Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT), the special-purpose vehicle set to take tokenization firm Securitize public early this year, saw its stock rise Thursday after Citron Research backed the firm and criticized Coinbase (COIN) for withdrawing support for crypto market structure legislation. “Coinbase wants the benefits of CLARITY without the competition it would create,” wrote Citron,
Crypto analytics platform Kaito said it will sunset its Yaps product and incentivized leaderboards, marking a strategic shift after X moved to ban applications that reward users for posting on the social media platform. The $KAITO token fell around 17% on the news. The announcement came shortly after X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, said
The cryptocurrency market has quickly changed to red, according to CoinStats. BTC/USD The rate of Bitcoin (BTC) has declined by 0.78% since yesterday. On the hourly chart, the price of BTC is approaching the local support at $95,753. If its breakout occurs, the decline may continue to the $95,000 zone tomorrow. On the longer time
South Korea plans to cap corporate and professional crypto holdings at 5% of equity, steering most institutional flows into top‑20 coins while it finalizes ETF and stablecoin rules. Summary FSC draft guidelines would let corporates buy only the top 20 coins by market cap, with debate ongoing over whether to include dollar stablecoins like USDT.
Bitcoin Price Climbs Above $97,000 on $1.7B ETF Inflow Surge The bitcoin price surged above $97,000 this week, marking its strongest level in more than two months, on a mix of economic news and renewed inflows into U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs. Crypto investors appear to be kicking off 2026 with a familiar playbook:
Bitcoin rose above $97,000 for the first time since mid-November, as long-term holders are now selling more slowly. According to on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, OG Bitcoin activity has dropped sharply, suggesting that this class of Bitcoin holders has slowed down its selling. Bitcoin OGs refer to early adopters or investors, and in this scenario, CryptoQuant
Bitcoin traded between $95,916 and $96,137 per unit on Jan. 15, 2026, at 9:40 a.m., placing its market cap at $1.93 trillion with 24-hour trading volume totaling $67.65 billion. The session produced a wide intraday range of $94,887 to $97,704, reflecting heightened activity after this week’s aggressive advance. Price action remains pinned just below recent
Crypto startup Saturn is raising funding for an on-chain dollar product, USDat, that routes yield from Strategy’s Bitcoin-linked credit instruments into DeFi. The round included $500,000 from YZi Labs and a $300,000 angel raise led by Sora Ventures, as Saturn positions USDat as a dollar-denominated token whose returns are tied to Strategy’s STRC preferred equity.
The Iranian rial has collapsed in value to its weakest level ever recorded, sparking protests and political turmoil across the country. Experts cite that this situation is unlikely to improve any time soon, as a clear path forward for the country’s economic revival is uncertain. Iran is facing an economic crisis, driving levels of societal
Strong inflows into US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to gain momentum. According to the latest data, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded high net inflows for the third consecutive day, surpassing a total of $1.7 billion. This trend, indicating a renewed interest of institutional investors in crypto assets, has boosted optimism in the market. According