🌐Weekly News Digest [ January 5 – January 11 ]
That was the first full-fledged week of the new year of 2026, during which rulers forgave those who polluted their land, dismissed those who were managing their oil.
💡Here are the key highlights:
🇧🇼 Botswana
— Botswana Invites Russia to Invest in Its Mining Sector
🇨🇩 DR Congo
— Congolese clergy speaks against the US-DRC agreement.
— The government allows processing units to accept ore from artisanal miners amid protests
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
— Equatorial Guinea moves its capital to a brand new city built on oil revenues
🇬🇭 Ghana
— A Ghanaian prophet predicts the discovery of major onshore oil deposits in Ghana
— Ghana hopes to keep its oil fields viable until 2040
🇲🇱 Mali
— JNIM militants attack a gold mine in southeastern Mali
🇳🇪 Niger
— Niger replaces its oil minister
🇳🇬 Nigeria
— President reshuffles the country's oil sector management
🇸🇩 Sudan
— Sudan’s central bank and Sudanese Mineral Resources Company set up a joint commission to curb illegal gold exports.
🇺🇬 Uganda
— Uganda to start its first oil exports by October, despite environmental concerns
🇿🇲 Zambia
— First report on the toxic pollution caused by a Chinese company designates 160 people as victims
— Zambia is concerned over the safety of its workers in southern DRC
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📊📊Can Circle handle the $USDC withdrawal on Monday when the banks are open? Let's review some stats
➡️CEX USDC Balances: total 7.189B
Top 3:
1. #Binance : 5.16B
2. #cryptocom: 785M
3. #Okx: 421M
➡️Netflow to CEX is also increasing over the hours in the past 2 days.
Dune link:https://dune.com/spotonchain/spotonchain-cex-usdc-flow
😎 Trump launches #ETF without #Coinbase
Trump Media has announced a partnership with Crypto.Com to launch the #ETF line, it will include cue ball and “pro—American” assets, all under the “Made in America” brand
Why #CryptoCom was chosen, and not #Coinbase — through which $529,325BTC has already passed in an ETF — remains a question.
Bitcoin Drops Below $97,000
Bitcoin fell below $97,000 during the night. Liquidation volumes topped $625 million within 24 hours. In Kazakhstan, regulators have blocked over 3,500 illegal crypto exchanges, including Coinbase, for violating digital asset laws. On January 7, the Bitcoin spot ETF net inflow reached $52.39 million, while BlackRock's ETF IBIT saw $596 million in inflow, bringing the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs to $110.115 billion. Additionally, a large transfer of 250,080,000 #CRO ($36.78M) was made from #CryptoCom to an unknown wallet.
#Bitcoin#Crypto#Kazakhstan#ETF#CRO#CryptoCom#WhaleAlert#Finance#MarketUpdate#Liquidation#News#Blockchain#Regulators#Assets#Investment#DigitalAssets#CryptoNews#MarketTrends#CryptoExchange#CryptoRegulation
Major Crypto Movements and Developments
🚨 1,823,409 #SOL ($274M) transferred to Coinbase Institutional. Whale Alert details multiple transfers.
ANTHROPIC achieves $61.5B valuation; former FTX stake now worth $5B.
Michael Saylor predicts Bitcoin market cap could reach $20-$200 trillion. His company paused BTC purchases; only 904 BTC away from 500,000 total.
ZKnox launches with Ethereum Foundation support, focusing on post-quantum cryptography to enhance Ethereum security.
Congressmen Emmer & Torres establish 'Congressional Crypto Caucus' for pro-crypto legislation.
Crypto.com’s Cronos protocol debates reissuing 70B burned CRO tokens; community vote shows over 86% against the proposal.
Links: ZKnox Launch, Cronos Proposal
#SOL#Bitcoin#Crypto#AI#Ethereum#ZKnox#Congress#Legislation#Caucus#ANTHROPIC#FTX#CRO#CryptoCom#PostQuantum#Security#Efficiency#Strategy#NFT#DeFi#MarketCap