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US President Donald Trump has recently highlighted Greenland as a national security interest. This focus, however, appears to be linked to the interests of the American technology sector. Greenland’s large territory, significant mineral resources, and sparse population make it an attractive gateway for acquiring resources vital to advanced industries. In this context, a US acquisition of Greenland might not be unexpected. American tech billionaires heavily supported Trump’s 2024 campaign, funding that often comes with expectations. Greenland first captured Trump’s attention in August 2019 during his first presidency. He described it then as “a large real estate deal” and mentioned contemplating…

Monero (XMR) climbed to a new all-time high on Wednesday, breaking above the $797 mark as investors piled into privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. The move capped a week-long rally that lifted XMR by more than 50%, making it one of the strongest performers in the crypto market.The surge pushed Monero’s market value above $13 billion and briefly placed it among the top 15 cryptocurrencies by market cap. Trading volumes also spiked as buyers rushed to gain exposure.Sponsored SponsoredRising Demand for Financial PrivacyThe main driver behind the rally is a sharp rise in demand for financial privacy. Across major markets, regulators are tightening…

George Town, British Virgin Islands, January 14th, 2026, Chainwire Human Trader ProMint Claims Championship as AI Demonstrates Superior Risk Control Aster, the high-performance and privacy-focused on-chain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, has announced the final results of its “Human vs AI” live trading competition. Conducted over a two-week period under highly volatile market conditions, the event highlighted a clear contrast between discretionary human trading and AI-driven strategies. While individual human trader ProMint secured the top ranking with positive net profits, the human trading team as a whole recorded an overall ROI of -32.22%, reflecting significant performance dispersion across participants.…

Castries, Saint Lucia, January 14th, 2026, Chainwire PrimeXBT, a leading global crypto and CFD broker, has listed 40 new crypto futures trading pairs, significantly expanding its asset coverage across high-demand segments including AI, Layer-1 and Layer-2 networks, DeFi, Infrastructure, Meme tokens, NFT, Metaverse, and Payments. The expansion is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to provide traders with deeper market access, better liquidity, and cost-efficient trading conditions. The newly added markets include a curated selection of highly traded coins and tokens such as CELO, DASH, DYDX, EIGEN, SNX, ZK, ZRO, and emerging community and meme-driven assets. This batch also introduces…

The latest version of a Senate market structure bill bans passive yield on stablecoin holdings.But it protects certain software developers from prosecution under money transmission laws.A version under negotiation in the Senate’s Agriculture Committee will be filed before the end of the month.Stablecoin issuers will be forbidden from paying passive yield under the latest version of a landmark crypto bill filed by US Senators on Monday night, marking a major victory for banks that had warned the tokens could undermine their ability to lend to businesses and homebuyers.But it includes significant protections for software developers such as Tornado Cash co-founder…

Bitcoin climbed above $96,000 for the first time since November, triggering over $500 million in liquidations as altcoins outperformed and traders rushed to cover bearish bets.

A list of amendments — some of them far afield — is circulating for the planned markup hearing of the crypto market structure bill.

Recent US regulatory action seeking to restrict prediction markets hasn’t slowed activity in the first weeks of 2026, with trading volumes hitting a record $701.7 million on Monday.Prediction market Kalshi accounted for two-thirds of total trading volume at $465.9 million, while competitors Polymarket and Opinion tallied $100 million worth of trades, Dune Analytics data from Gate Research shows.The $701.7 million tally beat the previous record of $666.6 million set the day before, with Kalshi leading trading volumes by a similar margin. Daily trading volume on prediction markets since September 2024. Source: Dune AnalyticsPrediction markets have become one of crypto’s hottest use…

Aptos price rose to $1.99 on Tuesday, gaining by 8% as bulls looked to strengthen. Grayscale has announced Aptos as one of the assets under consideration. Potential ETF demand could help APT’s price. Aptos (APT) price is up more than 8% in the past 24 hours as the broader cryptocurrency market catches a bid, with Bitcoin rising to near $93,500. The Aptos token, native to the blockchain platform powered by the move programming language, is experiencing renewed interest as most other altcoins record a slight rebound. Many of these tokens, including BNB, TRON, Ethena and Hyperliquid, are part of the…

Binance continued to dominate in 2025, as it captured over 40% of spot and Bitcoin perpetual volumes across major global exchanges. Crypto exchange activity diverged sharply in 2025, as spot market growth slowed down while derivatives trading continued to expand at a strong pace. Total spot trading volume reached $18.6 trillion. This represented a 9% year-on-year increase, but it is a significant deceleration from the 154% growth recorded in 2024. Crypto Exchange Activity According to CryptoQuant, perpetual futures activity, in contrast, rose 29% year-on-year to $61.7 trillion, after adding $13.8 trillion in volume compared with the previous year. Spot trading…