Month: January 2026

Bybit Launches Retail Bank Accounts With Personal IBANs

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Bybit, one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges by trading volume, plans to launch retail banking services on its platform starting in February, the company said Thursday. Bybit unveiled the product, “My Bank powered by Bybit,” during a live online keynote on Thursday. Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said the service will offer users a personal IBAN (international bank account number), allowing them to send and receive funds across banks in multiple currencies, with US dollar transfers supported at launch. The move marks Bybit’s latest effort to expand beyond crypto trading,…

US SEC Rules on Tokenized Securities

Key Notes The SEC said that tokenized securities are “financial instruments” that fall under the federal securities laws. It also outlined issuer-sponsored tokenized securities and third-party sponsored models. Tokenization platforms like Securitize said the SEC’s guidance is critical for responsibly scaling the asset class. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is weighing in on a newly emerging asset class known as tokenized securities. The move follows joint guidance from the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, Division of Corporation Finance, and Division of Trading and Markets. US SEC Says Tokenized…

Sony Innovation Fund Invests $13M in Startale Group’s Soneium Network

Key Notes Sony Innovation Fund committed an additional $13 million to Startale. This is the first close of Startale’s Series A round. Soneium now hosts over 250 live dApps, with USDSC live as a native settlement stablecoin on mainnet. Startale Group confirmed a $13 million follow-on investment from Sony Innovation Fund on January 29, 2026. The funding deepens Sony Group Corp.’s exposure to Startale and its Ethereum Layer 2 network, Soneium. The investment comes roughly a year after Soneium’s mainnet went live in January 2025. Startale said the round represents…

Worldcoin Up 40% on OpenAI Social Media News

Key Notes Sources familiar with the matter said OpenAI’s social media platform will compete with major players such as X and Facebook, positioning itself as a “humans-only” platform. Worldcoin’s price rose from $0.45 to $0.65 before pulling back to around $0.52, while trading volume increased by more than 800%. OpenAI is reportedly considering a biometric “proof of personhood” system using Worldcoin’s iris-scanning technology. Sam Altman’s Worldcoin WLD $0.50 24h volatility: 9.5% Market cap: $1.40 B Vol. 24h: $828.78 M project is back in the spotlight as his AI company, OpenAI,…

Looking Ahead to Volatility in 2026 for Bitcoin Price Chart, XRP and Altcoin Market as 2025 Ends

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Bitcoin shakeout sets stage for next BTC leg higher, says Cathie Wood

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Bitcoin’s October flush, driven by a Binance glitch and $28B deleveraging, may be over as Cathie Wood sees a shallow cycle, institutional demand, and upside ahead. Summary Binance software glitch sparked a record $28B Bitcoin deleveraging and 14% BTC plunge.​ Wood calls this the “shallowest” four‑year Bitcoin drawdown and sees BTC consolidating €80k–€90k before a new uptrend.​ Institutions now treat Bitcoin as a low‑correlation asset, with ARK targeting a $16T BTC market value by 2030. Bitcoin’s (BTC) latest shakeout may be over, but the blame game has only just begun.…

21Shares Drops XRP Price Predictions For 2026: What’s The Upside?

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21Shares has outlined a three-scenario price outlook for XRP in 2026, arguing that the token is moving from a litigation-defined trade to one increasingly priced on ETF-driven demand and measurable on-ledger adoption. In a Jan. 23 research note, 21Shares’ Matt Mena frames 2026 as a “defining turning point” in which XRP’s valuation becomes “anchored in institutional fundamentals” after the August 2025 settlement that ended the SEC case overhang. The firm says that resolution removed a structural constraint that had limited XRP’s upside “regardless of underlying utility,” allowing the market to…

Bitcoin price loses dynamic MA support amid leverage reset 

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Bitcoin price has slipped below key short-term trend support as traders continued to unwind leverage across derivatives markets. Summary Bitcoin slipped below short-term trend support as leverage unwound. Derivatives data points to forced positioning resets, not panic selling. The chart shows heavy resistance above and fragile downside support. Bitcoin slipped to $88,218 at press time, down 1.2% over the past 24 hours, as the price fell back below key short-term trend support during an ongoing leverage unwind. Over the last seven days, the token has fluctuated between $86,319 and $90,475.…

Hang Seng Taps Ethereum for Planned Tokenized Gold Fund Units

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Hang Seng Investment Management has rolled out a new physically backed gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Hong Kong, with an option for future tokenized access to the asset. The Hang Seng Gold ETF, which began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday under stock code 3170, is designed to track the LBMA Gold Price AM, the widely used morning benchmark set in London. The fund is structured as a passive ETF and holds physical gold bars that meet London Bullion Market Association good delivery standards, according to product…