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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 22, 2026) - Questcorp Mining Inc. (CSE: QQQ) (OTCQB: QQCMF) (FSE: D910) (the "Company" or "Questcorp") along with its partner Riverside Resources Inc. (TSXV: RRI) (OTCQB: RVSDF) (FSE: 5YY0) ("Riverside"), is pleased to report a high grade interval of 20.2 g/t gold and 226 g/t silver with 2.7% zinc over a 30 m long continuous chip channel sample along the decline wall at the Union Mine area, completed during the 2025 Phase I exploration and drill program at the La Union Project in Sonora, Mexico. The Company is also releasing the remaining results from the drill program following up on the 2026-Jan-12 News Release of initial results.

Final Highlights of the Phase 1 Drill and Exploration Program

Chip channel sampling oblique to strike along the decline wall at the Union Mine returned 30 m @ 20 g/t gold and 226 g/t silver (600 gram-metres gold and 6780 gram-metres silver) suggesting significant mineralization remains in place. Drilling at the Union Mine, Union Norte, and El Cobre target areas hit Carbonate Replacement Deposit (CRD) style of mineralization with favorable indications, including anomalous levels of zinc, silver, gold, and lead, consistent with previous mining and positive for the program.This compliments the comparable results from Famosa and Famosa EM target reported earlier.Indications of possible Carlin-like sediment-hosted gold indicators in the upper parts of the Union Mine drilling, indicate a potential disseminated gold target on the property, complimenting the Luis Hill target where the one drill hole intersected a sediment-hosted gold target with 42 m at 0.3 g/t gold in black shales and carbonate strata similar to Carlin Nevada style."We are extremely pleased with the success of our initial Phase I drilling and chip channel sampling at La Union. The drilling and exploration continue to support the CRD model envisaged by John-Mark Staude and his team at Riverside. The unexpected Luis Hill discovery of "Carlin" type gold mineralization further enhances the productivity of the La Union project. We see flashing green to continue forward with our exploration journey," said Saf Dhillon, President & CEO of Questcorp.

"Riverside is excited by the high grade of 600 gram-metres gold and 6,780 gram-metres silver represented by the 30 metres of continuous chip channel sampling from the Union Mine area," said John-Mark Staude, President and CEO of Riverside Resources. "These results, together with the completed Phase 1 drill assays from Union Mine, Union Norte and El Cobre, reinforce that drilling is intersecting the types of CRD-style alteration and multi-element signatures we were targeting, including anomalous zinc, silver, gold and lead consistent with the historic mining district and also finding sediment-hosted gold ("SHGD") indicators is a key development in progressing the Union Project and supports the technical rationale for aggressive follow-up work in 2026."

Chip Channel Sampling, Union Mine Area

Chip channel sampling along the decline wall at the Union Mine returned high grade gold and supports follow-up exploration, with the potential to drill from the upper most mine workings or from surface to expand upon the 30 m at 20 g/t gold and 226 g/t silver zone. Table 1 discloses the full assay results of the gossan oxides with high grade zinc as is typical of CRDs in the region. The type deposit in the region is Hermosa's South32 Taylor Deposit in southernmost Arizona near the Sonora border immediately north of the Union Project hosting probable reserves of 65Mt 4.35% zinc, 4.90% lead and 82 g/t silver and measured and indicated resources of 124Mt 3.66% zinc, 4.02% lead and 73 g/t silver. Hermosa South32 is currently investing $2.6 billion to develop the Hermosa Project. Sources: South32 2025 Annual Report; https://south32hermosa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/S32_Hermosa-Project-Overview-EN_050125-Web-1.pdf.

Table 1. Chip Channel Sample Results from Union Mine Decline

30 meter continuous chip channel sampling interval Union Mine Adit

SampleIDSampleTypeWidth_mRockTypeAu_ppmAg_ppmZn_%As_ppmCu_ppmPb_ppmRRI 13959Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite0.161333.21358392467RRI 13961Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite0.04853.536191160171RRI 13962Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite11.57552.8342010802840RRI 13963Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite610832.31>50001030759RRI 13964Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite12.756104.06>50002160722RRI 13965Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite0.1591072.25>500016301190RRI 13966Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite1.1151974.35>50004261020RRI 13967Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite0.282500.7>500061242RRI 13968Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite14.73663.11>500020402650RRI 13969Chip Channel3Gossan oxides of CRD Dolomite155.41540.443302142660

Total Amounts
30Total Grams over 30 m =202225726720

Interval
30 m @ 20.2g Au, 226 g Ag, 2.7% Zn

Table 1: Full 30m channel sampling results with the interval. For reference, using a 24 m continuous subset of the channel interval, the average weighted grade is 25 g/t gold and 290 g/t silver. The sampling is oblique to strike.

The Union Mine cross section (Figure 1) shows holes 1 and 8 along with the gold-rich channel sampling results, providing context for the 30 m gold-silver-zinc interval relative to some of the known ore bodies. Areas for follow-up and expansion at Union Mine area are clearly indicated to the right (southeast) in Figure 1 as the 2025 drilling has helped define the stratigraphy and highlighted areas of SHGD styles of mineralization similar to eastern Nevada. The bottom of hole 8 hit strong indications of CRD mineralization prior to intersecting the mine workings, as well as manto horizons along the drill hole with 15.85m @ 214 ppm Zn in dolomitized limestone. Drill hole 7, drilled north of holes 1 and 8 and the cross section hit 14m @ 0.1% Zn in the Union Mine area as well.

Figure 1: Cross section through the Union Mine area showing Phase 1 drill holes (including holes 1 and 8), interpreted mine workings/ore zones, and the location of the continuous channel sample along the Union Mine decline wall. The section illustrates the spatial relationship between the high-grade Au-Ag-Zn channel interval and nearby drill intercepts and provides geological context for potential follow-up targeting for both CRD and SHGD.

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The second Union Mine cross section (Figure 2) shows the channel sampling along with the location of historic mining, highlighting areas with remaining CRD potential.

Figure 2: Cross section of the Union underground sampling and some of the orebodies previously mined that could have remaining potential as CRD targets for next round of follow up.

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Phase 1 Drill and Exploration Program Highlights

The location of all 12 drill holes from the 2025 Phase I programs are shown in the drill plan (Figure 3), with the channel sampling area and the Union Mine, Union Norte and El Cobre target areas highlighted.

Figure 3: Union project drill hole locations for 1600m with 12 total holes in Phase 1 program with Questcorp and Riverside working together during 2025 exploration program.

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While the results from the Famosa Targets and Luis Hill were disclosed in the 2026-Jan-12 News Release, Table 2 discloses the full results from the 2025 program, with the previously drilled holes highlighted in yellow. Hole 3 is not shown as it is aborted early due to poor drilling conditions, it was redrilled as hole 6 to test and hit mineralization in the target area initially planned for hole 3. Further drilling at Union Norte can be pursued and is recommended for both CRD and SDHG targets.

TargetHole IDFromToWidthg/t Aug/t Agppm Pbppm ZnUnion MineUND25-00164.865.60.8

227UND25-00168.7577.89.05

116UND25-001133.05134.21.15

1791148El CobreUND25-00286.587.651.15

568743UND25-002148.5149.951.45

7492262Famosa MineUND25-00419.13414.9

120141UND25-00535.054610.950.0663.3410261including39.140.951.850.35413.40485243Union NorteUND25-00647.5491.50.3821.10130186Union MineUND25-00713914120.0841.20398537UND25-007146.85147.91.05

175UND25-007152.2166.2140.0180.96701004including154.75156.71.95

1512including161.65163.151.5

2778UND25-00866.582.3515.85

223Luis HillUND25-00964.9566.9520.29918.605324UND25-00995.897.820.41126.905843UND25-009198.25241.25430.2760.712587including211.8217.860.8520.6929100including228.3232.94.60.4660.781363UND25-009273.952751.050.18312.2046803490UND25-009287.55289.5520.1140.604837Famosa EMUND25-01039.587.4547.95

90Famosa MineUND25-010146.4148.051.650.1350.25217UND25-01111.523.3511.850.01813.09224157UND25-0129.6525.816.150.0313.65138124including12.916.940.0846.60398287Table 2: Full 2025 assay interval results from the 2025 Phase I drill program. Note: all intervals are down hole widths as true width is unknown at this time.

