The U.S. is entering what may be the most favorable policy environment for crypto since the industry emerged, as President Donald Trump’s second term accelerates deregulation across financial markets and pulls digital assets closer to the center of the U.S. financial system, according to a new outlook from TD Cowen’s… Listen ⇢

In brief Gmail’s new “AI Inbox” uses Gemini 3 to prioritize messages and surface summaries instead of a simple chronological feed. Writing and creative tools expand, with AI drafting now available to all users and fast image generation added to Workspace. Google stresses privacy safeguards as deeper AI integration raises… Listen ⇢

2026 could mark the clearest break yet from everything investors thought they understood about Bitcoin cycles. For more than a decade, markets have leaned on the four-year halving model to predict peaks, crashes and recoveries. Under that framework, 2025 should have marked the top, with 2026 shaping up as a… Listen ⇢

The Ethereum staking ecosystem is showing clear signs of tightening as demand for validators continues to rise. Participants now face a multi-week wait to enter the network. This growing staking queue reflects a structural shift in how ETH is being held and deployed less as a liquid supply and more… Listen ⇢

At 08:00 UTC tomorrow, crypto options contracts representing $2.22 billion in underlying value will settle on trading platform Deribit.  This is a significant weekly expiry that can trigger short-term volatility as traders roll over positions It is worth noting that Deribit controls approximately 85-90% of the global crypto options market… Listen ⇢

Ripple’s XRP token is once again drawing attention. Large amounts of the token are leaving major exchanges, including Upbit and Binance. The last time this happened on Upbit in late 2024, the asset’s price rose sharply. Now, similar outflows are being seen, raising questions about what might come next. XRP… Listen ⇢

Morgan Creek Capital founder and CEO Mark Yusko says Bitcoin (BTC)’s market cap will likely surge by more than 720% its current value in the coming years. In a new interview on the Coin Bureau podcast, Yusko says he believes increasing Bitcoin adoption will boost the top crypto asset’s current… Listen ⇢

Dow Jones announced an exclusive partnership to distribute Polymarket prediction data across The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and MarketWatch on the same day Kalshi claimed it had hit $100 billion in annualized trading volume. The juxtaposition captures where prediction markets sit at the start of 2026: simultaneously legitimized as a… Listen ⇢

Rebeca Moen Jan 08, 2026 15:25 BNB Chain introduces an optimized EVM interpreter, transforming stack-based bytecode into a register-based CFG, improving smart contract performance by 8-27% while maintaining EVM compatibility. BNB Chain has announced the development of an optimized EVM execution engine, known as the Optimized/MIR Interpreter, designed to enhance… Listen ⇢