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• London Stock Exchange has launched Digital Settlement House.
• DiSH is a platform for post-trade settlement with 24/7 tokenized commercial bank deposits.
• LSE has welcomed multiple crypto ETPs, the latest a Bitcoin and Gold ETP by 21Shares.

London Stock Exchange Group has announced the launch of its digital settlement hub, a blockchain platform designed to offer 24/7 settlement for tokenized commercial bank deposits.

The LSEG officially unveiled the Digital Settlement House (LSEG DiSH) platform via a press release on Thursday, January 15, 2026.

DiSH is a blockchain-enabled platform that will offer instantaneous and around-the-clock settlements for both on-chain and off-chain payment networks.

Big move for LSEG

According to LSEG, the innovative service bridges traditional finance and digital asset ecosystems, with real-time Payment-versus-Payment (PvP) and Delivery-versus-Payment (DvP) transactions.

DiSH will support multiple currencies and jurisdictions, with these capabilities available on open-access under the London Stock Exchange Group’s Post Trade Solutions division.

“LSEG DiSH expands the tokenised cash and cash-like solutions available to the market, and for the first time, offers a real cash solution tokenised on the blockchain utilising cash in multiple currencies held at commercial banks,” said Daniel Maguire, group head of LSEG Markets and chief executive officer of LCH Group.

Maguire added that the service brings benefits such as reduced settlement risk and integration of existing cash, securities and digital assets into the current market infrastructure.

Institutional adoption of blockchain solutions

Global financial markets continue to see institutions eyeing blockchain solutions for efficient, resilient, and interoperable post-trade processes.

The introduction of LSEG DiSH adds to this momentum, with this set to address challenges such as delayed settlements, fragmented liquidity, and limited operating hours.

LSEG wants to be at the forefront of the evolving tokenized economy, with broader adoption of digital assets ramping up amid regulatory milestones.

DiSH Cash offers additional features, including dynamic intraday borrowing and lending tools.

Users can also tap into optimized liquidity management, synchronized settlement processes, reduced timelines, and enhanced collateral availability.

LSEG’s launch of the platform builds on a successful Proof of Concept (PoC) conducted in collaboration with Digital Asset and a consortium of leading financial institutions.

The PoC was executed on the Canton Network.

Earlier moves, including the announcement of a blockchain trading platform in 2023.

In September 2025, LSEG unveiled Digital Markets Infrastructure, a platform for private funds powered by Microsoft Azure.

DMI delivers a blockchain-powered solution that taps into the benefits of scalability and efficiency to bolster asset issuance, tokenisation and distribution.

This also includes post-trade asset settlement and servicing, with usage and support cutting across multiple asset classes.

Post Trade Solutions recently received strategic investment from 11 major global banks as integration of traditional and digital finance gains traction.

Crypto ETPs launch on LSE

Recently, the London Stock Exchange listed the 21shares Bitcoin Gold ETP (BOLD), a new crypto exchange-traded product that adds to the rising number of crypto ETPs on stock exchanges.

Other firms, including Bitwise, have also expanded access to digital asset investment products via LSE listings.

Regulatory approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is among the key developments boosting adoption.

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• Decred price jumped over 40% in the past 24 hours to hit highs of $29.
• Several privacy coins are rallying.
• The approval of a proposal seeking to cap treasury expenditure has also catalysed gains.

Decred (DCR) is outpacing other altcoins over the past 24 hours, with bulls exploding nearly 40% to highs of $29 as the privacy coin narrative ignites broader gains.

The token’s upside momentum also comes after stakeholders overwhelmingly approved DCP-0013, a proposal to impose a strict spending cap on Decred’s decentralised treasury.

Gains amid this governance milestone, privacy coins rally and risk-on sentiment could drive DCR price higher.

Decred price gains as stakeholders approve DCP-0013 proposal

The Decred cryptocurrency is a layer 1 DAO project known for its innovative hybrid consensus mechanism and strong emphasis on community-driven governance.

Supply is capped at 21 million, and over 82% of DCR is already mined. Supply dwindles every three weeks.

Decred features a privacy mixnet and builds on Bitcoin’s blockchain model with on-chain governance and sustainable funding.

While price is up amid gains for top privacy coins like Dash and Monero, Decred is also seeing notable momentum as the community signals a commitment to fiscal discipline and long-term sustainability.

That’s what the approval of DCP-0013, which allows for capping of treasury spending, shows.

Activation of the proposal will introduce monthly limits to treasury spending at 4% of available funds.

