Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

In a landmark move for institutional finance, Boston-based banking giant State Street Corporation announced plans to launch a suite of tokenized financial products, signaling a profound shift in how traditional assets are managed and traded on the blockchain. This strategic initiative, first reporte...

According to a ChainCatcher report, Kaito founder Yu Hu posted on Twitter that after discussions with X, both parties agreed that a fully permissionless distribution system is no longer viable. As a result, Kaito will shut down Yaps and its incentive ranking system and launch Kaito Studio, a platfor...

Bitcoin has experienced a notable rally, surging back above $97,000 as renewed institutional interest and significant inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs boost market sentiment. The renewed demand signals a potential shift in investor appetite, ending months of sideways trading and consolidation at ke...

Ultra-luxury has long existed behind locked doors, limited to a small circle of powerful names. Owning a car such as a Koenigsegg Jesko normally demands generational wealth or rare access within closed industries. These multi-million-dollar hypercars are often kept out of sight, parked in private co...

Author: Gu Yu, ChainCatcherOn the morning of January 16th, Beijing time, the cryptocurrency industry experienced another major shock. The highly popular InfoFi narrative, which had been all the rage since last year, collapsed almost instantly. Projects such as Kaito and Cookie subsequently announced...

State Street Corp., a massive Boston-based custody bank overseeing more than $4 trillion in assets, is stepping further into digital assets with plans to roll out a suite of tokenized financial products aimed squarely at institutional clients.State Street Joins Tokenization Drive as Custody Banks Ey...

Ethereum daily transactions reached a new high of 2.3 million in 2026.Ethereum’s price surged 14%, reaching $3,400, with analysts bullish.Analysts predict Ethereum could hit $4,000 by the end of January 2026.Ethereum has achieved a major milestone with daily transactions hitting a new high of 2.3 mi...

Citrea, a layer-2 blockchain for Bitcoin, introduced a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin designed to serve as a liquidity standard on its ecosystem. Citrea uses zero-knowledge proofs, a cryptographic method that lets networks verify transactions without revealing all underlying data, to settle activity ...

Pepe changed hands around $0.0000058, having dropped 9% amid sharp declines for memecoins.Dogecoin and Shiba Inu also shed gains, while Fartcoin plunged 13%.Memecoins are struggling as privacy coins explode.Pepe ranked among the weakest performers over the past 24 hours as momentum in the cryptocurr...

Polygon’s Sam Fagin says the network is a public settlement layer focused on stablecoin payments and cross-border remittances.Acquisitions of CoinMe and Sequence give Polygon licenses, fiat rails, and embedded wallets for regulated enterprise payments.Polygon is expanding in Africa and Latin America...

In 2026, crypto attention is no longer driven by loud announcements or speculative promises. It’s being shaped by systems that are already running, numbers that don’t bend, and access models that quietly tighten over time. That shift explains why Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) is now drawing consistent ...

A solo Bitcoin miner beat the odds Thursday, taking home over $300,000 after processing a block on the leading crypto network. The term “solo” or “anonymous” miner refers to any mining operation not using one of the main mining pools. This could be a private company or one-man band. The miner solv...

Quick take:Payments for the commercial units worth nearly $14 million saw each transaction cleared in less than 60 seconds.The transactions would have taken days to clear if done using traditional methods like wire transfers.Miami has become a focal point of crypto-based real estate settlements beca...

X moved to curb incentivized posting on Jan. 15, revoking developer API access for so-called InfoFi apps in a bid to clean up artificial intelligence (AI)-generated spam and reward-driven reply farming.KAITO Price Drops Following X Ban on Reward-Based Posting AppsNikita Bier, head of product at X, a...

BlockBeats news: On January 16, Yu Hu, founder of Kaito, posted on the X platform stating, "Kaito will gradually discontinue YAPS and incentive-based leaderboards, and will launch Kaito Studio. Kaito Studio will be closer to a traditional tiered marketing platform, where brands will selectively coll...