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The Daily: Tether’s ‘gold central bank’ ambitions, Morgan Stanley’s crypto push, Fidelity’s stablecoin launch on Ethereum, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
MegaETH mainnet to go live Feb. 9 in major test of ‘real-time’ Ethereum scaling
This follows its October 2025 $450 million token sale that was heavily oversubscribed.
Mizuho upgrades Circle shares outlook citing Polymarket’s use of USDC for settlement
The firm's analysts upgraded Circle shares to a “neutral” rating and raised the share price target to $77.
Circle shares rise 4% as Polymarket-driven USDC growth prompts analyst upgrade
Mizuho's Dan Dolev revised his bearish outlook on the stablecoin issuer, upgrading the stock to neutral.
AlphaTON says Telegram’s Cocoon AI is now generating revenue as GPU rollout ramps
AlphaTON is growing into a large early infrastructure contributor to Cocoon AI as it deploys GPUs under a $46M comput…
The Protocol: Ethereum to roll out new AI agents standard soon
Plus: Solana’s latest phase, OP token buybacks and EF post-quantum security team.
Peter Thiel and Galaxy-backed Citrea wants to turn idle bitcoin into a high-speed bank account
Founders Fund and Galaxy-backed Citrea is aiming to unlock Bitcoin-denominated credit markets with a new mainnet and …
Consensys-backed Linea integrates Phylax’s Credible Layer to proactively prevent smart contract exploits
Phylax's Credible Layer allows developers to preprogram rules — or “assertions” — into smart contracts to mit…
Tether is buying up to $1 billion of gold per month and storing it in a 'James Bond' bunker
The company's gold purchases are mostly for its own reserves, but also support its XAUT stablecoin.
WisdomTree extends full suite of tokenized funds to Solana
WisdomTree is extending the full suite of its tokenized funds onto Solana, one of its largest non-EVM chain deploymen…
OKX debuts OKX Card in Europe with zero fees and instant rewards
The launch of OKX Card in Europe could accelerate crypto adoption by integrating stablecoins into everyday transactio…
Ex-Revolut duo raise $6 million seed round to expand onchain finance app Bleap
The company plans to deploy the fresh capital toward yield vaults, onchain trading expansion, and growth across Latin…
Wall Street’s big lie about 24-hour trading ignores the $4.5 billion crypto market that never actually closes its doors
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation spent 2025 building infrastructure for extended trading hours, targeting …
Circle faces first major 'threat' for institutional dollars from Tether’s USAT
While Circle's USDC has operated without a "credible domestic competitor," Tether's USAT has the potential to shake u…
The Daily: Tether launches ‘Made in America’ USAT stablecoin, what gold’s surge and Clarity Act limbo mean for crypto, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Vitalik Buterin admits his biggest design mistake since 2017 – so is your Ethereum at risk?
Vitalik Buterin said he no longer agrees with his 2017 tweet that downplayed the need for users to personally verify …
Nasdaq, NYSE and Cboe vet joins Securitize as VP working with public and private market issuers
Giang Bui, who most recently worked on equities and ETF operations at Nasdaq, will join as Securitizes new vice presi…
Galaxy Digital leads $7M investment in Tenbin to build improved tokenized gold and FX markets
Tenbin plans to bring gold and foreign exchange currencies to blockchain rails using CME futures for faster and bette…
Ethereum’s massive fee shock: New post-quantum signatures are 40x larger, threatening to crush network throughput and user costs
Ethereum elevated post-quantum cryptography to a top strategic priority this month, forming a dedicated PQ team led b…
Gold’s surge above $5,000 and Clarity Act limbo frame contrasting futures for crypto markets, Bitwise CIO says
Gold's breakout above $5,000 and Clarity Act uncertainty are putting crypto's next market move to the test, Matt Houg…
Polymarket signs exclusive licensing deal with MLS, the largest US soccer league
The move comes as Kalshi’s trading volume pulls ahead of Polymarket, largely due to its sports betting offerings.
Bitwise debuts onchain vault via Morpho, targeting up to 6% yield on USDC
Bitwise has joined Morpho as a vault curator, highlighting growing institutional demand for allocating capital onchain.
Deus X Capital’s Tim Grant on cutting through the crypto hype
The Deus X CEO discussed his journey into digital assets, the company's infrastructure-led growth strategy, and why h…
Deloitte warns of dangerous “blind spot” in tokenized settlement that will make market manipulation nearly impossible to stop
Wall Street’s next leap may look boring from the outside, but it's a huge development that's shrouded in corporate …
The Funding: Is decentralized social ‘dead’ — or is a revival coming?
Decentralized social protocols Farcaster and Lens have changed hands, and the debate over crypto social's future is b…
How BlackRock just lost control of the $10B tokenized Treasury market to Circle for one simple, mechanical reason
Tokenized US Treasuries crossed $10 billion in total value this week, a milestone that confirms the category has move…
Solana’s new phase is ‘much more about finance,’ says Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante
The Solana ecosystem has spent the past year doubling down on a financial infrastructure, Backpack CEO Armani Ferrant…
Ethereum treasury firm buys jet engines amid tokenization push after selling ETH
ETHZilla is betting on bringing real-world assets on blockchain rails after it sold at least $114.5 million of its ET…
R3 bets on Solana to bring institutional yield onchain
As DeFi investors seek stable, uncorrelated returns, R3 is building Solana-native structures to bring private credit …