Crypto Evening Digest | Key Updates from Dubai, Vitalik, and BlackRock on January 12

Highlights of the Day (12:00-21:00)

Here are the key news highlights from January 12, covering developments involving Dubai, Vitalik Buterin, Standard Chartered, BlackRock, and more.

• Hassett: Still interested in a Federal Reserve position
• Dubai bans privacy coins within the Dubai International Financial Centre
• Vitalik: Ethereum must pass the 'exit test' to ensure security
• Standard Chartered's venture arm plans to launch a crypto prime brokerage service
• CoinShares: $454 million outflow from digital asset investment products last week
• BlackRock transfers 3,143 BTC and 7,204 ETH to Coinbase
• US Treasury Secretary explains MBS bond-buying plan: Trump administration to offset Fed's balance sheet reduction
• Republican lawmakers back stricter stock trading rules for members of Congress