🔮 ZenDaily - 12th Jan 2026 🔮
a16z Raises A Record $15B, Florida Files ‘Digital Gold’ Bill, Tether Freezes $182 Million In USDT, And More.
🗞 NFT NEWSFLASH
The current Bitcoin price is $90.54K, ETH is $3.1K, and XRP is $2.04.: https://tinyurl.com/4w5m5cfe
a16z raises a record $15B across five new funds, capturing 18% of total U.S. venture capital, strengthening its position as a leading force in AI, crypto, biotech, and national-interest tech investments.: https://tinyurl.com/2b76as47
Florida files ‘Digital Gold’ Bill to launch Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. New legislation (SB 1038) targets July 1st activation to back state funds with up to 10% Bitcoin and ETFs.: https://tinyurl.com/47bu4hhp
Tether freezes $182 million in USDT across five TRON-based wallets within 24 hours, marking one of the largest asset freezes by the stablecoin issuer to date.: https://tinyurl.com/uxda3npn
Stablecoin Giant 'Rain' hits $1.95B Unicorn status with massive Series C, $250M round led by ICONIQ. Over the last year, its active card base grew 30x, and its payment volume surged 38x.: https://tinyurl.com/vtz6stc3
Morgan Stanley targets 2026 for Digital Wallet and Tokenization push. New strategy aims to bridge the gap between traditional retail wealth and private-market equity via blockchain rails.: https://tinyurl.com/twv735uy
Optimism proposes a massive token buyback program protocol to use 50% of Superchain revenue to buy OP off the open market starting February.: https://tinyurl.com/49f79s7z
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