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January, 2026

January, 2026

Senate Sets Dueling January Markups for High-Stakes Crypto Market Regulation
This January is crunch time for the Senate on cryptocurrency market regulation efforts. After years of fits and starts on Capitol Hill, including key wins like the stablecoin-focused GENIUS...
Allianz Taps Anthropic to Help Deploy AI Throughout Its Insurance Business
Allianz plans to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) throughout its insurance business around the world with the help of Anthropic. The financial services provider and the AI startup have f...
Circle Examines How Crypto and Web3 Ecosystems are Preparing Blockchains for the Quantum Era
Digital assets firm Circle noted that the rise of quantum computing poses a significant challenge to blockchain technology. According to a recent blog post from stablecoin issuer Circle, experts predi...
Report Claims Two UK Crypto Exchanges Used to Support Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
The world is watching events in Iran as the populace is pushing back against the repressive regime led by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Recent reports indicate that Khamenei has vowed not to ...
UK CFO Survey Sees Artificial Intelligence (AI) Boosting Productivity
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be lambasted as a destroyer of jobs or lauded as a supporter of productivity. The conventional wisdom tends toward the latter, but some noted prognosticators have pred...
Inside the Stream: Versant’s Opening, TV-AI, NFL Streaming and Disney-Hulu
In our first podcast of 2026 we discuss Comcast’s spinoff of Versant, which was finalized earlier this week. So far Wall Street has been cool to the stock, indicating further concern about cable n...
US Jobs Data Removes Critical Downside Risk for Bitcoin and Crypto Markets
Bitcoin held above the $90,000 level on Friday after the latest US labor market data showed slower hiring but no sign of a sharp economic downturn.  The report removed one key downside risk for cr...
A Key US Lawmaker Made A $100,000 Bitcoin Buy – Is The CLARITY Act Close to Passing?
US Representative Byron Donalds filed this week a purchase of up to $100,000 in Bitcoin. The move raised eyebrows, given the congressman’s seat on the House Subcommittee on Digital Assets.  The ...
XRP Dips 14% As First Sell Wave of 2026 Hits — Yet The Trends Holds
XRP price has pulled back sharply after a strong start to the year. Since topping on January 6, the price has been down more than 14%. Even after the drop, XRP remains up roughly 11% over the past sev...
$3.2 Million Accumulation Offsets Zcash’s Governance Shock — But Can It Save the Price?
Zcash faced a sudden governance shock this week that sent its price sharply lower. Panic selling pushed ZEC down more than 20% yesterday alone, briefly dipping near the $380 level before buyers steppe...
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