Day: January 29, 2026

Circle Unveils Full-Stack Platform Strategy With Arc Blockchain Push for 2026

Rebeca Moen Jan 29, 2026 14:32 Circle details 2026 product roadmap featuring Arc blockchain mainnet launch, expanded USDC infrastructure, and enterprise payment network scaling. Circle has laid out an ambitious 2026 roadmap centered on transitioning its Arc blockchain from testnet to production while scaling its stablecoin infrastructure for institutional adoption. The announcement comes as USDC circulation hit $72 billion and the company’s payment network expands into European and Indian markets. The strategy rests on three interconnected pillars: Arc as the foundational layer-1…

Crypto loves Clawdbot/Moltbot, Uber ratings for AI agents: AI Eye

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The crypto community seems more excited about Clawdbot than anything else since ChatGPT’s 2022 release. The self-hosted personal AI assistant is just three months old. It’s an open source hobby project created by Austrian Peter Steinberger, and it’s gone viral in the past few weeks. With 70,000 stars, it’s also one of the fastest–growing projects in GitHub history. Beeple on Clawdbot (Beeple) Steinberger named the project after Claude (which he loves). Seearch interest for Clawdbot overtook search interest for Claude Code, which explains why Anthropic forced him to change the…

🚨 BREAKING: XRP LEDGER VALIDATOR GOES DOWN! 🚨 JAPAN BOND SPIKE, U.S. VOTE ON CRYPTO BILL TOMORROW!

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Why It’s Now Or Never

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Dogecoin is grinding along a technical fault line around the low-$0.10s, with traders flagging a tight support band that could define whether DOGE stabilizes or slips into a structurally weaker regime. The immediate setup is being framed as a high-conviction “line in the sand” by chart-focused accounts, even as on-chain whale activity appears to be fading fast. Ali Charts said transactions larger than $1 million on the Dogecoin network “dropped by 94.6%, from 109 to just 6, over the past four weeks,” pointing to a sharp pullback in large-ticket activity…

Citrea Bitcoin Rollup Launches Mainnet, ctUSD Stablecoin

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Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures-backed Bitcoin zero-knowledge rollup (ZK-rollup) Citrea launched its mainnet on Tuesday with BTC collateral lending, BTC-structured products and a new US dollar stablecoin, ctUSD.  The launch is aimed at turning what Citrea calls “economically idle” Bitcoin (BTC) into base collateral for decentralized finance (DeFi) and payments, while anchoring more of that activity to Bitcoin’s base layer. The team expects active DeFi liquidity to reach $50 million in the first few weeks, with BTC lending, BTC-structured products, and decentralized trading already live from day one. The mainnet…

Bitcoin’s Great Run Will Continue, MARA’s Thiel Says

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io MARA Holdings CEO Fred Thiel is not discouraged by the recent performance of Bitcoin. It’s down about 30% from its record high of more than $126,000. He says a risk-off environment is driving investors away from Bitcoin for now and we’re just seeing some “healthy retracement.” ——– More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video? Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss any videos from Bloomberg Markets & Finance: Visit for business news & analysis, up-to-the-minute market data, features,…

Metaplanet Seeks $137M via Third-Party Placement

Key Notes Metaplanet approved a ¥20.7B third-party placement to fund Bitcoin purchases. The deal prices shares at a premium with fixed-strike warrants. About ¥14B will go directly into staged Bitcoin buys. Metaplanet has approved a new equity financing to raise up to ¥20.7 billion, or about $135-137 million, to expand its Bitcoin BTC $87 968 24h volatility: 2.4% Market cap: $1.76 T Vol. 24h: $47.35 B holdings. The decision was finalized at a board meeting on January 29. Notably, the Tokyo-listed firm will issue new shares and stock acquisition rights…

Bybit to Launch Retail Bank Accounts

Key Notes Bybit is prepared to offer banking services that will allow customers hold balances in US dollars. Pave Bank is one of the partners for this initiative. Bybit’s latest move suggests a full recovery from its infamous 2025 hack. Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit is set to roll out retail banking services on its platform by February. Dubbed “My Bank powered by Bybit,” this new product will let customers with accounts hold balances in USD as well as other fiat currencies. It plans to achieve this in collaboration with partner…

Ether ETFs Flip Green With $28 Million Inflow as Bitcoin Keeps Bleeding

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Midweek trading delivered a split verdict for crypto ETFs, with bitcoin extending its outflow streak while Ether regained momentum. XRP and solana quietly added to their recent run of inflows, reinforcing selective risk appetite. ETF Tug-of-War: Bitcoin Slips, Ether Recovers, XRP and Solana Shine The crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) market offered a study in contrasts […] Original