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Here's a quick preview of today’s content: Japan's finance minister backs crypto integration, Ledger confirms data breach on Global-e platform, Polymarket launches real estate prediction markets, Bank of America lets advisers recommend Bitcoin ETFs, Strategy drops another $116M on Bitcoin, and so much more

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Market Snapshot

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• Crypto markets extend New Year rally as ETF inflows fuel momentum

  • BTC pushed through $93K to its highest since November, with whale activity rising and traders eyeing $100K

  • ETF flows strengthened: BlackRock’s BTC ETF saw its biggest inflow in three months, while 2025 crypto ETP inflows reached $47.2B

  • Thin liquidity amplified gains, with $260M in short liquidations and spot volumes near year lows

  • Altcoins led: XRP broke $2.12 on shrinking exchange supply, memecoins rebounded, and BNB ticked higher on upgrades

• Crypto stocks rallied, lifting total market cap to $3.31T (+3%)

Prediction Markets

• Bettors on Polymarket are predicting Bitcoin vs. Gold vs. S&P 500 in 2026?

• Track and trade live odds on any event, only on Polymarket

Headline Roundup
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• DOJ prosecutors violate Trump’s executive order by selling forfeited Bitcoin (BM)

• US government could seize Venezuela's crypto reserves - see the clip here

• Crypto companies pour $21M into Trump-backed PAC (CT)

• Drake faces RICO for promoting and using crypto casino (DC)

• Bank of America lets advisers recommend Bitcoin ETFs (CT)

• Visa crypto card spending soars 525% (CT)

• Strategy drops another $116M on Bitcoin (DC)

• Goldman sees regulation fueling next wave of crypto adoption (CD)

• Tom Lee’s BitMine adds 32,977 ETH in massive buy (TB)

• Ethereum powers $8T stablecoin transfers in Q4 (CT)

• CME crypto derivatives volume hits record $12B (CD)

• American Bitcoin leads sharp rally in mining stocks (TB)

• Bitcoin miner Cango ends 2025 with 7,500+ BTC in reserves (TB)

• Bitcoin miners face dwindling profits despite lower competition (CD)

• Grayscale begins distributing staking rewards to investors (TB)

• PwC deepens crypto engagement (TB)

• Ethereum network Starknet back online after outage (DC)

• NFT Paris cancels event with just one month’s notice (TB)

Venture Capital

• Erebor Bank, a stablecoin digital bank, raises $350M led by Lux Capital with Founders Fund, Haun Ventures, and 8VC participating (FM)

• Ranger Labs, a Solana perp DEX aggregator, launches a four-day RNGR token sale with a $6M raise requirement (EGW)

• Crypto project Infinex raises $491K in a public ICO for its INX token from 304 participants (BG)

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M&A Announcements

• Crypto data platform The Tie acquires staking services provider Stakin in cash-and-equity deal (TB)

Launches

• Polymarket launches real estate prediction markets (CD)

• Jupiter rolls out native JupUSD stablecoin (TB)

• TermMax launches tokenized stock financing (CD)

Regulation

• Crypto market structure bill could be delayed to 2027 (TB)

• Japan's finance minister backs crypto integration (TB)

• Chinese finance associations reclassify RWAs as ‘risky’ (CT)

Cybersecurity

• Ledger confirms data breach on Global-e platform (DC)

• Stablecoin banking startup Kontigo repays customers after hack (BBG)

• Fake MetaMask security check lures users into sharing phrases (CT)

Extra Reads

• Bitcoin’s environmental impact remains contested as critics question its energy use, while ESG researcher Daniel Batten disputes several of those claims - Here’s Nine myths about Bitcoin energy use

Chart of the Day

Ethereum validator entry queue surges to double the exit queue

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