments is up by 38.5% over the past two years. After a slow start, the pace accelerated in 2025. Revolut stablecoin transactions grew in raw volumes, value transfers, and in diversity with more new networks added in the past year. | Source: Dune Analytics For…

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Ethereum price is rejecting near $3,400 as daily bearish divergence forms and volume fades, increasing the probability of a corrective move toward $2,800 high-time-frame support. Summary ETH rejected at $3,400 resistance with VAH + 0.618 confluence Daily bearish RSI divergence signals momentum weakness at the highs Fading volume increases pullback odds toward $2,800 support Ethereum’s (ETH) price recent rally is showing early signs of exhaustion as price fails to hold above the key $3,400 high-time-frame resistance zone. While ETH has remained strong overall, the market is now flashing technical warning signals that often appear near local tops, particularly when resistance…

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The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday to a target range of 3.5% to 3.75%. However, mixed comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will likely quell a Bitcoin price rally until the rate-cutting cycle resumes in 2026, analysts say. “In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside and risks to employment to the downside, a challenging situation. There is no risk-free path for policy,” Powell said at Wednesday’s Federal Reserve Open Committee (FOMC) meeting. These comments were not as “hawkish” as some analysts expected, but the Federal Reserve is now…

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A large on-chain transfer linked to Pump.fun has put fresh focus on how the memecoin launchpad is handling the proceeds of its token sale. Summary A Pump.fun-linked wallet sent $148M in USDC and USDT to Kraken. Total deposits since November now exceed $750M from ICO proceeds. The move has renewed debate over treasury use and transparency. A wallet associated with Pump.fun deposited roughly $148 million in stablecoins to Kraken on Jan. 13, according data from to on-chain analyst EmberCN. The latest transaction continues a pattern of sizable exchange-bound transfers seen over the past two months. $148M transfer adds to months-long…

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Ethereum price is slipping slightly on January 16, as ETH fights to maintain the $3,300 mark. Moves so far indicate consolidation, with no clear short-term trend emerging. Table of Contents Current market scenario Upside outlook: What bulls need to do Downside risks to watch Bottom line This Ethereum price prediction takes a closer look at current sentiment and what both bullish and bearish scenarios could mean for ETH. Summary Ethereum price is hovering around $3,305, showing slight weakness while trying to hold $3,300 support. ETH remains range-bound, indicating short-term consolidation despite weekly and monthly gains of 7% and 13%, respectively.…

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Last year around this time, crypto bros were taking victory laps as Donald Trump was getting ready to return to the White House. A year later, reality crashed the party. Summary The Senate Banking Committee postponed discussion of a key stablecoin bill after Coinbase withdrew its support. Crypto execs, despite getting their way with the 2024 election, still say they’re disadvantaged compared with banks and global markets. Lummis signaled that crypto’s tantrum-style response shows the industry isn’t ready for serious regulation. A much-hyped stablecoin bill hit a delay in the Senate on Wednesday, leaving digital-asset firms clutching their wallets—and their…

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Ethereum is showing bullish technical strength, with momentum indicators beginning to tilt back in favor of buyers. After weeks of uneven price action, the ETH/USD chart on the 3-day timeframe is now printing a MACD bullish crossover, a signal that has preceded some of Ethereum’s rallies in the past. The setup is notable because it proposes a situation where Ethereum is laying the groundwork for another sustained rally that plays throughout the entirety of 2026. Bullish MACD Crossover For Ethereum The latest analysis shared by Javon Marks points to Ethereum climbing steadily following another MACD bullish crossover in December 2025.…

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More than half of wealthy Asian investors in a recent survey say they plan to increase their portfolio exposure to cryptocurrency over the next few years. Sygnum’s APAC HNWI Report 2025 found that 6 in 10 of the surveyed Asian high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) are prepared to increase their crypto allocations based on a strong two- to five-year outlook. It polled 270 HNWIs with more than $1 million in investable assets and professional investors with over ten years of experience across ten APAC countries, mainly in Singapore, but including Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand. The findings also revealed that…

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Brian Armstrong showed up at the Capitol on Thursday to stop what he saw as a direct hit on Coinbase’s business. His goal was clear: keep the company’s stablecoin rewards alive. Brian walked the halls himself, not sending anyone else, because a Senate committee was about to vote on a bill that could block the company from paying users rewards for holding stablecoins. A day earlier, Brian had posted online slamming the bill. Within hours, Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott pulled it from the agenda. That single post stalled a bill that had been in the works for years. Speaking…

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Binance has announced it will remove certain margin trading pairs from its platform to maintain trading quality and enhance user security in margin markets. According to the official statement from the exchange, trading on specific Cross Margin and Isolated Margin trading pairs will cease on January 15, 2026, at 09:00 AM. According to the announcement, the trading pairs to be excluded from Cross Margin include AUDIO/BTC, SUSHI/BTC, MTL/BTC, IOTX/ETH, SLP/ETH, TRB/BTC, PYR/BTC, EGLD/BTC, ENS/BTC, APE/BTC, NEO/BTC, NMR/BTC, SHIB/DOGE, and MINA/BTC. The list for Isolated Margin is broader, with pairs such as AUDIO/BTC, CTSI/BTC, ATOM/ETH, WAN/BTC, MOVR/BTC, OXT/BTC, STORJ/BTC, YFI/BTC, FLUX/BTC,…

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