Wallet

Solana Mobile said its first Seeker (SKR) airdrop will allocate 1,819,755,000 tokens to 100,908 Seeker owners and 141,030,000 to 188 app developers. Claims open on January 21 at 2am UTC, and the distribution equals 20% of SKR's 10 billion supply, with staking available immediately afterward.

On January 14, 2026, Oobit announced native Phantom Wallet support for real-world crypto payments at Visa-enabled merchants, live in 80+ countries. The integration lets 15M Phantom users pay directly from self-custodied wallets without pre-funding or bridging, with Oobit's DePay layer converting crypto to local currency at the point of sale.

Updated on January 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM UTC, this roundup highlights hiring across Web3. According to Cryptopolitan, Bitcoin reached $95,500, while OP Labs, Uniswap, BitGo and others list roles with defined salary ranges, experience levels and remote or on-site options in engineering, go-to-market, and operations.

Visa selected UK-based BVNK to support Visa Direct pilots that enable some business customers to pre-fund cross-border payouts in stablecoins and send digital U.S. dollars to eligible wallets in select markets. The initiative extends prior onchain settlement tests with USDC on Ethereum and Solana and is aimed at enabling money movement outside traditional banking hours.

PayPal confirmed it will support Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, with its payment option set to appear in a new AI-driven checkout introduced on Sunday at the NRF convention in New York. The move follows a collaboration announced last September and coincides with PayPal Ventures’ participation in Klearly’s €12 million Series A.

Stablecoins are moving from a crypto side feature to a daily payment tool inside Revolut. Adoption accelerated in 2025, with monthly flows rising from hundreds of millions to a billion-dollar level and activity tilting to frequent, smaller transfers. Broader network support and one-to-one USD conversions reduced friction for routine use.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced a crackdown on "grey money" after a Finance Ministry meeting on Friday, directing tighter controls on gold trading and digital assets. Measures include lowering the 2M baht reporting threshold for gold bar purchases and stricter Travel Rule enforcement for crypto providers. A data bureau will link agency datasets to detect suspicious flows.

On January 12, 2026, automated trading bot platform Trojan introduced a Solana-based trading terminal that integrates MetaMask as its native wallet. The new terminal, branded as the Trojan on Solana Bot, targets millions of existing users with features like lightning-fast execution, custom routing, copy trading, and auto-selling. With support for Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin via MetaMask, the platform aims to enhance the trading experience and draw in users from multiple blockchains.

BitGo filed updated IPO documents with the U.S. SEC, advancing its plan to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BTGO. According to the filing, it will offer 11 million new Class A shares and 821,595 from existing holders at $15–$17, potentially raising up to $201 million and implying a roughly $1.96 billion valuation. The company first filed confidentially in September 2025.

On January 12, 2026, cybersecurity researchers detailed how the GoBruteforcer botnet compromises Linux servers used by cryptocurrency and blockchain projects through weak credentials and exposed services. The malware targets FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL and phpMyAdmin to build a distributed network for brute-force password cracking and data theft. Investigations also found crypto-specific campaigns and blockchain reconnaissance, including scans of TRON addresses to identify funded wallets.