On Saturday, Donald Trump announced that imports from eight NATO countries will face a 10% tariff from February 1, rising to 25% by June 1, unless they agree to sell Greenland to the United States. The move targets Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands, and Finland, and is linked by Trump to their troop deployments in Greenland. European leaders and U.S. senators have pushed back, warning the tariffs risk damaging Western unity and stressing there is no imminent security threat to the island.

Binance will liquidate and delist the USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts for BID, DMC, ZRC and TANSSI on January 21, 2026. Operations end at 09:00 UTC (17:00 UTC+8), trading stops 30 minutes earlier, and users are asked to close positions manually to avoid forced liquidation.

Binance has enabled USD withdrawals via SWIFT, expanding fiat access across more than 70 countries as of January 2026. The service, facilitated by BPay Global licensed in Bahrain, offers direct USD on- and off-ramps to crypto, with early market feedback described as positive and no public comments from regulators.

On January 10, a high-value crypto wallet was compromised through a social engineering scheme, leading to the loss of more than $280 million in digital assets. The attacker rapidly converted large Litecoin and four-figure Bitcoin holdings via instant swaps, privacy coins such as Monero, and cross-chain bridges like THORChain, causing notable market volatility. Investigators have not linked the theft to any state-backed group, and the victim's identity remains undisclosed.

On January 17, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney advanced a Canadian auto production bill aimed at countering U.S. tariff pressure and retaining local manufacturing. The plan links a China trade arrangement to a quota of 49,000 EVs at a 6% tariff, includes a C$35,000 price-cap segment, and is set for a February rollout by Industry Minister Melanie Joly.

Global equity markets are trading at elevated valuations, with the MSCI World Index at 20 times forward earnings while Q4 results start to roll in. Investors are relying on strong profit growth from AI leaders, banks, consumer goods firms, and defense contractors to justify last year's rally and avoid renewed volatility. At the same time, shifting tariffs, oil supply threats, and surging defense spending are adding fresh uncertainty across regions.

On January 17, Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik publicly criticized Coinbase Advanced's revised trading fee structure, pointing to a 1.2% Taker fee and 0.6% Maker fee. His remarks on X triggered debate over cost transparency for active traders, while Coinbase has not yet issued an official response. Bitcoin meanwhile trades around $95,504.92 with a market cap of $1.91 trillion and sharply lower 24-hour volume.

A proposed $10,000,000 class action settlement arising from an August 2022 cyberattack on Nelnet would allow affected borrowers to claim up to $5,000 with documented out-of-pocket losses. The incident allegedly exposed data of 2,501,324 OSLA and Edfinancial customers. Claims and opt-out or objection are due March 5, with final approval hearing set for May 5.