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U.S. Senators Propose Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act to Exempt Developers from Money Transmitter Rules

Key Points:The bill exempts non-controlling developers from money transmitter rules.Senators say the bill supports innovation without prosecution fear.Focuses on protecting developers of blockchain technologies financially.U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and Ron Wyden have introduced the Blockchain Reg...

NYC Token Deployer Earns $1M via Unilateral Liquidity Pool Strategy

New York's former mayor, Eric Adams, recently launched a token called "New York City Token" ($NYC), claiming it was intended to combat anti-Semitism and anti-American sentiment. The token's market value initially surged to $600 million, but then rapidly plummeted to less than $100 million. Blockchai...

Trader Buys 1.5% of WHITEWHALE for $370, Now Holds $987,000 in Tokens

According to ChainCatcher, Arkham's monitoring shows that trader Remus spent only $370 to buy 1.5% of the supply of the meme coin WHITEWHALE. He has been holding most of the WHITEWHALE tokens ever since, until the meme coin's market cap reached $150 million. Currently, he has cashed out a total of $...

Mt. Gox Hacker-Linked Entity Deposits 926 BTC to Unknown Exchange

Odaily Planet News: According to monitoring by Emmett Gallic, an entity associated with Mt. Gox hacker Aleksey Bilyuchenko deposited 926 BTC into an unknown exchange today. The entity still holds 3,000 BTC, valued at $275 million. It is currently unclear whether Aleksey Bilyuchenko personally holds ...

NYC Token Team Allegedly Withdraws Over $1M Through USDC Looping, Market Cap Falls Below $100M

According to ChainCatcher, according to monitoring by Bubblemaps, suspicious liquidity provider (LP) activity has been observed in the NYC token launched by former New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The project team extracted over $1 million by repeatedly depositing and withdrawing USDC in liquidity po...

NYC Token Team Allegedly Extracts Over $1M via USDC Looping

Odaily Planet News: According to monitoring by Bubblemaps, suspicious liquidity provider (LP) activity has been observed in the NYC token launched by former New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The project team reportedly extracted over $1 million by repeatedly depositing and withdrawing USDC in liquidit...

Mt. Gox Hacker's Address Deposits 926 BTC to Unknown Exchange

BlockBeats news: On January 13, according to monitoring by Emmett Gallic, the address associated with the Mt. Gox hacker Aleksey Bilyuchenko deposited another 926 BTC into an unknown trading platform.The aforementioned address still holds 3,000 BTC (worth $275 million). It is currently unclear wheth...

X Announces Smart Cashtags Feature to Enable Crypto Trading on Platform

"What if we could directly buy and sell cryptocurrencies on a world-class social media platform?"For a long time, this has been regarded as a dream by people in the cryptocurrency community. Yet, when dreams meet reality, it always happens so suddenly.On January 11, X (Twitter) product lead Nikita B...

Bitcoin Core Adds New Trusted Key Maintainer for First Time in Three Years

According to ChainCatcher, last week marked the first time in three years that the Bitcoin Core development team added a new trusted key maintainer. The developer, known by the pseudonym TheCharlatan, has become the sixth keyholder with commit access to the main branch, joining Marco Falke, Gloria Z...

Cardano Founder Doubts CLARITY Act Progress, Calls for Trump-Era Crypto Chief to Resign

According to a ChainCatcher report citing Cryptopolitan, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson expressed skepticism in an interview about the possibility of the U.S. Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) passing in the first quarter of 2026. He also called for David Sacks, the Trump administrat...

Bill to Ban Congressional Stock Trading Gains Momentum in Congress

Bill targets stock trading by U.S. lawmakers.Aims to prevent insider conflicts and boost public trust.Expected to advance in Congress this week.Bill to Ban Congressional Stock Trading Gains MomentumA major piece of legislation aimed at banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks is ex...

Mitsui & Co. to Launch Japan's First Digital Securities Backed by Aircraft and Ships

BlockBeats News: On January 13, according to the Nikkei, Mitsui & Co. plans to launch Japan's first digital securities backed by aircraft and ships through its digital securities subsidiary, Mitsui & Co. Digital Asset Management. The product is expected to be available as early as the 2026 fiscal ye...

Zero-Knowledge Proof’s 200M Daily Token Auctions Attract Attention for 1000x Gains

The crypto market is heating up, with traders closely watching the dogecoin current price as it fights to hold its ground. Meanwhile, the cardano price prediction 2026 suggests steady growth, but many fear these top crypto coins lack the massive “moon” potential they once had. They are just software...

U.S. Major Indices Rise, Crypto Sector Gains Broadly

Odaily Planet News: According to data from msx.com, the U.S. stock market closed with gains, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.17%, the S&P 500 increasing 0.16%, and the Nasdaq Composite gaining 0.26%. The cryptocurrency sector generally rose, with Coinbase up 0.91%, BitMine up 3.56%, a...

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