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
Key Takeaways State Street is expanding into digital assets with a new suite of tokenized products, including money-market funds, ETFs, tokenized deposits, and stablecoins. The firm has shifted from its traditional back-office roles toward active product development within digital assets. Major custody bank State Street plans to launch tokenized deposits, stablecoins, money-market funds, and ETFs
Key Takeaways US initial jobless claims came in at 198K, beating expectations of 215K and marking a drop from the prior week’s revised 207K. Markets climbed on the report, with the S&P 500 up 0.5% and the Nasdaq gaining over 1%, as the labor data reinforced bets on steady Fed policy. US initial jobless claims
Key Takeaways BlackRock reported $14 trillion in assets under management (AUM) for 2025, driven by a record-breaking $698 billion in net inflows. BlackRock CEO said that the firm is at the forefront of high-growth areas, including private markets, wealth management, active ETFs, and digital assets. In its fourth-quarter earnings release on Thursday, BlackRock announced that