Bankinter has recently acquired a minority stake in the Spanish cryptocurrency platform Bit2Me, thus joining the inversión de Bankinter en Bit2Me of 35 million dollars. According to the financial entity’s official statement, the primary objective is to explore technological and knowledge synergies within the digital asset sector.
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Olivia reports on regulation, compliance, and policy developments shaping the crypto industry. Her coverage examines how legal and regulatory decisions influence market structure, project development, and industry behavior.She also follows Web3 initiatives and altcoin markets when regulatory changes are a key factor.
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Ripple has taken a fundamental strategic step by receiving a preliminary e-money authorization in Luxembourg this Wednesday. The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) granted this initial approval, bringing the company closer to cumplimiento de MiCA de Ripple definitively. According to Cassie Craddock, the firm’s director for Europe, this milestone will allow the provision of digital asset infrastructure to clients across the continent. The news reinforces the company’s presence in one of the world’s most regulated regions today.
The bitcoin price exceeds 96,000 dollars marking a two-month high during the course of Tuesday. According to data reported by Oliver Knight, the leading asset broke key resistances after several failed attempts. This breakout generated significant buying pressure in the spot markets during the last few hours of global operations.
The Solana Policy Institute (SPI) formally urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to exempt non-custodial DeFi developers from rules designed for centralized intermediaries.
ClearBank has tapped custody specialist Taurus to power its stablecoin services, a move that links traditional banking rails with institutional-grade crypto custody.
Monero (XMR) hit a fresh peak, with market data registering a high of $686.22 after breaching the $687 threshold. The move coincided with a wave of demand for mandatory on‑chain privacy as surveillance and regulatory scrutiny intensified, making Monero the primary beneficiary within the privacy-coin cohort.
21Shares Bitcoin and Gold exchange-traded product, branded BOLD, began trading on the London Stock Exchange, offering UK investors regulated access to a single, physically backed vehicle that merges Bitcoin and physical gold exposure.
BitGo filed for an initial public offering in the United States, seeking a valuation between $1.85 billion and $2.00 billion and aiming to raise about $201 million.
Bakkt Holdings agreed to acquire Distributed Technologies Research Ltd. (DTR) in an all-stock deal, a move designed to accelerate its stablecoin settlement and programmable payments ambitions. The company said the transaction will coincide with a rebrand to Bakkt, Inc., positioning the business as a unified global financial infrastructure platform.
The digital asset market is showing signs of extreme caution this January 12, 2026, causing the native token of the BNB Chain to experience a significant pullback. According to the latest market data, BNB drops to 900 dollars after recording a 1.2% decline over the last 24 hours, underperforming compared to the CoinDesk 20 index. This price weakness occurs as traders choose to rotate their capital into assets considered safer, such as gold and Bitcoin, in response to an increasingly turbulent geopolitical and monetary landscape.
