Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

As the crypto market enters January 2026, NEAR Protocol (NEAR) briefly stole the spotlight with a sharp 5.7% intraday rally, reaching $1.73 before retreating slightly. This surge underscores the delicate balance between short-lived momentum and the lack of sustained market confidence.On the other ha...

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to data from 8marketcap, the market capitalization of silver has exceeded $5 trillion, currently standing at $5.037 trillion, surpassing NVIDIA (NVDA) once again in market value and becoming the second most valuable asset globally, just behind gold (currently valu...

Wall Street broker Benchmark views a delay of the Senate Banking Committee's crypto market structure bill as a potentially constructive pause rather than a setback."While the delay may at first appear as cause for concern among those desiring the clarity that the legislation would enable, it may ult...

Altcoin XRP holds the lead for having one of the best-looking crypto price charts in 2026.Analysts highlight the many bullish indicators on the XRP price chart.One bullish prediction states XRP could hit a new ATH at the $8.50 price mark.The crypto market continues to grow eager to see the price of ...

According to a Chainlink announcement via ChainCatcher, SWIFT, in collaboration with UBS Asset Management, has successfully completed a key interoperability test with BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Société Générale, enabling seamless settlement of tokenized assets between traditional payment syst...

According to ChainCatcher, Ripple and LMAX Group have announced a multi-year strategic partnership. Under the agreement, Ripple will provide $150 million in financing to support the widespread adoption of RLUSD stablecoin as collateral and settlement asset within LMAX's global institutional trading ...

London Stock Exchange has launched Digital Settlement House.DiSH is a platform for post-trade settlement with 24/7 tokenized commercial bank deposits.LSE has welcomed multiple crypto ETPs, the latest a Bitcoin and Gold ETP by 21Shares.London Stock Exchange Group has announced the launch of its digit...

In a landmark development for digital asset adoption, a $14 million commercial real estate transaction in Miami has been completed entirely using USDT, establishing a new benchmark for cryptocurrency-based property deals in one of America’s most dynamic markets. This unprecedented settlement, report...

In a decisive move that has captured the attention of the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, the JustLend DAO governance community has executed a major token repurchase. The protocol has successfully bought back 525 million JST tokens, representing a substantial $21 million investment into its own...

SEOUL, South Korea – April 2025 – In a significant development for Asia’s financial technology landscape, blockchain research firm Undefined Labs and the Ethereum Foundation Enterprise Team have announced a groundbreaking partnership to educate South Korea’s financial sector about Ethereum technolog...

CHICAGO, March 2025 – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee has set the financial world abuzz by publicly anticipating an interest rate cut within the year. This significant statement provides a crucial signal about the potential direction of U.S. monetary policy. However, Goolsb...

In a landmark move for institutional cryptocurrency adoption, crypto custodian bank Anchorage Digital and decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Spark have announced a pioneering partnership. This collaboration, reported by The Block, introduces a novel financial instrument: on-chain loans se...

BlockBeats news: On January 15, according to The Block, LMAX Group has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Ripple. Ripple will provide a $150 million financing commitment to support LMAX in advancing its long-term cross-asset growth strategy.According to the agreement, LMAX Group wi...

Odaily Planet News: According to data from msx.com, the U.S. stock market opened with gains, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.29%, the S&P 500 up 0.61%, and the Nasdaq Composite up 0.89%. The cryptocurrency sector generally declined, with Solana down 2.29%, Coinbase down 2.27%, Circle down...

Key Insights:Altcoin to Bitcoin market cap ratios reveal structures similar to pre-2021 rallies.Bitcoin dominance struggles at a long-term trendline that is linked to past reversals.Sentiment is muted, which is often a precursor to early altcoin cycles.The altcoin market gains renewed attention as l...