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China's Vice Premier declares market open despite record $1.2T trade surplus
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng pushed back against criticism of his country’s trade practices during a Tuesday address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, offering potential market access to tackle trade imbalances. He, who handles economic policy and trade negotiations for China, spoke to business executives and political figures gathered in Switzerland, attempting to […]Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Manchester City forced to intervene as Pudgy Penguins draws India backlash
Barely a week after the NFT project announced its partnership with English football club Man City, the former UCL winner has been dragged into a social media uproar against a racial statement. Pudgy Penguins posted a message on X last week commenting on the social platform’s efforts to curb reply spam and so-called “AI slop” […]Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff recycles collapse warning as silver surges
Peter Schiff is back with another warning on Bitcoin, this time tying it directly to silver’s explosive rally. The long-time precious metals advocate believes Bitcoin is heading towards a sharp downturn, one that will look even worse as silver continues to surge. On January 19, silver broke $94, continuing a trend that has transformed the […]Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Slow Rug? Trump-Associated World Liberty Fi Accused Of Value Extraction
A governance vote at World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi project marketed around the Trump brand, is drawing allegations of “slow” value extraction after a prominent trader claimed affiliated wallets pushed through a proposal while many public holders remained unable to access or vote with their ...NewsBTC
Tue, Jan 20
Ripple Exec Pushes Central Banks To Back Regulated Stablecoins
Ripple’s UK & Europe policy director Matthew Osborne is urging central banks to stop treating stablecoins as an external threat and instead fold well-regulated issuers into core safeguards, arguing that oversight plus access to official infrastructure can make stablecoins a net stabiliser for pa...Bitcoinist
Tue, Jan 20
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urges Europe against escalating Greenland threats
Scott Bessent told European countries on Tuesday that they should not respond to American trade tariffs that President Donald Trump announced in the Greenland dispute. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the US Treasury Secretary asked countries and businesses to wait and see what happens. Trump had said he would put 25% tariffs […]Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Crypto portals land on the chopping as Russia looks at AI tools to block prohibited sites
Russian regulators’ decision to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to censor content on the Internet is likely to affect cryptocurrency users in the country. The move may limit access to foreign digital asset exchanges and mining pools in the future, if Moscow makes good on its promise to legalize domestic services. Russian telecom watchdog to spend […]Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Fund managers' bullishness hit highest level in over three years
Money managers around the world are more optimistic about markets than they’ve been in over three years, with cash sitting at an all-time low of 3.2%, Bank of America’s monthly survey showed Tuesday. The bank’s Bull & Bear reading jumped to 9.4, what analysts describe as “hyper-bull” levels. At the same time, these investors have […]Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Democratic lawmakers escalate calls to remove President Trump over Greenland drama
Odds of the US President Trump seeing his last term at the Oval Office end before 2027 on prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi are more than 16%, and rising. Democratic lawmakers and outside critics believe POTUS Donald Trump is not fit enough for office after he repeatedly threatened to take over Greenland from Denmark. On […]Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Anthropic's Dario Amodei raises red flag about sending Nvidia H200 AI chips to China
Dario Amodei went to Davos to tell the world that letting Nvidia sell AI chips to China is a massive national security risk. “It would be a big mistake to ship these chips,” Dario said. “I think this is crazy. It’s a bit like selling nuclear weapons to North Korea.” He said this while speaking […]Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Polymarket faces Portugal ban after frenzied activity linked to presidential elections
Portugal issued a demand to Polymarket to restrict its activity in the country. The platform was still active on Monday, as traders boosted the volumes for prediction pairs on the country's Presidential elections.Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Satya Nadella warns Europe that countries with cheap energy will lead AI race
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the global AI race will not be decided by software alone. He said energy costs will decide which countries pull ahead and which ones fall behind. Satya spoke at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday as governments rush to build AI infrastructure to chase productivity gains and economic growth. He […]Cryptopolitan
Tue, Jan 20
Pump.fun Pushes Past Memecoins, Launches Investment Arm To Back New Projects
Pump.fun, the memecoins launchpad, has opened an investment arm called Pump Fund and kicked off a public hackathon to seed early projects. It put $3 million on the table to back a batch of new teams. Twelve winners will get $250,000 each at a $10 million valuation as part of the first program. Relat...Bitcoinist
Tue, Jan 20
Shiba Inu Whales Are On The Move Again, 361 Billion SHIB Stuns Community
Shiba Inu’s on-chain data shows an interesting dynamic among SHIB holders and their relationship with crypto exchanges. Recent metrics from CryptoQuant show sustained withdrawals from exchanges alongside a noticeable increase in burn activity in the past few days, all of which are signs of tighter s...NewsBTC
Tue, Jan 20
