Tether’s new stablecoin, USAT, could pose the first serious challenge to Circle’s (CRCL) USDC in the U.S. market, analysts say — if it can win over institutions.Launched in partnership with…

Bitcoin BTC$88,830.84 caught a very modest bid on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar fell to new multi-year lows following remarks by President Donald TrumpSpeaking to reporters ahead of a scheduled…

Jessie A Ellis Jan 27, 2026 19:22 NVIDIA releases FastGen, an open-source library that accelerates diffusion models up to 100x. 14B parameter video models now train in 16 hours on…

James Ding Jan 27, 2026 16:26 Coinbase and Glassnode Q1 2026 report reveals BTC options now exceed perpetual futures OI, with leverage dropping to 3% of market cap after October's…

Darius Baruo Jan 27, 2026 04:23 OpenAI's GPT-5.2-Codex now available across major IDEs through GitHub Copilot, expanding enterprise AI coding capabilities beyond VS Code. GitHub has rolled out GPT-5.2-Codex support…

Ted Hisokawa Jan 27, 2026 04:02 Hong Kong regulators announce joint bank examinations targeting anti-fraud systems after HK$6.4 billion in losses from 35,831 deception cases in 2025. Hong Kong's central…

Bitcoin BTC$88,402.69 remained stuck in limbo at around $88,000 on Monday as gold and silver extended their blistering rallies before paring gains.BTC is up a bit from what's now becoming…

The context: Former BlackRock Head of Digital Assets Strategy, and SharpLink CEO, Joseph Chalom says institutional giants are betting heavily on Ethereum to serve as the global infrastructure for asset…

Caroline Bishop Jan 26, 2026 02:38 Hong Kong's central bank doubles its RMB liquidity facility to RMB200 billion as 40 banks exhaust initial quotas, expanding offshore yuan reach to ASEAN…

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