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HYPE gained double digits on Monday after the team behind HyperCore, the core infrastructure powering Hyperliquid’s layer-1 network, said it will support the HIP-4 proposal to expand into prediction markets.The integration would allow fully collateralized contracts on Hyperliquid, the largest decentralized perpetual futures crypto platform, enabling traders to wager on political elections, sports and other markets.In an X post on Monday, Hyperliquid said the support was driven by “extensive user demand” for prediction markets and bounded options-like instruments, while adding that HIP-4 could allow other novel applications to be built on Hyperliquid. Source: HyperliquidHIP-4 outcomes would function like a betting…

Key Takeaways The top savings rate is still 5.00% even after three Fed cuts, but most other high-yield savings rates have slipped.Of the two accounts that pay 5.00%, both cap that rate at $5,000 while requiring conditions that limit who can benefit.No-strings savings accounts pay as much as 4.60%, while CDs will let you lock in a rate of up to 4.50% for months or years into the future. While Many Savings Rates Have Slipped, the Top APY Is Hanging On at 5% Even after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates three times last fall, the very top savings account…

Looks like even “The Most Magical Place on Earth” isn’t enough to entice foreign travelers who are skipping the US.Disney is facing some “international visitation headwinds” at its parks in the US, which include Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California, the Walt Disney Company said in its first-quarter earnings report on Monday.Despite the slowdown in international visitors, the company reported growth in its experiences segment, with visitation at its domestic parks up 1% in the most recent quarter.Hugh Johnston, Disney CFO, told analysts on a call that the company has less visibility into international visitor trends than domestic…

Kuvi.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI-driven) Agentic Finance OS that simplifies blockchain transactions across multiple chains using simple text or voice commands, has announced its strategic partnership with HyperGPT, a Web3-based AI marketplace for buying, selling, and managing AI applications. The core purpose behind this partnership is to build advanced AI agents for autonomous execution and evolution on-chain. Agentic frameworks meet Web3-scale AIKuvi is teaming up with @HyperGPT to accelerate autonomous, outcome-driven systems across Web3 & finance.HyperGPT brings powerful AI and blockchain infrastructure.Kuvi brings decision-making, intent-driven agents that adapt in real time.… pic.twitter.com/0z1JnozfqH— Kuvi.ai | Agentic Leverage on Financial Intent (@kuvilabs)…

Last Updated: January 22, 2026 Reading Time: 12 minutesTL;DRBitcoin blockchain is a decentralized, distributed digital ledger technology that records all Bitcoin transactions across thousands of computers worldwide. Each “block” contains a batch of transactions, and these blocks are cryptographically “chained” together in chronological order, creating an immutable and transparent record that no single entity controls.Quick Facts:Launch Date: January 3, 2009 (Genesis Block)Creator: Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonymous)Block Time: ~10 minutes per block [Source]Block Size: 1-4 MB (depending on transaction type)Total Blocks: Over 825,000 as of January 2026 [Source]Security Method: Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensusKey Innovation: Solves the “double-spending problem” without a central authorityCanadian Accessibility: Yes…

On January 30, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two UK-registered companies operating as unauthorized crypto exchanges, Zedcex and Zedxion, for their involvement in facilitating financial activity that allowed Iran to evade sanctions.

Sanctions evaders are drawn to cryptoassets because they assume blockchain complexity will slow investigators down. UK agencies are proving them wrong: Elliptic recently joined a cross-government operational sprint led by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) to identify and disrupt crypto-enabled sanctions evasion and money laundering. 

LunarCrush, a platform that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, has officially announced the top derivatives projects by social activity of day 30 Jan, 2026. These derivatives are the future trading platforms. Social activity encompasses Engaged Posts and Interactions. Derivatives are perpetual trading platforms and this article cover their native tokens based in their social media activity. This list of top derivative projects discusses the performance of $HYPE, $ASTER, $JUP, $MYX, $AVNT, and a few others. Hyperliquid ($HYPE) dominates over the entire derivatives projects list of 30 Jan, 2026, with clear distinctions. $HYPE got 8.9K…

Small businesses have many funding avenues, but many are rejected for the wrong reasonsgettySmall business loan rejection rates in the United States remain stubbornly high, which is a lose-lose scenario. Denial of credit prevents capital-starved firms from growing and deprives lenders of revenue: they literally leave money on the table.In 2024 (the most recent full year for which data are available), 41% of applicants received all the financing they sought, 36% received just some, and 24% received none, according to the Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS). Compared to 2019, significantly fewer companies in 2024 were fully approved for financing: 51%…

Coinbase is testing Flipcash’s in-development stablecoin, USDF, on its backend as part of a new feature that will allow businesses to create their own branded, dollar-backed tokens.The “Coinbase Custom Stablecoins” feature, introduced in December, will let businesses earn rewards on activity and allow them to move funds seamlessly between Coinbase-supported chains, with the tokens to be collateralized by Circle’s USDC (USDC).“A new Coinbase Custom Stablecoin, USDF, has been enabled on Coinbase Exchange for operational testing,” Coinbase posted to X on Tuesday, adding: “This is a backend test phase only. Trading, deposits, and withdrawals are currently unavailable. Stay tuned for more updates.”Custom…