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Japan’s finance minister signals support for crypto on exchanges

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Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said she fully supports the integration of crypto trading services on the country’s exchanges as she proclaimed 2026 as the “digital year,” according to a report by Japanese crypto news site Coinpost. Katayama emphasized that regulated venues will play a central role in expanding crypto adoption at a ceremony in […]

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Starknet goes down for over 4 hours, team ‘active investigation’

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Starknet, an Ethereum layer-2 rollup, is investigating a bug that has left the protocol temporarily offline for over 4 hours now. “Starknet is currently experiencing downtime,” the project wrote on X, adding that its team is “actively investigating the issue and working to restore full functionality as soon as possible.” Downtime can have a knock-on

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Crypto exchanges Coinbase (COIN) and eToro (ETOR) swap places with Goldman Sachs

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Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs said it is “selectively constructive” on brokers and crypto companies heading into 2026, arguing that a robust retail environment and continued regulatory progress should support growth. “We expect the confluence of traditional retail brokerage and crypto trading to continue in 2026, driving increasing competition, potentially affecting market share and product

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The network will move beyond Bitcoin-style boundaries as new scaling tools mature

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the network is approaching an inflection point as two major upgrades, PeerDAS and zkEVMs, move from research to working code. In a post on X, Buterin argued that the combination could move Ethereum to “a fundamentally new and more powerful form of decentralized network” because it addresses the central trade-off

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Crypto wallet company Ledger faces new data breach through Global-e-partner

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Hardware wallet giant Ledger is grappling with a data exposure incident, this time linked to its third-party payment processor, Global-e. An email message sent to customers by Global-e and originally shared by pseudonymous blockchain practitioner ZachXBT on X said the breach involved unauthorized access to Ledger users’ personal details such as names and contact information

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Coinbase drops peso-based services in Argentina less than a year after market entry

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Coinbase (COIN) is withdrawing some of its operations in Argentina, less than a year after formally entering the country’s crypto market. The US-based exchange informed users via an email widely shared on social media that it will suspend the ability to buy or sell the USDC stablecoin using Argentine pesos, effective January 31, 2026. After

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Bitcoin traders start 2026 betting on price rise above $100,000

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Bitcoin BTC$92,986.47 Traders began 2026 on a positive note, taking options bets targeting a six-figure price increase. Since at least Friday, there has been a notable increase in investor interest in the $100,000 January strike-call option listed on Deribit, the world’s largest crypto options exchange by volume and open interest. A call option gives the

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BTC’s breakout lifts crypto stocks and miners in premarket trade

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Bitcoin-related stocks and technology stock futures such as Invesco’s QQQ are higher in premarket trading like bitcoin BTC$92,877.54 has broken above $92,000 and briefly touched $93,000 during the Asian morning on Monday, Strategy ( MSTR ) is up 3.5% at $163 a share and is expected to announce another bitcoin purchase later on Monday. STRC,

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hits $93,000, ether tops $3,000 as Venezuelan President Maduro in US custody

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Bitcoin BTC$92,424.66 briefly touched $93,000 on Monday as traders leaned into a new risk bid across markets following a US expulsion of Venezuela, while opening flows pushed major tokens higher after a stuttering finish to 2025. BTC rose about 1% over 24 hours and about 3% over seven days, while ether ETH$3,156.15 held close to

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