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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the arrest of Ryan Wedding on charges of cocaine trafficking and murder. Wedding allegedly ran a transnational drug trafficking operation that relied on cryptocurrency to move and launder the proceeds. The event marked the continuation of the increasingly relevant role that digital assets, and stablecoin payments, in particular, play in facilitating illicit finance.Sponsored SponsoredFBI Ends Decade-Long ManhuntAccording to the FBI, authorities took Wedding, a 44-year-old former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, into custody on Thursday night. The arrest marked a decade-long manhunt of one of the Department of Justice’s most wanted fugitives. Wedding reportedly turned himself in…

GameStop has transferred its entire Bitcoin holdings to Coinbase’s institutional trading platform, sparking speculation that the video game retailer may be reconsidering its Bitcoin treasury strategy.“GameStop throws in the towel?” blockchain intelligence platform CryptoQuant asked in a post to X on Friday after noticing that GameStop moved its entire 4,710 Bitcoin (BTC) stash worth more than $422 million to Coinbase Prime.CryptoQuant said the transfer was “likely to sell” the holdings, noting that a sale with Bitcoin at $90,800 would mean GameStop realizing around $76 million in losses from its Bitcoin bet.GameStop accumulated 4,710 Bitcoin across several investments in May at…

Bitcoin is trading below the $90,000 level once again, as the market continues to drift through a phase defined by indecision, rising caution, and growing fear. After repeated failures to reclaim this psychological threshold, price action has started to reflect a lack of conviction on both sides, with buyers hesitating to step in aggressively and sellers pressing every rebound attempt. While the broader trend has not fully collapsed, the inability to hold key levels is increasing uncertainty around Bitcoin’s next major move. Related Reading Top analyst Darkfost argues that on-chain signals are starting to mirror conditions typically seen near the…

Solana’s latest push into hardware-driven crypto took an unexpected turn this week after the token tied to its new Seeker smartphone, $SKR, surged more than 200% within days of launch, according to CoinGecko data.The rally followed the long-awaited token generation event (TGE) and airdrop linked to Solana Mobile’s second-generation device, a $500 Android phone designed for on-chain use. While early volatility was expected, the scale and speed of the move drew attention across the crypto market.Sponsored A Phone Built for Crypto Users?Solana Seeker is positioned as a Web3-native smartphone rather than a traditional flagship device. It integrates wallet security, identity,…

In brief BitGo shares dropped nearly 22% on the second trading day after Thursday’s IPO debut raised over $212 million. The crypto custody provider’s opening price exceeded its $15-$17 marketed range at a roughly $2 billion valuation. A Kraken-linked blank check company is preparing its own IPO with 25 million shares at $10 each. Crypto firm BitGo, the industry’s first initial public offering of 2026, saw its share price drop nearly 22% on its second day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, dropping below the offering price.BitGo, which trades under the BTGO ticker, closed the week at $14.50…

XRP has begun attracting attention again after months of sideways trading. The coin has risen slightly over the past day, though it remains down for the week. Traders are pointing to familiar chart patterns, suggesting the quiet period may be nearing an end. Related Reading Traders Spot A Familiar Price Pattern A fresh take on XRP came from DonWedge, who posted a half-day chart on TradingView. Though he kept it short – just “XRP looks good” – the message carried weight. Instead of bold predictions, his analysis leaned on patterns. A downward-sloping channel draws the eye, much like one seen…

Some of the U.S. Senate Democrats in the negotiation over the crypto market structure bill filed requested amendments on Friday, seeking a number of their top policy requests in the draft legislation pushed by Republicans in the Senate Agriculture Committee.The draft they’re trying to change was unveiled as a partisan effort without Democratic sign-off on Wednesday, so now the lawmakers are trying to insert such things as a ban of the president (and other government officials) profiting off of the crypto sector and a demand that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission fill out its slate of commissioners before digital assets…

Miami, Florida, USA, January 23rd, 2026, Chainwire TokenFi, a next-generation platform focused on tokenization for real-world assets and digital economies, has launched a major branding and awareness campaign across Italy ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The four-week campaign will begin Jan. 26 and is strategically designed to capture the attention of a global, high-net-worth audience traveling to Italy for the Games.  As part of the initiative, TokenFi has secured a full digital arrivals takeover at Venice Marco Polo Airport, one of the primary international gateways for Olympic visitors, along with two fully wrapped trams operating across central Milan. Targeting…

Solana users will gain access to on-chain U.S. equities with brokerage-level pricing and deep Wall Street liquidity. Jupiter and Ondo Finance have teamed up to bring over 200 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to the Solana blockchain. The offering is being introduced through its new platform, Ondo Global Markets, which initially debuted on Ethereum and BNB Chain in late 2025. Solana Users Get Access to New Tokenized Stocks Ondo Global Markets, one of the largest issuers of tokenized securities, is expanding its offerings to Solana, enabling investors to buy, sell, and trade more than 200 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs.…

Nearly $2.3 billion worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum options expire today, placing crypto markets at a critical inflection point as traders prepare for a potential volatility reset.With positioning heavily concentrated around key strike levels, price action into and immediately after expiry could be driven less by fundamentals and more by mechanical hedging flows.Sponsored $2.3 Billion Crypto Options Expiry Puts Bitcoin and Ethereum at a Volatility CrossroadsBitcoin accounts for the bulk of the notional value, with approximately $1.94 billion in BTC options rolling off.Ahead of the expiry, Bitcoin is trading for $89,746, below its $92,000 max pain level, the price at…