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Shaurya Malwa @ CoinDesk · 06/27/2026 14:11 EDT

Why a selloff in gold and silver is dragging bitcoin down

Bitcoin has long been lumped in with precious metals as a hedge against a weakening dollar. That trade is unwinding on a hawkish Fed, and bitcoin is falling alongside the metals it was supposed to rival. Read more

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Krisztian Sandor @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 13:12 EDT

Farcaster founders step back as Neynar acquires struggling crypto social app

Farcaster raised $150 million by Paradigm and a16z in 2024 but has struggled to sustain growth. Read more

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Jesse Hamilton @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 13:11 EDT

Senate's next market structure draft may be pro-crypto, but without Dems, industry fears

The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee's next draft is expected to shield developers from liability, insiders have been advised, but it may without Democrat backing. Read more

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David Mercer @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 12:00 EDT

Crypto Long & Short: 2026 Marks the Inflection Point for 24/7 Capital Markets

In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, David Mercer of LMAX Group writes on tokenization and capital markets that won’t sleep. Then, Andy Baehr looks ahead to crypto’s “sophomore year.” Read more

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Stephen Alpher @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 11:58 EDT

Bitcoin turns negative for 2026 as Trump's calming Greenland remarks fail to reverse slide

There was a modest bounce after the president said the U.S. had no intention of taking Greenland by force, but prices quickly resumed their decline. Read more

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CD Analytics @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 11:50 EDT

Solana outpaces crypto market as Claude Code-linked token frenzy lifts network activity

Network activity has risen, driven by speculation around AI tokens, with active addresses increasing from 14.7 million to 18.9 million in a week. Read more

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Olivier Acuna @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 11:38 EDT

Iran’s central bank bought $507 million USDT to underpin rial, report finds

Elliptic traced more than $500 million in USDT tied to Iran’s central bank, suggesting the stablecoin was used to manage foreign-exchange pressures and build a “sanctions-proof” alternative to dollar banking. Read more

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Helene Braun @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 10:43 EDT

Fast-food chain Steak n Shake to pay hourly workers a bitcoin bonus

This follows news from a few days ago that the company added $10 million worth of bitcoin to its corporate treasury. Read more

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Helene Braun @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 10:39 EDT

BlackRock names crypto and tokenization as ‘themes driving markets’ in 2026

The $10 trillion asset manager includes bitcoin, ether and stablecoins in its 2026 outlook, spotlighting blockchain as a rising force in modern finance. Read more

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Francisco Rodrigues @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 10:19 EDT

Trump’s AI and crypto czar says crypto and traditional banks will become ‘one industry’

Sacks believes the divide between banking and crypto industries will disappear, with banks potentially seeing stablecoin issuance as a way to enter the market. Read more

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Dean Khan Dhillon @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 10:00 EDT

Want TradFi to embrace tokenization? Crypto's distribution strategy must mature

The crypto industry assumes institutions discover products the way retail traders do: stumbling across them on Twitter, experimenting quickly, and iterating in public. But that's not how asset allocators at pension funds or family offices operate, argues Dean Khan Dhillon, head of growth at RWA.xyz. Read more

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Krisztian Sandor @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 09:48 EDT

Trump touts U.S. crypto policy push to beat China

U.S. President Donald Trump said he supported efforts to legislate crypto because of the political support he received for doing so. Read more

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Margaux Nijkerk @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 09:30 EDT

Ondo Finance Brings 200+ Tokenized U.S. Stocks and ETFs to Solana

The expansion comes as tokenized real-world assets continue to gain traction across crypto markets. Read more

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Helene Braun @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 09:26 EDT

Strategy’s $2.1B bitcoin bet shows why it doesn’t need a premium to win

By using preferred equity, MSTR acquired 22,305 BTC in eight days without diluting shareholders — and TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza says it’s just getting started. Read more

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Margaux Nijkerk @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 08:43 EDT

Vitalik Buterin proposes simpler ‘distributed validator’ staking for Ethereum

The aim is to make staking more resilient while dramatically reducing technical complexity for large ETH holders. Read more

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Will Canny @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 08:22 EDT

Blockchain technology can accelerate global GDP growth, Citizens says

The bank said the technology is shifting from experimentation to real-world deployment, with implications for capital markets, governments and global GDP. Read more

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Will Canny @ CoinDesk · 01/21/2026 08:11 EDT

Chainlink is one of crypto’s most undervalued infrastructure bets: Bitwise

Chainlink is a dominant software platform quietly powering stablecoins, tokenization, DeFi and institutional adoption across crypto, said Matt Hougan. Read more

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