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In brief The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation found Nexo issued crypto-backed loans to at least 5,456 Californians without a license. Nexo reportedly failed to evaluate borrowers’ ability to repay, existing debt, or credit history before extending credit. The penalty comes as Nexo signals plans to re-enter the U.S. market after withdrawing in 2022, adding to $45 million in settlements with the SEC and state regulators in 2023. California regulators have fined digital assets platform Nexo $500,000 for issuing thousands of “unlicensed” loans to at least 5,456 state residents, adding another enforcement action to the firm’s long-running regulatory…

The index climbed to 61, the highest point witnessed since the beginning of October 2025. The metric that shows the general investor sentiment toward the leading cryptocurrency, the BTC Fear and Greed Index, has finally entered “greed” territory after spending the past three months mainly in the “fear” or “extreme fear” zones. This development signals increased confidence and a growing appetite for the asset, but it may also be a precursor to a potential short-term pullback. Back to ‘Greed’ The past few days have been more than positive for the BTC bulls as the asset’s price briefly surged to a…

The Senate Banking Committee delayed a vote on cryptocurrency market structure legislation amid growing industry resistance.The long-anticipated bill was postponed Wednesday night after a late policy debate, following prominent industry figures’ withdrawal of support for the CLARITY Act, prompting the committee to halt proceedings.Sponsored SponsoredCrypto Pushback Stalls VoteThe road to getting the CLARITY Act to the Senate has been one of great turbulence. Set for a vote by the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, the bill has been delayed once again. After an initial release of the 278-page bipartisan proposal on Monday, the bill has received significant pushback. On Wednesday, Coinbase…

Short-term price action is driven by technical positioning, with $2.13 acting as a key resistance level.

Polymarket is facing fresh scrutiny after a cluster of high-risk geopolitical bets raised fears that prediction markets are being used to launder inside information into public narratives.The controversy follows the now-infamous Maduro trade earlier this month. Sponsored SponsoredPolymarket Insider Trader on Venezuela Exposed, Says TrumpEarlier this month, an anonymous wallet turned a $30,000 bet into more than $400,000 by wagering that Venezuela’s president would be removed from office just hours before US forces captured him. US President Donald Trump later said a Venezuelan leaker connected to the operation was already in jail. Donald Trump said that a Venezuelan leaker is already in…

Eric Adams, who stepped down as New York City’s mayor two weeks ago, made a high-profile entry into the crypto space with the launch of his own token, NYC.Less than 24 hours later, more than half of the 4,300 traders who bought the token were left with losses. The project quickly took on the characteristics of a meme coin, with analysts describing the episode as a textbook rug pull scenario.Sponsored SponsoredThe Unexpected Comeback of Political Meme CoinsMost people thought that 2025 had marked the end of the meme coin wave. After a series of high-profile launches by sitting presidents that ended…

Galaxy CLO 2025-1 totals $75 million and brings a private credit deal onchain.Galaxy revealed on Jan. 15 that it has issued its first collateralized loan obligation (CLO) and tokenized the deal on Avalanche, a Layer 1 blockchain with a total value locked (TVL) of over $1.2 billion.The instrument, dubbed Galaxy CLO 2025-1, totals $75 million and includes a $50 million allocation from Grove, an institutional credit protocol that operates as a Star, or SubDAO, within the Sky Ecosystem. A CLO is a structured credit product that bundles corporate loans and sells them to investors across different risk tiers. Galaxy said…

Bitmine will hold its Annual Stockholder Meeting at the Wynn Las Vegas on January 15, 2026 Bitmine is supported by a premier group of institutional investors including ARK’s Cathie Wood, MOZAYYX, Founders Fund, Bill Miller III, Pantera, Kraken, DCG, Galaxy Digital and personal investor Thomas “Tom” Lee to support Bitmine’s goal of acquiring 5% of ETH LAS VEGAS, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — (NYSE AMERICAN: BMNR) Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (“Bitmine” or the “Company”) the leading Ethereum treasury company in the world, announced a $200 million equity investment into Beast Industries. Bitmine also implements an innovative digital asset strategy for institutional…

London, United Kingdom, January 15th, 2026, Chainwire OpenServ and Neol Advance Enterprise-ready AI Reasoning Under Real-world Constraints The foundational design partnership applies structured AI reasoning in high-stakes, regulated environments, with detailed findings forthcoming OpenServ today announced a foundational design partnership with Neol to apply and evolve SERV’s AI reasoning framework in real-world, high-stakes production environments. Neol is an AI-powered network intelligence platform used by enterprises and public-sector institutions, including government organizations in the United Arab Emirates, to understand, evaluate, and mobilize complex networks of people, programs, and partners. The collaboration focuses on how AI reasoning systems behave under production pressure,…

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.…