{"id":126063,"date":"2026-01-10T06:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=126063"},"modified":"2026-01-10T06:06:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:06:59","slug":"crypto-news-of-the-week-31-dec-2025-to-7-jan-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=126063","title":{"rendered":"Crypto News of the Week\u200a\u2014\u200a31 Dec 2025 to 7 Jan 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\ud83d\udcca <strong>Crypto News of the Week\u200a\u2014\u200a31 Dec 2025 to 7 Jan\u00a02026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80 The crypto market kicked off 2026 with bitcoin trading near <strong>$92,500-$93,000<\/strong>, while ethereum stayed comfortably above <strong>$3,200<\/strong>, signalling resilience as investors returned after year-end consolidation. The total crypto market capitalisation is hovering around <strong>$3.28 trillion<\/strong>, reflecting sustained interest in digital assets despite short-term volatility.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe6 Institutional involvement continues to deepen. <strong>Morgan Stanley filed with the US SEC to launch two new ETFs\u200a\u2014\u200aa bitcoin trust and a solana trust<\/strong>, becoming the first major US bank to seek approval for direct crypto-linked exchange-traded products. This move highlights growing acceptance of digital assets among traditional financial giants.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcd1 On the regulatory side, <strong>new tax reporting rules under the OECD Cryptoasset Reporting Framework officially came into force on 1 January<\/strong> across the UK and dozens of other jurisdictions. Crypto exchanges are now required to share detailed user transaction data with tax authorities, tightening compliance and transparency across the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcca In Asia, Japan confirmed a <strong>major crypto tax overhaul starting in 2026<\/strong>, introducing a flat <strong>20% tax rate on specific crypto income<\/strong> and allowing losses to be carried forward for up to three years. This aligns crypto taxation with equities and strengthens the groundwork for wider ETF adoption in the\u00a0country.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd27 From a technical perspective, <strong>Ethereum implemented an important network upgrade on 7 January<\/strong>, increasing blob capacity per block. The change is expected to reduce transaction costs and improve scalability for layer-2 ecosystems such as Arbitrum and Optimism.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc8 Altcoins also grabbed attention. <strong>XRP surged around 30% in early January<\/strong>, breaking key resistance levels as fresh inflows and ETF-related optimism boosted sentiment across parts of the altcoin\u00a0market.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcdc <strong>Political backdrop<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200acrypto regulation remains a central topic in the US, with ongoing discussions around market structure legislation, oversight reforms and monetary policy expectations. These developments could shape liquidity conditions and digital asset regulation throughout 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude02 <strong>Fun fact<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200aDuring the first trading days of January, a major decentralised exchange temporarily paused parts of its network following a protocol upgrade. The incident quickly turned into a meme wave on crypto social media, with traders joking that even blockchains needed a short New Year holiday before markets fully reopened.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 Overall, the first week of 2026 reflects a market driven by <strong>institutional momentum, tighter regulation and real technological progress<\/strong>, setting an eventful tone for the year\u00a0ahead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\/crypto-news-of-the-week-31-dec-2025-to-7-jan-2026-ef6de8de700e\">\ud83d\udcca Crypto News of the Week\u200a\u2014\u200a31 Dec 2025 to 7 Jan 2026<\/a> was originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\">Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcca Crypto News of the Week\u200a\u2014\u200a31 Dec 2025 to 7 Jan\u00a02026 \ud83d\ude80 The crypto market kicked off 2026 with bitcoin trading near $92,500-$93,000, while ethereum stayed comfortably above $3,200, signalling resilience as investors returned after year-end consolidation. The total crypto market capitalisation is hovering around $3.28 trillion, reflecting sustained interest in digital assets despite short-term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":126064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/126064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=126063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=126063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}