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Corporate credit quality is deteriorating beneath a surface that looks deceptively calm. JPMorgan tallied roughly $55 billion in US corporate bonds that slid from investment-grade to junk status in 2025, the so-called “fallen angels.”At the same time, only $10 billion returned to investment-grade status as “rising stars.” Another $63 billion of investment-grade debt now sits near the edge of junk, up from about $37 billion at the end of 2024.Yet, spreads remain remarkably tight: as of Jan. 15, FRED data shows investment-grade option-adjusted spreads at 0.76%, BBB spreads at 0.97%, and high-yield spreads at 2.71%.Those are levels that suggest investors…

Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko said he wants Solana to be a constantly evolving network, continuously updating to meet the changing needs of users, contrasting with Vitalik Buterin’s vision of Ethereum as a self-sustaining blockchain.“Solana needs to never stop iterating. It shouldn’t depend on any single group or individual to do so, but if it ever stops changing to fit the needs of its devs and users, it will die,” Yakovenko stated in a post to X on Saturday.His remarks were in response to a post from Buterin, who said Ethereum needs to reach a point where it passes the…

“The White House has been super constructive here,” said CEO Brian Armstrong.

A warning signal is flashing on the charts, with market analysts predicting that the Bitcoin price could collapse again soon. According to technical analysis, if BTC fails to continue its uptrend, it could repeat the bear-market crash from past cycles, potentially dragging its price down by double-digit percentages.  Bitcoin Price To Repeat 2022 Bear Market Crash? Crypto analyst Tyrex believes that Bitcoin may be approaching a critical turning point if the current uptrend fails to hold. In his latest BTC price outlook on X, he compares the current market structure to the April 2022 cycle, when Bitcoin made an ATH…

CryptoRank data showed Base capturing nearly 70% of Ethereum L2 fee revenue in a single day, far ahead of Arbitrum. Base led Ethereum’s layer-2 fee rankings on January 14, generating about $147,000 in daily revenue, far ahead of Arbitrum’s roughly $39,000 and Starknet’s $9,000, according to figures shared by CryptoRank.io. The data points to a sharp concentration of activity on one network, even as most other Ethereum scaling chains struggled to clear $5,000 in fees over the same 24-hour period. Base Pulls Ahead as Fee Data Shows Widening Gaps CryptoRank said Base’s share of total Ethereum L2 revenue was nearing…

Etherealize co-founders Vivek Raman and Danny Ryan believe Ethereum is exiting a regulatory “purgatory” to become the premiere destination for Wall Street.

Institutional crypto platform Anchorage Digital is looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars of fresh capital as it eyes a potential Initial Public Offering.The raise would be in the $200 million to $400 million range, while a possible IPO is slated for sometime next year, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter who asked to remain anonymous.Anchorage’s affiliate, Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, became the first federally chartered crypto bank in 2021 and is now well-positioned to lead stablecoin issuance and related services following the passage of the GENIUS Act in July.Anchorage CEO…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has accused major U.S. banks of attempting to sabotage President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto agenda, warning that proposed changes to a Senate market structure bill could stifle innovation, ban entire categories of digital assets and strip Americans of the ability to earn yield on stablecoins. In a wide-ranging interview with Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo on Mornings With Maria, Armstrong said the latest draft of legislation emerging from the Senate Banking Committee represents a “giveaway to the banks” that risks regulatory overreach and undermines recent bipartisan progress on crypto policy. “After reviewing the Senate Banking draft over…

President Donald Trump publicly signaled hesitation about moving Kevin Hassett to the Federal Reserve, casting doubt on Hassett’s chances to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed Chair. Speaking at a conference, Trump said he wants to keep Hassett in his current role, citing concerns about losing a trusted adviser if Hassett were sent to the Fed. BREAKING: President Trump comments on Kevin Hassett, the expected replacement for Fed Chair Powell:“You were fantastic on TV today, I actually want to keep you where you are.”“If I move him, these Fed guys don’t talk much, I would lose you. It’s a serious concern to…

The Ethereum ecosystem’s core values of decentralization, privacy and self-sovereignty have been sacrificed in pursuit of mainstream adoption and that trend must stop now, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said.“2026 is the year that we take back lost ground in terms of self-sovereignty and trustlessness,” Buterin posted to X on Friday:“In 2026, no longer. Every compromise of values that Ethereum has made up to this point – every moment where you might have been thinking, is it really worth diluting ourselves so much in the name of mainstream adoption – we are making that compromise no longer.”To reverse that trend, Buterin…