Dubai bans privacy coins, tightens stablecoin rules

• Privacy crypto ban: Starting Jan 12, 2026, Monero, Zcash, and other privacy-focused cryptocurrencies are prohibited in Dubai.
• Stablecoins: Only fiat-backed assets with highly liquid reserves are recognized.
• Algorithmic tokens: Not recognized as stablecoins under the new rules.

Dubai’s regulator is clearly drawing a line between traceable digital assets and privacy-focused or uncollateralized tokens, signaling tighter oversight of crypto transactions.

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Strategy just acquired 13,627 BTC for $1.25 BILLION at an average price of $91,519 per Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 687,410 BTC.

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Standard Chartered calls 2026 Ethereum’s breakout year

Standard Chartered is betting that Ethereum will outpace Bitcoin in 2026, pointing to its growing grip on the crypto economy’s most valuable layers. The bank highlights Ethereum’s dominance in stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, and DeFi, combined with improving network capacity, as key forces that could push ETH ahead of BTC.

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$BTC has gone parabolic in Iran.

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❗️ The number of crypto crimes surged in 2025

In the crypto industry, identity impersonation crimes rose by 1,400% in 2025, while average losses increased by more than 600%.

Total losses from all crypto scams in 2025 are estimated at around $17 billion, with a significant share coming from these types of schemes.

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📊 Ethereum hit a new record of 2.6M daily transactions.

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🇺🇸 Trump advisor: a Bitcoin reserve remains a U.S. priority

Patrick Witt, Donald Trump’s crypto advisor, said that BTC accumulation is being carried out in “budget-neutral ways” — without costs for taxpayers.

In other words, the U.S. is not buying Bitcoin, but building a reserve from confiscated crypto. The government currently holds about 328,372 BTC (approximately $31 billion).

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