Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas, that sharp-eyed scribe of the market’s more absurd antics, notes this semantic shift is no accident. “Crypto” has the social grace of a rogue algorithm, while “digital assets” smells faintly of lavender and institutional approval. A slide deck for a fund manager now glows with the sheen of respectability. How modern! 🧼
EGRAG CRYPTO reports that Bitcoin is currently experiencing a period of consolidation near the bottom of its upward trend. While the overall trend is still intact, they note that selling pressure is increasing.
London Stock Exchange Group has launched a new digital settlement platform. The platform allows for a continuous settlement with 🧾 tokenized 🏦 commercial bank deposits, cross-currency, and cross-jurisdictional. 🌍
XRP is currently doing the cha-cha-cha with its 23/50-day moving averages, forming a golden cross so classic it could be in a museum. The 200-day moving average at $2.3268? Let’s call it a “psychological barrier” because nothing says “confidence” like $2.32. From $2.1142, that’s a 9.69% jump-perfect for those who like their trading strategies as spicy as their takeout.
Global precious metals markets have been throwing glitter all week, with gold and silver smashing previous records, according to market data and the kind of analysts who sound sophisticated while sipping coffee. The vibe? Conditions for a Bitcoin rally might be brewing, like a suspiciously well-timed plot twist.
Anyway. The deal? BVNK is going to serve as the stablecoin wingman (or maybe the entire wing?) for Visa Direct’s $1.7 trillion money-moving cash machine ⚙️💸. And by “wingman,” I mean they’ll actually do the techy stuff so businesses can pre-fund and pay people out in stablecoins – you know, those digital dollar clones that promise not to give you a panic attack every time you check your balance (unlike some cryptocurrencies we could mention 👀).
As the curtain rises on another bumbling episode, the grand, whimsical world of decentralized perpetual futures exchanges giggles and twirls as traders give their heads a toss, swerving away from airdrops to the delightful dots of execution quality.
Rumors swirl like a Russian winter: CoinGecko, that noble aggregator of crypto chaos, may soon be sold for a princely sum of $500 million. Or is it 500,000 rubles? The decimal points blur in the fog of speculation.
As ETH News explains with a raised eyebrow, this stylish alliance ties Solana-based assets to Visa’s grand payment machine, letting cryptocurrency saunter into retail locations. Phantom users will be able to spend digital assets at more than 80 million merchants that accept Visa. 🚶♂️💳
Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff posted on the social platform X on Jan. 14 that silver’s supplies are drying up faster than a muddy hole in July, warning that prices are marching upward and inventories are thinning to the point where a buyer might have to wrestle a ghost to get a coin. His counsel? Act quick before the shelves go bare.
