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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig said the crypto market structure bill (CLARITY) is on the verge of being enacted, the Watcher.Guru X account reported, citing an interview with Fox Business. He added that regulation through enforcement in the crypto market is over.

StarkWare has announced it will integrate Nightfall, a zero-knowledge proof-based data privacy system co-developed by Ernst & Young (EY) and the Polygon team, into StarkNet. According to The Block, this will enable institutions to conduct private B2B payments, financial management, and DeFi transactions using public blockchain infrastructure without exposing sensitive transaction information.

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.

Ethereum could recover to $2,700 if the CME gap is filled, U.Today reported. According to data from crypto trader "Mister Crypto," there are three CME Ethereum gaps, with the one between $2,200 and $2,310 considered a key turning point.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $67,000. BTC is trading at $66,991.62 on the Binance USDT market.

The Monad Foundation, the organization behind the EVM-compatible project Monad, has hired three executives from Optimism, FalconX, and BVNK following its mainnet launch in November. According to Cointelegraph, they will focus on capital markets strategy, brand building, and attracting institutional investment in the Asia-Pacific region, including South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan.

Austan Goolsbee, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said that several interest rate cuts could be implemented this year if there are signs that inflation is returning to its 2% target. He also noted that service sector inflation remains high.

Canadian crypto mining firm Hive Digital Technologies recorded a net loss of $91.3 million in the fourth quarter of last year, The Block reported. The company explained that while revenue grew 219% year-over-year to $93.1 million, the loss resulted from a change in accounting standards related to its business expansion in Paraguay.

Bitmine (BMNR) purchased an additional 45,759 ETH ($90.83 million) last week, Lookonchain reported. The company now holds 4,371,497 ETH ($8.68 billion) at an average purchase price of $3,821. Its unrealized loss is $8.03 billion.

U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has replaced its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Chief Legal Officer (CLO), Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart reported.

Web3 venture capital firm Dragonfly has raised a $650 million fourth fund, according to Fortune.

MicroStrategy (MSTR) purchased an additional 2,486 BTC for $168 million last week at an average price of $67,710. The company now holds a total of 717,131 BTC, valued at $54.52 billion, with an average purchase price of $76,027.

Italy's largest bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, has disclosed holdings of $96 million in spot Bitcoin ETFs and $184 million in MicroStrategy (MSTR) put options, according to a fourth-quarter 2025 13F filing reported by CoinDesk. The bank's other crypto-related assets include $4.3 million in a Solana staking ETF and $4.4 million in Circle shares.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has again vetoed a bill designed to align the country's laws with the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, Cointelegraph reported. He previously vetoed a similar bill last December.

The share of the total BTC supply in profit has fallen to 55%, according to Solid Intel. Currently, 10 million BTC are being held at a loss, a level comparable to the 2022 bear market bottom.

Global securities firm Mizuho Securities has lowered its price target for MicroStrategy (MSTR) to $320 from a previous $403, Walter Bloomberg reported. The firm also cut its price target for Coinbase (COIN) to $170 from $280.

The Open Network (TON) Foundation has partnered with Web3 fiat-to-crypto gateway Banxa to provide a stablecoin payment network for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, The Block reported. This will allow SMEs in the region to use the TON blockchain for settlements, payments, and cross-border remittances.

Fractional real estate investment platform Stake has raised $31 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Dubai's state-owned bank Emirates NBD, with participation from Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund Mubadala and Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP).

The declining influence of venture capital (VC) in token launches is expected to reduce insider dumping, according to crypto analyst The DeFi Edge. The analyst noted that 85% of tokens launched last year have fallen below their issue price, with projects backed by VCs either barely breaking even or recording significant losses. While the participation of a major VC was once considered a major positive signal, this is no longer the case. The DeFi Edge pointed out that in 2022, crypto VCs raised $17 billion through more than 80 new funds in a single quarter. In contrast, the current number of new funds has hit a five-year low, and funding volume last quarter was only 12% of the level seen in the second quarter of 2022. The analyst emphasized that the old model of conducting investment rounds, launching a token, and then offloading it onto retail investors is losing its effectiveness. With diminished VC influence, the real winners will be projects with actual users and substantial revenue, leading to fairer token launches and less selling pressure from insiders.

The value of Ethereum-based tokenized real-world assets (RWA) has surpassed $17 billion, The Block reported. This figure represents a 315% surge from $4.1 billion one year ago. Currently, Ethereum accounts for 34% of the total on-chain RWA value across all networks. The market capitalization of Ethereum-based stablecoins is around $175 billion.

Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson has invested $200 million of his personal funds into the development of Midnight, a privacy-focused blockchain, The Crypto Basic reported. He explained that venture capital funding was intentionally excluded from Midnight's early development to ensure an independent environment and uphold the value of being "user first." Hoskinson previously stated that he has no plans to attract privacy maximalists from projects like Zcash (ZEC) or Monero (XMR) to Midnight.

U.S. brokerage Charles Schwab has purchased an additional 91,859 shares of MicroStrategy (MSTR), according to BitcoinTreasuries. The firm now holds 1.27 million shares of MicroStrategy, valued at $168 million.

Joachim Nagel, President of the German Bundesbank, believes that euro-denominated stablecoins will safeguard Europe's monetary independence, Cointelegraph reported. Speaking at a New Year's reception for the American Chamber of Commerce in Frankfurt, Nagel noted that European Union (EU) officials are working to introduce a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). He added that a wholesale CBDC would enable financial institutions to conduct programmable payments using central bank money. Nagel emphasized that euro stablecoins could contribute to enhancing Europe's independence in payment systems and solutions.

Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Bitwise, has argued that the current bear market is fundamentally different from previous downturns. He stated that anyone who believes this period is worse than 2018 or 2022 must not remember what those times were like. Hougan recalled that in 2018, Bitcoin was at $3,000 and, despite being billed as a "global computer," had no real applications and clear throughput limitations. In 2022, he added, the entire market collapsed while facing regulators who were trying to stifle the industry. By contrast, he noted the current environment is much more robust. Hougan pointed to a stablecoin market cap approaching $3 trillion, a tokenization market nearing $200 trillion, and a more favorable regulatory landscape. He also highlighted that major firms like BlackRock and Apollo are building DeFi-based ecosystems, infrastructure has expanded, and ETFs have been launched, all amid growing anxiety about fiat currencies. While acknowledging the road ahead will not be smooth, Hougan emphasized that he is very excited for the journey to come.

An analysis of Bitcoin's on-chain indicators suggests the market is transitioning from a selling phase to an accumulation phase. Crypto analyst Axel Adler Jr. noted that Entity Adjusted Liveliness (EAL), a metric representing the cumulative ratio of Coin Days Destroyed (CDD) to Coin Days Created (CDC), peaked at 0.02676 last December and has since fallen to 0.02669. He added that the indicator is currently below its 30-day and 90-day moving averages, which are acting as resistance levels. Adler pointed out that previous accumulation periods in 2020 and from 2022 to 2024 also began after EAL reversed from a peak. If this historical pattern repeats, the current accumulation phase could continue until mid-2027, he concluded.