Driven by an increase of 17% during the current month of January, the gold price above 5,000 dollars has established an unprecedented milestone in global financial markets. According to reports issued by the Gold Price platform this Monday, the price reached 5,080 dollars, reflecting a clear preference of investors for traditional safe-haven assets over digital volatility.
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Natix Network and Valeo announced a partnership to combine Natix’s Solana-based DePIN data streams with Valeo’s automotive world-modeling capabilities. The aim is an open-source, multi-camera World Foundation Model (WFM) built from decentralized, incentivized video and geospatial data—an asset class that could change how autonomous systems are trained.
Zoomex has broadened its derivatives product set and rolled out Europe-focused initiatives, combining upgraded trading infrastructure with a new fiat on‑ramp. The moves — pitched as a push for institutional-grade derivatives coverage and everyday crypto spending — are designed to boost liquidity and user retention in early 2026.
The exchange platform Binance has formally submitted an application to obtain a MiCA license in Greece, seeking to align itself with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. This strategic move follows warnings from French regulators, who pointed out that the company does not yet hold said authorization, which could jeopardize its permanence in certain European markets before mandatory compliance deadlines expire this summer.
The Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office has launched a comprehensive investigation following the disappearance of Bitcoin valued at 48 million dollars, stolen directly from its official custody during the past year. According to judicial sources, the funds were drained through a sophisticated phishing attack, exposing serious internal institutional vulnerabilities that have sparked national alarm regarding the protection of confiscated high-value assets.
During the latest financial sessions, institutional investors have redefined their Bitcoin option strategies after recording a massive capital outflow from spot exchange-traded funds. This movement, led by professional traders and large whales, seeks to take advantage of the price consolidation below 91,000 dollars, expecting a spike in volatility within the market on a global scale.
RAIN surged to an all-time high near $0,0100, yet failed to hold the breakout as a cross-cohort discrepancy in holder behavior created persistent selling pressure. The on-chain picture explains why a strong intraday move did not translate into sustained upside.
According to analyst Ananda Banerjee, the Monero criptomoneda is showing signs of exhaustion after a significant rally throughout January. The Monero downside risk stands at 44%, driven by a rising wedge technical structure and a negative historical trend that has affected the asset for the last three consecutive years in the market.
The asset management firm Strive, co-founded by entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, has announced an ambitious Bitcoin treasury strategy through a 150 million dollar offering. According to the company’s official statement, the proceeds will be primarily used for the repurchase of convertible notes and additional acquisition of the leading digital asset in the global cryptographic market.
TRON DAO announced it had integrated Blockaid, deploying production-grade, real-time security tooling across the protocol. The move aimed to harden protections for a network that supports roughly 358.000.000 users and has processed more than 12.000.000.000 transactions.
