United States missile manufacturing is failing to keep pace with the tempo of modern warfare, raising concerns about how quickly the military can replace precision weapons in a high-intensity conflict. To examine where the bottlenecks lie and how they affect readiness, Defence Blog sought comment from John Borrego, Senior Vice President of Aerospace and Defense […]

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The United States Air Force conducted Exercise Dragon Shield at Beale Air Force Base, California, in 2026, testing the ability of maintenance units to launch and recover U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft under simulated contested conditions, the service said in a released update. The exercise focused on the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), which was tasked […]

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The United States Central Command has awarded defense technology firm Raft a new contract to deploy an artificial intelligence system designed for battlefield operations, following a competitive five-day evaluation hosted by CENTCOM, the company announced on January 22. Raft received the award through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) issued by the Chief Digital and Artificial […]

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Safran Federal Systems has completed a successful flight demonstration of its Blacknaute inertial navigation system aboard a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the company announced on January 21, confirming the system’s ability to operate accurately in GPS-denied and electronically contested environments. The test flight validated that the Blacknaute system maintained precise navigation performance without […]

The United States Army has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to enterprise browser developer HERE to build an artificial intelligence–based data interoperability layer for Army command-and-control systems, the company said on January 21, 2026. According to a press release from HERE, the project will use the company’s Enterprise Browser platform as a […]

The United States Missile Defense Agency has selected Protopia AI as an awardee under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract vehicle, the company confirmed on January 20, 2026, opening the door for the firm to compete for future missile defense and homeland security task orders. According to a company statement, Protopia AI […]

Bitcoin (BTC) has recorded a dip below the $90,000 level. But how much of the drop was the result of various macroeconomic, geopolitical, and regulatory factors? Analysts have shared their valuable insights on the matter.

Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has remained mostly unchanged by the time of writing (Thursday afternoon, UTC). It has gone up by just 0.2%, currently trading at $89,582.

Earlier in the day, it saw a notable drop to the $87,300 level, before climbing to the briefly held $90,295.

Observing its performance over the past week, we see it’s now down nearly 8%, trading between $87,653 and $96,875.

Clarity Bill is Far More Important for Market Than Tariff Noise

Nic Puckrin, digital asset analyst and co-founder of Coin Bureau, commented on the CLARITY Act being postponed in the US. The bill was supposed to be passed last year but is still being delayed.

Puckrin says that, despite President Donald Trump’s statement that the bill would be signed “soon”, there’s a reason he didn’t mention it until the very end of his speech in Davos.

“While he may say crypto is a priority, […] it’s clearly not the first item on the agenda,” Puckrin writes.

Bitcoin grinding sideways while gold surges isn’t a sign of fading conviction.

It’s the shift from a high-beta venture asset to a crystallised institutional balance sheet play.

In macro stress, gold absorbs the immediate scale and urgency because it remains the world’s primary…

— Nic (@nicrypto) January 22, 2026

However, BTC fell below $90,000 yesterday. The most significant lesson learned from the market’s reaction is that “tariff noise” is not that relevant. Instead, the bill is “far more important to the future of digital assets.”

Puckrin writes:

“The momentary euphoria over America’s commitment to crypto quickly faded, and even the cancellation of tariffs on NATO countries couldn’t lift it higher.”

Taking a long time to agree on a perfect piece of legislation is not a good idea, he argues. Instead, passing the bill quickly would bring more benefits. However, this is likely just the first of many delays to “this potentially game-changing digital asset legislation.” And yet, “the longer CLARITY is delayed, the longer uncertainty prevails.”

“The big concern is that this could take years rather than months, leaving the crypto industry in the same limbo it has been fighting so hard to emerge from,” the analyst warns.

Bitcoin Remains Resilient

Dom Harz, Co-Founder of BOB, commented that many are keeping an eye on BTC’s day-to-day price movements. However, Bitcoin has remained “relatively resilient” nonetheless. It’s up 2% this month (at the writing time) despite broader market volatility.

As Davos is wrapping up, he says, “conversations among institutional leaders and investors highlight the growing emphasis on resilience, efficiency, and the search for credible and reliable stores of value.”

Bitcoin is the hardest collateral on earth.

DeFi is the most transparent financial stack.

Yet very little BTC touches DeFi.

