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Polygon Update 🚨
Polygon is moving toward becoming a U.S.-regulated onchain payments platform.
Key highlights:
• Acquisition of Coinme & Sequence
• Regulated money movement across 48 U.S. states
• Built-in fiat on/off-ramps
• Access to 50,000+ fiat-to-crypto locations
• Easy wallet onboarding
• 1-click, cross-chain transactions
All powered by the Polygon Open Money Stack, pushing real-world payments fully onchain.

Senate Banking Committee canceled Thursday’s crypto market structure markup after Coinbase withdraws support.

Polygon Labs to Acquire Coinme and Sequence to Offer Regulated Stablecoin Payments in the U.S.
🔹 Together with Polygon, they will power the Open Money Stack: one vertically integrated solution for compliant, global stablecoin payments

🇺🇸 CFTC Launches New Innovation Advisory Committee
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Mike Selig has unveiled a new Innovation Advisory Committee, replacing the former Technology Advisory Committee.
🔹 The goal: bring leading voices from crypto, blockchain, and AI into the regulatory process
🔹 Focus: real-world commercial, economic, and practical considerations
🔹 Mission: help craft clear, forward-looking rules for emerging financial technologies
Selig emphasized that the committee will help set the “rules of the road for the Golden Age of American Financial Markets.”

Strategy Makes Major #Bitcoin Purchase to Expand Holdings !
Strategy acquired 13,627 #BTC for about $1.25 billion at an average price of roughly $91,519 per bitcoin.
As of Jan. 11, 2026, the firm holds 687,410 $BTC with an average acquisition cost of approximately $75,353 per coin.

🟥 Dubai has banned privacy tokens and tightened stablecoin rules in a major crypto reset.

Vitalik Buterin Flags Structural Risks in Decentralized Stablecoins !
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said decentralized stablecoins still face unresolved design challenges, citing reliance on the U.S. dollar, fragile price oracles, and risks tied to staking yields. He outlined long-term trade-offs without proposing a specific solution, warning these weaknesses could threaten stability over time.

📢President of ECB Christine Lagarde said Bitcoin will not be part of EU central bank reserves, citing safety, liquidity, and security concerns. 🇪🇺

🟥 President Trump signaled no plans to pardon Sam Bankman-Fried, per the NYT.