U.S. CPI Prints 0.3% in Dec; BTC Holds $92K as Rate-Hold Odds Firm
U.S. CPI has risen 0.3% m/m in December to 2.7% y/y as shelter rose 0.4%. Core has held at 0.2% m/m and 2.6% y/y, fitting...
11 Major Central Banks Rally Behind Powell as Trump Escalates $2.5B Investigation
Central Banks have rallied behind Fed Chair Jerome Powell after a DOJ probe tied to a $2.5B renovation of the Fed’s Washington HQ. In a...
Crypto Investor’s Family Tied Up and Beaten by Armed Gangs in Their Home
Crypto-linked home invasions in France have risen again, after armed men beat and tied a Verneuil-sur-Seine family. Investigators have tied some raids to leaked tax...
YZi Labs Injects 8-Figures Into Genius Trading as CZ Joins as Advisor
YZi Labs has made an eight-figure investment in Genius Trading, an onchain terminal aggregating spot, perps, and copy trading across ten blockchains. Changpeng Zhao has...
CFTC Forms New Advisory Panel to Guide Blockchain and AI Regulation
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig established the Innovation Advisory Committee to provide expertise on blockchain, AI, and cloud computing in derivatives markets, succeeding Caroline Pham’s digital...
Bitcoin Holds $92K; Options Skew Stays Call-Heavy
Bitcoin has maintained stability above $92,000 while derivatives metrics show rising open interest and call-heavy positioning. Institutional desks have watched options gamma flows tighten around...
Ukraine Blocks Polymarket Over ‘War Bets’ as Global Crackdown Widens
Ukraine has blocked the Polymarket prediction platform and nearly 200 other unlicensed online gambling websites after regulators cited war-related betting and licensing violations. The post...
BitGo Expands Institutional OTC Platform to Support Derivatives Trading
BitGo has expanded its OTC platform to offer derivatives trading while client collateral stays in segregated, regulated custody. It has hired Tim Kan from QCP...
Polygon Labs to Acquire Coinme and Sequence in $250M Stablecoin Payments Push
Polygon Labs has signed deals to buy Coinme and Sequence for more than $250M, expanding U.S.-regulated stablecoin payments. Coinme adds 48-state money-transmitter licenses and 50,000+...
Why Is Crypto Up Today? – January 13, 2026
The crypto market is trading slightly higher today, with total cryptocurrency market capitalization rising by around 1.7% over the past 24 hours to approximately $3.22...