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Nordic digital asset brokerage K33 AB (publ), listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market, announced the launch of its crypto-backed lending product on January 19, 2026. The service allows eligible clients—primarily institutional and high-net-worth individuals—to unlock liquidity without selling their holdings by using Bitcoin (BTC) and/or Ether (ETH) as collateral to borrow USDC or other agreed digital assets. According to …

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL), has warned that key provisions in the Senate Banking Committee’s proposed cryptocurrency market structure legislation—known as the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act)—could undermine anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement and hinder prosecutions of illicit finance. In a letter dated …

South Korea’s Korea Customs Service (KCS) has dismantled a major cryptocurrency-based money laundering operation, seizing assets valued at approximately **150 billion won** ($101.7 million), officials announced on January 19, 2026. The crackdown targeted a cross-border scheme that exploited crypto exchanges to disguise and transfer illicit funds, highlighting intensified efforts to combat financial crimes in the country’s booming digital asset sector. …

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recommended that BRICS nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—link their central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to streamline cross-border trade and tourism payments, according to sources cited in Reuters reports on January 19, 2026. The proposal, if approved by the Indian government, would be formally presented for the first time at the 2026 …

Ethereum’s mainnet has set a new all-time high in daily transaction volume amid remarkably low costs, underscoring the success of recent scaling upgrades and widespread Layer-2 adoption. On January 16, 2026, the network processed a record **2,885,524** transactions—the highest single-day count in its history—surpassing previous peaks from 2021 and late 2025, according to Etherscan and reports from CoinDesk, The Block, …