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⚡Threat of a New Shutdown
Donald Trump warned of a possible government shutdown as early as the end of this month. The White House and Congress have not yet reached an agreement, and the temporary funding deadline expires on January 30, 2026.
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‼️ Nasdaq and CME merge crypto indices
🔼 The Nasdaq Stock Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) are standardizing crypto indices and have already renamed the Nasdaq (NCI) to the Nasdaq-CME crypto index.
The merger is a response to the increasing complexity of the crypto market and the institutional hype around digital assets and blockchain technology.
✅ The benchmark NCI index includes BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, LINK, ADA, AVAX. Whether it will be modified in the future is currently unknown.
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🇺🇸 a16z Leads the Fight for US Technological Leadership
📈 Leading venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced raising $15 billion by the end of 2025, which it estimates accounts for 18% of all last year's venture investments in the US.
✅ Investors' money has filled new funds, including American Dynamism ($1.18 billion), Apps ($1.7 billion), Bio + Health ($700 million), Infrastructure ($1.7 billion), Growth ($6.75 billion), as well as other venture strategies ($3 billion).
The main goal of a16z founder Ben Horowitz is to defend the US's technological leadership, which is suppor

Grayscale has filed applications for BNB and Hyperliquid ETFs
Grayscale Investments has registered trusts in Delaware for BNB-ETF and Hyperliquid-ETF.
While filing does not guarantee a public listing, it is traditionally considered the first step in launching an ETF.
🎯 The process coincided with the update of the BNB Chain roadmap for 2026, which projects an increase in throughput to tens of thousands of transactions per second.
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Major Whale opened longs on $310 million
🪙 BTC with 15x leverage on $109.5 million ( entry price 90,294)
🪙 ETH with 15x leverage on $100.6 million ( entry price 3,092)
🪙 SOL with 20x leverage on $69.9 million ( entry price 138.6)
🪙 XRP with 20x leverage on $30 million ( entry price 2.10)

Google Moves to Second Place in the World by Market Capitalization
Alphabet (Google) has surpassed Apple to become the second-largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization. The stock growth is supported by expectations in AI development, cloud business, and stable advertising revenue.
Notably, among the top 20 global companies, only four are non-American: TSMC (6th place), Saudi Aramco (9), Tencent (15), and Samsung (17), highlighting the dominance of the USA in the global stock market.
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🇺🇸 The USA needs Greenland for mining
According to Andrew Tate, Washington is increasing pressure on the Danish island, hoping to use the cold climate and cheap electricity to mine BTC at a cost significantly below market rates.
Yesterday, Trump announced that he is offering residents of the island $100k if they want to change their citizenship to American.
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💸 The US government may start buying Bitcoin for the national reserve
Kathy Wood, founder of the investment firm Ark Invest, said that US authorities may soon begin direct purchases of Bitcoin to create a strategic national BTC reserve.
💰 Currently, some reserves already exist, but they were mainly formed from confiscated assets rather than market purchases.
Wood links this move to political and economic motives, particularly the desire to strengthen the US position in the global financial system.
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Polygon rises for the eighth consecutive day
🟣 The Polygon token (POL) has increased by 29% over the week and reached the highest level since early December – $0.135.
➡️ On January 8, the company introduced the Open Money Stack (OMS) modular infrastructure to enable regulated, compliant payments in stablecoins and to modernize the global movement of funds.
Recently, Polygon announced a rebranding to a payment company, which should attract more DeFi, fintech companies, and other institutional clients to its blockchain.
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🟠 ZEC has fallen by 28% from its local highs
The decline occurred amid the departure of key Zcash developers from Electric Coin Company due to disagreements with management. The team is launching a new company to develop privacy technologies.
Meanwhile, the Zcash protocol itself continues to operate normally.
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🤖 Riot Platforms sells Bitcoin and bets on AI
Mining company Riot Platforms sold 1,818 Bitcoins in December for nearly $162 million.
⛏ This happened as part of a strategic shift: from Bitcoin mining to monetizing its energy and data center infrastructure.
In particular, Riot aims to support workloads in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Solana Mobile Announces Launch Date for SKR Token
Solana Mobile announced that its SKR token will be launched on January 21.
🪙 Users of the Solana Seeker smartphone will be able to claim up to 20% of the tokens through an airdrop.
57% of SKR will be distributed on the release day.
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🏦 World Liberty Financial wants to obtain a banking license
The World Liberty Financial project, supported by President Donald Trump, is trying to get a bank license.
💼 To do this, it has established a new trust company – World Liberty Trust Company.
If successful, WLTC will be able to issue the stablecoin USD1.
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📊 Ripple has changed its mind about conducting an IPO
Ripple officially withdrew its IPO plans. The company's management states that the XRP issuer is in a stable financial position and does not need additional capital raising. This decision seems reasonable given the weak results of "cryptocurrency" IPOs in 2025.
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🚀 CNBC Names XRP the "Breakthrough Investment of 2026"
CNBC has highlighted the sharp rise of XRP: since the beginning of the year, the token has gained over 20% and climbed to third place by market capitalization, surpassing BNB.
According to the channel, XRP now appears to be one of the most prominent tokens in the crypto market.
📊 Among the key factors for CNBC's growth are the resolution of the regulatory conflict between Ripple and the SEC, XRP's relative underload compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum, and a steady influx of funds into XRP-ETF even during the market correction at the end of

📈 Strategy stocks surged after MSCI decision
The index provider MSCI decided not to exclude companies with crypto assets on their balance sheets from their indices — at least for the current stage. This alleviated concerns about forced sell-offs by passive funds and supported the shares of companies like Strategy.
🏦 MSCI clarified that digital treasury companies (where crypto assets make up 50%+ of the balance) will remain in the indices for now, but will be discussed separately in the future.
For Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin holder, this means maintaining access to institutional

🟠 Canaan combines mining with greenhouse farming
🔥 Canaan, a manufacturer of mining equipment, will deploy 360 liquid-cooled Avalon A1566HA-460T servers with a total capacity of 3 MW in the greenhouses of Bitforest Investment.
✅ The greenhouses are located in Manitoba (Canada) and are designed for year-round tomato cultivation.
Canaan estimates that about 90% of the electricity consumed by the servers can be transferred to the greenhouse heating system, but actual figures will be confirmed after the project is commissioned.
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🚀Venezuela Market on the Rise
The Caracas stock index has surged by 73% following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro by US forces.
Since the active pressure from Washington began on December 23, the growth has reached an impressive 148%.
Investors are actively acquiring assets, anticipating the lifting of sanctions and the return of Western companies. The market is full of optimism, expecting a quick economic recovery and an influx of investments under US control.
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