Wall Street Giant CME Group Is Eyeing Its Own 'CME Coin,' CEO Says
CME Group’s CEO Terry Duffy confirmed the firm is evaluating a proprietary cryptocurrency, potentially deployed on a decentralized network. The move follows CME’s ongoing tokenized‑cash project with Google, slated for launch later this year, and aligns with its broader push into digital collateral. CME also plans to expand its crypto futures lineup, adding Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar contracts while rolling out 24/7 trading. With $12 billion in crypto derivatives volume last year, the exchange is positioning itself at the forefront of institutional tokenization.
Europe’s Role in the Next Wave of Tokenisation
The tokenisation of real‑world assets surged 260% in H1 2025, reaching $23 billion on‑chain, cementing its role as a cornerstone of institutional blockchain adoption. Major banks such as BlackRock, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are actively exploring tokenised products, yet growth is hampered...
Bitcoin's Correlation with Troubled Software Stock Sector Is Growing
Bitcoin’s price is now moving in lockstep with the software‑focused IGV ETF, as a 30‑day rolling correlation climbs to 0.73. Both assets have underperformed this year—IGV down about 20% and Bitcoin roughly 16%—reflecting a shared exposure to the software sector’s...
Indian Investors Are Buying the Bitcoin Price Dip, CoinDCX Says
Indian investors are shifting from speculative trading to disciplined Bitcoin buying, using systematic investment plans and strategic market orders. CoinDCX reports rising volumes, with trading up 15% from December to January, as investors diversify into Ether, Solana and XRP. The...
Bitcoin Falls Back to $74,000, Remaining on Defense as AI Jitters Shake Tech Sector
Bitcoin slipped below $74,000 on Tuesday, erasing Tuesday’s rebound as weakness in the tech sector weighed on the cryptocurrency market. The Nasdaq 100 fell 1% after a 1.5% drop the previous day, while the iShares Expanded Tech‑Software ETF lost another 4%,...
Spanish Lender BBVA Joins EU Banks' Stablecoin Venture to Challenge Digital Dollars
BBVA, Spain's second‑largest bank with $800 billion in assets, has become the 12th member of the Amsterdam‑based Qivalis consortium, which aims to launch a euro‑pegged stablecoin. The initiative seeks to provide a regulated, bank‑backed alternative to crypto‑native stablecoins that are dominated...
Ripple’s Prime Brokerage Platform Adds Support for Decentralized Exchange Hyperliquid
Ripple announced that its institutional prime brokerage platform, Ripple Prime, now integrates the decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid. The link gives clients on‑chain perpetual liquidity while keeping margin and risk controls inside Ripple Prime, enabling cross‑margining of DeFi derivatives with traditional...
ProShares Unveils First U.S. ETF that Lets You Buy the Top 20 Cryptos at Once
ProShares launched the CoinDesk 20 Crypto ETF (KRYP), the first U.S.-listed fund that tracks the CoinDesk 20 Index covering the twenty largest and most liquid digital assets. The index is market‑cap weighted, subject to concentration caps, and rebalanced quarterly, while excluding stablecoins,...
Opinion Raises $20 Million as Prediction Markets Draw Capital in a Weak Crypto Market
Opinion, a blockchain‑based prediction‑market platform, announced a $20 million pre‑Series A raise backed by investors such as Hack VC and Jump Crypto. The company claims to process about one‑third of global prediction‑market volume, with over $130 million in open interest across categories ranging from macro...
Bitcoin’s Thinnest Price Zone Hints at Extended Stay Between $70,000 and $80,000
Bitcoin has been trading tightly between $70,000 and $79,999 for five straight days, marking a prolonged stay in a historically thin $10,000 bucket that it has occupied only about 35 days in total. The scarcity of on‑chain supply within this...
TRM Labs Hits Unicorn Status in $70 Million Fund Raise with Goldman's Participation
TRM Labs announced a $70 million Series C round that lifts its valuation to $1 billion, officially achieving unicorn status. The round was led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Goldman Sachs, Citi Ventures, Bessemer, Thoma Bravo and Brevan Howard, bringing total capital raised to $220 million. TRM’s...
This Onchain Metric Has Identified the Bitcoin Bottom Every Cycle
The BTC profit‑vs‑loss supply metric compares the amount of Bitcoin held at a cost basis above the current price with the amount held below it. Glassnode reports 11.1 million BTC in profit and 8.9 million in loss, indicating a narrowing gap. Historically,...
