Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Etherealize co-founders Vivek Raman and Danny Ryan claimed Ethereum is winning the "institutional race" to modernize global financial systems.Despite the rising popularity of alternative chains like Solana, Raman said that the biggest players in finance, including BlackRock, Fidelity and JPMorgan, h...

According to a ChainCatcher report citing Jin10, on January 16 (Friday), the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 83.11 points, or 0.17%, at 49,359.33; the S&P 500 closed down 4.46 points, or 0.06%, at 6,940.01; and the Nasdaq Composite closed down 14.63 points, or 0.06%, at 23,515.39.

Key InsightsIn a recent Ethereum news, new Ethereum addresses jumped from about 4 million to 8 million in 30 days, Glassnode reported.Daily active addresses rose past 1 million on Jan. 15, up from roughly 410,000 a year earlier.Daily transactions reached a record 2.8 million, up 125% year over year,...

French regulators announced this week that roughly 30% of crypto companies have not yet applied for a MiCA license. The news comes as a key regulatory deadline approaches, one that will decide whether these firms can legally continue operating.Though the European Union became the first jurisdiction ...

The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act would weaken federal money transmitter rules and should not be included in crypto market structure legislation, the U.S. senators running the body's Judiciary Committee said in a letter to the Senate Banking Committee. Section 604 of the Banking Committee's ma...

According to ChainCatcher, as reported by Jin10, the U.S. Dollar Index rose 0.07% on January 16, closing at 99.389 in the foreign exchange market. The euro fell to 1.1596 U.S. dollars from 1.1614 U.S. dollars in the previous trading session. The British pound dropped to 1.3381 U.S. dollars from 1.33...

Whales are accumulating large amounts of BitcoinSignals growing confidence in BTC’s long-term valueCould indicate a bullish trend on the horizonBitcoin Whales Are Back in the MarketLarge Bitcoin holders—often referred to as “whales”—are back in action, accumulating significant amounts of BTC once ag...

Newrez to Recognize Cryptocurrency Holdings in Mortgage UnderwritingIn a significant move toward mainstream acceptance of digital assets, Newrez has announced plans to incorporate cryptocurrencies as qualifying assets in its mortgage underwriting process. This policy change aims to enhance access to...

Early focus on crypto does not usually form without clear signals. When interest starts building ahead of the wider market, it is often because structure, incentives, and timing are lining up together. That same pattern is now visible around Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP), which is drawing notice in 202...

Privacy coins have been on a tear, with some of the biggest assets in the category up double digits over the past month. Monero, the biggest and oldest privacy coin, this week notched a new high of nearly $798. Though it has since fallen to just under $650, the asset has rocketed by 42% over the pa...

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 2025 – In a significant clarification that resolves market uncertainty, a senior U.S. official has confirmed the government has not sold any of the Bitcoin seized from the Samourai Wallet mixing service, marking a pivotal shift in digital asset forfeiture policy. This announc...

U.S. Senate Democrats have returned to negotiations over the best approach to a crypto market structure bill, hosting a Friday call with representatives of the crypto industry in which the lawmakers were strongly engaged over the next steps, according to people familiar with the talks.After this wee...

A surge in staking activity from mega-ether holder BitMine Immersion (BMNR) is straining the Ethereum network, sending the wait time to become a validator to the longest since mid-2023.There’s more than 2.55 million in ether ETH$3,305.01 – worth roughly $8.3 billion – currently waiting to be activat...

State Street, a bank with a market cap of about $36 billion, is positioning itself as a bridge between traditional and digital finance — and it's not waiting for the future to arrive.On Thursday, the bank officially launched its Digital Asset Platform, a secure infrastructure designed to support tok...

Global financial markets witnessed a significant development this week as analysis reveals Bitcoin has reached its most undervalued level relative to gold in years, a condition that historically precedes major price appreciation. This Bitcoin undervalued gold signal, emerging in early 2025, carries ...