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The Financial Services Commission of South Korea (FSC) has approved new rules allowing companies whose shares are traded on the exchange, as well as professional investors, to engage with cryptocurrencies.

This decision ends a nine-year ban on corporate investments in cryptocurrencies and complements a broader economic development plan for the country through 2026. It includes regulation of stablecoins and the launch of the first spot ETFs on cryptocurrencies, which authorities announced last week.

Another success story has emerged in the crypto industry. An unknown trader managed to turn a few tens of dollars into nearly $150,000.

The first to notice the lucky participant of the crypto community were Lookonchain. We explain how this happened.

How $85 turned into $146,600

A trader with the address 0xf380 spent 0.1 BNB, which at the time amounted to approximately $85, to purchase 6.25 million tokens named "I'm here, damn it." The token belongs to the memecoin category and had almost no trading history at the time of the transaction.

Analysis of market flows suggests a possible approach of a recovery phase for Bitcoin's value. Well-known on-chain analyst Willie Wu believes changes in U.S. macroeconomic policy could accelerate the adoption of digital assets.

According to expert models, the inflow of investment capital into Bitcoin reached a local minimum on December 24, 2025. Since then, the indicators have shown steady strengthening. Wu remains cautious about the long-term prospects for 2026 due to declining global liquidity. However, the current situation indicates the formation of a 'bullish' window in the coming weeks.

The token's price has stabilized above the $2.08 mark. However, confirmation of the technical breakthrough is delayed. The reason lies not only in price dynamics but also in the time factor. Over the past week, inflows into spot XRP-based ETFs have dropped to the lowest levels since trading began. This coincided with a slowdown in the market's upward momentum.

Elon Musk's social network X (formerly "Twitter") will launch Smart Cashtags — a new feature that will allow users to track cryptocurrency and other asset prices directly in the feed. This was announced by Nikita Bir, X's product manager.

Public launch of Smart Cashtags is scheduled for February. Currently, the X team is collecting user feedback and refining the feature.

The issuer of the world's largest stablecoin conducted a large-scale operation to freeze funds. In the past 24 hours, the company froze assets in USDT worth over $180 million.

The blockchain transaction tracking service Whale Alert recorded a series of five separate actions restricting access on January 11.

The anonymous cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) has set a new all-time high, doing so at a time when the market as a whole does not appear bullish. On January 12, 2026, the price reached $596.87. The increase over the past 24 hours was 15.74%, and over the past week, 32.25%.

For many market participants, the main question now is: has the train already left, or is the movement just beginning? We tell you whether there's still a chance to profit from Monero's continued growth.

Bitcoin isn't rising on good news not because the economy doesn't affect it, but because the market is already pricing in expectations and waiting for real money. Lower inflation, discussions about future monetary policy easing by the Fed, and positive macroeconomic data are already reflected in the price.

The market doesn't have to grow right now — it just has to hold its level. This perspective was shared by the blogger Coin22 in his new video.

Russians are seriously interested in pensions in cryptocurrency—so much so that they are directly contacting government agencies with such questions.

The Russian Social Fund included the topic of crypto-pensions among the most notable unconventional requests from citizens in 2025.

Russians and pension in crypto

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao speculated that the digital asset market may be entering a 'supercycle' phase. The entrepreneur sees the radical shift in the stance of American authorities as the key driver of this process. Previously, the regulatory environment was aggressive, but now there is a 180-degree turnaround.

The CLARITY Act may lose Coinbase's support, crypto content views have dropped to a five-year low, and Monero is rising amid Zcash's problems — these and other cryptocurrency news from the morning of January 12 are covered in our review.

Cryptocurrency behavior — leaders in market capitalization

Bitcoin (BTC), according to the TradingView resource, started the day with an increase. As of 07:13 (MSK), the cryptocurrency is trading at $91,762 (1 token in rubles — ₽7,258,828). The 24-hour low for Bitcoin is $90,212, and the high is $92,395.

X (Twitter) has become the center of a major debate around technologies. Elon Musk announced that the platform's recommendation algorithm, responsible for displaying organic and advertising content, will be opened to everyone in seven days. Updates will be released every four weeks with detailed comments for developers to explain the changes.

Tether has registered a trademark for the Hadron platform, designed for asset tokenization, in Russia. The information is derived from data from Rospatent.

The application for registration was submitted in October 2025, and in January 2026 the agency made a positive decision. The exclusive right to use the trademark will be valid until October 3, 2035.

Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon announced the launch of a tokenized deposits service. It allows institutional clients to convert fiat funds into digital tokens.

The initiative brought together leading figures from the crypto industry, including Ripple and Circle. The work is being carried out on a private blockchain created to accelerate money transfers.

The Ethereum staking landscape has undergone significant changes over the past month. Institutional investors, led by BitMine and new ETFs, have filled the network's capacity.

This influx has created a logistical 'bottleneck.' New participants now have to wait approximately one month before their assets start generating returns.

Today's announcement that Ripple has received approvals from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has drawn a cautious market response. Despite the significance of the event, the price of the XRP asset showed minimal fluctuations.

However, a detailed analysis of the official release indicates fundamental changes in the positioning of the digital asset.

On Friday, Bitcoin demonstrated stability, holding above the $90,000 mark. The positive trend continued after the release of fresh U.S. labor market data. The statistics showed a slowdown in hiring rates, but did not reveal signs of a sharp economic downturn.

The report eliminated one of the key risks for the digital assets market. Nevertheless, the current situation has not yet created sufficient conditions for a rapid return of prices to the $100,000 level.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted cryptocurrency transactions amounting to over $2 billion. The primary objective of these operations was to circumvent international sanctions and fund cybercriminal activities. Such data is presented in a report by the analytics company Chainalysis.

Experts note that the actual figure could be significantly higher. The current estimate accounts only for addresses that have officially been included in U.S. sanction lists. The situation with Iran reflects a global trend of exponential growth in illicit transactions. Russia and North Korea are also key drivers of this phenomenon.

A new lobbying organization has launched a national advertising campaign in the United States. It is opposing the inclusion of decentralized finance (DeFi) in the upcoming cryptocurrency legislation.

This intensifies the conflict of interests just days before a crucial vote in the Senate.

U.S. Representative Byron Donalds officially declared his purchase of bitcoin this week. The transaction amount reached up to $100,000. This event attracted significant public attention, considering the politician's current position. Donalds is a member of the House Subcommittee on Digital Assets.