Crypto’s Wealthy Investors and Industry Leaders See IPO Hype Waning in 2026
The CfC St. Moritz report shows cryptocurrency IPO enthusiasm fading after a record 2025 that delivered 11 listings and $14.6 billion in capital. Investor confidence has slipped, with fewer respondents feeling as optimistic as last year. Over 100 of the 242...
Bitcoin's 'RSI' Screams Oversold. Here Is What It Means
Bitcoin’s 14‑day relative strength index has slipped below the 30 threshold, flagging oversold conditions as the cryptocurrency trades around the $73,000‑$75,000 support zone. The RSI, a momentum tool invented by J. Welles Wilder Jr., suggests recent sell‑off momentum may be excessive,...
Crypto Darknet Drug Kingpin Rui-Siang Lin Gets 30 Years
U.S. prosecutors sentenced Taiwanese national Rui‑Siang Lin, alleged operator of the Incognito Market darknet drug platform, to 30 years in federal prison. The marketplace moved over $105 million in illicit narcotics between October 2020 and March 2024, completing more than 640,000 transactions and...
CoinDesk Research: U.S. Leads Institutional Crypto, Asia Rules Trading Ahead of Consensus Miami
CoinDesk Research’s Global Digital Asset Adoption Index shows Asia leading in exchange trading volumes, stable‑coin transaction flows, and crypto ownership, while the United States dominates exchange‑traded products, custody infrastructure, and regulatory clarity. The report highlights a structural split: Asia’s retail‑focused,...
‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Warns Bitcoin Plunge Could Trigger $1 Billion Gold, Silver Sell-Off
Michael Burry warned that Bitcoin’s drop below $73,000, a 40% decline, could trigger a cascade of losses across markets. He estimates up to $1 billion in gold and silver positions were liquidated as institutions covered crypto losses. Burry cautions that if...
Canada’s Investment Watchdog Rolls Out Crypto Custody Rules to Avoid Another QuadrigaCX
Canada’s investment regulator CIRO introduced a Digital Asset Custody Framework to tighten crypto custody standards after the QuadrigaCX collapse. The rules require tiered, risk‑based custody arrangements and give CIRO authority to act quickly on hacking, fraud or insolvency risks. Platforms...
Trump's White House Won't Tolerate Attacks on the President in Crypto Bill, Adviser Says
President Donald Trump's White House, through digital‑assets adviser Patrick Witt, has rejected Senate‑drafted anti‑corruption provisions that would single out the president and his family in the pending crypto market‑structure bill. Witt described the proposals, especially those from Sen. Adam Schiff,...
Digital Wallets Will Hold 'Totality' Of People's Assets, Says Franklin Templeton
At the Ondo Summit, Franklin Templeton’s head of innovation Sandy Kaul announced that future asset management will be “wallet‑native,” with all financial assets tokenized in digital wallets. A panel of senior managers from Fidelity, State Street and WisdomTree confirmed that...
XRP Plunges 6% as Bitcoin Drops Under Support, Worsening Downtrend
XRP dropped 6.3% to about $1.54 as Bitcoin slipped below its $27,000 support, sparking a broad crypto sell‑off. The breach of the $1.60 technical floor triggered high‑volume forced selling, preventing a rebound above $1.56. Traders now view the $1.50 level...
Why a $9 Billion Bitcoin Sale by Single Galaxy Client Reignites Quantum Threat Debate
Galaxy Digital disclosed that a single client sold roughly $9 billion worth of Bitcoin, a move framed as estate‑planning and linked to concerns over quantum‑computing threats. The liquidation unfolded over weeks, adding downward pressure to an already volatile market and signaling...
'You Are Not Scaling Ethereum': Vitalik Buterin Issues a Blunt Reality Check to the Biggest Crypto Networks
Vitalik Buterin announced that Ethereum’s original rollup‑centric roadmap no longer makes sense as the main chain’s scaling capabilities improve. He highlighted that layer‑2 networks such as Arbitrum, Optimism and Base have struggled to achieve deeper decentralization. With gas fees low...
Solana to Reach $2,000 by 2030 Despite Recent Plunge to $100, Says Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered’s crypto research head Geoffrey Kendrick projects Solana (SOL) to reach $2,000 by 2030, despite a recent dip to around $100. He trimmed his 2026 price target to $250 from $310 but sees a longer‑term surge driven by stablecoin‑based...
