Dogecoin co-creator Billy Markus has reacted on X to a sharp crypto market downturn that erased about $150,000,000,000 in value as Bitcoin dropped under $90,000 and gold set a fresh record above $4,800 per ounce. Markus, known online as "Shibetoshi Nakamoto," replied with a brief "oh" to a post highlighting the scale of liquidations, while separately the firm Strategy disclosed a purchase of 22,305 BTC for roughly $2.13 billion at a price of about $95,284 per coin.

Bitpanda will let users trade about 10,000 stocks and ETFs alongside crypto starting Jan. 29, according to an announcement. Stock and ETF orders will cost a flat 1 euro ($1.17) per trade, with access to real stocks across the European Union as the company advances a universal exchange model.

According to the Dutch central bank, indirect holdings of crypto-linked securities in the Netherlands reached about $1.4 billion by October 2025, up from $94 million in 2020 and equal to 0.03% of total securities. Exposure is concentrated in ETFs, ETNs, and crypto treasury shares, with households and pension funds among the largest holders.

XDC Foundation executive Billy Sebell argues that trade finance is blockchain's most significant real-world use case, citing a $9.7-trillion market and a $2.5-trillion funding gap. He points to the UK's 2023 Electronic Trade Documents Act and the US 2025 GENIUS Act, plus $18.9 billion in tokenized private credit, as catalysts for on-chain receivables and SME liquidity.

US Oil (USOR), a new token on Solana, jumped more than 150% in 24 hours and briefly exceeded a $40 million market cap as traders latched onto a Venezuelan oil narrative. Despite claims of being an oil-backed on-chain reserve index tied to US interests, the project offers no verifiable proof of reserves or official links, and trades mainly on Solana DEXes. On-chain observers highlight concentrated holdings in a small cluster of wallets and suspicious trading patterns, warning that the structure could enable a potential rug pull.

Ripple president Monica Long forecasts that by the close of 2026, around half of all Fortune 500 firms will have formal digital asset and blockchain plans, with global balance sheets holding over $1 trillion in crypto. Her outlook includes rapid growth in stablecoin-based settlements, more financial institutions directly custodying cryptocurrencies, and increased integration of AI with blockchain for privacy-preserving risk assessment.

On January 20, 2026, Pierre Rochard, CEO of The Bitcoin Bond Company, submitted a comment letter asking the Federal Reserve to treat Bitcoin as an explicit variable in the 2026 supervisory stress tests. He cited BTC's 73.3% annualized volatility and deep drawdowns, and proposed calibrated price paths to reduce model divergence across banks.

Vietnam has started a five‑year pilot licensing framework for crypto asset trading platforms, introducing its first structured oversight of an industry that has grown for years without clear regulation. Under the program, exchanges must meet strict capital, ownership and operational standards, while both domestic and foreign investors will be required to trade through licensed providers using regulated VND accounts.