Union Mine Target Detail

Union Mine, with CRD in past oxide operations, had three holes drilled this round (UND25-1, 7, 8). Drilling intersected zinc in the right types of alteration for the CRD, with the holes ending in the old underground workings. Follow-up drilling will be completed to better test these precious and base metal zones and particularly the SHGD potential as well.

Luis Hill Target Detail (Previously Announced 2026-Jan-12)

Hole 9 was drilled vertically in the southern part of the Luis Hill target, a large 1,500 m by 500 m magnetic high. Although the hole did not intersect an obvious large magnetic source, it cut several magnetic dioritic dikes, which may be related to a deeper and larger magnetic body, likely an intermediate-composition intrusion. The discovery interval comprises gold hosted in siliceously replaced, jasperoid-like dolomite and silica-flooded black shale, which is comparable to some sediment-hosted gold deposits in Nevada (Carlin Deposits, USGS Prof. Paper 1267, 1985). This represents a new finding for this part of Sonora and is significant for both the property and the region, as it indicates potential for previously unrecognized sediment-hosted gold within one of Mexico's most prolific gold belts, the Sonora Gold Belt (also referred to as the Megashear Gold Belt in past scientific studies). Folding and Basin and Range block faulting are expected to bring the mineralized formations closer to surface, supporting additional drilling in H1 2026 within the magnetic target area. Riverside and Questcorp believe Luis Hill has the potential to become a major new discovery in Mexico.

The new discovery at Luis Hill identified previously unrecognized Carlin-like, sediment-hosted gold mineralization in black shales and carbonate strata, returning 0.3 g/t gold over 42 m, with results to date indicating sulfides, mineralization styles, and intrusions consistent with a carbonate-hosted metal system. The 42 m interval comprises 23 assay intervals ranging from 0.45 m to 2 m in width, with gold values from 0.005 g/t to 1.31 g/t; fifteen intervals returned greater than 0.1 g/t Au, including three intervals exceeding 0.5 g/t Au. This type of thick continuity is new for this part of Sonora, while further east the Santa Gertrudis mine produced 671K oz of gold and has indicated open pit resources of 19.27Mt @ 0.91 g/t Au for 563K oz gold, inferred open pit resources of 9.82Mt @ 1.36 g/t for 429K oz gold and inferred underground resources of 9.02Mt @ 3.44 g/t gold for 1.004M oz gold in siltstone, shale and carbonate sediment. Sources: Production: https://miningdataonline.com/property/1718/Santa-Gertrudis-Project.aspx, Resources: Agnico Eagle Mines Limited Detailed Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Data as of December 31, 2024.

The geochemistry from the gold intercepts associated with shale horizons at Luis Hill are plotted in (Figure 4) and illustrate the relationship between gold and argillite-hosted horizons. This indicates that Luis Hill is not CRD mineralization; instead, it represents an SHGD-style system This indicates that Luis Hill is not CRD mineralization; instead, it represents an SHGD-style system:

Figure 3: Gold with high Al + K + Na, meaning not with the dolomite and limestone for the sediment-hosted gold aspects like Nevada. Carlin geochemistry for the Luis Hill Hole 9.

Table for Phase 1 Drilling Union Project H2, 2025 All Holes, 162 5 m totalHole _lDEast ingNorthingElevat ionAzimuthDipTotal DepthTargetUND25-0013760433347225358.66131-50198.25Union MineUND25-0023756063347813381.3765-50201.30El CobreUND25-0033760483347598378.3465-5025.90Union NorteUND25-0043751373344629360.47110-70129.35Famosa MineUND25-0053751463344578362.3592-70104 .80Famosa MineUND25-0063760993347627389.13100-80118.45Union NorteUND25-0073761993347156355.46280-80166.20Union MineUND25-0083761113347136369.34125-80128.10Union MineUND25-0093752613347551400.640-90292 .80Luis HillUND25-0103749413344765363.9590-70161.60Famosa EMUND25-0113751713344608362.4590-8551.00Famosa MineUND25-0123751713344608362.4590-9047.25Famosa MineTable 3: Complete drill collar information. The drill results from the unshaded holes are being released today and include results from the Union Mine, Union Norte and El Cobre. The yellow-colored holes were announced 2026-Jan-12.

Geological Model and Strategy

The H2 2025 Phase I program was designed to test primary areas of historical mining and key magnetic targets. The program followed the geological model of the South32 Taylor deposit in southern Arizona. Drilling intersected gold, zinc, and silver indications consistent with vectors toward a major discovery.

Furthermore, the sediment-hosted gold style found at Luis Hill is comparable to Nevada's carbonate platform geology, making it an intriguing new development area for the Union Project.

Sampling Procedures and QA/QC

Core was logged, saw-cut, and half-core samples were shipped for analysis. Samples from the first eight holes were delivered to Bureau Veritas (Hermosillo, Sonora) for gold fire assay, with pulps forwarded to Vancouver, Canada for Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mas Spectrometry ("ICP-MS") following four-acid digestion to determine silver, base metals, and pathfinders. Samples from the final four holes were shipped to ACT Labs Zacatecas, where preparation, gold assay, and multi-element ICP are completed in Mexico. The final 4 holes of the program were shipped to ACT Labs where they were similarly assayed using the same processing methods but with their initial preparation and assaying completed in Zacatecas, Mexico using the same ICP and gold fire assay methods. The change in lab halfway through the program was due to assay turn around issues. Samples were maintained in chain of custody being delivered to the laboratory in sealed bags. Remaining half-cores are retained for reference. Standards were inserted every 20 samples and blanks every 100 samples. The laboratory also duplicated every 20 samples as an additional check on quality control. The QA/QC was analyzed with a check for any variations in the standards beyond 2 standard deviations and the standards passed.

Next Steps

With the interpretation and release of all assays, the Companies will work together on organizing the H1 2026 Phase 2 exploration program, building from the Phase I exploration results. Along with follow-up drilling, Phase 2 will likely include geophysics, geochemistry and mapping.

The encouraging results at Union Mine and at Luis Hill warrant further significant exploration and drilling and will be the primary focus of the next phase of La Union exploration.

The Companies are diligently working toward an expanded drill program for H1 2026, as all permits and access are in good standing. With the new data and targets ready to be further explored, the potential to immediately begin field work portions are in place for early this year.

Qualified Person

The technical content of the new release has been reviewed and approved by R. Tim Henneberry, P. Geo (British Columbia), a director of the company and a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.

The Union Agreement

Questcorp currently holds an option to earn a 100% interest in the Union Project, on terms previously announced May 6, 2025. Questcorp and Riverside are aligned through Riverside's equity interest in Questcorp, which is initially 9.9% and may increase to 19.9% upon Questcorp satisfying the complete earn-in, with Riverside also retaining a 2.5% NSR royalty.

About Questcorp Mining Inc.

