According to @CoinMarketCap, crypto is showing relative strength despite rising global tension, highlighting resilience in market benchmarks for traders to monitor (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 16, 2026). @CoinMarketCap reports that Monero XMR is driving a resurgence in privacy coins, putting the privacy segment on traders’ momentum screens (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 16, 2026). @CoinMarketCap notes regulatory divergence with South Korea opening up and Dubai tightening, guiding attention to regional policy impacts on market participation (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 16, 2026). @CoinMarketCap adds that stablecoin rails continue to scale, with Visa Direct plus BVNK cited as another step, underscoring expanding fiat-to-stablecoin settlement pathways (source: @CoinMarketCap on X, Jan 16, 2026).

According to @CoinMarketCap, Fortune reports that Coinbase has terminated its planned $2B acquisition of UK stablecoin firm BVNK, with both parties mutually agreeing not to proceed following the due diligence process (source: Fortune via @CoinMarketCap, Nov 11, 2025). As a result of the reported cancellation, BVNK will remain independent and Coinbase will not acquire BVNK through this deal (source: Fortune via @CoinMarketCap).