Raw News Items
24 itemsJanuary 18, 2026
- Decrypt
Binance Restores Real-Time Bank Transfers for Australian Users
Binance Australia has reopened direct dollar deposits and withdrawals after more than two years of disrupted banking access.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Ethereum staking just hit a $118B record at 30% of all coins, but one whale might be skewing the signal
More than 36 million ETH is now staked in Ethereum's proof-of-stake system, close to 30% of the circulating supply and worth over $118 billion at recent prices. Graph showing the amount of ETH staked in the Ethereum network from Oct. 16, 2025, to Jan. 16, 2026 (Source: ValidatorQueue) That headline ...
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Here is why $1.2 billion Bitcoin ETF inflow is a new bullish signal
Institutions are increasingly betting on bitcoin's bullish moves and moving away from sophisticated 'arbitrage' bets.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Bitcoin options just overtook futures for the first time, and the new way institutions hedge is trapping retail leverage
By mid-January, open interest in Bitcoin options rose to about $74.1 billion, edging past Bitcoin futures open interest of roughly $65.22 billion. Open interest is the stock of outstanding contracts that have not been closed or expired, so it measures position inventory, not trading activity. So, wh...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Here's why Coinbase and other companies soured on major crypto bill
Provisions addressing decentralized finance, SEC jurisdiction and authorities and — of course — stablecoin yield all alarmed industry participants.
- The BlockScore: 75
Ethereum daily transactions surge to all-time high as gas fees fall to record lows
The seven-day moving average of daily Ethereum transactions is now nearly double its value from one year ago, as gas fees drop in tandem.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Ethereum validator exit queue falls to zero as staking demand soars
The massive staking inflows are strengthening ETH’s supply-demand dynamic, potentially setting the stage for upward price momentum this year.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
China-led CBDC project mBridge tops $55B in cross-border payments
In 2024, the Bank for International Settlements stepped back from mBridge, seeking to distance itself from sanctions-related speculation surrounding the platform.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
80% of hacked crypto projects never ‘fully recover,’ expert warns
Security failures don’t just drain funds, they often destroy trust, leaving most hacked crypto projects unable to recover despite fixing the technical flaws.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Vitalik calls for a ‘garbage collection’ function to stop Ethereum bloat
Vitalik Buterin warns that Ethereum’s push to add new features while preserving backward compatibility is inflating protocol complexity, calling for a “garbage collection” process.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Large bitcoin holders buy the most coins since the FTX collapse of 2022
The so-called Fish-to-Shark cohort added 110,000 BTC over the past 30 days, according to Glassnode.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Ethereum may finally kill “trust me” wallets in 2026, and Vitalik says the fix is already shipping
Vitalik Buterin framed 2026 as the year Ethereum reverses a decade of convenience-first compromises. His thesis: the protocol stayed trustless, but the defaults drifted. Wallets outsourced verification to centralized RPCs. Decentralized applications became server-dependent behemoths that leak user d...
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Bitcoin is the only “escape valve” left as the ECB warns a political tussle will soon destabilize the dollar
European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane delivered a warning that most markets treated as European housekeeping: the ECB can stay on its easing path for now, but a Federal Reserve “tussle” over mandate independence could destabilize global markets through higher US term premiums...
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Bitcoin is lagging while metals soar, but this rare divergence preceded every major crypto breakout since 2019
Gold and copper have moved higher even as the Federal Reserve continues to signal patience on rate cuts, a divergence that shows how markets tend to price liquidity conditions ahead of formal policy shifts rather than wait for confirmation from central banks. These metals are responding to changes i...
- The BlockScore: 65
Trove Markets announces sudden pivot to Solana, hours before token is set to go live
A week after raising $11.5 million to build a perp DEX on Hyperliquid, Trove said it will build on Solana instead, blaming a liquidity partner for the move.
- The BlockScore: 65
Steak ‘n Shake adds $10 million to BTC treasury eight months after Lightning Network rollout
The $10 Bitcoin buy comes eight months after the chain began accepting BTC via Lightning Network across all U.S. locations.
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Wall Street integration will power crypto’s next phase, says Fidelity
Infrastructure, institutions and advisors are laying the groundwork for a structural shift in global finance.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Scaramucci says stablecoin yield prohibition undermines US dollar
The expanded prohibition on stablecoin yield in the CLARITY Act makes the US dollar less competitive than the Digital Yuan, Scaramucci said.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
The CLARITY Act stalling is positive for the crypto industry: Analyst
Overregulation of the crypto industry would negatively impact markets and gut decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Michaël van de Poppe.
- CointelegraphScore: 45
Adapt or die: Solana Labs CEO opposes Buterin’s approach to blockchain longevity
Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko said Solana fees could fund AI-assisted development to write and improve Solana’s codebase in the future.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Animoca’s Yat Siu says crypto’s Trump moment is over
With the political hype fading, Siu argues crypto’s next phase will be shaped less by personalities and more by infrastructure, regulation and who actually uses the technology.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Crypto’s decentralization promise breaks at interoperability
Crypto’s interoperability layer reveals a gap between the industry’s decentralization narrative and how value actually moves across blockchains.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
How crypto is being devoured by TradFi, killing Satoshi’s dream by rewarding centralization
Bitcoin’s price, and thus the entire crypto market, is increasingly being anchored by flows through regulated wrappers. Crypto is increasingly being subsumed by TradFi rather than offering an alternative to the broken system Satoshi criticized. U.S. spot ETF subscriptions and redemptions are now pos...
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Bitcoin to $180,000, stablecoins to soar in 2026, investor Dan Tapiero predicts
From macro tailwinds to trillion-dollar rails, the 50T Funds founder sees real-world adoption reshaping the crypto landscape.