Questcorp Mining is engaged in the business of the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in North America, with the objective of locating and developing economic precious and base metals properties of merit. The company holds an option to acquire an undivided 100-per-cent interest in and to mineral claims totaling 1,168.09 hectares comprising the North Island copper property, on Vancouver Island, B.C., subject to a royalty obligation. The company also holds an option to acquire an undivided 100-per-cent interest in and to mineral claims totaling 2,520.2 hectares comprising the La Union project located in Sonora, Mexico, subject to a royalty obligation.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

Saf Dhillon
President & CEO

Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking statements, which reflect the expectations of management regarding completion of survey work at the North Island Copper project. Forward-looking statements consist of statements that are not purely historical, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits the Company will obtain from them. Except as required by the securities disclosure laws and regulations applicable to the Company, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.

To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/281197

Source: Questcorp Mining Inc.

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Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) chief executive Jensen Huang has called for continued, large-scale investment in artificial intelligence (AI), arguing at Davos that what some see as a speculative bubble is in fact “the largest infrastructure buildout in human history”.

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Cloud security company Zscaler has racked up big returns for investors since going public in 2018.

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Mac Greer: That was Jay Chaudhry, founder and CEO of the Cloud security company Zscaler. I'm Motley Fool producer Mac Greer. Now, Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner recently talked with Chaudhry about entrepreneurship, AI, and the business of Zscaler. Tom was joined by a team of fools, including our chief investment officer, our chief technology officer, and our head of cybersecurity. Enjoy.

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Jay Chaudhry: Absolutely. The firewall with security is generally called castle and moat security. If you need to protect your castle, what do you do? You build a moat around it so bad guys can come in, and then there's one place to get in, and that's the moat has a special door and they check you before they let you in. Once you're in, you're supposed to be a trusted good party. Now, that model worked fine for the traditional world of computers. Here's your data center, and here are some devices sitting there, and you have a network connecting them, and you want to make sure that if you connect the Internet, the moat is a firewall. It's like a door. It's like a gate keeping the data center safe. Then you had to move to 50 offices. Now you're connecting your data center to 50 offices. It's almost like you had a big castle. Then you have 50 small castles. Then you connect the big castle to 50 small castles through tunnels. But once somebody gets inside the castle, they can reach everywhere. That's the problem of the network security firewall security model. You're in, you can cause lots of havoc. Now, what firewalls tried to do was, if you're worried about that, why don't I create more walls? A wall here, wall, here, wall, here, wall here. I'll sell you lots of firewalls. It creates a big problem, maintenance, all that stuff. That's the model I was familiar with. In my first start up security IT, I was actually designing, architecting, selling supporting firewalls. I've seen all the limitations of it. That's why I wanted to bring disruptive idea. Also, I'm a big fan of reading about technological changes. I've always believed that technology incrementally changes all the time. But every decade or every two decades, there's a step function change. That's what drives innovation, that's what drives business productivity.

Give you a couple of examples. There used to be analog world, which did pretty good. Then we had to shift to digital world, digital technology, much better, much cleaner. In the world of software, we used to have application in our data center from vendors like Siebel Systems, and the like. Then came Salesforce. It says, why do you have to keep on worrying about buying servers, deploying all that stuff? Connect to me like a utility service and use it. Those are staff function changes. When I looked at the world of IT, I said, applications are changing, but nothing has changed the world of cybersecurity. Same old 30-year-old firewall technology. We need to do things differently. Let's not trust anyone. At the end of the day, Users need to access applications. How do they make sure the right person can have access to right applications? I thought of a simple metaphor, an old school phone switchboard. Years ago, if you want to talk to John, you called a switchboard and said, please connect me to John. You are connected. You had a great conversation. Then you said, I want to talk to the president of the US. The switchboard said, sorry. You're not allowed to go away. It's really connecting the right party to right party. Such a simple elegant architecture. I like simply Syrian innovations. The way I also thought was the service should be simple. We all used to love DVD players. You recall those DVD players? They were wonderful. Then Netflix came around and say, Move over. You simply click on a button. You get what you want. That's the service I envision for Zscaler.

Tom Gardner: Jumping ahead to today's challenges, these days, everything is in tech is like 99% AI. Some of the stuff that CTO keeps me up is one article specific regarding Enthropic where they had an AI orchestrated cyber attack that they thwarted. The new innovative techniques, AI is amazing for innovation. It's helped the Motley Fool tremendously helps so many companies that we're looking at, but it also creates brand new threats that did not exist a year ago. How does that play into some of the things Zscaler is doing these days?

Jay Chaudhry: I have often said, AI is wonderful. AI is powerful, AI is dangerous. It's almost like any new technology. A knife in the kitchen is a wonderful tool unless it's abused. Here are some of the bad things AI can do that makes it very hard for companies to protect themselves. When an attacker attacks, they find a target. It's like a bank robber has to find which of the fib branches do I want to break. They can break in without getting caught. In the cyber world, they find our public IP, my firewall, my VPN, my application portal. It used to take weeks for hackers to find some of those cyber targets for your company. No, you can submit the query to Chat GPT, and it can give you a beautiful tableau format of all the firewalls with vulnerabilities in them. Makes it so much easier. Then often people will do phishing emails. Those emails sometimes could be typos, missing spellings, coming from Nigeria or wherever.

Now, Chat GPT can do beautiful phishing email with the writing style of your CFO and come from your CFO. That's hard. Makes it hard. Three. Once the bad guys get on your copid network using stolen credential with VPN or something like that, now you can use automation of AI, and AI automation can allow you to find mission critical applications and crypt them, or do whatever needs to be done and ask for ransom. The enthropic attack you talked about, it's essentially hijacking an agent. Agents are somewhat like people. People have been the weakest link. I believe in future, agents will be much weaker link because the code can be changed, things can be hijacked, and no agent on your network has access to all applications. They can try to do bad thing. The Zero Trust architecture we pioneered at ZSCAR actually plays an important role. The Zero Trust architecture, as I described, the switchboard says, everything is an island, everything is untrusted. You come to a check post, you get connected to the right party. If enterprises embrace zero trust architecture, these hijacked agents or users whose credentials have been stolen, they won't be able to get past maybe a given application beyond that. It's fundamentally very powerful architecture to safely embrace AI security. There are other aspects of it, but starting with a zero trust where agents are only trusted for a given amount of time to do certain tasks and no more is the right way to do these things.

Tom Gardner: I think I'm going to turn philosophical here, but perhaps also because of your remarkable life story, not even dreaming that you would be a software engineer in your earliest childhood years or maybe even having access to that technology, if you have electricity and running water in the early years of your life, I guess I'm going to ask a philosophical question about what you think will happen with employment. We don't have a crystal ball, but almost reaching outside of Zscaler's business for a moment and just thinking, what does the next generation do for jobs or what does a mid career employee who isn't advancing their skills with AI tooling rapidly enough, what does that future look like for?

Jay Chaudhry: Yeah, if you think about the past, we learned from the past. Every time new technology came, the people who felt like lots of jobs will go away. When spreadsheets came around, people thought that, man, all these accounting people had no future. It was all wrong. I do believe AI is going to create lots and lots of new jobs, but every time technology has come, it needed better skills for people to do a better job or to have a better job. My advice to people will be embrace AI, learn skill set because it's going to create a whole range of new jobs. While everyone is fascinated by AI technology, it's still non deterministic. It's probabilistic. There are many jobs, we're non deterministic is not good enough for many areas, so somebody needs to validate all the stuff has to be done. I am always an optimist. I think technology is always created newer opportunities. I think AI will create new opportunities. But people who are really learning better, doing a better job will do better. I encourage people to say, Embrace AI learn about it, and that's going to create a better future for them.

Tom Gardner: A bit of a light hearted question then a question about the business that you're running. My lighthearted question, well, it's quite serious for many people. What recommendations would you have given your expertise in this domain for the average person with regard to their own security in the era of rising new technologies? What should somebody be doing in their home that they're not yet doing?