MetaMask Integrates Ondo to Offer 200+ Tokenized U.S. Stocks Inside Crypto Wallet
MetaMask has integrated Ondo Finance’s Global Markets platform to bring more than 200 tokenized U.S. stocks, ETFs and commodities into its self‑custodial wallet. The feature is limited to eligible mobile users in supported non‑U.S. jurisdictions, allowing them to buy and...
Kraken Parent Company Payward Posts 33% Growth in Full-Year Revenue
Payward, the parent of Kraken, reported a 33% jump in adjusted 2025 revenue to $2.2 billion, driven by a 34% rise in transaction volume to $2 trillion. Trading activities generated 47% of revenue, with EBITDA reaching 26% ($531 million). The firm also disclosed...
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin (BTC) Trades Flat as Index Inches Lower
CoinDesk’s daily update shows the CoinDesk 20 index slipping 0.3% to 2,283.41, with Bitcoin trading flat. Leaders ICP and BNB posted modest gains, while HBAR and XLM led declines, pulling the index lower. Nine of the twenty constituents rose, offsetting the...
TeraWulf Jumps 11% After Buying Power-Rich Kentucky and Maryland Sites
TeraWulf (WULF) surged 11% after announcing the acquisition of two power‑rich sites in Hawesville, Kentucky, and Morgantown, Maryland, boosting its total capacity to 2.8 GW. The Kentucky property adds 1.5 GW of immediate power, while the Maryland facility brings an existing 210 MW...
Flare Unveils New Way for XRP Holders to Earn Yield Through a Massive DeFi Upgrade
Flare blockchain launched a DeFi upgrade that enables lending and borrowing of FXRP through an integration with the Morpho protocol. The new functionality allows XRP holders to earn yield by depositing FXRP or to borrow assets such as stablecoins using...
Galaxy Digital Shares Decline 6% After $482 Million Q4 Loss
Galaxy Digital reported a $482 million net loss for Q4 2025, pushing its shares down more than 6 % in pre‑market trading. The loss stemmed from falling cryptocurrency prices and a one‑time $160 million expense. Despite the quarterly deficit, the firm posted $426 million...
Strategy Slides Toward Eighth Straight Monthly Decline
Strategy (MSTR) is on track for an eighth straight monthly decline, with the stock down about 7% in February and 75% from its November 2024 peak. The company’s multiple to net asset value (mNAV) sits at 1.09, allowing it to...
Bitcoin and Ether Are Tanking, but DeFi Investors Are Refusing to Cave to the Panic
Bitcoin and ether have plunged to multi‑year lows, dragging major crypto prices down sharply. Despite the sell‑off, decentralized finance’s total value locked (TVL) slipped only 12%, from $120 billion to $105 billion, outpacing the broader market decline. Ether deployed in DeFi rose...
Moscow Exchange to Add SOL, XRP, and TRX Futures Contracts to Crypto Derivatives Lineup
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) will add cash‑settled futures for Solana, XRP and Tron, expanding its crypto derivatives lineup beyond Bitcoin and Ether. The contracts will be based on newly created token indices and settled in rubles, with trading limited to...
Elon Musk Says SpaceX May Put DOGE 'on the Moon' Next Year
Elon Musk replied “maybe next year” to a revived tweet about SpaceX putting a literal Dogecoin on the moon, reigniting public interest. The meme token remains trading just below $0.11, down roughly 60% year‑over‑year and 90% from its 2021 peak....
DeFi Doyen Stani Kulechov Buys $30 Million Mansion in London’s Notting Hill: Bloomberg
Stani Kulechov, founder of the decentralized lending platform Aave, bought a five‑floor mansion in London’s Notting Hill for £22 million, roughly £2 million under the guide price. The purchase was finalized in November and marks one of the most high‑profile real‑estate deals...
Ripple-Backed Custody Secures $280 Million Diamond Tokenization Push in UAE
Billiton Diamond and tokenization firm Ctrl Alt have moved more than $280 million of certified polished diamonds onto the XRP Ledger, using Ripple’s enterprise custody technology to secure the assets. The initiative creates an institutional‑grade tokenization pipeline in the UAE, with...
Crypto’s AI Push Stalls without a ‘ChatGPT Moment,’ Justin Sun Says
Justin Sun says AI could become crypto’s next growth driver, but the industry lacks a consumer‑facing “ChatGPT moment” to prove value. Most AI‑linked tokens remain conceptual rather than functional, limiting market excitement. He points to stablecoins and cross‑border payments on...
