Monday Crypto Industry Update: Jan 20-26 📰📊Market Highlights- Bitcoin is down 8.6% over the last 7 days, currently at $98,800- Ethereum is sitting at $3,000 with a 10.6% decrease last week- Last week’s top 3 gainers were XCN (+188%), OM (+23%), and LDO (+9%), while top 3 losers were FARTCOIN (-60%), TRUMP (-55%), and RUNE (-34%)- Crypto market’s Fear & Greed Index is at 55 Neutral today- Crypto market capitalization at $3.36 trillion, down 7.13% since yesterday- Stablecoins market capitalization is up 2.55% in last 7 days, currently at $215 billion- NFT sales volume has decreased by 58% in the last 7 days while total sales increased by 2% with 303,264 sales- Bitcoin market cap dominance is currently at 58.5%, followed by Ethereum at 10.9% and other cryptocurrencies 30.6%- Top 10 public companies with Bitcoin holdings are MicroStrategy, Marathon Digital Holdings, Riot Platforms, Galaxy Digital Holdings, Hut 8 Corp, Tesla, Coinbase Global, CleanSpark, Block Inc, Bitcoin Group SE🌐Blockchain Tech & Gaming- AI agent platform Virtuals Protocol expands to Solana network in addition to already being on Ethereum L2 network Base, as part of efforts to” drive innovation across multiple ecosystems”- THORChain, a cross-chain liquidity protocol, has paused its Bitcoin and Ether lending program to prevent insolvency crisis- Transak and blockchain-based uranium trading marketplace, https://t.co/rtBfYxgcA0, have partnered to enable users to buy tokenized uranium with crypto, with minimum barrier to entry just $10- Ethereum wallet MetaMask is expanding to other chains, starting with Bitcoin- Telegram and The Open Network (TON) Foundation announced exclusivity deal, meaning all Telegram mini apps with crypto integrations must use TON- Ethereum gaming sidechain network Ronin launched its own memecoin launchpad, Tama Meme, similar to https://t.co/LxxKKga952 on Solana network📃Regulatory Updates- Trump gives full pardon to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht- SEC cancels accounting rule SAB 121, which asks firms to record held crypto as liability on balance sheet- Brazil bans Worldcoin from offering crypto for iris scans to Brazilians- Trump signed executive order banning establishment, circulation and use of CBDCs in the US- European Central Bank says Europe needs a digital euro, following Trump’s ban of CBDCs- State of Kansas introduced a bill to invest 10% of public employee retirement funds into Bitcoin ETFs💰Investments & Partnerships- Solana-based DEX Jupiter acquires a majority stake in Moonshot, app that lets users buy memecoins using Apple Pay- Blockchain development company Blockstream launches 2 institutional investment funds with direct exposure to company’s Bitcoin ecosystem, Blockstream Income Fund and Blockstream Alpha Fund, launching Q1 2025🛡️Crypto Security- Breaking Bad star Dean Norris’ X account hacked to promote a scam memecoin DEAN-Kidnapped Ledger co-founder D. Balland freed from captivity after ransom demands- Fake coin launched under Ivanka Trump’s name on Solana network🗞️Miscellaneous- Michael Saylor posts another Bitcoin tracker for 12th consecutive week, signaling a potential Bitcoin purchase- Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) explore blockchain use to track government spending, followed by Binance co-founder CZ encouraging governments to consider the same- Binance Labs rebrands to YZi Labs to include focus on AI and biotechnology, with former Binance CEO CZ taking an active role in coaching and mentoring the incubator’s companies- Real estate company Fathom, which is publicly traded on Nasdaq, is adopting a Bitcoin reserve strategy- Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared his latest thoughts on Ethereum’s future, addressing price and layer-2 networks- Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, HBAR, Litecoin ETFs could be next as filings come inHave a successful week ahead! 🤝- Swapin Team