Over 99% of the vote approved the upcoming implementation, a decisive outcome that has bolstered market sentiment.

Privacy coins rally boosts DCR price

Decred’s DCR token traded in a relatively narrow $11–$17 range from March through early November 2025, before surging to a yearly high of $44 as privacy-focused cryptocurrencies moved sharply higher.

The rally was followed by a steep correction driven by profit-taking and broader macroeconomic pressures, with prices sliding to lows of $14 on December 24.

A rebound in early 2026 has seen renewed interest in privacy coins, lifting Decred to intraday highs of $29.

The token is up about 75% over the past week, in line with a wider rally across the privacy-coin segment.

As a project that incorporates privacy-enhancing elements through its architecture and governance, Decred benefits from this sector-wide enthusiasm.

Privacy coins gaining traction could catapult Decred above $50, with the main target in the short term being $100.

Zcash has gained a lot of attention, but Decred bulls think DCR will outperform amid its “staying power.”

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Monero (XMR) has broken to highs of $700, Dash (DASH) has led weekly top performers and is above $80, while Zcash (ZEC) has touched the key level of $450.

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• Ethereum price pumped to $3,400 on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.
• Gains came as Bitcoin shot to highs above $97,000 and top altcoins ticked up.
• ETH staking has shown a strong resurgence, hitting an all-time high.

The Ethereum (ETH) token traded to its intraday high just above $3,400 amid a broader crypto market rally.

Driven by renewed investor optimism, lower inflation signals, and institutional inflows, the Bitcoin price broke to highs of $97,300.

And with risk sentiment likely to propel bulls to the much-desired mark of $100,000, Ethereum mirrored the gains to new intraday highs.

Notably, this comes as record staking participation, and positive technical indicators point to a potential retest of $4,000.

Ethereum sees fresh momentum to $3,400

Like BTC, ETH suffered downward pressure in the early days of 2026.

However, amid a fresh bullish curve for spot crypto exchange-traded funds, momentum has now propelled Ethereum to highs of $3,403 as bulls decisively broke above the $3,300 threshold.

The cryptocurrency was up 6% in the past 24 hours at the time of writing, having opened the day under $3,280.

Gains sees ETH trade within a tight range of $3,280 and $3,520.

Bulls are seeing a breakout after a period of consolidation above $3,000, a time during which Ethereum saw a spike in ETH staking.

Data shows Ethereum staking has hit a record high with over 36 million ETH locked, a figure that accounts for nearly 30% of the circulating supply.

The value of these coins sits at more than $118 billion at current prices.

Additionally, daily new wallet creation has reached all-time highs, and ETFs are notching new net inflows.

What next for ETH?

ETH has reclaimed a key level and shows a bullish outlook with a potential ascending triangle pattern breakout.

Further technical indicators, including the Relative Strength Index (RSI) shows bullish control at 67. RSI on the daily chart is upturned and since it’s not in overbought territory yet, buyers have the upper hand.

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator is also signalling bullish bias, with the crossover seeing the histogram flip green.

ETH has also witnessed significant short liquidations, amplifying upward pressure as bears cover positions.

CoinGlass data shows over $800 in crypto liquidations recorded in the past 24 hours, with over $250 million of this in ETH. Bearish bets account for $218 million and just over $32 million in long positions.

Whether Ethereum can sustain its momentum and target higher levels remains to be seen.

A confirmed hold and close above $3,300 could pave the way for a push toward $3,600-$3,800 in the short term.

This outlook will be helped by an upbeat sentiment across the broader market. Bullish projections for Bitcoin above $100,000 also give ETH bulls hope of a potential retest of prices above $4,000.

However, failure to defend $3,300 could lead to a pullback toward $3,100. Support zones below $3k are in the $2,8500-$2,700 region.

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• Bitcoin climbed above $97k on a risk-on outlook
• Gains have also come as Bitcoin ETFs notch huge inflows.
• Risks include geopolitical escalations.

Bitcoin is surging once again after a slow start in 2026, with the latest spike sending BTC to highs of $97,360 amid renewed risk-on sentiment across global markets.

The cryptocurrency’s sharp surge in the past 24 hours has bulls excited for a potential breakout to the key psychological level of $100,000.

As the broader crypto market eyes more upside momentum, analysts see fresh rotation into digital assets, with fiat currency debasement and supportive institutional flows key to this.

But investors are also aware of the macroeconomic conditions, with US inflation data showing the Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 3% in November – highest since July.

This could provide a mixed backdrop for price movements, but analysts say that Bitcoin breaking above $100k will be a critical move.

