Crypto News. January 8, 2025

ZCASH core developers resigned on January 7 after a misunderstanding with the board

Josh Swihart 🛡@jswihart

Over the past few weeks, it's become clear that the majority of Bootstrap board members (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit created to support Zcash by governing the Electric Coin Company), specifically Zaki Manian, Christina Garman, Alan Fairless, and Michelle Lai (ZCAM), have moved into

7:40 PM · Jan 7, 2026 · 320K Views

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NIKE sold RTFKT, its digital products subsidiary on DEC 16 and didn’t disclose the buyer

Now Media@nowmedia

NEWS: Nike has reportedly sold RTFKT, its digital products subsidiary The sportswear giant did not disclose the buyer or terms of the deal, which took place on Dec. 16 A Nike statement called the sale “a new chapter for the company and its community" RTFKT founder @Zaptio

7:16 PM · Jan 7, 2026 · 10.4K Views

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Wyoming becomes the first USA state to have their official stablecoin, FRNT issued under the Wyoming stable token Act on Solana

Solana@solana

BREAKING: The Wyoming Stable Token Commission’s $FRNT, the first stablecoin issued by a U.S. State, is now live on Solana 🇺🇸

5:04 PM · Jan 7, 2026 · 265K Views

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Polymarket will be providing Dow Jones and Wall Street Journals with trading data under their new partnership.

Polymarket@Polymarket

We're honored to be named the Exclusive Prediction Market Partner of the Wall Street Journal & the Dow Jones. The World's Largest Prediction Market™ 🤝 the most trusted voices in finance

3:47 PM · Jan 7, 2026 · 23.8M Views

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Trumps family crypto firm World liberty financials announced it has applied for U.S banking license to to issue and custody the USD1 stablecoin

WLFI@worldlibertyfi

World Liberty Financial Announces that WLTC Holdings LLC has Submitted an Application for a National Trust Bank Charter to Issue and Custody USD1 Stablecoins 🦅☝️ businesswire.com/news/home/2026…

businesswire.com

World Liberty Financial Announces that WLTC Holdings LLC has Submitted an Application for a National Trust Bank Charter to Issue and Custody USD1 Stablecoins

9:59 PM · Jan 7, 2026 · 330K Views

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IPOR labs confirmed they’ve recovered all funds exploited on the IPOR USDC optimizer on Arbitrum and have restored withdrawals

Fusion (by IPOR)@ipor_io

The IPOR USDC Fusion Optimizer Vault on Arbitrum has recovered all funds & withdrawals are now possible. The vault USDC assets will remain unallocated. A new USDC Fusion vault on Arbitrum is being set up, featuring: 🔹 The latest Fusion technology 🔹 Lower fee structure 🔹

6:42 PM · Jan 7, 2026 · 1.59K Views

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Tether gold introduces Scudo, a simple new way to measure the value of gold on-chain in relation to Tether gold

Tether Gold@tethergold

Introducing Scudo. A new way to measure the value of gold on-chain. Scudo is a simple, intuitive unit that makes Tether Gold ( XAU₮) easier to use, track, and transact. 1 Scudo = 1/1000 of an XAU₮ (Gold Ounce), giving you a practical and accessible way to send and receive gold

2:01 PM · Jan 6, 2026 · 124K Views

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Perp market Cascade increased its caps to $10k per account cap for its pre allocation due to sharp acceleration on demand

Cascade@cascade_xyz

Ahead of today’s cap increase, we saw a sharp acceleration in demand. To improve fairness, we’re making two adjustments: 1. The CLS will reopen at 12pm ET tomorrow with an additional $1M allocation under the same rules. 2. A $10k per-account cap will apply to all

7:24 PM · Jan 6, 2026 · 69.4K Views

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Yeildbasis introduces its free IL-Free Ethereum pools

yieldbasis@yieldbasis

https://t.co/RvWGKXJWg9

11:11 AM · Jan 7, 2026 · 42.5K Views

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Sei advises USDC on noble (USDn) holders to exchange their tokens for the native USDC before their upcoming upgrade

Sei@SeiNetwork

@BinanceUS @BitgetWallet @MetaMask @Backpack @Rabby_io @crossmint @sphere_labs @moonpay @SimplexCC The Grid maps the core systems behind modern markets on Sei. The Distribution and Access System captures the leading exchanges, wallets, and on-ramps that close the gap between deployment and active users. blog.sei.io/announcements/…

5:08 PM · Jan 7, 2026 · 3.5K Views

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CEO Kalshi Terek Mansour expressed his support for the new bill by Rep Ritchie Torres on banning insider trading on prediction markets

Brendan Pedersen@BrendanPedersen

Notable: Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour says on Linkedin the prediction market company is “supportive” of legislation from Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) to ban government officials from insider trading on platforms like theirs

4:02 PM · Jan 7, 2026 · 18K Views

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