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Fed Chair Frontrunner Rick Rieder Calls Bitcoin “Functional Gold” as Odds Hit 60%

BlackRock CIO Rick Rieder surges to 60% odds for Fed Chair, bringing a pro-Bitcoin stance that challenges the traditional gold standard.

January 27, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Tether Activates ‘USAt’ Stablecoin: First Fed-Regulated Dollar Token Issued Under GENIUS Act

Tether splits its liquidity strategy with the launch of USAt, a GENIUS Act-compliant stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank for the U.S. institutional market.

January 27, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Chinese Laundering Networks Now Handle One Fifth of Dirty Crypto

Chainalysis says Chinese-language laundering networks processed $16.1B of dirty crypto in 2025 as stablecoins carry 84% of illicit volume and U.S. regulators escalate.

January 27, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Ethereum’s Quantum Dilemma: 40x Signature Bloat Threatens to Crush Mainnet Economics

New benchmarks reveal NIST-approved quantum signatures are 40x larger than current standards, threatening to bloat Ethereum's state by 1TB and spike gas costs.

January 27, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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KuCoin Taps LSEG Vet Sabina Liu to Lead Europe Push as MiCA Wars Heat Up

KuCoin hires former LSEG executive Sabina Liu to spearhead its European strategy, leveraging its recent Austrian MiCA license to outmaneuver competitors like Binance.

January 27, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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MLS Taps Polymarket for Historic Partnership; League Creating ‘Authorized’ Market Designation

MLS becomes the second major US league to partner with Polymarket, creating a new 'Authorized Prediction Market' status to control listing integrity.

January 27, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Hyperliquid HIP-3 Open Interest Hits $790M Record as Commodities Trading Explodes

Permissionless commodity markets drive a 3x liquidity surge on Hyperliquid, pushing open interest to $790M and HYPE price to $26.

January 27, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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The Great Unmasking: 60% of Top US Banks Have Quietly Pivoted to Bitcoin

The 'unsolicited' era is dead; Bank of America, US Bancorp, and Schwab are building the rails for a $90k Bitcoin world.

January 27, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments

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Local AI Nightmare: Clawdbot Exposes Credentials in Plaintext; CLAWD Token Volatile

Viral AI assistant Clawdbot faces a security crisis after researchers find it stores credentials in plaintext, causing the CLAWD token to tumble 14%.

January 27, 2026 • Kiran Maatman • No comments

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Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $1.7B as Institutions Flee ‘Digital Gold’ Narrative

Institutional investors withdrew $1.73 billion from crypto funds last week, led by BlackRock, as Bitcoin failed to act as a safe haven against US shutdown…

January 26, 2026 • Andrea Mazáčová • No comments