Bitcoin jumps to $97k

Stocks rose after the US consumer price index came out on Tuesday, and Bitcoin rode the risk-on sentiment to jump from $93,000 to highs of $97,360.

While Wall Street slipped afterwards amid losses for bank and tech stocks, BTC edged higher.

The more than 4% spike for BTC signalled a robust risk-on outlook that also lifted altcoins, including Ethereum, XRP and Solana.

A look at the charts shows Bitcoin is hovering at likely resistance around the $97,000-$97,500 zone.

However, the gains mark a significant recovery from earlier January levels in the low $90k region.

This advance has BTC above the $95,000 resistance level, a barrier that had capped upside momentum since November 2025,  analysts at QCP Group noted via X.

1/ QCP Asia Colour, 14 January 2026

We’re goin‘ up, up, up, it’s our moment

Goldilocks still holds: US jobs look steady and inflation remains stable. Risk is back across the board, from equities and precious metals to the dollar and crypto.

— QCP (@QCPgroup) January 14, 2026

QCP sees the potential for the bellwether to witness continued strength, noting that Bitcoin could attract investor rotation from traditional safe havens.

Recent US CPI data, which held steady and aligned with moderated inflation expectations, reinforced a supportive environment for risk assets.

Bulls eye $100k level amid ETFs flows

Despite the notable headwinds, the overall market structure suggests potential for continuation higher, with technical indicators showing bullish momentum and volume supporting the rally.

The recent gains have been bolstered by substantial inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs.

As senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas noted, the funds recorded over $760 million in flows on a single day.

Bitcoin ETFs had Big Day with $760m in flows. They needed it, started year real strong, dipped and now made it up, YTD above water. Check out the YTD flows every one is seeing action (this was like when 10 kids on my 8th grade bball team scored in game the other night, you love… pic.twitter.com/xeHw6EfBrS

— Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) January 14, 2026

A resurgence in demand follows major redemptions in late 2025 and earlier in the year.

Current momentum paints a different picture, signalling growing institutional conviction as BTC approaches the $100k level.

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• ENA price has surged 6% as bulls eye a breakout above $0.24.
• Upbit and Bithumb have listed Ethena USD (USDe).
• Arthur Hayes has shared a fresh prediction for the ENA price, noting a potential surge to $1.

Ethena (ENA) surged on Wednesday as cryptocurrencies bounced, and amid major South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges’ listing of the synthetic stablecoin Ethena USD (USDe).

The fresh dose of optimism around Ethena’s governance token ENA saw prominent investor Arthur Hayes express a strong bullish conviction as he predicted a potential spike to $1.

Ethena price gains as Upbit and Bithumb list USDe

South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, have both added support for Ethena’s USDe.

The platforms announced the listings on Wednesday, which means USDe is now supported on two of Asia’s most active trading markets.

Upbit now supports USDe pairs against KRW, BTC, and USDT, while Bithumb confirmed the listing of the USDe/KRW market.

These listings mean enhanced liquidity, accessibility, and adoption of USDe in a market where fiat-to-crypto trading volumes are often substantial.

Upbit’s listing of tokens has historically coincided with a price surge for the respective cryptocurrencies.

ENA, the governance token of the Ethena protocol, could ride this bullish outlook to new highs.

As of writing, ENA traded around $0.24, up 7% in the past 24 hours. Trading volume jumped 160% to over $389 million while USDe saw a 48% increase in volume as  the listings went live.

ENA’s price reached intraday highs of $0.25 amid this volume surge.

Arthur Hayes sees ENA price rallying to $1

Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and an influential crypto investor, is optimistic that the ENA price will go parabolic in the short term.

The entrepreneur, who has previously backed Ethena to explode, shared his latest prediction in a post on X, noting “it’s time for $ENA = $1.”

This aligns with Hayes’ other bold market calls, having accumulated ENA during dips.

His latest commentary suggests that increased exchange support, particularly in high-volume markets like South Korea, could catalyze greater adoption. Upward price pressure on ENA may allow bulls to target the psychological $1 level.

ENA last traded around this level in January 2025, with the overall market downturn seeing prices touch lows of $0.22 in June.

A rebound allowed bulls to retest highs of $0.80, but the area marked a double top pattern and prices slumped to under $0.20 in early Jan. 2026.

Ethena’s ongoing efforts to integrate USDe across major platforms, potentially driving further protocol growth and revenue, could cascade upside momentum to ENA.

If the current levels mark a double bottom, a retest of $0.80 and then $1 is likely.

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