BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said Bitcoin's chance of setting new all-time highs in 2026 hinges on expanding dollar liquidity, not short-term price swings. He noted 2025's tight liquidity coincided with Bitcoin falling more than 14% while gold rose over 44%. On January 13, 2026, he also flagged a first-quarter trade idea in a tweet.

On January 15, 2026, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said that staking is still unavailable for users in four U.S. states and called on lawmakers to provide clear crypto rules. He backed a market structure bill in Congress and argued that regulatory clarity is needed to balance innovation with consumer protection, while also commenting that AI could create new categories of jobs.

On January 14, 2026, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the latest Senate Banking draft of the Digital Asset Market Structure Act is materially worse than current regulations and cannot be backed in its present form. He highlighted a de facto ban on tokenized equities, strict DeFi restrictions, potential weakening of the CFTC and an end to stablecoin rewards as key dealbreakers, even as prediction markets still price the bill's passage odds above 50% and industry leaders like Mike Novogratz continue to express cautious optimism.

On January 14, 2026, Eric Adams’ spokesperson denied that the former New York City mayor moved or benefited from funds tied to the newly launched NYC Token, following heavy investor losses. The project attributed sharp post-launch price swings to early market volatility and temporary liquidity "rebalancing," while onchain analysts reported multimillion-dollar withdrawals and estimated that around 60% of roughly 4,300 traders lost money in the token’s first hours.

On January 14, 2026, Peter Schiff called Bitcoin’s surge to $97,000 a “huge sucker’s rally,” urging traders to favor mining stocks over Bitcoin and MSTR. Within the past 24 hours, BTC briefly crossed $97,000 before retracing to about $96,200, while U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw roughly $1 billion in net inflows and MSTR gained over 3% then slipped more than 1% after-hours.

On January 15, 2026, TSMC reported fourth-quarter results with net income of NT$505.74 billion, up 35% year over year, topping LSEG SmartEstimates' NT$478.37 billion. Revenue reached NT$1.046 trillion (US$33.09 billion), and chips at 7nm or smaller made up 77% of wafer revenue.

On January 14, Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said at King’s College London that stablecoin holders may eventually need protections similar to deposit insurance and priority creditor status. He linked this idea to the recent cash deposit protection cap increase from £85,000 to £120,000 and indicated that rules for sterling stablecoins should be finalized by year’s end.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee halted a planned markup of its crypto market structure bill after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced the exchange could not back the current draft. Despite the delay, White House AI and crypto adviser David Sacks argued that passage of market structure legislation remains "as close as it's ever been," while disputes over stablecoin rewards and ethics rules continue to complicate negotiations.