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The Daily: Trumps’ crypto wealth jumps $1.4B, Strategy makes biggest bitcoin buy in over a year, OG whale moves $85M in BTC, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Prediction markets on pace to smash monthly volume record after $814 million day
Fee generation is accelerating alongside volumes, with weekly revs hitting a record as short-dated markets capture gr…
SVM-powered Solayer launches $35 million ecosystem fund on the heels of alpha mainnet launch
Initially focused on a Solana-based restaking solution, the team announced it was building a high-throughput Layer 1 …
Chainlink expands data streams to cover multitrillion-dollar U.S. stock market
The upgrade uses a "pull" model for sub-second updates, allowing more advanced trading logic and avoiding high gas co…
Trump Media sets Feb. 2 record date for upcoming rewards token
The token may be launched on Crypto.com’s Cronos blockchain, with the exchange providing custodial services for the…
Makina Finance suffers $5 million stablecoin pool exploit: CertiK
Makina Finance’s DUSD/USDC pool lost approximately $5 million in a flash loan exploit, security firms reported.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong to work on market structure bill in Davos
Coinbase withdrew support from the bill after seeing that it would ban crypto companies from paying interest on idle …
Bermuda teams up with Coinbase and Circle, aiming to build a ‘fully onchain’ economy
The initiative aims to pilot stablecoin payments across government agencies, expand USDC adoption among local busines…
The Daily: Bitcoin slips as US-EU tariff war fears mount, NYSE develops 24/7 tokenized securities trading platform, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on every weekday.
Paradex’s ‘free bitcoin’ pricing glitch triggers mass liquidations, forces rollback
Paradex intends to roll back its appchain after a glitch briefly priced bitcoin at zero, triggering mass liquidations.
NYSE develops tokenized securities platform to support 24/7 trading
The initiative builds on parent firm ICE's broader push toward round-the-clock markets and tokenized capital infrastr…
Why tokenized stocks, funds and gold will have a breakout year in 2026
After stablecoins proved product-market fit, crypto founders and executives say 2026 is when banks and asset managers…
XRP volume is exploding in Korea because it exploits a specific gap in the country’s spot-only exchange laws
XRP has become the default trading chip of South Korea, bypassing Bitcoin and Ethereum to dominate the country’s hi…
Vitalik Buterin declares 2026 the year Ethereum reverses ‘backsliding’ of self-sovereignty and trustlessness
Buterin said major improvements are underway to make it easier to run a full node, use dapps, and take control over p…
Monero hit an all-time high earlier this week, and crypto sleuth ZachXBT thinks he knows why
ZachXBT said that funds stolen during a social engineering hack were swapped to Monero, helping to push the asset to …
Jefferies’ Wood drops 10% bitcoin allocation over quantum computing fears
Wood removed bitcoin from his model portfolio, reallocating the 10% stake into gold and gold-mining stocks amid quant…
Jefferies strategist Christopher Wood swaps bitcoin for gold on quantum computing concern
Christopher Wood, Jefferies' global head of equity strategy, swapped a 10% bitcoin allocation with gold on concern qu…
Iran’s crypto ecosystem nears $8B as IRGC footprint grows and bitcoin withdrawals surge during protests: Chainalysis
Chainalysis said Iran’s crypto ecosystem topped $7.78 billion in 2025 as IRGC-linked activity grew and BTC withdraw…
Goldman Sachs CEO says firm is actively exploring tokenization and prediction markets amid evolving US regulation
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the firm is devoting significant resources to tokenization, stablecoins, and pre…
Utah man sentenced to three years for fraud, $5.4 million cash-to-crypto scheme
Brian Garry Sewell sentenced to three years for defrauding investors of $2.9 million and laundering $5.4 million.
Google Play to ban overseas crypto exchanges from South Korea store
Play Store will soon require all crypto platforms to register as a VASP with the Korean authorities to offer apps in …
South Korea approves tokenized securities framework in key legislative hearing
The Boston Consulting Group forecasts that the South Korean token securities market will grow to be worth $250 billio…
Tokenization firms reject Coinbase's crypto bill equities claims
While Coinbase said that the crypto market structure bill would essentially ban tokenized securities, companies in th…
Cake wallet adds Zcash support as it expands beyond its Monero roots
Cake offers a suite of privacy tools, including Bitcoin PayJoin transactions, though it is often associated most with…
The Daily: Bank of America’s $6T stablecoin warning, BitMine’s $200M MrBeast investment, X’s InfoFi policy change hits Kaito token, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Goldman is 'spending a lot of time' on crypto, prediction markets efforts, CEO Solomon says
The firm is exploring how these technologies can fit into its business and has met with prediction market platforms.
Coinbase fears tokenization rival Securitize, says Citron Research
Tokenization platform Securitize is going public — as soon as the first half of 2026 — through a SPAC deal with C…
CME adds Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar to growing crypto derivatives lineup
CME is positioning crypto futures as a testing ground for broader changes like smaller contract sizes and, eventually…
Ripple, LMAX Group strike deal to expand institutional stablecoin use with $150 million in financing
Ripple will provide $150 million in financing as LMAX Group integrates RLUSD as collateral across its institutional t…
London Stock Exchange Group launches 24/7 blockchain-based settlement platform for tokenized bank deposits
LSEG launched its Digital Settlement House enabling 24/7 settlement of tokenized commercial bank deposits across curr…