The day ahead in crypto: Jan. 23, 2026
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If you're not already subscribed to the email,exchange-traded funds that have sucked in billions in institutional money, smoothing out the once-crazy volatility in these tokens, are about to get more powerful. Trading in options, handy hedging tools tied to the ETFs, is no longer capped by a rule limiting any single participant to no more than 25,000 contracts.Options allow traders to bet on the future price of an asset at a minimal initial cost. For a small fee, they are able to lock in a BTC purchase at a specific price and capitalize on future gains. Put options work in the opposite direction, representing a bailout pass to sell at today's price if the asset plummets in future. Dropping the cap means big funds and institutions can fully hedge their spot ETF positions and dive in deeper. Options on these ETFs, especially BlackRock's bitcoin ETF, IBIT, already rival the BTC options activity on leading centralized exchanges like Deribit. Without the cap, they could emerge as the clear leader.as institutions that write call options keep hold of the ETF shares. This allows them to collect the premium received for selling the option while maintaining bullish exposure through the spot ETF position. As for the market action, not much has changed over the past 24 hours. Cryptocurrencies are still underperforming precious metals. Bitcoin, etherTron DAO Ventures invested $8 million in River, a chain-abstraction stablecoin system designed to connect assets, liquidity and yield across ecosystems. In traditional markets, the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback's value against fiat currencies, held steady at Tuesday's low of 98.25. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Jan. 23, 9:45 a.m.: U.S. Jan. S&P Global PMI Flash. Composite , Manufacturing , Services BTC is down 1.03% from 4 p.m. ET Thursday at $104,909.52 Ether CESR Composite Staking Rate is down 2 bps at 2.83%Silver futures are up 2.42% at $98.71DJIA closed on Thursday up 0.63% at 49,384.01S&P/TSX Composite closed up 0.46% at 33,002.70U.S. 10-Year Treasury rate is down 0.8 bps at 4.243%E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures are down 0.32% at 25,575.00Recent consolidation in a gently rising channel mirrors the pattern seen early that year, right before a deeper crash to $20,000 unfolded. While past patterns don't guarantee future results, history suggests caution: Bitcoin typically enters year-long bear markets about 18 months post-halving.Coinbase Global : closed on Thursday at $223.14 , –0.13% at $222.86 in pre-marketMARA Holdings : closed at $10.29 , –0.68% at $10.22Core Scientific : closed at $18.08 , –0.33% at $18.02Exodus Movement : closed at $15.75 Circle Internet Group : closed at $71.35 , +0.21% at $71.50Strive Asset Management : closed at $0.87 , +1.24% at $0.88: China has seized on the disarray left by President Donald Trump within NATO, denouncing his push to acquire Greenland and trying to entice U.S. allies with the promise of reliable trade partnerships.: Bitcoin was at just below the $90,000 during Asian trading hours as gains in regional equities and a weaker U.S. dollar failed to push crypto upward after a volatile week. Ether slipped toward $2,970, while major tokens including solana, cardano and XRP edged lower.: Revolut, a U.K. fintech with a $75 billion valuation that offers crypto trading, scrapped plans to buy a U.S. bank and will instead apply for a banking license as it expands in the world’s largest financial market.: TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance sealed a long-awaited deal to transfer parts of their U.S. operations to American investors, securing the popular video app’s future in the country and avoiding a ban.KuCoin captured a record share of centralised exchange volume in 2025, with more than $1.25tn traded as its volumes grew faster than the wider crypto market.for the year, signalling broad-based usage rather than reliance on a single product line., reinforcing KuCoin’s role as a primary liquidity venue beyond BTC and ETH at a time when majors saw more muted turnover. If you're not already subscribed to the email,10 hours ago
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