On January 6th, renowned cryptocurrency media outlet CoinDesk reported that global retail giant Walmart has officially integrated Bitcoin and Ethereum trading functionality into its digital payment application, OnePay.
Goldman Sachs, a top Wall Street investment bank, said that the continued improvement in the regulatory environment and the expanding applications of crypto assets beyond trading are creating a positive outlook for the entire industry.
According to a recent report by Dune Analytics, spending through Visa-supported cryptocurrency cards has surged in the past year, reflecting the growing acceptance of on-chain payment solutions.
On January 5, as the Trump administration embraced digital assets, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the "Big Four" accounting firms, decided to increase its investment in the field after years of caution toward cryptocurrencies.
On January 5th, it was announced that cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans to cease supporting the exchange of Argentine Pesos (ARS) and USDC starting January 31st, approximately one year after entering the Argentine market.
Seventeen years ago, on January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto quietly mined the genesis block (Block #0) of Bitcoin on a small server in Helsinki, Finland, thus ushering in the era of cryptocurrency.
According to Cointelegraph, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao stated that if Pakistan maintains its current pace of progress in regulation and application, the country could become a leading global cryptocurrency nation by 2030.
Global asset management giant BlackRock recently completed a large-scale cryptocurrency transfer, depositing a total of 1,044 Bitcoins and 7,557 Ethereums into the Coinbase exchange. This operation involved assets exceeding $114 million.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told a businessman in a late-night meeting on December 24 that Russia might be open to exchanging controlled parts of Ukraine, but he demanded the entire Donbas region.