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DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, today announced its 2026 transformation into “The New Financial Platform,” a global financial ecosystem designed to expand access to modern banking, investment, and payments infrastructure for the world’s underserved populations. The vision, unveiled by co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou during the biannual keynote session, positions the company beyond its origins as a cryptocurrency exchange and into a unified financial platform connecting crypto, traditional markets, and real-world financial services. At the center of the strategy is a long-term mission: empowering the 1.4 billion underbanked people…

Zug, Switzerland, January 29th, 2026, Chainwire Status, one of Ethereum’s longest-running open-source projects, has re-entered the spotlight with USS Status, a satirical sci-fi cartoon that turns crypto’s chaotic past into comedy, along with the launch of a unified privacy super-app and gasless L2 network. An Old Giant Awakens Status, the open-source privacy super-app, has launched an overhauled unified app, a gasless L2 network, and a new identity personified in an irreverent and satirical web cartoon. One of the oldest established projects in the Ethereum ecosystem, Status has weathered the industry’s volatility while continuing to quietly build an open-source platform that…

The Trump-led Greenland incident reflects not only political drama, but also the fragility of the traditional pricing power system. The same applies to the financial sector. As BTC’s “underlying value” is repeatedly validated amidst global uncertainty, and XRP continues to enter cross-border clearing networks, a clear trend is emerging: hashrate is moving from behind the scenes to the forefront of asset transactions. Against this backdrop, Moon Hash is seen as a more relevant answer—it doesn’t create sentiment, but rather adapts to structural changes. Moon Hash uses Proof-of-Work (PoW) hashrate at its core, transforming the mining system, previously only accessible to…

New York, United States, January 28th, 2026, Chainwire QXMP Labs announced that it has registered approximately USD $1.1 trillion of certified real-world, in-ground assets on its proprietary Layer-1 blockchain, QELT. The announcement follows the activation of QXMP’s proprietary oracle infrastructure, which is designed to ingest and verify qualified geological and scientific documentation and record the data on-chain as cryptographically verifiable proof-of-reserves. The development marks a step toward enabling large-scale, compliant real-world asset tokenisation and settlement using blockchain-based infrastructure. Addressing the missing Liquidity in Tokenised RWAs Tokenising real-world assets (RWAs) requires more than price stability. It requires deep, predictable, and continuously…

Founders Fund-backed Bitcoin platform, Citrea, unveils Bitcoin-secured application platform, unlocking institutional and worldwide access to Bitcoin-denominated markets GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, Jan. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Citrea, the Bitcoin application platform backed by Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures, announced the launch of its mainnet, enabling capital market activity directly on the Bitcoin network. Citrea also has gone live with ctUSD, its U.S dollar-denominated stablecoin issued by MoonPay and powered by M0, designed to align with the forthcoming GENIUS Act guidelines. Together, the Citrea mainnet and ctUSD provide an institutional-grade USD settlement and liquidity layer for Bitcoin-based financial activity. Despite Bitcoin’s roughly $1.3 trillion market capitalization,…

Bitcoin holds steady around $87,850 today after dipping to $86,000 over the weekend. Traders are on edge as they await the Federal Reserve’s policy decision expected on Wednesday. The Fed is likely to maintain interest rates between 3.50% and 3.75%, but the meeting gains added attention due to tensions surrounding its independence. Controversy surrounds Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The Trump administration has threatened a rare criminal investigation over Powell’s management of a major renovation project. Meanwhile, Trump’s attempts to overhaul the Fed’s leadership have sparked legal challenges, including a Supreme Court case. Bitcoin markets are reeling from continued selloffs…

As Bitcoin enters a mature phase in 2026, cloud mining continues to attract users who want daily BTC income without ASIC hardware, electricity bills, or technical maintenance.However, investor expectations have changed. The market is no longer forgiving of vague promises or opaque systems.Today’s users actively search for:legitimate cloud mining platformssafe Bitcoin cloud miningdaily Bitcoin mining payoutsverified cloud mining companiesAI cloud mining with real payoutscloud mining without hardwareThe key question is no longer “Can cloud mining work?”It is now: “Which platforms are provably real, sustainable, and safe?”To answer this, we evaluated leading platforms using a dual-score framework that reflects how experienced…

Animoca Brands Japan has partnered with RootstockLabs to introduce Bitcoin-native decentralized finance (DeFi) tools to Japanese corporations and institutions.The collaboration aims to localize and deploy Rootstock’s institutional program for the Japanese market, enabling companies to manage Bitcoin (BTC) as part of their corporate treasury strategies while accessing onchain financial tools secured by Bitcoin’s proof-of-work (PoW), according to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph. “In Japan, an increasing number of companies are beginning to utilize cryptoassets as part of their financial and treasury strategies,” said Kensuke Amo, CEO of Animoca Brands Japan. “Through this partnership, Animoca Brands Japan and RootstockLabs will…

Bitcoin could break out of its “sideways funk” if the United States central bank attempts to support a failing Japanese bond market by printing money, according to BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes.Hayes proposed a theory on Wednesday about how the Federal Reserve “could be printing money to manipulate the yen and JGB [Japanese government bond] markets.”Japan faces a dual crisis: the yen is weakening while Japanese government bond yields are rising simultaneously, signaling a potential loss of market confidence. This also impacts the US because Japanese investors might sell US treasuries to buy higher-yielding JGBs instead.“Will a meltdown of the yen…

The bitcoin price rallied sharply into the close on Tuesday, surging above $89,400 after trading as low as $87,100 earlier in the day, according to Bitcoin Magazine Pro data, as markets reacted to fresh remarks from President Donald Trump on the U.S. economy. The late-day move came as Trump, speaking in Iowa, dismissed concerns over the weakening U.S. dollar, telling supporters he was “not concerned” about its decline and insisting the dollar was “doing great.” The comments triggered an immediate reaction across markets, with the dollar sliding further and alternative stores of value catching a bid. Gold climbed to a…