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Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell said blockchain’s biggest opportunity isn’t tokenized Treasury bills or funds — instead, it’s bringing opaque, illiquid private credit markets onchain.

Bitpanda is expanding beyond digital assets as it moves to offer stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the same platform, advancing its push toward what it calls a universal exchange model.Beginning Jan. 29, the Vienna-based crypto exchange will open access to about 10,000 stocks and ETFs, according to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph. Bitpanda said the move will allow users to trade traditional financial products alongside cryptocurrencies within a single app.The company said trades in stocks and ETFs will be priced at a flat fee of 1 euro ($1.17) per transaction, with no additional order flow, custody or withdrawal…

A research paper published by Sei Labs on January 20, 2026 presents a formal framework arguing that widespread stablecoin adoption effectively transforms the Federal Reserve into the world’s retail bank—whether countries like it or not.The paper, authored by Ben Marsh, arrives as the stablecoin market exceeds $230 billion in total capitalization, with dollar-pegged tokens comprising nearly 99% of that value. Just hours before publication, Circle’s USDC Treasury minted an additional 250 million tokens, underscoring the continued expansion of dollar-denominated digital money.Three Channels of Dollar TransmissionMarsh identifies three mechanisms through which stablecoins export U.S. monetary conditions globally. First, a goods pricing…

Funded by Solayer Labs and Solayer Foundation, the effort targets onchain apps with revenue and high usage potential.

Bitcoin holders have realized net losses over 30 days, marking the first such stretch since late 2023, after more than two years dominated by realized profits.According to data shared by Julio Moreno, head of research at CryptoQuant, the Bitcoin (BTC) rolling 30-day realized profit and loss metric has dipped below zero, indicating that coins moved onchain during the past month were sold at below their purchase cost.“Bitcoin holders realizing losses, for a 30-day period since, late December for the first time since October 2023,” Moreno wrote on X. The net realized profit/loss metric shows the net magnitude of profit or…

Professional market makers have found a way to operate on Solana (SOL) with near-Binance efficiency—and it’s changing how DeFi liquidity actually works.Proprietary Automated Market Makers, or PropAMMs, solve a problem that’s plagued decentralized exchanges since Uniswap launched in 2018: passive liquidity providers consistently lose money to arbitrageurs. The fix involves pushing predictive price feeds on-chain and encoding sophisticated trading logic into smart contracts.The Core Problem With Traditional AMMsMarket makers survive by constantly updating their quotes. When Bitcoin drops from $100,000 to $98,000, they cancel old orders and post new ones at current prices. Miss that update, and informed traders will…

Bitcoin funds took in $1.55 billion while ethereum and solana added $496 million and $45.5 million, respectively.

The Bitcoin hashrate has slipped below 1 zetahash per second for the first time in four months despite a recent improvement in miner profitability.The Bitcoin network hashrate has fallen under 1,000 exahash per second (EH/s) for the first time since mid-September, with one analyst tipping the decline to continued interest in AI. The Bitcoin hashrate is currently 993 EH/s on a seven-day moving average, after dropping below 1,000 EH/s, or 1 zetahash per second (ZH/s), on Saturday, according to Hashrate Index data.It has now fallen nearly 15% since its seven-day moving average peak of 1,157 EH/s on Oct. 19. Bitcoin’s change…

ALGO Price Prediction Summary • Short-term target (1 week): $0.134-$0.140• Medium-term forecast (1 month): $0.16-$0.19 range• Bullish breakout level: $0.14• Critical support: $0.12 What Crypto Analysts Are Saying About Algorand Recent analyst sentiment for Algorand remains cautiously optimistic despite mixed technical signals. Caroline Bishop noted on January 14, 2026: “Algorand shows bullish potential with RSI at 60.5 and MACD divergence signaling recovery from oversold conditions. Analysts eye $0.16-$0.19 targets within 4-6 weeks.” Peter Zhang reinforced this outlook on January 15, stating: “Algorand (ALGO) shows bullish momentum despite recent decline. Technical indicators suggest potential 19-42% upside to $0.16-$0.19 range within 4-6…

“The White House has been super constructive here,” said CEO Brian Armstrong.