Jay Chaudhry: Number one risk a consumer at home has is fishing. With fishing, they steal your credentials, so they can go and steal your money from your bank. That's probably the biggest risk for an average consumer. One should be mindful of what they're clicking in and whatnot, though it's hard on the mobile phone. It's hard to even see the URL. Good to have some level of software protection for fishing and a number of these software available to make sure you endpoint is safe. That's the number one thing you do. Number two, I think being a little bit savvy to look for some of the things that look silly out there and not fall for them. But just using a little common sense goes a long way. But it's a lot easier than some of the stuff we deal with at enterprise. At enterprises, things are highly targeted. Nation states are coming after you. Consumers aren't really target those big things, but they are target of fishing, so they can go and get you money. Fishing is the most common thing for them.

Tom Gardner: One of the things that I when talking to investors and our members is the My Fool. Try to have members see I'll express it two ways. One that I believe mathematically, the truth is that if the average investor doubled their average holding period, they would get better returns. Even if they'll have some losers in their portfolio, but simply by the act of doubling their holding period, it align them more with the business, obviously, it's more tax advantage and there are many other reasons to do so. But when I look at what you've created at Zscaler, and obviously, the company came public in 2018, and I mentioned it's up seven times in the seven years, when I run my numbers on the business, and I know you can't comment on this, I believe Zscaler could deliver 15% a year for the next ten years. I think it'd be one of those defining companies for this era. I'm wondering how you think about time horizon? There are institutions coming and talking to you on quarterly reports about your operating margins. There's the pressure to be ready to report every 90 days. You've obviously mastered that in seven years. But I think many investors would be interested to hear, what is the time horizon of the CEO? How do you think stakeholders of the company, whether they're employees, customers, shareholders? How should they think about their partnership with ZScaler to align them to the interests and the activities and the decision making process of the CEO?

Jay Chaudhry: First of all, I look at the opportunity starting with is how big is the market and how serious the demand? Is this product needed? Is it vitamins or is it a painkiller? It's pretty obvious that cyber is needed badly. There's no such thing as, I can live without it. That's number one thing for a market segment. Number two, is the market big enough or is the market small? The market has growing at a pretty rapid pace. It's being disrupted. You can't even look at the segments you looked at five years ago. When the market is massive and growing, this is a great opportunity. Then the third thing you look at is, does the company offer a compelling solution which has barrier to entry? With on Global Cloud bigger with 55 some billion users, or 45% of fortune fire on companies as a customers, we have proven track record. One of the things I'm very proud of outside typical financial numbers is our NPS net promoter score has been sitting between 75 and 85 most of the time. That's remarkable. An NPS of a typical SAS company generally sits in 30 35 range. That's being happy, smart customers. I'll give you a beautiful stat. About nine months ago, one weekend I was sitting at home, looking at some of travels. I said, I met this CSO, and he told me he bought Z color the third time at his third company. I got curious. I looked at my data and looked at large companies who I generally meet with. 285 of the CXOs had bought Zscaler two times.

Company A, then they went to company B, 84 had bought it three times, 45 had bought it four times, and they keep on coming. They like us. Having a large customer base with the first motor advantage that we did is good for us. Then you look at and say the evolving product set. We have evolved, and investor used to say, in 2018, you got one product, Zscaler Internet Access. Oh, then private access came. Then digital experience came. They all became Zscaler for you, zero trustle users. Then we built it for cloud workloads, branches, IOTT devices. The platform has expanding. We get no lack of market. I don't worry about competition. Our competitions all legacy stuff. My competition is generally inertia. We are changing the world. We start with people who are progressive with thought leaders, then others are come along. I think we have plenty of potential opportunities to grow. My role model has been ServiceNow. I've been working with ServiceNow. One of the board members of service at Zscaler was the president of global sales, David Schneider. He has been a mentor and board member. Just like they have done a great job. We have a very big platform, and it's growing. I think we have plenty of opportunities. For the long run to keep on growing this business. To me, personally, Zscaler is not just a business. It's a mission. I mean, when you think about some of the biggest, the big companies, depend upon Zscalers so they can keep on doing the business. Wow. The feeling of satisfaction, the feeling of accomplishment is fantastic. Then people say, Jay, when are you retiring? What do you mean retiring, man? I'm having so much fun. We're in the early stage. We have a lot to achieve. Let's go.

Tom Gardner: Thank you for sharing your story and your thoughts and your solutions and your view to the future. We enjoyed it so much, and we look forward to talking again in the future.

Jay Chaudhry: Tom and Tim, thank you so much. I really enjoyed that conversation.

Tom Gardner: Thanks so much, Jay.

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, /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, reminds investors of a class action lawsuit against Blue Owl Capital Inc. ("Blue Owl" or "the Company") (NYSE: OWL) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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According to the Complaint, the Company made false and misleading statements to the market. Blue Owl suffered from significant pressure on its asset base due to BDC redemptions. The Company was negatively impacted by undisclosed liquidity issues. Based on these problems, the Company would likely halt or limit redemptions of BDCs. Based on these facts, the Company's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the class period. When the market learned the truth about Blue Owl, investors suffered damages.

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, /PRNewswire/ -- Neusoft Corporation, an industry-leading information technology, products and solutions company, and Cerence AI, a global leader pioneering conversational AI-powered user experiences, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the cutting–edge field of large language model-based voice AI. Through joint innovation and ecosystem integration, the two companies will work together to deliver pre–integrated, scenario–driven, intelligent interaction solutions for automotive partners worldwide.

As automotive technology continues to evolve toward greater intelligence and more natural engagement, user expectations for in–cabin interaction are rising. Drivers and passengers now seek more than basic voice responses—they want a companion that understands natural language, communicates smoothly, and resonates emotionally. The partnership between Neusoft and Cerence AI is designed to meet this rising demand, establishing humanlike intelligent interaction as the new standard for smart vehicles.

Through this collaboration, Neusoft will leverage its advanced intelligent cockpit software platform (NAGIC) as the core foundation, deeply integrating Cerence AI's expertise in conversational AI, generative AI, and large language models. Together, the companies will explore innovative applications of intelligent voice interaction.

By combining Neusoft's extensive global product development and delivery network with Cerence AI's technological strengths and leadership in automotive, the two companies will jointly expand into global target markets.

Looking ahead, Neusoft will continue to uphold its philosophy of "open collaboration and shared ecosystem success", working closely with more leading technology partners amid the accelerating trends of automotive intelligence and AI. Together, Neusoft and Cerence AI aim to help automakers break through market challenges and deliver safer, more natural and intelligent mobility experiences to users around the world. 

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Neusoft Corporation (SSE: 600718) is an industry-leading information technology, products and solutions company for the global market. Founded in 1991, Neusoft is the first listed software company in China. With insights into the latest market trends, Neusoft has always been exploring software technology innovation and applications, to help global customers achieve digital and intelligent transformation. Neusoft's business focuses on the fields of intelligent vehicle connectivity, healthcare, smart city, enterprise digital transformation, digital services, as well as global software business. In the field of intelligent vehicle connectivity, Neusoft has more than 30 years of R&D experience in automotive software, and has participated in formulating over 60 national/international industry standards and established a global product R&D and delivery network centered in China, Germany, USA, Japan and Malaysia. Neusoft's automotive products have been applied to 1800+ vehicle models, across 130+ countries and regions, for 50+ OEMs. For more information, visit www.neusoft.com

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Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ: CRNC) is a global industry leader in creating intuitive, seamless, AI-powered experiences across automotive and transportation. Leveraging decades of innovation and expertise in voice, generative AI, and large language models, Cerence powers integrated experiences that create safer, more connected, and more enjoyable journeys for drivers and passengers alike. With more than 525 million cars shipped with Cerence technology, the company partners with leading automakers, transportation OEMs, and technology companies to advance the next generation of user experiences. Cerence is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, with operations globally and a worldwide team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of AI innovation. For more information, visit www.cerence.ai. 