That gap is the opportunity. https://t.co/0At7z7izQ3

— BOB (@build_on_bob) January 22, 2026

Notably, “institutions are shifting from simply holding BTC to searching for opportunities that enable it to function as productive capital, while remaining anchored to Bitcoin’s base layer security,” Harz says.

Therefore, he argues, the focus now needs to be on developing Bitcoin DeFi infrastructure to support secure participation and scale mainstream adoption.

Structural Pressures Stay Intact

Bitunix analysts noted a recent (what appears to be) bond market liquidity shock. It is a stress test of policy credibility within the global financial system, they write.

“In the short term, markets trade on sentiment; in the medium term, on the boundaries of central bank action; and in the long term, on whether institutional demand for non-sovereign assets is genuinely awakened,” the analysts explain.

So, what happened exactly?

On 21 January, Japan’s long-dated government bond market saw a sudden wave of selling. 30-year and 40-year as Japanese Government Bond (JGB) yields jumped more than 25 basis points in a single session, Bitunix writes.

“The magnitude of the move was described as a ‘six-standard-deviation’ event and quickly spilled over into U.S. Treasuries, pushing the U.S. 10-year yield to its highest level since last August,” they explained.

Bitunix Analyst $BTC is still moving in a range around $90K, with price reacting mainly to liquidity levels.@coinglass_com data shows a short-liquidation cluster near $91K, which could be swept if momentum builds. On the downside, $89K–$87K holds dense long-liquidation… pic.twitter.com/lefuwLuZMz

— Bitunix (@BitunixOfficial) January 22, 2026

Japanese Finance Minister and the U.S. Treasury Secretary both called for market calm at Davos. The goal is “to contain the spread of a ‘weaponization of bond markets’ narrative.”

However, the analysts warn that “verbal intervention alone is unlikely to fully suppress volatility.” Structural pressures remain intact. These include Japan’s rapidly rising domestic rates, election-related uncertainty, and market expectations of unconventional Bank of Japan bond-buying measures weighing on sentiment.

Therefore, “for the crypto market, the sharp dislocation in sovereign bond markets once again highlights the fragility of traditional safe-haven assets.”

The analysts predict that:

• In the short term, simultaneous pressure on bonds and risk assets may dampen risk appetite in crypto markets.
• Over the medium term, if the politicisation of bond markets and monetary intervention become persistent features, this dynamic could reinforce the allocation case for BTC as a non-sovereign asset.
• Over the longer term, sustained erosion in global interest rates and currency stability could result in a repricing of crypto assets’ strategic weight within portfolio allocation.

The post Euphoria Over the US Commitment to Crypto Quickly Faded, But Which Key Factors Affect Bitcoin – Analysts Weigh In appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Norwegian Armed Forces, alongside about 3,000 United States Marines and other U.S. and NATO units, will conduct Exercise Cold Response 26 in northern Norway in March 2026, with allied forces beginning cold-weather training deployments as early as January, U.S. and Norwegian officials confirmed. The exercise is a Norwegian-led, routine winter drill designed to test […]

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The American monoculture -- the era when three television networks, seven movie studios, and a handful of record labels determined virtually everything the country watched and heard -- is collapsing under the weight of algorithmic recommendation engines and infinite streaming options. An estimated 200 million tickets were sold for "Gone With the Wind" in 1939 when the U.S. population was 130 million; more than 100 million people watched the MAS*H finale in 1983. Only three American productions grossed more than $1 billion in 2025, down from nine in 2019. "That broad experience has become a more difficult thing for us studio people to manufacture," said Donna Langley, chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment. "The audience wants a much better value for their money." YouTube became the most popular video platform on televisions not by having the hottest shows but by having something for everyone. The internet broke Hollywood's hold on distribution; anyone can now stream to the same devices Disney and Netflix use.

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BrianFagioli writes: The New York Stock Exchange, owned by Intercontinental Exchange, is developing a platform for trading tokenized versions of U.S. listed stocks and ETFs around the clock, pending regulatory approval. The system would combine the NYSE's existing matching engine with blockchain-based settlement, enabling 24x7 trading, instant settlement, and fractional share purchases priced in dollar amounts. Shares would remain fully regulated securities, with dividends and voting rights intact, rather than cryptocurrencies, even though the backend would run on blockchain-style infrastructure.

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