Crypto News. January 17, 2026

Kaito sunsets Yaps, introduces Kaito studio to connect creators with brands

Yu Hu 🌊@Punk9277

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4:26 PM · Jan 15, 2026 · 1.13M Views

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Bitcoin app layer, Citrea launched ctUSD, a native Bitcoin stablecoin

Citrea@citrea_xyz

Introducing Citrea USD (ctUSD), the native stablecoin for Bitcoin. Issued by @moonpay and powered by @m0's stablecoin platform. ctUSD aims to set a native liquidity standard for the Bitcoin ecosystem and offer banking rails between on-chain BTC collateral and fiat systems. 🧵

2:08 PM · Jan 15, 2026 · 74.6K Views

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MilkyWay protocol announces shutdown

MilkyWay 🥛@milky_way_zone

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11:59 AM · Jan 15, 2026 · 94.1K Views

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Dreamcash has announced the launch of new RWA HIP-3 perpetual markets on Hyperliquid in collaboration with Tether and Selini Capital

Dreamcash@Dreamcash

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8:47 PM · Jan 15, 2026 · 233K Views

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Sentient announced the SENT tokenomics, with 44% dedicated to community initiatives, airdrops, and incentives

Sentient@SentientAGI

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5:27 PM · Jan 15, 2026 · 324K Views

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed Decree No. 19, creating a legal framework for cryptobanks to combine digital token operations with conventional banking, payment, and financial services

The Block@TheBlock__

Belarus authorizes 'cryptobanks' combining token operations with traditional banking

theblock.co

Belarus authorizes 'cryptobanks' combining token operations with traditional banking

11:06 AM · Jan 16, 2026 · 3.77K Views

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Starting January 28, 2026, Google Play will prohibit unregistered overseas cryptocurrency exchanges and software wallets from being listed or updated in South Korea.

Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

South Korea’s Google Play will enforce new rules from Jan 28, requiring overseas crypto exchanges to complete FIU VASP registration and obtain formal acceptance to remain listed or update apps. Google clarified that filing alone is insufficient—proof of FIU approval must be

6:01 AM · Jan 16, 2026 · 8.67K Views

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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon revealed that the bank is dedicating significant resources to tokenization, stablecoins, and prediction markets

Cointelegraph@Cointelegraph

🔥 BULLISH: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the firm is exploring tokenization and prediction markets amid evolving U.S. regulation.

6:30 PM · Jan 16, 2026 · 28.7K Views

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Monero XMR surged ~80% after a hacker laundered $282M in stolen BTC/LTC through Monero

ZachXBT@zachxbt

On January 10, 2026 at around 11 pm UTC a victim lost $282M+ worth of LTC & BTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam. The attacker began converting the stolen LTC & BTC to Monero via multiple instant exchanges causing the XMR price to sharply increase. BTC was also

5:18 PM · Jan 16, 2026 · 1.46M Views

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Christopher Wood, Jefferies’ global head of equity strategy, has removed Bitcoin from the bank’s GREED & fear model portfolio, reallocating the 10% stake into physical gold bullion and gold-mining stocks (5% each).

Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain

Bloomberg reports that Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, has removed a 10% Bitcoin allocation from his model portfolio, citing concerns that advances in quantum computing could undermine Bitcoin’s long-term security and its role as a store of value

10:19 AM · Jan 16, 2026 · 9.3K Views

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Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House Digital Assets Advisory Committee, confirmed that digital assets seized from Samourai Wallet have not been and will not be liquidated by the U.S. Department of Justice

Patrick Witt@patrickjwitt

UPDATE: we have received confirmation from DOJ that the digital assets forfeited by Samourai Wallet have not been liquidated and will not be liquidated, per EO 14233. They will remain on the USG balance sheet as part of the SBR.

Patrick Witt @patrickjwitt

We are looking into this.

5:06 PM · Jan 16, 2026 · 196K Views

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Vitalik posted that era is ending when Ethereum traded off self-sovereignty, privacy, and trustlessness to scale and chase mainstream adoption. The roadmap now explicitly prioritizes users being able to verify, transact, and interact without trusting intermediaries again

vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

2026 is the year that we take back lost ground in terms of self-sovereignty and trustlessness. Some of what this practically means: Full nodes: thanks to ZK-EVM and BAL, it will once again become easier to locally run a node and verify the Ethereum chain on your own computer.

6:32 PM · Jan 16, 2026 · 303K Views

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US crypto market structure legislation has hit a new obstacle after Senate Judiciary Committee leaders Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin objected to the inclusion of the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) in the latest draft

Jasper Goodman@Jasper_Goodman

NEWS: Tim Scott’s crypto market structure push has a Chuck Grassley problem The Senate Judiciary chair is raising substantive & jurisdictional concerns alongside RM Dick Durbin about the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, which is in Scott's bill

politico.com

Grassley, Durbin raise concerns about Tim Scott’s crypto bill

7:17 PM · Jan 16, 2026 · 30K Views

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Crypto bank Anchorage digital eyes $200M–$400M raise ahead of potential 2026 IPO

Bloomberg@business

Anchorage Digital, whose affiliate is the first federally chartered US digital-asset bank, is seeking to raise fresh capital as it explores a potential public listing, according to people with knowledge of the matter

bloomberg.com

Anchorage Digital Said to Seek More Than $200 Million in Funding

10:01 PM · Jan 16, 2026 · 10.5K Views

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