It’s a busy Tuesday in the markets. Here is your quick round-up of the most impactful news today:
- The Big Players 🐳
• MicroStrategy doesn't stop: Bought another 13,627 BTC ($1.25B).
• Bitmine is pivoting hard: Added 24,266 ETH to their reserves (now totaling $14B).
• Standard Chartered prediction: They claim 2026 will be the "Year of Ethereum." - Macro & Regulation 🏛️
• Fed Chair Race: BlackRock’s Rick Rieder is calling for 3% rates. With his interview with Trump coming up this Thursday, the "Powell probe" is making markets nervous.
• Polymarket: Blocked in Ukraine. A sign of tightening global crypto-fencing? - Real World Assets (RWA) & Tech ⛏️
• Indonesia: A massive $28B project by Chintai to tokenize natural resources in the Maluku Archipelago. This is one of the biggest RWA moves in SE Asia to date.
• Walmart x AI: Integrating purchases directly into Google’s Gemini. AI agents are becoming our new shoppers. - On-chain Signals 📈
• CryptoQuant: Noted a potential reversal. Selling pressure from long-term holders is weakening.
• Mining: Riot sold record BTC in December as profitability took a hit.
My Take: The "institutionalization" of 2026 is moving fast. From MicroStrategy’s endless bid to massive RWA projects in Indonesia, the gap between "crypto" and "global finance" is disappearing.
Which of these moves do you think
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