Crypto News

Circle drama, Bitcoin ETFs, tokenized everything, and even quantum computers crashing the party – tonight’s crypto tape had a bit of everything. Let’s start with Circle, which spent the day in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The company’s stock slid more than 20% as investors worried the proposed CLARITY Act could clamp down on stablecoin rewards – a big part of the appeal for some users. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan is calling the selloff way overdone, arguing that USDC (USDC) is still positioned to be a major winner in what he sees as a $1.9 trillion stablecoin market by 2030. On his math, that could justify a $75 billion valuation for Circle, with room to potentially double from there. Complicating the narrative, Circle was also under fire after on-chain sleuth ZachXBT highlighted wallets tied to Iran’s Wallex. Circle and Tether froze about $2.49 million, and Circle then went further, freezing USDC in sixteen exchange hot wallets over a U.S. civil case before quietly unfr...

Sundown in crypto land comes with a familiar mix of drama, doubt, and a few big swings that might end up looking obvious in hindsight. Today was no different. Let’s start with the most old-school corner of finance quietly getting a crypto makeover: cross‑border banking. Anchorage Digital rolled out a federally regulated Stablecoin Solutions platform aimed squarely at licensed international banks. Instead of waiting days for U.S. dollars to settle through a maze of correspondent banks, these firms can now move USD over U.S.-compliant stablecoin rails in minutes. It’s not the flashy NFT era anymore; this is crypto infrastructure slipping into the plumbing of global finance. If this model scales, the “wire sent, still pending” era might slowly fade into the background. Over in Bitcoin (BTC) land, the start of 2026 is still trying to shake off a rough hangover. BTC has logged its weakest opening to a year on record, with month after month of red candles and billions bleeding out of...