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Google Moves to Second Place in the World by Market Capitalization
Alphabet (Google) has surpassed Apple to become the second-largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization. The stock growth is supported by expectations in AI development, cloud business, and stable advertising revenue.
Notably, among the top 20 global companies, only four are non-American: TSMC (6th place), Saudi Aramco (9), Tencent (15), and Samsung (17), highlighting the dominance of the USA in the global stock market.
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🇺🇸 The USA needs Greenland for mining
According to Andrew Tate, Washington is increasing pressure on the Danish island, hoping to use the cold climate and cheap electricity to mine BTC at a cost significantly below market rates.
Yesterday, Trump announced that he is offering residents of the island $100k if they want to change their citizenship to American.
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💸 The US government may start buying Bitcoin for the national reserve
Kathy Wood, founder of the investment firm Ark Invest, said that US authorities may soon begin direct purchases of Bitcoin to create a strategic national BTC reserve.
💰 Currently, some reserves already exist, but they were mainly formed from confiscated assets rather than market purchases.
Wood links this move to political and economic motives, particularly the desire to strengthen the US position in the global financial system.
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Polygon rises for the eighth consecutive day
🟣 The Polygon token (POL) has increased by 29% over the week and reached the highest level since early December – $0.135.
➡️ On January 8, the company introduced the Open Money Stack (OMS) modular infrastructure to enable regulated, compliant payments in stablecoins and to modernize the global movement of funds.
Recently, Polygon announced a rebranding to a payment company, which should attract more DeFi, fintech companies, and other institutional clients to its blockchain.
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🟠 ZEC has fallen by 28% from its local highs
The decline occurred amid the departure of key Zcash developers from Electric Coin Company due to disagreements with management. The team is launching a new company to develop privacy technologies.
Meanwhile, the Zcash protocol itself continues to operate normally.
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🤖 Riot Platforms sells Bitcoin and bets on AI
Mining company Riot Platforms sold 1,818 Bitcoins in December for nearly $162 million.
⛏ This happened as part of a strategic shift: from Bitcoin mining to monetizing its energy and data center infrastructure.
In particular, Riot aims to support workloads in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Solana Mobile Announces Launch Date for SKR Token
Solana Mobile announced that its SKR token will be launched on January 21.
🪙 Users of the Solana Seeker smartphone will be able to claim up to 20% of the tokens through an airdrop.
57% of SKR will be distributed on the release day.
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🏦 World Liberty Financial wants to obtain a banking license
The World Liberty Financial project, supported by President Donald Trump, is trying to get a bank license.
💼 To do this, it has established a new trust company – World Liberty Trust Company.
If successful, WLTC will be able to issue the stablecoin USD1.
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📊 Ripple has changed its mind about conducting an IPO
Ripple officially withdrew its IPO plans. The company's management states that the XRP issuer is in a stable financial position and does not need additional capital raising. This decision seems reasonable given the weak results of "cryptocurrency" IPOs in 2025.
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🚀 CNBC Names XRP the "Breakthrough Investment of 2026"
CNBC has highlighted the sharp rise of XRP: since the beginning of the year, the token has gained over 20% and climbed to third place by market capitalization, surpassing BNB.
According to the channel, XRP now appears to be one of the most prominent tokens in the crypto market.
📊 Among the key factors for CNBC's growth are the resolution of the regulatory conflict between Ripple and the SEC, XRP's relative underload compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum, and a steady influx of funds into XRP-ETF even during the market correction at the end of

📈 Strategy stocks surged after MSCI decision
The index provider MSCI decided not to exclude companies with crypto assets on their balance sheets from their indices — at least for the current stage. This alleviated concerns about forced sell-offs by passive funds and supported the shares of companies like Strategy.
🏦 MSCI clarified that digital treasury companies (where crypto assets make up 50%+ of the balance) will remain in the indices for now, but will be discussed separately in the future.
For Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin holder, this means maintaining access to institutional

🟠 Canaan combines mining with greenhouse farming
🔥 Canaan, a manufacturer of mining equipment, will deploy 360 liquid-cooled Avalon A1566HA-460T servers with a total capacity of 3 MW in the greenhouses of Bitforest Investment.
✅ The greenhouses are located in Manitoba (Canada) and are designed for year-round tomato cultivation.
Canaan estimates that about 90% of the electricity consumed by the servers can be transferred to the greenhouse heating system, but actual figures will be confirmed after the project is commissioned.
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🚀Venezuela Market on the Rise
The Caracas stock index has surged by 73% following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro by US forces.
Since the active pressure from Washington began on December 23, the growth has reached an impressive 148%.
Investors are actively acquiring assets, anticipating the lifting of sanctions and the return of Western companies. The market is full of optimism, expecting a quick economic recovery and an influx of investments under US control.
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🇱🇺 Luxembourg Finance Minister: Bitcoin and Digital Assets are the Future of Finance
Luxembourg's finance minister stated that Bitcoin and digital assets will become an important part of the financial industry. Currently, the government does not hold cryptocurrencies directly but invests in Bitcoin ETFs through the state sovereign fund FSIL.
The crypto market in the country is legal, operates under MiCA regulations, and companies obtain licenses from the local financial regulator.
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📈 Analyst Timothy Peterson predicts that the crypto market may experience a rally in the near future.
His forecast is based on seasonal fluctuations and recurring Bitcoin cycles.
The chart compares the current BTC price dynamics with the 2022-2023 period, and the identified patterns are almost identical.
The model highlights three key phases: accumulation (accumulate) in December-January, waiting (wait) in February-March, and recovery (recover) from April to June.
If historical trends persist, Bitcoin could show significant growth in the coming months.
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Telegram has proven to be significantly more dependent on Russian authorities than Pavel Durov claims — Financial Times.
The messenger's bonds worth approximately $500 million have been blocked in the National Settlement Depository as part of sanctions restrictions. As a result, buyback or redemption of the securities is virtually impossible.
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⚪️ Bitmine increases its stake in Ethereum
The company has staked an additional 186,336 ETH worth approximately $604.5 million.
The total staked ETH at Bitmine has reached 779,488 ETH (approximately $2.51 billion), and the company's total reserves have grown to 4,143,502 ETH.
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Polymarket enters the real estate market
The Polymarket prediction platform is launching betting markets related to housing.
🧑‍💻 The Parcl real estate platform will provide Polymarket with housing price index data, which will form the basis for a new line of markets.
These are bets such as "Will the housing price index in a specific city decline by the end of the month, quarter, or year?"

Jupiter introduces its own stablecoin
The infrastructure provider Jupiter is launching its own stablecoin JupUSD, created in partnership with Ethena Labs.
🪙 The stablecoin will serve as the unit of account and a key component of Jupiter's "super app."
JupUSD is backed by stablecoins USDtb and USDC.
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