State Street Corporation launched a Digital Asset Platform and announced a slate of tokenized products, including tokenized money market funds, ETFs, tokenized deposits and stablecoins.
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Liam writes about Web3 and decentralized finance, focusing on how protocols, applications, and governance models are used in practice. His coverage centers on real adoption, integration, and the mechanics behind decentralized systems.Market developments and regulatory context are part of his reporting when they intersect with Web3 or DeFi activity.
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The startup Project Eleven has closed a Series A funding round worth 20 million dollars. Castle Island Ventures led the investment, with notable participation from Coinbase Ventures and other major players in the sector. The company focuses on developing quantum-resistant cryptography to shield blockchains from future computer attacks. Alex Pruden, CEO of the firm, warned that this existential risk to the ecosystem cannot be ignored.
Dogecoin retreated nearly 4% to 0.1426 dollars during the early hours of January 15, 2026. According to experts from CD Analytics, the selling pressure in Dogecoin increased following a failed general recovery attempt. This behavior reveals a structural exhaustion that directly affects the confidence of the vast majority of retail traders today.
Chainlink (LINK) climbed to a monthly high after Bitwise’s spot Chainlink ETF began trading on NYSE Arca. The immediate market response — roughly a 4–5% intraday uplift to about $14,25 — reflected investor demand for regulated, spot exposure to LINK and a narrower path to institutional allocation.
Delphi Digital published an outlook arguing that perpetual decentralized exchanges (Perp DEXs) are on a path to supplant traditional banking functions by 2026. The report links rapid market share gains, technological design choices and new product bundling—lending, custody and exchange services—into a single on‑chain venue.
Pakistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SC Financial Technologies, an affiliate of World Liberty Financial (WLF), to explore integrating WLF’s USD1 stablecoin into regulated digital payments.
Bitpanda is preparing for a public listing in the first half of 2026, targeting a valuation in the €4–5 billion range — roughly $4,3–$5,4 billion — a move that would mark one of Europe’s larger crypto-related IPO attempts.
Crossmint secured Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) authorization from Spain’s Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), establishing the firm as a regulated Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) with passporting rights across all 27 EU member states.
Gate.io launched a new Precious Metals Zone on jan. 14, rolling out USDT‑margined perpetual futures for gold (XAU) and silver (XAG). The move gives traders continuous access to the metals with up to 50x leverage and a pricing feed that aggregates multiple precious‑metals markets.
DZ Bank obtained Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) authorization from BaFin in late december to operate its retail crypto platform, meinKrypto.
