Ripple President Monica Long says company will stay private despite $40 billion valuation
Key Takeaways Ripple sees no rush for an IPO despite a massive $40 billion valuation. Monica Long emphasizes a strong...
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Dfns Integrates Concordium Blockchain For Compliant Web3 Wallets
Dfns, a digital wallet infrastructure provider and a partner of tech giant IBM, has integrated Concordium’s layer-1 (L1) blockchain to...
Rumble and Tether unveil new crypto wallet, enabling direct tipping in Bitcoin and USDT
Key Takeaways Rumble and Tether introduce the Rumble Wallet, a non-custodial crypto wallet allowing direct tipping in Bitcoin, USDT, and...
JPM Coin to launch natively on Canton Network in 2026
Digital Asset and Kinexys by JPMorgan plan to bring USD JPM Coin (JPMD) natively to the Canton Network, extending the...
Barclays Invests In Ubyx Stablecoin Platform
Barclays, one of the world’s biggest banks and a systemically important global financial institution, has made its first investment in...
RAKBank Wins In-Principle Approval for AED-Backed Stablecoin
RAKBank is preparing to join the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) fast-evolving stablecoin ecosystem after receiving in-principle approval on Jan. 7...
‘I’ll Get Impeached’ if Dems Win Midterms
US President Donald Trump told Republicans on Tuesday he could be impeached if the party loses the US midterm elections...
CLARITY Act Headed For Markup: US Senator Tim Scott
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which is set to provide the US crypto industry with more regulatory clarity, will...
Sell Your Bitcoin and Cry Later? Tim Draper Backs a Way out as BTC Holders Face Brutal Liquidity Trap
Bitcoin holders can now tap liquidity without selling, as Tim Draper backs Sats Terminal’s non-custodial bitcoin-backed lending marketplace designed to...
Strategy stock soars as MSCI pauses plan to drop digital asset treasury firms
Key Takeaways Strategy, previously MicroStrategy, saw a post-market stock increase. MSCI decided not to remove digital asset treasury firms from...
Riot Platforms sells $161 million in Bitcoin, trimming its holdings to 18,005 BTC
Key Takeaways Riot Platforms sold 1,818 Bitcoin in December for around $161 million. The company currently holds 18,005 BTC worth...
US Crypto Market Structure Bill could be Delayed until 2027: Report
Investment bank TD Cowen reportedly warned that the 2026 midterm elections in the United States could pull support needed to...
Why Crypto-Treasury Stocks Fall Faster Than the Assets They Hold
Is the “crypto treasury” strategy a double-edged sword for investors? Not long ago, companies marketed crypto-treasury stocks as a straightforward...
BitMEX Has Launched Equity Perps for 24/7 Trading
BitMEX is expanding beyond crypto-native markets with the launch of Equity Perps, a new line of perpetual swap contracts that...
Morgan Stanley Files For Bitcoin, Solana ETF With SEC
Update Jan. 6, 12:57 p.m. UTC: This article has been updated to include a paragraph on Morgan Stanley’s prior involvement...
BitMart launches prediction market for crypto and event trading
Key Takeaways BitMart has officially launched its Prediction Market, a new product that allows users to trade forecasts. The product...
Polymarket Adds Taker Fees to 15-Minute Crypto Markets
Prediction market platform Polymarket updated its documentation to show that 15-minute crypto up/down markets now carry taker fees, marking a...
South Korea weighs preemptive crypto account freezes to curb market abuse
The proposal would let regulators suspend transactions before gains are laundered or moved. Authorities want to extend stock market-style enforcement...
India tightens crypto oversight as exchanges move under FIU monitoring
FIU reviews linked crypto transactions to scams, fraud, gambling networks, and serious criminal activities. Non-compliant crypto platforms were fined ₹28...
South Korea Mulls Freezing Unrealized Crypto Gains to Curb Manipulation
South Korea’s financial authorities are reportedly weighing whether to allow regulators to preemptively freeze crypto accounts suspected of price manipulation.The...
Crypto Companies Contribute $21M to Trump PAC Ahead of US Midterms
Two major cryptocurrency exchanges have contributed more than $21 million to a political action committee (PAC) supporting US President Donald...
China’s Financial Associations Reclassify RWAs as ‘Risky‘: Report
Several of the largest financial industry associations in China have reportedly signaled that the country’s regulators could crack down on...