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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 22, 2026) - Herbal Dispatch Inc. (CSE: HERB) (OTCID: LUFFF) (FSE: HA9) ("Herbal Dispatch" or the "Company") a leading cannabis e-commerce and distribution platform, is pleased to announce that it has completed a 298kg export of medical cannabis that is destined for the German medical cannabis market. The export was exported through Portugal to a new export relationship that is expected to provide strong revenue opportunities for the Company in 2026 and beyond.

This marks the Company's inaugural shipment of medical cannabis to this European Union Good Manufacturing Practices (EU-GMP) licensed processor in Portugal. The Company anticipates multiple follow-on exports to this partner in the coming quarters. Following EU-GMP compliant processing in Portugal, the product is destined for Germany-the European Union's largest and most dynamic medical cannabis market, which saw record imports exceeding 140 tonnes in the first nine months of 2025 alone (with Q3 2025 reaching nearly 57 tonnes), driven by surging patient demand and an increased annual import quota to approximately 192.5 tonnes.

Germany continues to lead Europe's medical cannabis sector, with rapid patient growth, record import volumes, and projected market expansion significantly in 2025-2026, driven by increasing demand for high-quality, compliant products. This strategic partnership positions Herbal Dispatch to capitalize on Germany's position as the EU's premier market for medical cannabis, offering substantial long-term growth potential through recurring exports and strengthened European supply chain access.

"We are thrilled to achieve this milestone with our first export to our Portuguese partner, marking a key step in expanding our international footprint," said Philip Campbell, CEO of Herbal Dispatch. "Germany represents the most dynamic and largest medical cannabis opportunity in Europe, and we are excited about the future potential this new relationship unlocks. By leveraging euGMP processing in Portugal to supply this high-demand market, we anticipate building a robust, recurring revenue stream that will drive meaningful growth for the Company and deliver value to our shareholders in 2026 and beyond."

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Herbal Dispatch Inc. (CSE: HERB) owns and operates leading cannabis e-commerce platforms in Canada, dedicated to providing top-quality cannabis and related products to informed consumers at affordable prices. The Company's flagship marketplace offers exclusive access to small-batch craft cannabis and a wide array of other products.For more information, please visit www.herbaldispatch.com or contact:

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TLDR: WalletConnect integration connects over 600 wallets and 70,000 dApps directly to TRON’s payment network. TRON processed $7.9 trillion in USDT transfers in 2025, handling $21 billion in daily stablecoin settlements. Trust Wallet processed $20M in TRON transactions since October, with Binance Web3 Wallet adding $3 million. WalletConnect’s partnership with Ingenico enables stablecoin payments across 40 million global retail terminals. WalletConnect has integrated TRON network support, connecting over 600 crypto wallets and 70,000 decentralized applications to one of the blockchain industry’s largest payment networks. 

The integration enables direct access to TRC-20 token transfers and TRON’s DeFi, NFT, and GameFi ecosystem. 

This expansion reinforces stablecoins as a primary global payment infrastructure while extending institutional access to TRON’s high-throughput network.

Infrastructure Integration Connects Major Wallet Providers The WalletConnect integration now supports TRON across multiple leading wallet platforms in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. 

Trust Wallet has processed over $20 million in transactions since October through this connection. Binance Web3 Wallet has facilitated $3 million in transaction volume. SafePal has recorded $1.7 million in processed transactions.

The integration extends beyond consumer wallets to institutional infrastructure providers. Custodians and fintech applications like Fireblocks now support TRON without requiring additional development work. 

This streamlined approach reduces technical barriers for financial institutions entering the TRON ecosystem. 

According to WalletConnect CEO Jess Houlgrave, stablecoins demonstrate they can transfer money faster and more efficiently than traditional payment systems.

. @WalletConnect announced support for the TRON network, expanding institutional access to DeFi on TRON and extending payment connectivity across one of the world’s largest blockchain networks.

The integration connects over 600 WalletConnect-enabled wallets and 70,000 dApps… pic.twitter.com/fhl2ZEVniO

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“Stablecoins are proving they can move money faster and more efficiently than traditional payment rails; the next step is making them universally accessible,” Houlgrave stated. 

She added that each new integration provides more users with access to cryptocurrency and faster, cheaper payments. “Adding TRON expands the global stablecoin rails available to our ecosystem and strengthens everyday payment adoption,” she explained.

Applications including Sun.io, JustLend, Bridgers, Symbiosis Finance, and Debridge are rolling out TRON support. These platforms will enable faster payment processing and broader DeFi participation. 

The integration provides multi-wallet connectivity across mobile and desktop environments. Users can now execute seamless TRC-20 token transfers from any supported wallet interface.

WalletConnect recently announced a partnership with Ingenico to enable stablecoin payments across 40 million point-of-sale terminals worldwide. 

This represents one of the largest expansions of cryptocurrency into physical retail environments. 

The TRON integration complements this infrastructure by adding another major settlement network to WalletConnect’s supported blockchain options.

TRON Processes Billions in Daily Stablecoin Settlements TRON has established itself as the dominant settlement network for USDT transactions across global markets. The network processed an estimated $7.9 trillion in USDT transfer volume throughout 2025. 

Daily stablecoin transfers on TRON exceed $21 billion, reflecting the network’s role in mainstream digital payments. The network facilitates high-frequency value transfers for consumer and business applications.

TRON’s architecture supports peer-to-peer transfers, remittances, merchant settlements, and exchange payouts at scale. 

The network has gained adoption in emerging markets for cross-border payments. Its low-cost structure makes it suitable for “digital cash” transactions and everyday payment use cases. 

TRON operates under governance by the TRON DAO, a community-led organization focused on internet decentralization.

TRON founder Justin Sun emphasized the network’s mainstream stablecoin usage and scalability for payment operations.

 “Stablecoins have reached real mainstream use, with the TRON network handling more than $21 billion in stablecoin transfers each day,” Sun noted. He further explained that TRON was designed to operate at scale for widespread adoption.

“TRON was built to operate at scale, and integrations like WalletConnect help bring that scale directly into the wallets and applications people use for everyday payments,” Sun said. 

Stablecoins have transitioned from specialized cryptocurrency tools to mainstream digital payment instruments. The assets now serve consumer transfers, merchant settlement, cross-border payments, and digital commerce applications. 

WalletConnect’s integration expands ecosystem access for developers building on TRON’s infrastructure.

The sharp reversal showed how closely crypto prices remain tethered to macro headlines. Solana, XRP, Cardano and dogecoin followed a similar pattern of quick losses and partial recoveries

In brief ARK Invest forecasts Bitcoin could account for roughly 70% of a projected $28 trillion digital-asset market by 2030, driven by ETF adoption and corporate treasuries. DeFi value shifts from networks to applications, as fee-generating protocols scale faster and begin to rival fintech platforms in revenue efficiency and assets under management. Tokenized markets move toward the mainstream, with ARK projecting up to $11 trillion in tokenized real-world assets by 2030. Bitcoin, decentralized finance applications, and tokenized real-world assets are poised to dominate crypto development in 2026, with experts saying regulatory clarity will determine whether innovation translates into mainstream adoption.

ARK Invest's latest research report, dubbed "Big Ideas 2026," forecasts the digital asset market could balloon to $28 trillion by 2030, with Bitcoin commanding 70% of that market at roughly $16 trillion.

The projections from Cathie Wood's investment management firm are “reasonable,” Joni Pirovich, founder and CEO of Crystal aOS, told Decrypt.

