❕ CoinDesk: Japan bond market panic spills into crypto

Already struggling in recent months, Japan’s government bond market imploded overnight, with the 30-year JGB yield rising more than 30 basis points to 3.91%.

Risk markets are headed sharply lower, while precious metals continue to soar. "One of the world’s most reliable liquidity backstops is fading", — said head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank.

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⚡️ Kalshi is barred from offering sports prediction markets in Massachusetts after a judge ruled it needs a gaming license

🔄 Earlier: Portugal orders closure of Polymarket.

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🔝 Gold hits new ATH

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🔥 Hong Kong to issue first batch of stablecoin licenses in Q1, finance chief says

The city’s stablecoin licensing regime, passed in 2025, requires issuers to meet strict reserve, redemption and risk management standards.

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🪙 US Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent on Tornado Cash developers' seized Bitcoin being sold at USA House in Davos: "The policy of this government is to add seized Bitcoin to our digital asset reserve".

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❕ Tom Lee warns of painful 2026 market drop before year-end rally

Tom Lee warned that both crypto and equity markets could face a sharp and "painful" decline in 2026, driven by geopolitical tensions, tariffs, and political fragmentation, before recovering strongly toward the end of the year.

Speaking on The Master Investor Podcast with Wilfred Frost, the Fundstrat head of research said the year will likely resemble 2025, with long-term tailwinds from blockchain and AI still intact, but near-term risks preventing an early sustained rally.

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🔽 Bitcoin, Ether ETFs report combined $713M in outflows amid market turmoil

Analysts said the outflows reflect a temporary derisking from institutional investors, rather than a fundamental rejection of crypto’s value.

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⚡️ Ripple’s US dollar-backed stablecoin RLUSD will be listed for spot trading on Binance

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📣 White House crypto advisor criticizes Coinbase over exiting the market structure bill

Patrick Witt warns that delaying could invite much harsher regulation.

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🪙 Steak n' Shake to pay a $0.21 Bitcoin bonus to every employee for every hour worked

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📣 Trump: "I'm working to ensure America remains the crypto capital of the world."

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🔝 Nasdaq, S&P 500, and Dow are up over 1% and $600 billion has added to the US stock market today

This happened after Trump said he does not want military action in Greenland and called for the US stock market to double from here.

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🔖🔖🔖🔖 Bitcoin falls below $88,000 after European Union suspends trade deal with the US

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🔥 Denmark also rejects President Trump’s demand to negotiate takeover of Greenland

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🪙 Yesterday the US Spot ETFs sold 8,020 Bitcoin worth $708 million

This was the largest sale in 2026.

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🔥 Thailand’s 'SEC' says new rules are coming for crypto ETFs, crypto futures, and tokenized investments, formally recognizing digital assets as an official asset class under the law

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⚡️ Binance Founder CZ says he's in talks with a dozen governments about tokenizing their assets

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🪙 2024–2025 saw the largest release of long-term Bitcoin supply ever, signaling a shift in ownership from early holders to new

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⚡️ Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has now been officially signed at Davos, with backing from 20+ countries

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🔝 Token Terminal: The market cap of tokenized assets hits an ATH of $326.5B

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🔥 Circle CEO pegs 40% stablecoin growth as base case: 'Everybody has to participate'

Banks are moving from pilots to implementation, with the focus shifting to timelines and integration rather than whether to adopt stablecoins.

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