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Chainalysis recorded $154 billion in illicit inflows, driven largely by sanctioned entities. Russia’s ruble-backed A7A5 token processed over $93.3 billion in transactions within a year. Illicit transactions remain under 1% of total on-chain activity despite rapid growth. Illicit cryptocurrency activity expanded rapidly in 2025, not because of a sudden spike in everyday crypto crime, but due to a structural shift in how sanctioned states and entities are moving money. As global financial restrictions widened, blockchain networks increasingly became an alternative channel for cross-border transfers that are harder to block or monitor through traditional systems. A new report from Chainalysis shows…

ZEC stands in one corner, while POL is in the other. Bitcoin’s weekend price stagnation continues as the asset has failed to make even a minor move out of the $90,000-$91,000 tight range. Most larger-cap alts have remained sluggish as well, with just a few impressive price gainers over the past 24 hours – XMR and RAIN. BTC Stalls at $90.5K Bitcoin entered 2026 after a controversial 2025 that actually ended in the red. It quickly started to regain value and surged past $90,000 on the second day of the new year. Even the geopolitical tension between the US and…

Led by ICONIQ, the round brings Rain’s total funding to over $338M and values the company at $1.95B — up more than 17x in just 10 months The new funding enables Rain to scale its global, compliant footprint, deepen platform capabilities, and invest in new products that redefine how payments work worldwide NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rain, the enterprise-grade infrastructure for stablecoin-powered payments, today announced a $250 million Series C funding round led by ICONIQ, with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer Venture Partners, Galaxy Ventures, FirstMark, Lightspeed, Norwest, and Endeavor Catalyst. The round values Rain at…

Riot Platforms, one of the largest publicly listed Bitcoin mining companies in the United States, disclosed on January 6, 2025, that it sold 1,818 BTC in December 2025, marking the largest single-month Bitcoin sale in the company’s history. NEW: Riot Platforms sold 1,818 Bitcoin ($161M) in December 2025, reducing its holdings to 18,005 BTC (~$1.7B). pic.twitter.com/FjmxCmYn2Z — Bitcoin News (@BitcoinNewsCom) January 7, 2026 The Castle Rock, Colorado–based firm reported that the Bitcoin sold was worth approximately $161.6 million, reflecting ongoing pressure on miners amid declining profitability across the crypto mining sector. Riot Platforms Sells Over $160 Million in Bitcoin Amid…

The crypto market has shown renewed strength this week. Prices moved higher across bitcoin and several altcoins before cooling off slightly over the past 24 hours. For now, the pullback looks controlled. Traders are watching closely to see whether this turns into a continuation or another range-bound phase.Bitcoin remains the main reference point, while select altcoins are starting to attract short-term interest again. At the same time, the flow of news has not slowed down at all. That is why we are back with another crypto market news today update, covering the stories that actually matter, alongside the latest airdrop…

Binance has launched new perpetual futures contracts tied to gold and silver, expanding the crypto exchange’s derivatives offering beyond digital assets as demand grows for exposure to traditional safe-haven markets.Binance said Thursday it has introduced gold and silver perpetual futures that allow investors to trade the metals around the clock without an expiration date.The contracts are settled in Tether’s USDt (USDT) stablecoin, giving traders onchain access to price movements in precious metals rather than direct ownership of the underlying assets.The new products, listed as XAUUSDT and XAGUSDT, are designed to track the price of gold and silver and are aimed…

Beijing’s reported request for Chinese tech firms to halt orders of Nvidia’s H200 chips arrives at a moment when Bitcoin has become uncomfortably tethered to AI equity sentiment.As The Information and Reuters reported on Jan. 7, the move affects “some” Chinese companies and may presage a mandate requiring domestic purchases of AI chips.For Bitcoin holders, the question is not about chip geopolitics directly, but whether a regulatory disruption in AI supply chains can trigger the same risk-off cascade that has repeatedly pulled Bitcoin down when tech equities wobble. Related ReadingBitcoin just exposed a terrifying link to the AI bubble that…

After gaining traction across big tech, “vibe coding” is quickly spilling into crypto, and it could fundamentally alter how Web3 projects are built, funded, and scaled.Coined by former OpenAI co-founder and ex-Tesla AI lead Andrej Karpathy in early 2025, vibe coding describes building software by “feel.” It utilizes natural language or voice prompts with AI systems, while barely requiring the use of the keyboard.Sponsored SponsoredHow ‘Vibe Coding’ Could Reshape Web3, Startups, and Venture CapitalThe idea went mainstream after Collins Dictionary named “vibe coding” its Word of the Year for 2025, signaling how fast the concept has entered the tech space.At…

Bitcoin retreated to five-day lows during as repeated failures to break through $94,500 reinforced a tight trading range.

XRP Ledger whale activity spiked sharply at the start of the week, with on-chain data provider Santiment flagging a surge in large-value transfers that pushed the network to its highest $100,000+ transaction count in roughly three months, a setup the firm says typically coincides with elevated volatility. XRP Whales Are Waking Up Again “XRP Ledger has seen a major increase in whale transactions (moved valued at $100K or more on the network),” Santiment wrote in a post on Wednesday via X alongside a Sanbase chart. “Monday saw 2,170 of them, and yesterday shot all the way up to 2,802 (a…