Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Part of the Team Since Apr 2025 About Author Amin Ayan is a crypto journalist with over four years of experience in the industry. He has contributed to leading publications such as Cryptonews, Investing.com, 99Bitcoins, and 24/7 Wall St. He has… Share Last updated: January 23, 2026 Crypto payments firm Mercuryo has partnered with Visa to enable near real-time conversion of digital assets into fiat currency. Key Takeaways: Mercuryo’s partnership with Visa enables near real-time crypto-to-fiat off-ramps directly to Visa debit and credit cards. The integration cuts costs and settlement times, especially…
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Changpeng Zhao spoke at the World Economic Forum’s 2026 Annual Meeting in Davos this week, his first appearance on the official programme since Binance’s 2023 US settlement and his subsequent guilty plea, prison sentence, and presidential pardon.The listing placed him squarely in WEF’s “New Era for Finance” track, including a session titled “Where Are We on Stablecoins?”, a framing that treated programmable money not as speculative crypto theater but as emerging financial infrastructure.The invitation didn’t signal crypto’s ideological victory. It signaled something narrower and more consequential: the products Zhao helped scale have become so systemically relevant that elite conveners can…
If you’ve been thinking about getting into Bitcoin mining, you’ve come to the right place. Bitcoin (BTC) is the first cryptocurrency, powered by blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. It is designed to facilitate peer-to-peer transactions in an intermediary-free, decentralized environment. Bitcoin mining is the process by which the network validates transactions, adds new blocks, and creates new Bitcoins. It is also known as Bitcoin farming.In this article, we’ll provide a step-by-step guide on how to mine BTC profitably. We’ll also cover the associated risks and legal implications of Bitcoin mining.What is Bitcoin Mining?The Bitcoin blockchain is a decentralized peer-to-peer network…
21Shares’ Dogecoin (DOGE) ETF, TDOG, has made its debut on Nasdaq. The financial vehicle is backed by the Dogecoin Foundation. The launch marks the first spot DOGE ETF in the US, a significant milestone in the memecoin’s journey. Let’s discuss if the ETF launch can propel DOGE’s price to the $0.30 mark.Will Dogecoin’s Nasdaq ETF Debut Push Its Price To $0.30?Source: Reddit21Shares’ Dogecoin ETF marks the first memecoin ETF for the US. The achievement is a reminder of how far the crypto sector has come over the last decade. Nobody would have thought that we would eventually get a DOGE…
Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Part of the Team Since Apr 2025 About Author Amin Ayan is a crypto journalist with over four years of experience in the industry. He has contributed to leading publications such as Cryptonews, Investing.com, 99Bitcoins, and 24/7 Wall St. He has… Share Last updated: January 23, 2026 Merkle Manufactory, the company behind the crypto-oriented social media protocol Farcaster, plans to return $180 million in venture funding to investors. Key Takeaways: Merkle Manufactory plans to return $180 million in venture funding while Farcaster continues operating. Farcaster has been acquired by Neynar, which will…
Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Part of the Team Since Apr 2025 About Author Amin Ayan is a crypto journalist with over four years of experience in the industry. He has contributed to leading publications such as Cryptonews, Investing.com, 99Bitcoins, and 24/7 Wall St. He has… Share Last updated: January 23, 2026 World Liberty Financial, the crypto project associated with the family of US President Donald Trump, has entered a partnership with satellite startup Spacecoin to explore how decentralized finance could operate over space-based internet infrastructure. Key Takeaways: World Liberty Financial is partnering with Spacecoin to explore…
Author Sujha Sundararajan Author Sujha Sundararajan Part of the Team Since Jun 2023 About Author Sujha has been recognised as 🟣 Women In Crypto 2024 🟣 by BeInCrypto for her leadership in crypto journalism. Share Last updated: January 23, 2026 Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic’s report shows that Russia’s ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5, launched last year to help evade sanctions, has processed over $100 billion in transactions in less than a year.Russia-based cross-border payments firm A7 LLC launched the stablecoin in January 2025 to circumvent Western sanctions. It claims a 1:1 backing by ruble deposits held at Russian state-owned Promsvyazbank (PSB).Per the…
Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Part of the Team Since Apr 2025 About Author Amin Ayan is a crypto journalist with over four years of experience in the industry. He has contributed to leading publications such as Cryptonews, Investing.com, 99Bitcoins, and 24/7 Wall St. He has… Share Last updated: January 23, 2026 Capital One has agreed to acquire fintech firm Brex in a deal valued at $5.15 billion, marking one of the largest fintech transactions in recent years and signaling the bank’s growing interest in stablecoin-based payments. Key Takeaways: Capital One will acquire Brex for $5.15 billion,…
Binance expanded its spot ecosystem after the platform lists Sentient (SENT) as an official trading asset. Following a successful incubation phase within the Binance Alpha Market, the platform officially launched trading for the asset on January 22, 2026, at 12:00 (UTC). Binance applies the Seed Tag to this listing, which flags SENT as an innovative project with significant price volatility and technical risks.Learn more: A Deep Analysis about Binance by NFTPlazasWhat is Sentient (SENT)?Source: Sentient LabsSentient Labs is pioneering the GRID, a massive, decentralized intelligence network designed to democratize Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Unlike the closed, proprietary systems typical of…
The Solana price witnessed renewed selling pressure at $146, resulting in a sharp V-top reversal heading for $120 floor. Nearly $60 billion worth of SOL now is locked, reducing liquid supply in the market. The downsloping trend in momentum indicator ADX at 29% shows a slight weakness in the prevailing correction trendline. On Thursday, January 22nd, the Solana price showcased a slight downtick of 0.75% to trade at $128. The downtick followed another upset from geopolitical developments as U.S. president Donald Trump warned of major retaliation if Europeans sell their U.S. bonds and securities. Despite the broader market pressure, the…
