https://www.enel.it/en-us/ebitts I recently came across Ebitts, a renewable energy investment platform built on Algorand, and it’s one of the more compelling real-world blockchain implementations I’ve seen.
Ebitts is developed by Conio in collaboration with Enel Group (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enel), one of the world’s largest electricity producers. The platform is currently available only to Italian residents due to regulatory constraints.
How it works Ebitts allows users to invest in tokenized shares of renewable energy power plants (called “Token Box”) that are fully owned and operated by Enel. These tokens are issued on Algorand and represent participation in wind and solar energy production.
The core idea is simple: Users invest in renewable energy infrastructure (wind or solar) Energy produced is credited as if the user generated it themselves This can reduce electricity bills and generate credits for unused energy No physical installation is required at the user’s home Importantly, users don’t directly interact with blockchain concepts—the tech is fully abstracted behind a mobile app.
Blockchain functions purely as the backend ledger.
Tokenized infrastructure (current) So far, Ebitts has tokenized two major power plants: 1) Wind farm 10 wind turbines ~36 MW total capacity ~93 GWh produced annually Enough energy for ~34,000 households ~41,000 tons of CO₂ emissions avoided per year (per Ebitts) 2) Solar farm 300,000+ solar panels ~170 MW total capacity Covers ~220 hectares Largest national solar park in Italy 🇮🇹 ~280 GWh produced annually Powers ~111,000 households Avoids ~130,000 tons of CO₂ per year and ~26 million m³ of gas consumption (per Ebitts) Why this matters What stands out here isn’t speculation or DeFi yield, it’s: Tokenization of real, revenue-producing infrastructure Public-chain transparency and immutability Enterprise-grade adoption by a global energy company A user experience that doesn’t require crypto knowledge If Ebitts expands beyond Italy, the implications could be significant given Enel’s international footprint.
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Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.
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The Bitcoin price has slowed down after a relatively hot start to the year, as it appears that not much has structurally changed for the market leader. A crypto analyst recently revealed that the premier cryptocurrency continues to trade beneath a critical price threshold.
Why The Present Scenario Raises Caution Among Investors In a January 10 post on social media platform X, analyst Ali Martinez shared that the Bitcoin price has continued to trade underneath its 50-week Simple Moving Average (SMA).
This not-so-optimistic trend, according to the crypto pundit, has been ongoing for the past nine weeks.
Related Reading: Bitcoin Maintains Mid-$90k Levels: Possible Price Targets — Analyst For context, the 50-week SMA is a long-term technical indicator that calculates, on average, the closing price of an asset — in this case, Bitcoin — over the past 50 weeks.
This indicator is particularly useful in establishing points of dynamic support and resistance during differing market cycles. For example, it functions as support during bull markets and acts as resistance in bear markets.
When Bitcoin trades above the 50W SMA, it is often a sign that the market is in a strong uptrend. Contrarily, when the Bitcoin price trades beneath this dynamic resistance level for an extended period, it indicates that upside momentum is weakening and that major corrections might soon ensue.
Interestingly, historical data is the source of this observation. From the chart shared below, there are recurrent periods where the Bitcoin price stayed consistently below the 50W SMA.
In those past cycles, these periods of prolonged deviation beneath the 50W SMA preceded major pullbacks for BTC, which often ranged between 50% to 70%. Notably, the pullbacks seen did not end Bitcoin’s long-term uptrend.
Rather — as is typical of corrections — they likely served as reset phases, where excessive leverage was wiped out of the market in preparation for the next long-term continuations. As a result, concerns have been raised among Bitcoin market participants, considering the similarity of the current setup to past ones.
If history were to repeat itself here, the Bitcoin price could see a pullback by at least 50%, with the price falling to levels as low as $50,000. Bitcoin Price Outlook On a more positive note, the Bitcoin price still has a chance to escape the snares of its historical woes.
For this to happen, the world’s leading cryptocurrency would have to reclaim the 50-week moving average and hold above it for prolonged periods. As of press time, the price of Bitcoin stands at around $90,352, reflecting no movement in the past day.
Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Next Peak Might Ignite ADA’s Rally, Says Cardano Creator Featured image from iStock, chart from TradingView
The Ethereum ecosystem continues to see increased development and value locked in tokenized assets, according to market analyst Michaël van de Poppe.
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Tax and other regulatory agencies in India claim that cryptocurrencies and permissionless blockchain tech undermine tax collection.
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Tokenized gold is getting fresh attention in the XRP community, and some voices are saying the technology is ready. According to posts from XRPL developers and industry figures, the ledger can support 24/7 access, quick transfers, and integration with automated market makers.
Related Reading: Bitcoin’s Next Peak Might Ignite ADA’s Rally, Says Cardano Creator Meld Gold is cited as a concrete step: reports have disclosed that Meld partnered with Ripple in June 2024 and launched gold and silver tokens in Q3 2024, with each token backed by one gram of physical metal held by trusted providers.
That move put an actual product on the ledger instead of just talk. Tokenized Metals Moving Toward XRPL Advocates argue that having on-ledger tokens backed by real metal changes the use case for XRP and the XRPL.
