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US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have extended their outflow streak to five days as crypto market sentiment continues to wane.Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs posted $103.5 million in net outflows on Friday, continuing an outflow streak that began the previous Friday. Over the five days, including the four-day trading week in the US shortened by Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, total outflows reached approximately $1.72 billion, according to Farside data.The spot price of Bitcoin is $89,160 at the time of publication, having not been above the psychological $100,000 price level since Nov. 13, according to CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin is…

Seeker price has entered a pullback phase. After delivering a sharp 200% post-launch rally earlier this week, SKR is now down nearly 25% over the past 24 hours. That shift becomes all the more important as the buyers driving the move have changed.In our earlier analysis, we showed how smart money absorbed airdrop selling and helped stabilize the price. That setup is no longer intact. Smart money has started cutting exposure, exchange balances are rising, and yet whales are quietly adding. The result is a market pulled in opposite directions, with a 5% cliff now in focus.Critical Breakdown Triggered Smart…

As Congress debates crypto market structure legislation, one issue has emerged as especially contentious: whether stablecoins should be allowed to pay yield.On one side, you have banks fighting to protect their traditional hold over consumer deposits that underpin much of the U.S. economy’s credit system. On the other side, crypto industry players are seeking to pass on yield, or “rewards,” to stablecoin holders.On its face, this looks like a narrow question about one niche of the crypto economy. In reality, it goes to the heart of the U.S. financial system. The fight over yield-bearing stablecoins isn’t really about stablecoins. It…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has greenlit the 2026 budget for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), confirming a total of $362.1 million. This budget is a notable increase from previous years, marking a 9.4% rise, which translates to an additional $37.6 million over last year’s allocation. The approval was announced today, underscoring a strategic focus on expanding oversight capabilities within the accounting sphere. The PCAOB, an essential body established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, is tasked with overseeing audits of public companies and bolstering investor protection through improved audit quality. The increase in funding is expected…

A growing number of analysts believe Ethereum’s current price action is being misunderstood. Although frustration is growing due to Ethereum’s inability to hold above $3,000, some technical analysts are quick to point out that the structure forming beneath the surface tells a very different story. According to one analyst, the real risk right now is not being bullish on Ethereum and trying to short in anticipation of a downside breakout. Related Reading Higher Lows And A Structure That Keeps Tightening The analyst’s technical view on Ethereum is focused less on short-term momentum and more on the structure developing on the…

PwC’s 2026 crypto regulation report says market surveillance, disclosures, and investor protections are moving onchain.Regulators are starting to treat crypto and decentralized finance (DeFi) more like traditional financial markets, according to a new report from PwC, one of the “Big Four” accounting firms.In its Global Crypto Regulation Report 2026, PwC said regulators are no longer treating crypto as a special case. Instead, they are starting to apply the same kinds of rules used in traditional markets, like making trading fairer, protecting everyday users, and setting clearer standards for how platforms should operate.PwC said the change is happening across both centralized…

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…

Bitcoin price forecasts for 2026 from major banks, asset managers, and market commentators span a wide range, roughly from $75,000 to $250,000, with many targets clustering in the low-to-mid six figures.The wide range reflects uncertainty about whether institutional demand can offset softer retail participation and whether Bitcoin’s macro sensitivity to liquidity conditions reasserts itself during 2026.Standard Chartered cut its 2026 forecast to $150,000 in December 2025, down from a previous $300,000 target.Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Assets Research at the bank, said the pace would be slower than expected, with the bull case increasingly dependent on ETF buying rather…

Image: https://www.globalnewslines.com/uploads/2026/01/1769189202.jpgA newly released policy analysis examines how Proposition 36 progressed from a ballot initiative into enacted California state law, offering insight into the mechanisms through which public concern, enforcement realities, and overdose trends influenced drug policy reform.The report, titled “From Fentanyl to Proposition 36: How a Ballot Idea Became State Law,” analyzes the legal and political pathway behind Proposition 36, with a focus on how ballot initiatives can act as policy accelerators when traditional legislative processes stall. Rather than emphasizing political rhetoric, the analysis centers on structural factors that contributed to the measure’s passage, including shifts in voter sentiment,…

US Democratic Senators working on crypto market structure legislation filed several amendments on Friday, including measures to address conflicts of interest with US officials profiting from the crypto industry.The ethics-focused amendments were filed ahead of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s markup for the crypto market structure legislation this Tuesday, which seeks to give greater clarity on federal rules for digital assets, define agency oversight, and bring regulatory certainty to investors and market participants.One of the most notable amendments was Senator Michael Bennet’s purported inclusion of the Digital Asset Ethics Act into the crypto market structure legislation to prevent US officials from profiting…