"Crypto-native financial platforms are scaling, but they're not seeking to become global centralized institutions—they're seeking global acceptance and navigating fragmented compliance requirements," she said.

The report highlights Bitcoin's maturation as an institutional asset class, with U.S. ETFs and public companies now holding 12% of total supply, up from 8.7% in early 2025.

The projections show how Bitcoin, DeFi, and tokenized assets are increasingly treated as functional components of global capital markets.

Sudhakar Lakshmanaraja, founder of blockchain education platform Digital South Trust, told Decrypt that "crypto's future in 2026 will be decided more by regulation than innovation." 

“Bitcoin may dominate as an asset, but DeFi and tokenized markets cannot scale until governments settle custody, compliance, and investor protection rules,” he added.

Tokenized assets tripled to $19 billion in 2025 and could reach $11 trillion by 2030 (about 1.38% of global financial assets), anchored by BlackRock’s $1.7B BUIDL fund (20% of tokenized Treasuries) and tokenized gold from Tether and Paxos, according to the report.

Decentralized finance applications, meanwhile, generated a record $3.8 billion in revenue in 2025, with January alone accounting for one-fifth of the total, as ultra-lean platforms like Hyperliquid topped $800 million in annual revenue with fewer than 15 employees, and 70 protocols now exceed $1 million in monthly recurring revenue, the report found.

"In 2026, the convergence of mature regulatory frameworks and interoperable institutional networks will allow sovereign digital securities to redefine global capital formation," Wook Lee, Founder and CEO of EDENA Capital Partners, told Decrypt, stressing the transformation underway.

Tokenized markets will be the “primary driver of real-world economic activity across the digital asset ecosystem,” Lee added.

The report also noted Bitcoin's declining volatility, with average drawdowns from all-time highs reaching their shallowest levels across all measured time horizons in 2025, and Bitcoin's risk-adjusted returns outperforming Ethereum and Solana throughout most of the year.

The world’s largest crypto is trading just below $90,000, up 0.5% in the last 24 hours but down more than 6% on the week, according to CoinGecko data. 

The crypto rebounded above the $90,000 level on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he would not impose tariffs on European countries following a meeting with NATO's secretary general over the fate of Greenland, though prices have since retreated amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty.

ARK’s report also examined AI infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and distributed energy alongside its crypto analysis. 

In the prediction market Myriad, users are currently leaning toward crypto, not AI, as the likelier bubble to burst first, with traders assigning a nearly 55% chance.

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XRP Retail Sentiment Shifts From Greed to Extreme Fear — A Bullish Signal?XRP retail sentiment plunged to extreme fear after sharp January price correctionNegative funding rates suggest crowded shorts that historically precede potential XRP reboundsBinance listing XRP/RLUSD pair improves liquidity and supports near term recovery outlookXRP’s price has dropped below $2, representing a roughly 19% decline from its January 5, 2026, peak. This pullback has unsettled many investors. However, analysts still see several constructive signals that could support a recovery.

This article examines the key factors behind that view. The analysis draws on social data, trading activity, and recent developments from exchanges.

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Retail Sentiment Turns Bearish Amid Price CorrectionXRP has experienced a sharp reversal in sentiment.

Positive/Negative Sentiment data from Santiment—a market sentiment analytics platform based on social media discussions—shows that XRP has fallen into the “Extreme Fear” zone. Just one week earlier, the same metric still reflected greed.

Santiment notes that, historically, sentiment extremes often mark potential reversal points. Markets tend to move against consensus expectations.

XRP Ratio of Positive/Negative Sentiment. Source: Santiment “Historically, this high level of bearish commentary leads to rallies. Prices move the opposite to retails’ expectations more often than not,” Santiment reported.

While this observation suggests a constructive scenario, the rapid sentiment swing over a short period highlights uncertainty and inconsistency among retail traders. Such instability typically does not support a sustained uptrend.

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Negative Funding Rates Signal a Potential Reversal PatternMarket data points to another possible reversal signal. An analyst at CryptoQuant has identified negative funding rates in perpetual futures contracts, indicating an excessive buildup of short positions.

Funding rates represent periodic payments between long and short holders in perpetual futures markets. Negative rates mean that short sellers are paying long positions. Historically, similar conditions have often preceded XRP price recoveries.

XRP Funding Rate. Source: CryptoQuant.CryptoQuant data shows that this pattern has appeared twice since 2024—during August–September 2024 and April 2025. In both cases, negative funding rates preceded notable price rebounds.

“Historically, the market tends to move against a late consensus. The accumulation of shorts creates short-term selling pressure, but it also builds latent buying pressure. If prices begin to rise, these positions could be liquidated, fueling the upward move,” CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost explained.

Binance Lists XRP/RLUSD Trading Pairs, Boosting VolumeA positive development in the exchange space is also strengthening XRP’s outlook. On January 21, 2026, Binance announced the listing of a new XRP/RLUSD trading pair.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse expressed optimism about the move. Trading RLUSD on Binance exposes the stablecoin to a broader user base. This expansion reinforces the XRP Ledger ecosystem and can indirectly support XRP’s price.

The listing also opens an additional liquidity channel for both XRP and RLUSD. Over the long term, under favorable market conditions, deeper liquidity can improve market depth, reduce price volatility, and attract new capital inflows.

BeInCrypto’s technical analysis further highlights a bullish divergence as XRP fell below $2. This signal adds to the short-term recovery outlook.

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Nearly equal losses across long and short positions showed traders were wrong-footed as crypto prices swung violently within hours.

Institutional investors aren’t likely to be the ones to push Bitcoin to new highs this year without a market-moving event, according to macro researcher and FFTT founder, Luke Gromen.

“If you’re counting on institutional investors to run it from you know 90 to you know 150, if that’s your plan, that’s probably not going to happen without some major catalyst,” Gromen told Natalie Brunell on an episode of Coin Stories published to YouTube on Wednesday. 

“That’s not how institutional investors act,” he said. “They’re going to sit there and just go, I'll wait. I’ll wait,” he said.

A rise from Bitcoin’s (BTC) current price of around $89,880 to $150,000 would be a 67% increase, and 18.86% above its all-time high of $126,198, according to CoinMarketCap.

Bitcoin is up 2.48% over the past 30 days. Source: CoinMarketCap“At the very least that suggests there's a whole lot of wood to chop for Bitcoin,” Gromen said.

Significant market catalysts currently under watch are the US CLARITY Act, which is now facing uncertainty over its rollou, and potential further quantitative easing through more rate cuts from the US Federal Reserve.

Institutions still interested in Bitcoin: CryptoQuant CEOCrypto market participants often see growing institutional interest as a signal that prices could rise in the near term. On Wednesday, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said that “institutional demand for Bitcoin remains strong.” 

Ju pointed to the 577,000 Bitcoin bought up by institutional funds over the past year, which is equivalent to roughly $53 billion. “Still flowing in,” he reiterated.

In December, asset management company Grayscale pointed to institutional demand and clearer US regulations as the main catalysts behind its forecast for Bitcoin hitting new all-time highs in the first half of 2026.

Gromen plays with idea of Bitcoin dropping to $60KGromen said there is a possibility that Bitcoin “could easily” go to $60,000.

He floated the possibility of an “all-out trade war,” the US becoming isolated from the rest of the world, or even a recession, as scenarios that could trigger major Bitcoin sell-offs and dampen institutional interest.

“What happens to the cash flows of those businesses, do they have to turn sellers? Are the treasury companies of this cycle the forced sellers like we saw around FTX in 2022?” he said.

Treasury companies forced to sell would potentially flood the market with supply. 

