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The Daily: Trump names crypto-friendly Kevin Warsh as Fed chair nominee, Binance pledges $1 billion SAFU fund to bitcoin, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Brian Armstrong was snubbed by top executives from the biggest U.S. banks in Davos: WSJ
Stablecoin rewards and the Clarity Act widen the divide between crypto and TradFi, according to people who spoke with…
Lido rolls out stVaults on mainnet with Day 1 users including Linea, Nansen and several institutional stakers
stVaults, introduced in February 2025 as part of the Lido V3 upgrade, are finally rolling out in a mainnet.
Vitalik Buterin commits roughly $45 million in ETH to open-source security and privacy projects
Vitalik Buterin personally pledged 16,384 ETH to fund privacy-focused projects amid the Ethereum Foundation's shift t…
Binance seeks top spot in South Korean market, targets full GoFi repayment in 2026
Binance acquired Gopax in 2023 amid its liquidity crisis, opening a pathway for a re-entry into the South Korean market.
Binance pledges $1 billion fund to bitcoin as market tanks to months-low
Binance announced that it will turn its $1 billion SAFU fund into bitcoin over the next 30 days to support the indust…
Plunge in gold, silver, and copper sparks $120 million rout in blockchain metal clones
Metals remain a leading theme for the year while bitcoin trades independently, suggestive of its growing role as a st…
US DOJ finalizes $400 million forfeiture tied to Helix darknet crypto mixer
The DOJ said Helix processed at least 354,468 bitcoin between 2014 and 2017, worth about $300 million at the time.
Solana Scores Major Institutional Adoption As WisdomTree Goes On-Chain
Solana is rapidly positioning itself as a core hub for tokenized finance following WisdomTree’s deployment of fund …
Brock Pierce-backed Ethereum treasury firm Bit Digital to fully wind down bitcoin mining operations
Bit Digital entered the bitcoin mining business in 2020 and was an early diversifier into the HPC/AI sector.
Tokenization firm Securitize reports 841% revenue growth as it prepares to go public
With crypto prices and crypto-related stocks in the midst of a major selloff today, Securitize SPAC merger partner Ca…
Bitcoin’s quantum risk is ‘long-dated and manageable,’ Benchmark pushes back on panic
Analysts agree only a subset of bitcoin would be vulnerable in a future quantum scenario, though estimates and timeli…
Crypto stocks sink as spot volume plunges and bitcoin tumbles below $84,000
Bellwether crypto exchange Coinbase was lower for an 8th straight session on Thursday to its weakest level since May.
‘The DAO is back!’: Ethereum dev Griff Green to use unclaimed hack funds for new security fund
Some funds that were initially sequestered to help refund “edge case” victims of The DAO hack will fund a new Eth…
Banks may lose up to $500B after Fidelity’s official token launches on Ethereum with freeze powers
Fidelity announced the launch of a stablecoin on the Ethereum mainnet, positioning the token as a compliance-wrapped …
Five years after the GameStop saga, Robinhood CEO wants tokenized stocks to trade onchain 24/7
Robinhood plans to roll out 24/7 tokenized stock trading and settlement to mitigate GameStop-like disruptions as regu…
Bybit eyes neobank features with IBAN accounts rollout planned for February
The exchange is also exploring a potential U.S. expansion alongside institutional custody services for tokenized real…
Ripple’s billion dollar masterstroke forces 13,000 banks to rethink corporate cash while raising tough questions for XRP
Ripple has pushed deeper into corporate finance with a new treasury platform that aims to let finance teams manage ca…
Hang Seng debuts gold ETF with Ethereum-based tokenized units
The fund introduces a tokenized class of units, which are initially set to be issued on Ethereum, according to its pr…
Sony Innovation Fund invests $13 million in Soneium co-developer Startale Group, kicking off its Series A fundraising
Sony's latest $13 million follow-on investment represents "the first close" of Startale Group's Series A, the firm sa…
Crypto PAC Fairshake amasses $193 million war chest ahead of November midterms
Crypto-focused political action committee Fairshake said it has more than $193 million in cash as it heads into the 2…
Token creation platform Doppler raises $9 million seed round led by Pantera Capital
Since launching nine months ago, Doppler says more than 90% of new DEX pools on Base now launch through its protocol.
Coinbase rolls out prediction markets to all U.S. customers
The feature, first announced in December, was built in partnership with U.S.-regulated prediction market operator Kal…
Coinbase prediction markets go live in all 50 US states via Kalshi
The full rollout comes after an earlier limited launch and as prediction markets are seeing record levels of activity…
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.
Illicit actors capture nearly 3% of crypto liquidity in 2025: TRM
TRM Labs estimates that illicit crypto volume surged to an all-time high of $158 billion in 2025, representing just 1…
Urgent HSBC risk-on order issued as dollar hits 2021 lows which could flip Bitcoin’s next move
HSBC issued a directive on Jan. 27 for investors to stay aggressively risk-on. The bank recommends overweighting equi…
The UK government says banks need to stop blocking crypto firms if the country wants to become a digital hub
U.K. officials say banks must treat crypto businesses fairly as final regulation nears. Strategy
Coinbase opposition won't stymie U.S. crypto market structure bill, HSBC says
The bank argued that legislative momentum remains strong as industry heavyweights prioritize long-term regulatory cer…
UK advertising watchdog pulls Coinbase ads over concerns it was ‘socially irresponsible’
The ASA says a string of advertisements from Coinbase have been banned over concerns that they were "socially irrespo…