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Shark Tank's Kevin O’Leary on betting big on data centers and why most crypto tokens will never come back

21.1.2026
The Shark Tank investor is preparing shovel-ready sites for bitcoin miners and data centers, betting that infrastructure — not tokens — will drive the next wave of value

Private credit may be the breakout use case for tokenization: Maple's Sidney Powell

21.1.2026
Maple Finance CEO Sidney Powell said blockchain’s biggest opportunity isn’t tokenized Treasury bills or funds — instead, it’s bringing opaque, illiquid private credit markets onchain

Bitcoin moves back to $90,000 as Trump pulls tariff threat after 'productive meeting' with NATO chief

21.1.2026
"The solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the U.S. and all NATO nations," said President Trump in a Truth Social post

BlackRock’s IBIT powers new bitcoin annuity for U.S. retirees via Delaware Life

21.1.2026
The first-of-its-kind FIA, according to the companies, offers crypto exposure with principal protection, aiming to attract cautious investors near retirement

Farcaster founders step back as Neynar acquires struggling crypto social app

21.1.2026
Farcaster raised $150 million by Paradigm and a16z in 2024 but has struggled to sustain growth

Senate's next market structure draft likely pro-crypto, but industry insiders are worried Democrats may not be on board

21.1.2026
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee's next draft is expected to shield developers from liability, insiders have been advised, but it may without Democrat backing

Crypto Long & Short: 2026 Marks the Inflection Point for 24/7 Capital Markets

21.1.2026
In this week’s Crypto Long & Short Newsletter, David Mercer of LMAX Group writes on tokenization and capital markets that won’t sleep. Then, Andy Baehr looks ahead to crypto’s “sophomore year.”

Bitcoin turns negative for 2026 as Trump's calming Greenland remarks fail to reverse slide

21.1.2026
There was a modest bounce after the president said the U.S. had no intention of taking Greenland by force, but prices quickly resumed their decline

Solana outpaces crypto market as Claude Code-linked token frenzy lifts network activity

21.1.2026
Network activity has risen, driven by speculation around AI tokens, with active addresses increasing from 14.7 million to 18.9 million in a week

Iran’s central bank bought $507 million USDT to underpin rial, report finds

21.1.2026
Elliptic traced more than $500 million in USDT tied to Iran’s central bank, suggesting the stablecoin was used to manage foreign-exchange pressures and build a “sanctions-proof” alternative to dollar banking

The Protocol: Staked ETH exit queue moves down to zero

21.1.2026
Also: Neobanks trending, DVT staking proposal and Solayer $35M fund

Fast-food chain Steak n Shake to pay hourly workers a bitcoin bonus

21.1.2026
This follows news from a few days ago that the company added $10 million worth of bitcoin to its corporate treasury

BlackRock names crypto and tokenization as ‘themes driving markets’ in 2026

21.1.2026
The $10 trillion asset manager includes bitcoin, ether and stablecoins in its 2026 outlook, spotlighting blockchain as a rising force in modern finance

Trump’s AI and crypto czar says crypto and traditional banks will become ‘one industry’

21.1.2026
Sacks believes the divide between banking and crypto industries will disappear, with banks potentially seeing stablecoin issuance as a way to enter the market

Want TradFi to embrace tokenization? Crypto's distribution strategy must mature

21.1.2026
The crypto industry assumes institutions discover products the way retail traders do: stumbling across them on Twitter, experimenting quickly, and iterating in public. But that's not how asset allocators at pension funds or family offices operate, argues Dean Khan Dhillon, head of growth at RWA.xyz