Hashett: Respect the Fed's Independence, not involved in this lawsuit
On January 12, White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Hassett said he respects the Federal Reserve’s independence, has not been involved in the Justice Department’s handling of federal cases, and hopes the Federal Reserve case proceeds smoothly. (Financial Times)
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Post-Quantum Cryptography Institution BTQ Announces Bitcoin Post-Quantum Algorithm Solution Bitcoin Quantum
**January 12 (Coindesk) — Post-quantum cryptography firm BTQ Technologies (BTQ) has unveiled “Bitcoin Quantum,” a permissionless, forkless testnet built to secure the Bitcoin blockchain against quantum attacks.**
BTQ partnership lead Chris Tam noted Bitcoin Quantum is a public, executable network where miners, developers, researchers, and users can stress-test quantum transactions—uncovering real-world tradeoffs ahead of urgent mainnet upgrade discussions. The network features a block explorer and mining pools for real-time access.
Tam explained the post-quantum algorithm Dilithium (officially ML-DSA, the Lattice-based Digital Signature Algorithm) was standardized in the U.S. in August 2024, and powers Bitcoin Quantum. Dilithium has seen limited adoption in fast-moving innovation spaces like crypto, primarily due to high operational costs: unlike digital signatures for individual blockchain transactions or WhatsApp messages, post-quantum algorithms require at least 200x more data
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On-chain Evening Digest: Whale Rebalances Allocations Frequently, Realigning Risk Exposure between Blue Chips and Altcoins
January 12 – Per monitoring from HyperInsight (via their Telegram channel @HyperInsight), key whale position adjustments between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM local time today are below:
### Long Positions (Bullish)
- The "Lightning Reversal" whale has continued trimming its BTC long position, retaining a 16.96 BTC long position with 20x leverage.
- The "Strategy Counterparty" whale’s long position broke even following a retracement, temporarily cutting its position size by ~$80M.
- The "Dual Victory" whale closed a 140 BTC long position, netting a $207,000 profit.
### Short Positions (Bearish)
- The "20M Range Hunter" whale expanded short positions across a basket of altcoins (BNB, HYPE, DOGE, XPL, PUMP) and currently holds a $7.43M floating profit.
- The whale known for 30 failed long attempts flipped its strategy, opening a BTC short position it quickly rolled over—position size exceeds $9.15M.
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Dubai Gold Authority's New Cryptocurrency Regulations in Effect, Shifting Token Suitability Assessment Responsibility to Licensed Firms
On January 12, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) officially rolled out a major update to its cryptocurrency token regulatory framework—shifting responsibility for token applicability assessments from the regulator to licensed firms operating in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
The revised rules, which took effect this Monday, require financial services firms handling crypto tokens to self-assess whether the tokens they deal in meet the DFSA’s applicability criteria. The DFSA will also stop maintaining or publishing a list of recognized crypto tokens as part of the changes.
The update comes after a consultation launched in October 2025, marking a shift in regulatory approach from when crypto token rules were first introduced in 2022. The DFSA noted it has closely tracked market developments and engaged with stakeholders to align with global standards over this period.
The DFSA’s updated framework does not explicitly ban any specific category of digit
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Sharps Technology to Launch Institutional Validator Node on Solana Network in Partnership with Coinbase
**January 12th**
Sharps Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: STSS) — a U.S.-listed SOL Treasury firm — announced today it’s launching an institutional-grade validation node on the Solana network in partnership with Coinbase Institutional, deepening their existing collaboration.
Under the expanded partnership framework, STSS will delegate a portion of its SOL holdings (currently over 2 million SOL) to a newly established validation node operated by Coinbase. This collaboration integrates Coinbase’s institutional-grade infrastructure, security standards, and proven validation node operations capabilities to deliver high availability, strict operational protocols, and long-term reliability.
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