Raw News Items
25 itemsJanuary 10, 2026
- CointelegraphScore: 85
A16z raises $15B, says crypto a 'key' to America winning next 100 years
Crypto remains a key technology for maintaining America’s technological edge, according to a16z, which has raised another $15 billion to back American-aligned tech investments.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
Spot Bitcoin ETFs lose $681M in first week of 2026 as risk appetite fades
Spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed early inflows in 2026 and posted four straight days of outflows as fading rate-cut hopes and rising geopolitical risks pushed investors into risk-off positioning.
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Tennessee orders Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to cease sports betting contracts
The firms, federally regulated by the CFTC, were told to shut down Tennessee-based activity, refund deposits, and void open contracts by Jan. 31.
- The BlockScore: 85
Polymarket faces first state-level cease-and-desist from Tennessee, weeks after US relaunch: report
Tennessee's Sports Wagering Council sent cease-and-desist letters to Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com threatening potential criminal prosecution.
- The BlockScore: 85
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard moved $1 billion through UK-registered crypto exchanges, report finds
The vast majority of the transactions were conducted using Tether's USDT stablecoin on the Tron network, the analysis by TRM Labs found.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
The Senate moves toward a market structure vote: State of Crypto
Lawmakers will (finally) vote on a market structure bill next week.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Stablecoin card adoption will be a 'big theme' of 2026: Dragonfly exec
Crypto venture capitalists have tipped stablecoin card adoption to take off in 2026 after fintech startup Rain secured $250 million in funding to push stablecoin payments.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
New BlackRock report exposes a historic shift in crypto that leaves only one blockchain controlling the settlement layer
Stablecoins used to be a crypto convenience, a way to park dollars between trades without touching fiat. However, the industry has matured enough that BlackRock now treats them as foundational rails for the market. In its 2026 Global Outlook, the BlackRock Investment Institute argued that stablecoin...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Tokenized Treasuries skyrocketed 125%, creating this “programmable cash” loop that banks are scrambling to copy
Tokenized real-world assets reached $19.72 billion on Jan. 9, the closest the market has come to the $20 billion threshold. That figure measures distributed assets, which are tokens that circulate on-chain and can be transferred between user wallets. As a result, it excludes another $19.78 billion i...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Starknet publishes post-mortem report after temporary network outage
The outage was the second major network disruption in 2025, with both incidents requiring a block reorganization that rolled back some activity.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Banks are lobbying to kill crypto rewards to protect a hidden $1,400 “tax” on every household
Banks are fighting stablecoin rewards to protect a secret $360 billion revenue machine. When Coinbase chief policy officer Faryar Shirzad posted a thread on Jan. 8 warning that stablecoin rewards “remain under debate” as Congress marks up market structure legislation, he attached numbers...
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Ethereum just solved a critical problem Bitcoin doesn’t want to fix on its own network – but why?
A few years ago, the easiest way to explain Bitcoin to a newcomer was to keep it simple, slow, and sturdy. Ten-minute blocks. Limited space. Everyone checks everything. Nobody gets special treatment. That design is a feature. It is what makes Bitcoin feel like bedrock. It is also why every bull mark...
- The BlockScore: 70
XRP ETFs hit record weekly volume as bitcoin, ether funds face $750 million in combined outflows
The first full trading week of 2026 saw XRP and SOL ETFs log net inflows, while bitcoin and ether funds struggled in comparison.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bitfinex whales dump BTC longs as $135K Bitcoin price target reemerges
Bitcoin whales began repeating a classic bull signal as they took BTC long positions off the table after a year of declining overall market exposure.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
BlackRock warns crypto’s love affair with AI is over as an energy war with Bitcoin miners begins
BlackRock is telling clients to stop looking at artificial intelligence as software and start treating it as energy. In its 2026 Global Outlook, the BlackRock Investment Institute argued that the AI buildout is pushing against physical limits and highlighted electricity as the constraint investors a...
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Anti-DeFi group runs ads urging public to pressure Senators on crypto bill: Report
A series of ads reportedly aired on Fox News, calling on the public to contact their senators to remove DeFi provisions from the CLARITY Act bill.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Robinhood explains building an Ethereum layer-2: 'We wanted the security from Ethereum'
CoinDesk sat down with Robinhood’s head of crypto, Johann Kerbrat, to get an update on its upcoming layer-2 network, its tokenized stocks program, and its staking offerings.
- CoinDeskScore: 45
Hundreds of wealthy investors are using crypto to buy real estate in Europe
Brighty co-founder Nikolay Denisenko, a former lead backend engineer at Revolut, says his startup has brokered over 100 deals for HNWIs to buy apartments in Europe.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Betterment urges users to ignore ‘unauthorized’ crypto promotion message
The message claimed Betterment would “triple” Bitcoin and Ether deposits sent within hours, urging users to transfer $10,000 to crypto wallets.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin outlines 6 crypto trends shaping markets in 2026
The stablecoin sector is expected to grow to $500 billion, while altcoin ETFs are projected to reach $10 billion, driven by regulatory clarity and adoption.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Bitcoin mining difficulty falls in first adjustment of 2026
The Bitcoin mining difficulty continued to push through to new all-time highs in 2025 amid a turbulent year for the mining industry.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Asset manager VanEck explains how one bitcoin could be worth $2.9 million by 2050
The asset manager’s base case assumes bitcoin gains traction as a settlement tool and reserve asset over the next 25 years.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Pump.fun says creator fees ‘may have skewed’ incentives, plans revamp
Pump.fun is introducing a new creator fee sharing system that lets teams and CTO admins split fees across up to 10 wallets, transfer coin ownership and revoke update authority.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Institutions know a “good” exchange is built for failure
A platform's onboarding polish should not be confused for its ability to execute trades and handle immense volumes, argues Bridgeport co-founder and CCO Chris Soriano.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Bitcoiners celebrate 17th anniversary of Hal Finney's Bitcoin post
Many in the Bitcoin community continue to speculate that cryptographer Hal Finney was Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.