Day: 21 January 2026

Quick Breakdown  Alchemy Pay now holds 14 U.S. Money Transmitter Licenses, including Nebraska, strengthening regulatory compliance. Nebraska approval enables seamless fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat transactions for businesses and users. Expanded compliance supports Alchemy Pay’s Real-World Asset platform, Alchemy Chain blockchain, and global payment innovation.   Alchemy Pay has secured a Money ...

Quick Breakdown  RLUSD is now trading on Binance with Ethereum support; XRPL coming soon. Designed for payments, DeFi, and cross-border transactions with 1:1 USD backing. Multichain interoperability expands usability for developers, institutions, and global users.   Ripple’s U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, RLUSD, is now available for spot trading on Binance, one ...

Quick Breakdown White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt warns that delaying the CLARITY Act could result in harsher, “Dodd-Frank” style regulations under future Democratic administrations. The Senate Banking Committee postponed its markup of the digital asset bill after Coinbase withdrew support over concerns regarding stablecoin yield and DeFi privacy. Witt ...

Quick Breakdown Tightening KYC rules, policy debates, and looming restrictions increased the appeal of Monero’s built-in privacy, pushing XMR above $797 and lifting its market cap past $13 billion. Investors moved away from competitors like Zcash. When Monero broke through long-term resistance, trading volumes jumped, and more buyers entered the ...

Quick Breakdown  Vitalik Buterin says competition, not algorithms or tokens, is key to healthier social media. He plans to fully return to decentralized social platforms by 2026. Buterin criticises token-driven social models, saying most fail to reward real quality.   Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has renewed his long-standing call for ...

Quick Breakdown Ripple President Monica Long predicts that 50% of Fortune 500 companies will hold crypto or use blockchain by the end of 2026, driving over $1 trillion in digital assets onto balance sheets. Public firms holding Bitcoin have surged from four in 2020 to over 200 today, including GameStop, ...

Quick Breakdown  Spend eCash (XEC) instantly on gift cards, digital products, gaming credits, and mobile top-ups. Transactions confirm in ~3 seconds with ultra-low fees and full user control. CoinsBee bridges crypto with real-world utility, supporting 5,000+ global brands including Amazon, Apple, and Netflix.   CoinsBee, a leading global crypto payment ...

By the end of 2024, crypto billionaires were doing well. Many had portfolios worth billions in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other popular coins, and most expected 2025 to bring even more gains. The crypto market looked unstoppable, and fortunes kept growing. But 2025 was difficult, even for the wealthiest crypto investors. ...

Quick Breakdown  Valereum completes a $200M asset-backed recapitalisation, securing senior-secured, institutional-grade notes. Deal delivers $15.9M in contracted annual income through 2030, reducing funding and balance sheet risk. The company positions itself for global expansion in tokenisation and digital asset infrastructure.   Valereum Plc has completed a major strategic recapitalisation, positioning ...

Quick Breakdown XRP fell to $1.84 on January 19, during a wider crypto pullback that pushed Bitcoin to $92,000 and triggered about $864 million in liquidations. The drop looks panic-driven on the surface, but on-chain data points to whale accumulation and low exchange balances, which can reduce sell pressure over ...