Michael Saylor’s Strategy is the largest public Bitcoin treasury holder with 709,715 Bitcoin, worth approximately $63.77 billion, according to SaylorTracker.

Meanwhile, overall Bitcoin public treasury companies hold approximately 1.13 million Bitcoin, valued at approximately $101.56 billion, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET data. 

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Posted: January 22, 2026

Story’s (IP) prices have been exhibiting renewed strength after rebounding from a key support zone aligned with a fair value gap near $2.40. The aggressive bounce suggests that IP buyers may be actively defending this price level – Turning it into a short-term foundation for price stability.

That’s not all though as the Stochastic RSI appeared to be approaching the oversold zone at press time. This cemented the imbalance zone as a key turning point for the altcoin’s price action.

Source: TradingView

Institutional demand on the rise IP’s Open Interest climbed by $10 million over the last 24 hours, pointing to a hike in fresh capital volume flocking the market. Big players accumulate more long positions on the dip.

In fact, figures for the same were as high as $89 million at press time. This could be indicative of growing confidence in IP’s price action among investors and traders.

Source: Santiment

Whales take the biggest share of market supply Whale activity seemed to reinforce that positive sentiment too. In fact, the share of total IP supply held by large holders has risen to 55%, indicating that deep-pocketed investors may be accumulating during the dip rather than distributing.

As can be seen from similar whale and institutional alignments in the past, such behaviour often reflects expectations of higher prices ahead. Especially when it coincides with better derivatives activity.

Source: Santiment

What could be next for IP? With the support level holding, institutional positions rising, and whale control expanding, the market sentiment may be gradually shifting in favor of the bulls.

The big question now would be if there is any follow-through buying spree action that could kick in. If there is enough buying pressure, IP might gain enough strength to move past the press time levels and test the $4-zone – An intersection point of both the resistance levels and the liquidity.

Whether this level comes into effect in the near future will depend on market participation levels from larger players and whether the market can sustain above levels of $2.40.

In summary, the liquidity cluster summing up to the $290k placed at the psychological level of $4-resistance would be the most prominent target in line with IP’s price.

Source: Coinglass

Final Thoughts IP saw renewed momentum after defending the $2.40 fair value gap, with institutional positions strengthening rapidly. Hike in Open Interest and expanding whale control hinted at growing confidence across the market.

Inflation in the United States could climb above 4% this year, according to a new analysis by Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute and Peter R. Orszag of Lazard.

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Posted: January 22, 2026

XRP, the trailblazer in cross-border payments, has kept its momentum going into 2026. On 21 January, Ripple announced RLUSD’s Binance listing. This move represented a crucial moment in the company’s expansion.

CEO Brad Garlinghouse didn’t shy away from showing his excitement, tweeting,

“eXtRemely Positive to see $RLUSD listed on Binance.”

The RLUSD listing—along with XRP/RLUSD and RLUSD/USDT trading pairs—has cemented Ripple’s dominance in digital payments. In fact, it has also solidified its market standing.

What made the RLUSD Binance listing critical to Ripple’s strategy though? Well, Ripple leveraged the RLUSD Binance listing to enhance its position in the stablecoin market. The listing elevated liquidity and granted broader access to Ripple’s financial ecosystem.

Users reaped rewards of multichain interoperability RLUSD isn’t just any stablecoin. It is built for multichain interoperability. Ripple’s design integrated both Ethereum and the XRP Ledger (XRPL), allowing users to harness the benefits of both. With its addition to Binance, the number 1 exchange, RLUSD became more accessible for seamless Ethereum and XRPL transactions.

This multichain strategy isn’t just about flexibility; it is locked-in mass adoption.

Thanks to the same, developers and users gained the ability to tap into a broader blockchain landscape, positioning Ripple [XRP] for success in decentralized finance (DeFi), payments, and remittances.

RLUSD’s Binance Listing solidifies Ripple’s trust, regulatory status Ripple didn’t just stop at market expansion though. The RLUSD Binance listing boosted liquidity and cemented trust in Ripple’s ecosystem. RLUSD, fully backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S. Treasuries, and cash equivalents, has delivered both stability and regulatory compliance.

Ripple’s regulatory milestones, such as New York DFS approval and a conditional OCC charter, have strengthened RLUSD’s position too.

These advances mark RLUSD as a trusted, enterprise-grade stablecoin, appealing to institutional and retail investors who prioritized transparency and security.

What this means for XRP and Ripple’s future On the price charts, XRP’s price recorded a dip, dropping from $2 to $1.90. However, this isn’t a death sentence, keeping in mind that whatever Ripple does revolves around the betterment of XRP’s future. 

Source:TradingView

Ripple’s relentless focus on RLUSD, paired with its strides in DeFi, keep it firmly in the cross-border payments leadership seat.

Despite short-term volatility, Ripple’s regulatory progress and RLUSD’s expansion set the company up for long-term success. The growing stablecoin and tokenized finance sectors are ripe for growth, and Ripple may be perfectly positioned to reap the benefits.

Final Thoughts Ripple’s growth is strengthened by the RLUSD Binance listing, increasing liquidity and boosting XRP’s future prospects. Ripple’s multichain strategy and regulatory wins set XRP up for long-term dominance in payments and DeFi.

Data shows the Bitcoin market sentiment has seen a sharp turnaround recently as the Fear & Greed Index has swung to extreme fear.

Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index Is Back In Extreme Fear Zone The “Fear & Greed Index” refers to an indicator created by Alternative that tells us about the average sentiment present among traders in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency markets.

The index uses the data of the following five factors to determine the investor mentality: market cap dominance, trading volume, volatility, Google Trends, and social media sentiment. To represent the sentiment, it uses a numerical scale running from zero to hundred.

When the value of the Fear & Greed Index is greater than 53, it means a sentiment of greed is shared by the majority of traders. On the other hand, the indicator being below 47 implies the dominance of fear. All values lying between these two cutoffs correspond to a net neutral mentality.

Besides these three core regions, there are also two ‘extreme’ zones, known as the extreme fear (occurring at 25 and under) and extreme greed (above 75). At present, the market sentiment is in one of these zones, as the Fear & Greed Index’s latest value suggests.

The value of the metric is 24 | Source: Alternative As displayed above, the Bitcoin market sentiment is just inside the extreme fear territory right now, with the Fear & Greed Index sitting at 24. This level of despair among traders is a new development, as just earlier mood was much better.

How the Fear & Greed Index has changed over the past twelve months | Source: Alternative On January 15th, the index had a value of 61, putting the sentiment of the average investor firmly inside the greed territory. Only six days later, the situation has completely flipped.

The reason behind this shift lies in the bearish price action that the cryptocurrency has faced since US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on several European countries over Greenland.

The earlier greed sentiment also came after trader mentality saw a sharp swing. In fact, the shift was even faster back then, as the Fear & Greed Index went from a near-extreme fear level of 26 to the greedy value of 61 over just two days as Bitcoin witnessed a price surge beyond $97,000.

The latest drop back into the extreme zone may not entirely be a negative development for the cryptocurrency, though, if history is anything to refer to. Often, digital asset markets have tended to move in the direction that goes contrary to the expectations of the majority.

Since extreme fear is where a bearish mentality is the strongest, bottoms can be likely to occur in the zone. Similarly, extreme greed can lead to tops instead. With the sentiment currently in the former zone, it now remains to be seen how long it will take for Bitcoin to find back its footing.

BTC Price Bitcoin dropped under $88,000 earlier in the day, but the coin has since bounced back to $90,200.

The trend in the price of the coin over the last five days | Source: BTCUSDT on TradingView Featured image from Dall-E, chart from TradingView.com

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XRP is once again worrying analysts. A rare technical signal, identical to the one that preceded a 68 % drop in 2022, has just reappeared. As tensions return to the crypto market, this alert intensifies fears of a major pullback. At the same time, massive outflows from XRP ETFs increase pressure on Ripple’s crypto. Is history repeating itself?