Elon Musk's xAI Is Hiring Crypto Specialists to Train Its AI Models
Elon Musk's xAI announced a remote Finance Expert – Crypto position to train its frontier AI models on digital‑asset market dynamics. The role will provide high‑quality annotations, evaluations, and expert explanations of on‑chain activity, trading behavior, and risk management. Rather...
Germans Can Now Buy Bitcoin, Ether, Solana Products Directly From Their ING Accounts
ING Deutschland, Germany's largest retail bank, now lets customers purchase crypto‑backed exchange‑traded products tracking Bitcoin, Ether and Solana directly through their securities accounts. The ETFs, issued by firms such as 21Shares, Bitwise and VanEck, mirror the price movements of the...
Bitcoin, Ether and Major Tokens Stage Relief Rally After Weekend Bloodbath
Bitcoin surged back to just under $79,000 after a weekend plunge that dragged prices to multi‑month lows and sparked billions in derivative liquidations. Ether topped $2,340 and other large‑cap tokens such as Solana, BNB, XRP and Cardano gained between 3%...
Here Is Why Ethereum's ‘Brutal Stumble’ Looks Exactly Like the Start of the Last Bull Run: Asia Morning Briefing
Ethereum’s price relative to Bitcoin has entered a pattern reminiscent of the pre‑bull‑run phase seen in 2022. The ETH‑BTC ratio fell about 31% after hitting a low roughly nine months before gold peaked, matching the historical drawdown that preceded a...
Family Offices Shun Crypto Despite Hype, with 89% Holding No Digital Assets: JPMorgan Private Bank
JPMorgan Private Bank’s 2026 Global Family Office Report finds that 89% of surveyed family offices hold no cryptocurrency and 72% lack gold exposure, underscoring a cautious stance toward traditional and emerging hedges. Only 17% of wealthy families say digital assets...
GameStop's Ryan Cohen Appears to Be Moving on From Bitcoin, Eyes 'Consumer Megadeal'
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen announced plans to acquire a large publicly traded consumer company, aiming to transform the retailer’s valuation into the hundreds of billions. The move follows the recent transfer of the firm’s 4,710 bitcoin holdings to Coinbase Prime,...
Opera Stock Jumps 15% After Announcing Expanded Support for Tether Tokens
Opera (OPRA) shares jumped more than 15% after the company announced expanded support for Tether's USDT stablecoin and gold‑backed XAUT token in its MiniPay self‑custodial wallet. MiniPay, which now boasts 12.6 million activated wallets, processed over $153 million in stablecoin transactions in...
Cboe Is Looking to Make Trading as Simple as a ‘Yes or No’ Rivalling Prediction Markets
Cboe Global Markets is in early discussions to launch a binary‑style, all‑or‑none options product that pays a fixed amount if a specified event occurs. The offering would mirror prediction‑market platforms such as Polymarket, Kalshi and Coinbase, using a traditional options...
Earnings Season Gathers Steam, U.S. Jobs: Crypto Week Ahead
The week of Feb 2 2026 sees a surge in crypto earnings as Strategy (MSTR) and Galaxy Digital (GLXY) release results, while Bullish (BLSH) follows. Central banks in Europe will announce interest‑rate decisions on Thursday, and the U.S. jobs report, including non‑farm...
Crypto Crime Is Getting Violent: ‘Wrench Attacks’ Jumped 75% in 2026
Crypto‑related “wrench attacks” surged 75 % in 2026, reaching 72 confirmed incidents worldwide, while physical assaults tied to cryptocurrency theft rose 250 %. Europe now accounts for over 40 % of these violent crimes, with France leading at 19 reported cases—more than double...
Futures Price Gap on CME Offers Bitcoin Bulls a Glimmer of Hope
CME bitcoin futures reopened Sunday at $77,385, creating a sizable gap from Friday's $84,445 close after a steep spot decline to $75,000. The gap represents a 7‑8% divergence between futures and spot, with current futures near $78,230 versus spot $77,800....
Jim Cramer Questions Where the Bitcoin Bulls Are as the Crypto Price Slides to $74,000
Jim Cramer highlighted Bitcoin’s sharp decline to roughly $74,000, its lowest point since April 2025, and questioned where the asset’s most vocal supporters were. He identified a potential support zone near $73,000 and argued that a rebound would need to...
Ripple Secures Full EU E-Money License in Luxembourg
Ripple announced it has secured full approval of an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license from Luxembourg’s regulator CSSF, after receiving preliminary approval last month. The license allows Ripple to offer regulated payment services across the European Union, supporting its Ripple...