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The cryptocurrency dipped 2.45% Wednesday afternoon after topping $94K on Tuesday. Meanwhile, stocks printed fresh all-time highs.
Stocks Keep Beating Bitcoin Despite Trump’s Latest Drama
In less than a week, U.S. President Donald Trump captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, assumed

XRP broke through a major liquidity wall as Flare launched Hyperliquid’s first XRP spot pair, unlocking deeper onchain liquidity, tighter spreads, and expanded institutional access that reshapes how XRP capital moves across chains.
XRP Breaks Onto Hyperliquid: Major Liquidity Wall Just Came

In 2025, Solana achieved unprecedented growth, with record revenues of $2.39 billion from applications, a 28% increase in non-vote transactions, and $1.5 trillion in DEX volume, showcasing its significant role in the crypto market.

Xiao Hong, the founder of Butterfly Tech behind the AI agent app Manus, was an early bitcoin advocate and holder for more than a decade before his company became Meta’s $2 billion acquisition target.
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Privacy-first blockchains could emerge as crypto’s dominant power centers, as a16z crypto argues secrecy, not speed, may create winner-take-most dynamics and durable lock-in as onchain finance moves toward real-world adoption.
Why a16z Crypto Sees Privacy Chains Reshaping Onchain Value
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Regulated ethereum investors are now earning on-chain yield as Grayscale pushes staking rewards directly into a U.S.-listed spot crypto ETP, marking a first-of-its-kind distribution that links ethereum staking income to traditional investment access.
Grayscale Delivers First US Spot Ethereum ETP S

Bitcoin holders can now tap liquidity without selling, as Tim Draper backs Sats Terminal’s non-custodial bitcoin-backed lending marketplace designed to preserve long-term upside while avoiding custody risks and forced exits.
Never Sell Your BTC Again? Tim Draper Backs a Non-Custodial Borrowing

Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards suggested that the U.S. and China are engaged in a shadow race to achieve quantum superiority, and that it is likely that China is concealing its quantum capabilities. The U.S. Congress has recommended establishing a Quantum First goal by 2030.
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Famed venture capitalist Tim Draper sees bitcoin becoming the standard money of an AI-powered global economy, underpinning robot automation, digital labor, and decentralized commerce as machines and humans transact beyond government currencies.
Tim Draper Predicts Bitcoin Becomes Standard Money

Ripple’s RLUSD is emerging as a regulated stablecoin built for institutional trust, combining bank-grade oversight with multichain expansion to meet rising demand for compliant digital dollars across payments, settlement, and decentralized finance.
Ripple’s RLUSD Highlights the Push Toward

On Jan. 5, 2026, XRP continued its strong start to the year, surging past $2.28—a level not seen since mid-November. This rally, which represents a 20%+ gain since Jan. 1, has propelled XRP to displace BNB as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by

Uniswap founder and CEO Hayden Adams unveiled the “UNIfication Proposal,” a sweeping governance initiative aimed at turning on protocol fees, burning UNI, and aligning incentives across the decentralized exchange’s ( DEX) growing ecosystem.
Uniswap Moves Toward Unified Governance
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