Phil Kwok, co-founder of Web3 technology company and education platform EasyA, told followers that “tokenized gold is coming to the XRPL,” and validators like Vet pointed out the technical fit. absolutely. tokenised gold is coming to the xrp ledger. and it’s going to be epic. https://t.co/wSPobxHD2W — Phil Kwok | EasyA (@kwok_phil) January 9, 2026 Vet highlighted features such as constant availability and links to DeFi tools, and raised the question of why broad adoption has not happened yet.
Some future features, including lending and escrow, were mentioned as ways to make tokenized metals more useful. Market Demand And The Incentive Gap Demand already exists in other corners of crypto. Reports note Paxos and Tether manage billions of dollars’ worth of tokenized metals, showing investor interest is real.
Still, execution matters. Pano Mekras of Anodos Finance told the discussion that incentives are likely the missing piece; large firms may be reluctant to launch products on the XRPL unless there are clear economic reasons to do so.
Attracting high-volume projects may require active outreach and stronger on-ledger incentives. Market Reaction And Price Action Based on reports, XRP’s price moved above $2 early in January 2026 and touched around $2.41 during a broader crypto upswing. The token later settled near $2 as traders digested gains.
A pullback of roughly 14% has been reported since the highs, and trading has shown both inflows from institutions and bouts of profit-taking. There is no clear proof that tokenized metals have driven these swings, however; market moves are being tracked separately from on-ledger product launches.
What This Means For The XRPL If more tokenized metal products arrive, the XRPL could find new uses beyond payments. Trading and settlement for gold and silver tokens would add transaction volume and could open room for new DeFi tools built around those tokens.
Related Reading: Crypto Market Watches As Clarity Act Enters Senate Debate Next Week: US Senator Adoption will depend on custody arrangements, audit practices, and regulatory clarity, areas observers say still need work. Economic incentives, as Mekras warned, will play a key role in whether major issuers come onboard.
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The ABA sent a letter to the U.S. Senate, saying stablecoins that offer yields will affect its banking members ability to grant loans, but JPMorgan disagrees.
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, outlined plans for asset-aware Smart Cashtags a day after criticism from parts of the crypto community over a now-deleted post.
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The launch of the spot XRP ETFs (exchange-traded funds) in the United States was one of the rare success stories of 2025’s final quarter. The crypto-linked products have helped ensure significant capital influx into the altcoin in recent months.
While the XRP ETFs recorded their first negative outflow day in the past week, the exchange-traded funds also reached a new record in terms of the total value traded in a single week. This milestone reflects the growing maturity of the XRP ETF market in the US.
XRP Funds Post $219M Trading Volume In Past Week According to the latest market data, the spot XRP ETFs posted their highest weekly trading volume since debut at $219 million. This figure is almost double the value traded in the XRP ETF market in the previous week ($117.4 million).
Related Reading: Analyst Outlines The Bull Case For XRP And Why Price Will Hit All-Time High Soon Meanwhile, this new record merely surpasses the previous record of $213.9 million reached in the third week of December 2025.
This feat signals the rising investor demand for the XRP exchange-traded funds despite the waning interest in the broader crypto ETF market. As mentioned earlier, the US-based XRP ETFs registered their first negative performance in the past week, with a net outflow of $40.8 million on Wednesday, January 7.
However, this single-day performance didn’t stop the exchange-traded products from ending the week in the green. Data from SoSoValue reveals that the XRP ETF market saw an additional $38.07 million in value for the week ending January 9.
However, a look at the chart shows that the capital inflow for the crypto-linked products is steadily declining. As of this writing, the spot XRP ETFs have accumulated $1.47 billion in total net assets since launching in mid-November 2025.
Canary Capital’s XRPC tops the list with $375.1 million in net assets under management (AUM), followed by Bitwise’s XRP fund at $300.3 million, and Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ at $279.6 million.
XRP ETFs Shine While Crypto ETF Market Flounders While the XRP ETFs seem to be enduring the market storm, the more-established Bitcoin and Ether ETFs have seen better days. According to recent market data, the crypto funds saw a combined withdrawal of $749.6 million during their first full trading week of the year.
Most notably, the spot Bitcoin ETFs saw their largest single-day net outflows of $486.1 million on Wednesday, January 7. The BTC exchange-traded funds closed the week with a net outflow of over $681 million.
Meanwhile, the Ethereum ETF market, which started on a positive note with inflows of $168.1 million on January 5 and $114.7 million on January 6, eventually ended the week with net withdrawals of $68.6 million.
Related Reading: Bitcoin Tests $90,000 Support As Netflows Turn Positive — Details Featured image from iStock,chart from TradingView
BitMine Immersion Technologies is the largest Ethereum treasury company by holdings, with over 4 million ETH in its corporate treasury.
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History shows XMR has repeatedly failed near record highs, risking another sharp pullback unless it decisively breaks above $500–$520.
The retail giant said a new Gemini integration reflects a broader shift from search-based shopping to AI systems that can act on a customer’s behalf.
