The Bank of Japan Implies Continued Interest Rate Hikes

January 6 – Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs says improvements to the regulatory landscape and the rise of crypto use cases beyond trading are fostering a positive outlook for the industry, particularly for infrastructure firms that support the ecosystem but are less exposed to market cycles. In a Monday report, the bank noted regulatory uncertainty still poses a major barrier to institutional participation—but that dynamic is shifting fast. “We see regulatory landscape improvements as a key driver of ongoing institutional crypto adoption, especially for financial institutions acting as buyers and sellers, while new non-trading crypto use cases are also evolving,” wrote the analyst team led by James Yaro. Yaro highlighted upcoming U.S. market structure legislation as a key catalyst. Since Donald Trump took office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leadership has been fully overhauled. With Paul Atkins confirmed as chair, the agency has walked back years of aggressive c

On Jan. 6, Business Insider reported that insider sources previously netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits from a precise bet on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s political future. A U.S. congressman is now seeking to block government officials from engaging in similar activities. A spokesperson for New York Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres announced the congressman plans to introduce the **2026 Financial Forecasting Market Public Integrity Act** this week. The bill would ban federally elected officials, political appointees, and executive branch employees from trading on prediction markets if they hold undisclosed trading-related information or could access such info through their official roles.

On January 6, per Onchain Lens data, a crypto whale sold 52.1 WBTC (valued at $4.86 million), deposited 3.36 million USDC into the Lighter platform, and purchased 1,119,001 LIT at $3 each.

Jan. 6: Bitcoin briefly topped $94k, last trading at $93,860 per HTX market data—up 2.66% over the past 24 hours.

On January 6th, per market data, LIT has surged above $3, currently trading at $3.005 with a 24-hour gain of 15.16%.

On January 5th, LookOnChain data shows a whale address (bc1qvl) has just deposited 1,000 BTC — valued at $93.25 million — back to Binance. The crypto was withdrawn from the exchange one week prior, and this transaction netted the whale a $3.42 million profit.