Crypto.com and payment service provider Stripe announced a partnership to help merchants more easily accept cryptocurrency payments through product integration. Through the integration with Stripe, millions of merchants using Stripe will be able to access Crypto.com Pay, allowing consumers to directly use their crypto asset balances or stablecoins to complete transactions. Stripe will convert the payments into the merchant's chosen local fiat currency and credit the transaction. Crypto.com stated that it is the first crypto platform to achieve "balance-to-pay" integration with Stripe. Crypto.com will also utilize Stripe's acquiring services to support users purchasing cryptocurrencies via credit and debit cards, and will drive the expansion of its card products and payment business in the United States. Both parties stated that this partnership aims to increase the availability and reach of crypto assets in everyday commerce.

According to AI Aunt's monitoring, 10 hours ago, an address (0x899...60a6) deposited 18 million Binance Life tokens into Binance, worth $2.496 million, at a price of $0.1386 per token. This address had been continuously buying between October 7th and November 18th, 2024, with an average cost of approximately $0.171 per token. If all tokens were sold this time, the address would incur a loss of $581,000.

10x Research, in a report on its X platform, stated that markets tend to follow simplistic narratives, but Bitcoin's price movements rarely adhere to these patterns. While the US stock market benefited from strong seasonal fund flows at the beginning of the year, Bitcoin operates under different rules. As calendar effects fade and macroeconomic correlations dissipate, the truly important signals will emerge from market structure, technological rebalancing, and actual capital behavior. Entering 2026, many macroeconomic indicators show confidence, but history suggests this is often the weakest point for these signals. The key now lies in whether real capital is preparing for the next institutional shift. 10x Research's report today analyzes the actual factors driving Bitcoin's price movements and provides trading strategies.

Bitget Wallet announced that its RWA spot trading platform now supports 98 new tokenized assets, including many Chinese concept stocks. Users can now directly trade tokenized assets corresponding to Chinese concept stocks such as Bilibili, NIO, NetEase, Pinduoduo, Ctrip, Alibaba, Baidu, JD.com, Li Auto, and XPeng within their wallets, and can also trade on-chain silver futures. By expanding its RWA product line, Bitget Wallet aims to provide crypto users with a more accessible channel for allocating US stocks and commodities, further enriching its on-chain trading options.

Fireblocks has expanded its institutional offering by buying TRES, a crypto accounting and tax compliance platform, as it looks to keep up with the use of stablecoins. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/fireblocks-buys-crypto-accounting-platform-tres-for-130m?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

On-chain data from CryptoQuant, shared by CoinCare, highlights a notable divergence in the Bitcoin market: long-term demand continues to strengthen even as price action remains under pressure. The chart tracks 30-day net accumulation from Accumulator Addresses—wallets that have never spent any Bitcoin. source: https://www.ethnews.com/bitcoin-accumulator-demand-hits-record-high-despite-ongoing-price-correction/

Possibly influenced by Binance's listing of zkPass (ZKP) spot trading, ZKP broke through $0.18 and is currently trading at $0.184, with a 24-hour increase of over 55%.

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World Liberty Financial is seeking to overcome a federal oversight hurdle, with only one other crypto firm having successfully done so. source: https://decrypt.co/353922/world-liberty-financial-applies-for-occ-trust-bank-charter

On January 8th, according to SoSoValue data, the overall cryptocurrency market trended downwards. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.08% in the past 24 hours, dropping below $92,000; Ethereum (ETH) fell 2.05%, dropping below $3,200. The RWA sector led the decline with a 2.99% drop, with Ondo Finance (ONDO) falling 4.00% and Keeta (KTA) falling 5.57%. Only SocialFi remained relatively resilient, rising 0.58%, with Toncoin (TON) rising 0.48% and Chiliz (CHZ) rising 1.93%. In other sectors, the CeFi sector fell 0.59%, but NEXO (NEXO) rose 0.10%; the Layer 1 sector fell 0.88%, with TRON (TRX) rising 1.43% intraday; the Meme sector fell 1.07%, with Binance Life surging 29.06% due to factors such as its listing on Binance spot trading; the DeFi sector fell 1.76%, with MYX Finance (MYX) bucking the trend and rising 7.60%; the Layer 2 sector fell 2.37%, with Polygon (ex-MATIC) (POL) remaining relatively strong, rising 2.62%; the PayFi sector fell 2.71%, and XRP fell 3.48%. Crypto sector indices reflecting historical sector performance show that the ssiNFT, ssiAI, and ssiRWA indices fell 3.80%, 3.46%, and 3.36%, respectively.

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