Cryptocurrency & Blockchain breaking news

On January 15, 2026, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee officially postponed its scheduled markup of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.

On January 12, 2026, MicroStrategy (now operating under the ticker "Strategy") announced its largest acquisition of the year, purchasing 13,627 BTC for approximately $1.25 billion.

On January 12, 2026, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs signaled a decisive end to "regulation by enforcement."

While Bitcoin maintains its lead as a "sovereign reserve," Ethereum (ETH) is emerging as the technical "operating system" for 2026.

The Senate Banking Committee took a historic step today by advancing a comprehensive Cryptocurrency Regulation Bill to the Senate floor.

Tether (the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, USDT) and Rumble (the Nasdaq-listed video platform) officially launched the Rumble Wallet today.

Ethereum (ETH) has kicked off 2026 by reclaiming the $3,000 mark, but the real story lies in its radical technical and philosophical transformation.

Bitcoin (BTC) has staged a dramatic recovery, reclaiming the $91,000 level on January 4, 2026.

On January 2, 2026, the prominent on-chain sleuth ZachXBT reported that hundreds of independent wallets had been drained of their assets, with the root cause remaining unidentified as of the latest investigations.