January 2026

Bitcoin Policy Institute, Fedi, Cornell to study American views on financial privacy 2026-01-22 at 12:01 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben The initiative comes as enforcement actions and pending market structure legislation raise questions about how privacy tools and open-source developers are treated. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin analysts predict ‘prolonged consolidation’ for BTC price 2026-01-22 at 12:01 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Bitcoin’s onchain structure “remains fragile,” said Glassnode, which warned of a prolonged consolidation period ahead for BTC price. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

SAP scores £275M award from UK tax collector – sans competition 2026-01-22 at 11:49 By Lindsay Clark System handling £800B must be SaaS and sovereign. Only German vendor fits the bill, says HMRC The UK tax collector has awarded SAP a £275 million ($370 million) contract to move the system, which handles over £800 billion

Strive plans to raise $150M to pay down debt and buy more Bitcoin 2026-01-22 at 11:07 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas The company also plans private debt-for-equity swaps for some holders of the Semler convertible notes that may shrink its offering size. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

British Army’s drone degree program set to take flight 2026-01-22 at 10:17 By Dan Robinson Program will train just 20 people per year The UK government is investing in a defense-focused degree course to train both civilian students and soldiers to become drone technology specialists. However, it’s only targeting a small number of people.… This

BitGo sets IPO price at $18 as shares to begin trading on NYSE 2026-01-22 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz BitGo priced its IPO at $18 a share and expects NYSE trading to begin Thursday, with SEC filings showing major holdings by founders and early investors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

Splash-screen memories from a Bangkok ticket machine 2026-01-22 at 09:58 By Richard Speed When the operating system is older than the transport network Bork!Bork!Bork!  There’s no keeping an obsolete operating system down, although keeping it operational can sometimes be a challenge, if public terminals are any indication. Today’s bork uses an OS that dates back

Automated FortiGate Attacks Exploit FortiCloud SSO to Alter Firewall Configurations 2026-01-22 at 09:58 By Cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf has warned of a “new cluster of automated malicious activity” that involves unauthorized firewall configuration changes on Fortinet FortiGate devices. The activity, it said, commenced on January 15, 2026, adding it shares similarities with a December 2025

Thailand plans crypto ETF rules as institutional interest increases 2026-01-22 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Thailand’s SEC is planning new crypto ETF and futures trading regulations as the country looks to position itself as a regional crypto hub for institutions. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Saga pauses chainlet after $7M exploit that depegged its stablecoin 2026-01-22 at 09:06 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Saga’s US dollar-pegged stablecoin has dropped to $0.75, while the protocol’s total value locked has fallen by around 55% over the past 24 hours. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Don’t bet on institutional investors to run Bitcoin to $150K: Researcher 2026-01-22 at 08:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons FFTT founder Luke Gromen said institutional investors may not do much for Bitcoin’s price this year, but other analysts have previously argued they’ll be key to a Bitcoin resurgence. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

Buterin tips distributed validators to simplify Ethereum staking 2026-01-22 at 08:01 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan While complex to set up, distributed validator technology could improve Ethereum’s staking experience, according to the creator of Ethereum. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Anthropic writes Constitution for Claude it thinks will soon be proven ‘misguided’ 2026-01-22 at 08:01 By Simon Sharwood Describes its LLMs as an ‘entity’ that probably has something like emotions The Constitution of the United States of America is about 7,500 words long, a factoid The Register mentions because on Wednesday AI company Anthropic delivered

Columbia professor says NYSE tokenization plan reads like ‘vaporware’ 2026-01-22 at 07:23 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea NYSE unveiled a plan on Monday to enable blockchain-based 24/7 trading and instant settlement of stocks and ETFs, in addition to custody features. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source