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The Daily: Morgan Stanley files for spot Bitcoin and Solana ETFs as inflows enter 2026 ‘like a lion,’ and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Dominant onchain perps exchange Lighter rolls out 24/5 equity perps trading
The move comes amid a rapid period of growth for the now-dominant onchain perps platform Lighter, including its nativ…
Crypto hacker launders more ETH from compromised multisig as $27M exploit unfolds: PeckShield
A hacker who compromised a multisignature wallet has now laundered more than $19 million worth of ETH through Tornado…
Ethereum staking sees institutional return as validator exit queue collapses
Ethereum's staking queues flipped as exits fell to zero and institutional inflows pushed entry demand to its highest …
Spot bitcoin ETFs report $697 million in net inflows, largest daily total since October
Analysts said inflows signal 'cautious optimism' among traders, with the medium-term outlook contingent on macro and …
XRP jumps 12% to reach highest level since mid-November
Analysts said traders expect XRP to see wider adoption in the coming year and seek to expand their crypto exposure be…
Metaplanet shares soar as crypto rally lifts bitcoin treasury stocks
Metaplanet’s stock jumped 10.7% by midday Tuesday in Japan, tracking a broader crypto market rally with bitcoin cur…
Lighter’s LIT token rises 14% as protocol indicates active buyback
Lighter previously said it would allocate its revenues between growth initiatives and token buybacks, depending on ma…
The Daily: Bitcoin tops $94K, crypto mining stocks rally, Grayscale begins distributing staking rewards to Ethereum ETF investors, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Goldman upgrades Coinbase stock to Buy, flags execution risks and growing competition
Goldman analysts see Coinbase’s growing mix of non-trading revenue as a partial buffer against crypto market swings.
Crypto data platform The Tie acquires Stakin in cash-and-equity deal
The acquisition adds staking as a new business line under a newly launched infrastructure solutions division at The Tie.
Tom Lee’s BitMine adds 32,977 ETH as total crypto and cash holdings top $14 billion
BitMine now holds over 4.14 million ETH after its latest acquisitions — nearly five times its closest Ethereum trea…
Michael Saylor’s Strategy kicks off 2026 with a $116 million bitcoin buy as its total treasury holdings hit 673,783 BTC
Strategy's holdings account for more than 3% of the total 21 million bitcoin supply — worth around $63 billion.
Ledger customers alerted to fresh data leak tied to payment processor
The latest data exposure comes nearly six years after a leak that involved over 270,000 Ledger customers occurred in …
Crypto wallet firm Ledger faces customer data breach through payment processor Global-e
Ledger is dealing with a new data exposure incident involving its third-party payment processor, Global-e.
Global crypto ETP inflows hit $47.2 billion in 2025, just shy of 2024 record: CoinShares
Bitcoin-specific inflows retreated 35% to $26.9 billion, while Ethereum, XRP, and Solana products absorbed over $20 b…
Bitcoin tops $93,000 as markets digest US operations in Venezuela
Traders are monitoring US operations in Venezuela, looking for signs of a strategic entry into the nation’s oil sec…
Top crypto VCs share 2026 funding and token sales outlook
Crypto VCs told The Block they expect disciplined activity to persist in 2026, with a higher bar for new investments.
Coinbase to pause peso-based services in Argentina just one year after launch
The retreat follows the LIBRA memecoin scandal involving the country's president, Javier Milei, which caused a firest…
Hundreds of MetaMask wallets drained: What to check before you ‘update’
On-chain security researcher ZachXBT flagged hundreds of wallets across multiple EVM chains getting drained for small…
Crypto M&As and IPOs surged in 2025, and insiders see deal momentum carrying into 2026
Industry insiders expect deal momentum to continue into 2026, driven by consolidation, targeted acquisitions, and a s…
Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein says he is being released early as part of ‘Trump’s First Step Act’
The man who confessed to being behind the hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, Ilya Lichtenstein, said he is being relea…
Crypto exchange volume falls to 15-month low in December
Volume on decentralized exchanges also dropped, as one analyst points to seasonal sentiment and year-end repositioning.
Hundreds of crypto wallets drained across EVM chains, root cause still unidentified: ZachXBT
Total losses have reached about $107,000, and ZachXBT cautioned that the figure is likely to increase as the attack u…
‘A record year for wrench attacks’: How crypto holders can maintain physical security amid rising risks
Crypto security experts recommend that high-risk and visible holders split up their funds, maintain a low profile, an…
From Bybit to GMX: The 10 biggest crypto hacks of 2025
Crypto thefts topped $2.2 billion in 2025, on par with last year’s total, as attackers exploited a range of blockch…
XRP on exchanges hits 8 year low, but historical data exposes a brutal flaw in the popular “moon” narrative
Glassnode data shows that XRP's exchange balances hit their lowest level since 2018 in late December, sparking the us…
Crypto exploit triage group SEAL sees uptick in tickets in 2025
In addition to a rising number of “private key/seed leaks," pcaversaccio pointed to "a concerning increase in physi…
Trump Media to distribute new rewards token to DJT shareholders with Crypto.com
The move represents Trump Media's latest partnership with Crypto.com, including a series of crypto-related ETFs and a…
Crypto hacks dropped by half in 2025, but the data reveals a much deadlier financial threat
This year’s defining security event was not a sophisticated DeFi exploit or a novel protocol failure, but the $1.46…