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Bitcoin has turned red while Strategy shares rallied after MSCI announced its decision on digital asset treasury firms. The headline looked positive for Strategy but the detail was not. MSCI...

World Liberty Financial said its subsidiary, WLTC Holdings LLC, has applied for a national trust bank charter in the United States. The application was filed with the Office of the...

Cryptocurrency prices fell on Thursday as investors booked profits after a strong early-January rally. Bitcoin has now slipped below $90,000, pulling the broader crypto market lower. Selling followed repeated failures...

Zcash developers affiliated with the Electric Coin Company (ECC) have resigned en masse after a governance conflict involving the board of Bootstrap, the nonprofit entity established to oversee and support...

XRP price is being supported mainly by exchange-traded funds and investor inflows rather than growth in network usage. That assessment comes from a recent analysis by Mike Fay, a contributor...

Sei Labs has issued a notice to users holding USDC.n on the Sei Network, urging them to swap or migrate the token to native USDC ahead of a planned network...

A former Brazilian central bank director has introduced a yield-bearing stablecoin designed to provide international investors with access to the country’s high-interest-rate environment. Tony Volpon announced BRD on CNN Brasil’s...

Wyoming has made history as the first U.S. state to launch a stablecoin dubbed the Frontier Stable Token ($FRNT). Under the stewardship of Governor Mark Gordon and Senator Cynthia Lummis,...

J.P. Morgan has expanded its blockchain payments strategy by deploying JPM Coin on the Canton Network, signaling deeper institutional use of on-chain money. The move places the bank-issued deposit token...

Talks on a US crypto market structure bill are near a deadline, but key disputes remain unresolved. Senate Republicans plan to push ahead with committee markups on January 15 and...

Solana Mobile has announced that it has concluded the first season of its Seeker program, closing an initial chapter of its mobile-focused Web3 strategy as it prepares to launch its...

A special court in Mumbai has moved forward with proceedings in the high-value “Gain Bitcoin” money laundering case, issuing summons to businessman Ripu Sudan Kundra, widely known as Raj Kundra,...

While there were concerns that Strategy might be removed from MSCI equity indexes, CEO Michael Saylor himself confirmed the outcome, stating plainly: “$MSTR will remain in MSCI indexes.” This clarification...

The Bharat Web3 Association has asked the Indian government to reform cryptocurrency taxation ahead of the 2026 Union Budget. The industry group raised concerns about high taxes, limited access to...

Major financial institutions are stepping up investments in stablecoin infrastructure, hinting that digital dollars are moving closer to the core of the global payments system rather than remaining a niche...

Ilya Lichtenstein, a Russian-U.S. national previously sentenced for hacking Bitfinex, has thanked President Donald Trump for an early release. The 38-year-old hacker, previously sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, was released...

The LIT token, native to the Lighter decentralized exchange (DEX), saw notable price gains recently. It looks like the rally was driven by rumors that the project was buying back...

Russia’s central bank digital currency poses a threat to the country’s domestic payment card infrastructure, according to an analyst at Freedom Finance Global. According to sources, the analyst Natalia Milchakova...

Morph, an Ethereum-based platform, has launched $150 million Payment Accelerator program to help payment companies expand real-world blockchain transactions. The program supports firms bringing live payments on-chain, meeting the rising...

Crypto trading platform Jupiter has launched JupUSD, a new reserve-backed stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, as it looks to expand its role in onchain finance. The stablecoin was developed...

Tether rolled out a new unit for Tether Gold on January 6. The unit is called Scudo. One Scudo equals one-thousandth of a troy ounce of gold. It also equals...

A recent market note by BitMEX cofounder Arthur Hayes has sparked debate across crypto markets after linking U.S. actions in Venezuela to Bitcoin’s next major move. The report frames the...

Gate Group, a major global crypto platform, has launched a new regional branch called Gate Technology FZE, or Gate Dubai. Notably, it has received a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP)...

Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) stocks have signaled a potential market reversal. The COIN price surged around 8% during the past 24 hours to trade at about $255 at press...

Rapper Drake has been named as a defendant in a U.S. class action lawsuit that alleges the promotion of an illegal online crypto casino, alongside livestreamers Adin Ross and George...