YouTube Views of Crypto Hit Their Lowest Level Since Early 2021
Benjamin Cowen, the founder of ITC Crypto, brought attention to the pattern on Sunday by sharing data that displayed a 30-day moving average of views across many cryptocurrency YouTube channels.
Cowen pointed to comparable declines in engagement on other platforms, indicating that the reduction is neither specific to YouTube or caused by discrete algorithmic tweaks.
According to cryptocurrency analyst Tom Crown, interest has "collapsed across all platforms" and there has been a noticeable local decline since October.
He went on to say that social engagement with cryptocurrency has essentially been in a long-term decline since 2021, never coming close to reaching its prior peaks.
South Korea will remove the corporate cryptocurrency ban and cap listed firms' investments at 5%
According to reports, South Korea is lifting its nine-year ban on corporate cryptocurrency investment. The country is developing new regulations that will allow professional investors and listed businesses to trade cryptocurrency.
The "Virtual Currency Trading Guidelines for Listed Corporations" permit businesses to trade cryptocurrency, according to a local media report. If put into effect, corporate players would be able to allocate up to 5% of their equity capital to the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization on the five main exchanges in South Korea.
This action is the third and last stage of the Financial Services Commission's (FSC) strategy to allow corporations to trade cryptocurrency. In February 2025, the regulator implemented the three-phase strategy.
After the rule is implemented, it is anticipated that roughly 3,500 organizations will have access to the market in the final phase.
The question of whether dollar-pegged stablecoins, like Tether's USDT, should be included in the allowed investment is currently being debated.
According to a report, Coinbase threatens to stop supporting the Senate Crypto Bill
Tensions are rising ahead of a crucial markup on January 15 as Coinbase threatens to withdraw support for significant cryptocurrency legislation if Senate negotiators impose restrictions on stablecoin incentives beyond strengthened disclosure standards.
According to Bloomberg, if the final version of the bill contains language that prohibits platforms from providing incentives to users who own stablecoins, the biggest US cryptocurrency exchange would reevaluate supporting the bill on the market structure of digital assets.
Bloomberg was led by a Coinbase spokesman to remarks made in December by CEO Brian Armstrong, who said that banks "would in a few years come to lobby for" stablecoin yield despite their present reluctance.
The threat comes as senators scramble to complete legislation that has already missed many deadlines in 2025. Following months of stalled negotiations, Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott has set this week's markup as a fixed deadline.
