On January 14 2026, Chinese authorities ordered domestic firms to stop using cybersecurity software from more than 12 companies based in the United States and Israel, citing national security risks and potential data exposure. The decision affects major vendors such as Broadcom's VMware, Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet and Check Point Software Technologies, and is part of Beijing's broader push for technological self-reliance and a shift to local providers.

DeFi Education Fund has raised concerns over eight CLARITY Act amendments submitted by several U.S. senators, arguing they would undermine DeFi technology, software developers, and self-custody. The group is urging lawmakers to reject proposals from Senators Reed, Kim, Cortez Masto, and Warren that would expand Treasury and FinCEN authority, as the Senate Banking and Agriculture Committees prepare January 15, 2026 hearings on the bill.

OpenAI struck a multi-billion agreement with Cerebras Systems to bring up to 750 megawatts of low-latency AI compute online over the next three years. The plan, set to roll out in tranches through 2028, complements a separate SB Energy partnership involving $500 million from each party and a 1.2 GW data center in Milam County.

Arbitrum-based leverage trading protocol Futureswap has suffered another exploit within four days, with attackers draining about $74,000 through a newly exposed reentrancy vulnerability in an existing contract. The latest breach follows a separate $395,000 attack on the same contract and a December 2025 governance exploit of at least $830,000, bringing total losses on the platform to over $1 million across three incidents.

On January 9, 2026, Ripple secured approval for an EMI license and Cryptoasset Registration from the UK's FCA, enabling expansion of its regulated payments platform in the country. The firm has also received preliminary EMI authorization in Luxembourg via a "Green Light Letter" from the CSSF, positioning it to passport digital asset and stablecoin payment services across the EU once fully licensed.

On January 5, 2025, Cango said it mined 569 BTC in December, lifting total holdings to 7,528.3 BTC. With Bitcoin near $93,000, its treasury is valued around $700 million, exceeding an NYSE market cap of over $568 million; shares rose 16% pre‑market on January 6. The company entered crypto mining in November 2024 and reports double‑digit stock gains since the move.

Bakkt Holdings has agreed to acquire its long-time stablecoin infrastructure partner Distributed Technologies Research in an all-stock transaction involving approximately 9.1 million Class A shares. The company plans to change its corporate name to "Bakkt, Inc." effective January 22, 2026, while keeping its NYSE ticker "BKKT" and advancing its stablecoin settlement and neobanking strategy.

On January 12, 2026, SlowMist released an audit report on the Truebit Protocol exploit that drained about $26 million in ETH. The report attributes the incident to an unchecked addition operation in the Purchase contract's price calculation, compiled with Solidity 0.6.10 without SafeMath overflow protection. The attack briefly pushed Uniswap's daily trading fee capture revenue above $1.4 million, largely driven by TRU-related trading.

LISA, tied to the AgentaLISA project on Solana, fell 76% in 24 hours. A SafeProxy wallet linked to the team moved 10 million LISA (about $1.65 million) to a Binance Alpha wallet at 01:50 UTC; about 25–30 minutes later, three sales totaling around $170,000 hit the market, amid community speculation about 4x rewards.