In Brief XRP triggers a rare technical signal, identical to the one that preceded a 68 % drop in 2022. Analysts observe a worrying fractal structure, supported by massive weekly losses below the $2 threshold. Psychological pressure is rising among long-term investors, whose purchase price exceeds that of new entrants. In case of a clear break below $2, some foresee a retreat toward $1.10 to $1.03, close to the 200-week moving average. The Return of a Worrying Fractal Signal According to Glassnode data, XRP shows an on-chain structure strongly similar to that observed in February 2022, a period which preceded a 68 % drop in the crypto, while an expert had revealed its practical use cases.

This technical correlation relies on several key elements that fuel analysts’ concerns.

The common points between the current configuration and that of 2022 include :

A rare fractal signal : the price and volume structure closely resembles the one that preceded a massive pullback from February to May 2022 ; The breach of critical levels : in 2022, the loss of the $0.78 support had forced XRP down to $0.30. Today, the $2 threshold plays a similar role ; High realized losses : each time XRP falls below $2 is accompanied by weekly losses of $500M to $1.2B, which fuels emotional pressure on investors ; A signal of imbalance between cohorts: long-term holders (6-12 months) see their purchase cost exceed that of new buyers, creating a risk of panic selling. Glassnode highlights that psychological pressure on bullish buyers continues to rise. This tension strengthens as XRP fails to defend the $2 threshold, which has become a strategic marker of confidence or break.

By comparison, breaking the $0.55 level in May 2022 led to a 48 % drop within weeks. If XRP were to break below $2, several analysts anticipate a retreat to the $1.10 to $1.03 area, close to the 200-week moving average. This is precisely the pattern that occurred during the last major bear cycle.

ETF Flows and Institutional Pressure Beyond chart considerations, recent movements in XRP ETFs are striking. On Tuesday, XRP ETFs recorded their second day of net outflows since their launch, with a total amount of $53.32M. This is the largest outflow since their market launch, even exceeding the $40M withdrawals recorded on January 7.

This dynamic reflects a change in institutional investors’ stance. The current context, marked by a general pullback in the crypto market, favors a cautious, even defensive, attitude. ETF net outflows are seen as a signal of gradual disengagement, which could weigh more on the price, especially if it continues over multiple sessions.

The XRP price is evolving under high tension, caught between a worrying technical signal and massive institutional withdrawals. If the $2 zone is permanently broken, the market could witness a new correction phase. Attention is focused on on-chain indicators and ETF flows to anticipate the next moves.

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Binance lists RLUSD with zero-fee trading starting January 22, 2026.Ripple’s RLUSD is a USD-backed stablecoin impacting market liquidity.Trading volumes for RLUSD surge following its addition to Binance. Binance will list RLUSD, a Ripple Labs stablecoin, on January 22, 2026, offering spot trading and zero-fee exchanges, enhancing its crypto trading options.

The launch strengthens RLUSD’s market position, backed by Ripple’s blockchain expertise, potentially affecting liquidity and trading strategies for related cryptocurrencies like XRP and USDT.

Binance’s Zero-Fee Listing of RLUSD Begins January 22, 2026 Binance introduces the RLUSD spot product on its platform, allowing users to trade with zero fees. The listing will be available on January 22, 2026, through Binance’s “Buy Crypto” feature, making it convenient for users to transact using credit cards or account balances.

The introduction of RLUSD on Binance will impact overall market liquidity and trading volumes. Starting January 23, 2026, RLUSD becomes a borrowable asset in cross-margin and isolated-margin trading, enhancing its utility for traders and institutional investors alike.

eXtRemely Positive to see $RLUSD listed on @binance, said Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple. Trading Volumes Surge as RLUSD Gains Market Traction Did you know? Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin utilizes a decade of blockchain expertise to facilitate cross-border payments, leveraging Ripple’s longstanding presence in the financial technology sector.

CoinMarketCap data indicates Ripple USD’s price remains stable at $1.00 with a market cap of $1.34 billion. It shows minimal fluctuations with a 0.05% change over 24 hours. The stablecoin maintains a market dominance of 0.04% with a circulating supply of over 1.33 billion. The 24-hour trading volume is $173.05 million, evidencing increased interest and liquidity.

Ripple USD(RLUSD), daily chart, screenshot on CoinMarketCap at 07:38 UTC on January 22, 2026. Source: CoinMarketCap Coincu researchers note that the listing of RLUSD on Binance could significantly impact its trading volumes and market presence. The move may enhance the stablecoin’s adoption in various financial sectors, driven by Ripple’s established reputation in blockchain technology.

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All three of these stocks have done well; investors' perception is the only thing holding them back.

Back in December 2024, I named my top 10 stocks for 2025. That group included:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing ASML Meta Platforms (META +1.47%) Alphabet Amazon (AMZN +0.17%) CrowdStrike dLoca PayPal (PYPL +1.41%) MercadoLibre Nvidia This list wasn't given in any particular order, and for the most part, these stocks crushed it. In fact, only three lost to the market. Considering the S&P 500 (^GSPC +1.16%) had a great 2025, that's not too shabby a call. But are the three that lost still buyable in 2026?

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The underperformance ranges There's one large item that stands out when all 10 stocks are graphed versus the broader market: PayPal's terrible performance.

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The S&P 500 had an impressive year, rising 16.4%. However, Meta Platforms, Amazon, and PayPal all underperformed. The reasons for their underperformance vary.

Meta Platforms was beating the market until it announced its third-quarter results, giving guidance that it would increase its data center capital expenditures again in 2026. Investors didn't like that and sold the stock off as a result.

Amazon underperformed pretty much throughout the entire year, and its underperformance mostly came from the fact that it had a high premium heading into 2025. Now that the premium has disappeared, it trades at the same price as other big tech stocks. With how strong Amazon's business has looked over the past few quarters, it could be set up for a huge 2026.

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Last is PayPal. PayPal is a turnaround story, and it isn't delivering much growth. However, the stock is incredibly cheap at less than 10 times forward earnings. At some point in time, stocks just become too cheap to ignore, especially one that has as much exposure to global payments as PayPal does.

So, which of these three stocks are buys for 2026?

All three could make a comeback in 2026 I think all three of these stocks are poised to beat the market in 2026. Meta can soar on solid returns on investments in its data center spending. If Amazon maintains the strength of its financial results that it ended 2025 with, then it should also bounce back.

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I have the least confidence in PayPal, as it will take a serious change in market perception for it to do well. However, if PayPal continues repurchasing shares and growing its diluted earnings per share (EPS) at a double-digit pace, I think a turnaround is inevitable.

These three all make for solid picks in 2026, but they are far from a surefire bet.

Keithen Drury has positions in Alphabet, Amazon, CrowdStrike, DLocal, MercadoLibre, Meta Platforms, Nvidia, PayPal, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends ASML, Alphabet, Amazon, CrowdStrike, MercadoLibre, Meta Platforms, Nvidia, PayPal, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing. The Motley Fool recommends DLocal and recommends the following options: long January 2027 $42.50 calls on PayPal, long January 2027 $7 calls on DLocal, short January 2027 $10 calls on DLocal, and short March 2026 $65 calls on PayPal. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Nokia only publishes a summary of its financial reports in stock exchange releases. The summary focuses on Nokia Group's financial information as well as on Nokia's outlook.

The detailed, segment-level discussion will be available in the complete financial report hosted at www.nokia.com/financials. Investors should not solely rely on summaries of Nokia's financial reports, but should also review the complete reports with tables.

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