Article MegaETH's Public Mainnet Coming February 9 The L2's mainnet launch will follow a week-long stress test that aims to process 11 billion transactions at a sustained 15–35K TPS.
News Japan's Laser Digital Applies for U.S. Banking License: FT Nomura's Laser Digital crypto subsidiary has applied for a U.S. national trust bank charter.
News Crypto Payments Network 'Mesh' Raises $75M, Achieves Unicorn Status Dragonfly Capital led the Series C raise.
Article Tether Launches US-Regulated USA₮ Stablecoin Tether launched USA₮, a dollar-backed stablecoin issued through Anchorage Digital Bank and designed for the U.S. market under the GENIUS Act.
News Kraken Embraces DeFi, Advertises 8% APY Earn App DeFi yield is now directly accessible on Kraken.
News BlackRock Files to Launch BTC Call Overwriting ETF The "iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF" will hold IBIT and sell calls to earn income.
News Ethereum Foundation Charts Post-Quantum Future, Announces $1M Prize The EF wants a post-quantum transition with zero downtime and zero loss of funds.
News Gold Breaks $5K as Tariff Threats and Shutdown Risks Mount Gold's new all-time high extended a rally fueled by U.S. tariff threats, shutdown risks, and central bank buying.
News SEC Moves To Dismiss Lawsuit Against Winklevoss-Backed Gemini Exchange Gemini drew SEC scrutiny in 2023 for offering unregistered securities to retain investors.
News Binance 'Exploring' Stock Token Reintroduction: The Information The crypto exchange previously shuttered stock trading in 2021.
News Coinbase App Integrates Solana's Jupiter into Trading Stack Users in Brazil and the U.S. (excl. NY) can now easily trade millions of Solana tokens using their Coinbase balances.
News Crypto Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Targets 2026 IPO: FT Ledger's prospective $4B crypto IPO is the latest in a wave of IPO activity for crypto companies.
News Axie Infinity's AXS Token Booms After Rewards Update AXS surges as Axie Infinity debuts bonded rewards and reputation-based fees.
News Senate Agriculture Committee Publishes 'GOP-Only' Crypto Clarity Draft Critics warn of expanded CFTC oversight and custody requirements.
News Superstate Raises $82.5M to Scale Onchain Equity Issuance Crypto startup Superstate has closed a large Series B round led by Bain Capital Crypto.
News BitGo Prices IPO Above Range, Eyes $2B+ Valuation BitGo priced its IPO at $18 per share, looking to raise $212M in the first major crypto listing of 2026.
Article Farcaster Decentralized Social Network Bought by Ecosystem Developer Neynar Neynar acquires Farcaster from Merkle as founders step back. The move follows Lens shifting to Mask Network amid a broader SocialFi reset.
News FTX's Caroline Ellison Set for Release After 440 Days Served Former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison is set for release from a federal halfway house today after partially serving a two-year sentence for fraud charges.
Article Interactive Brokers Plans to Sell Institutions on Prediction Markets The publicly traded online brokerage firm is getting ready to onboard institutions to prediction markets to manage their risk.
News Portugal Gambling Regulator Orders Polymarket Shutdown Regulators moved to block the prediction market platform after heavy election-related betting.
News Chainlink Deploys '24/5' Stock Price Oracles Across 40+ Blockchains The oracle provider now offers 24/5 price streams for U.S. equities across 40+ chains.
News Trump Media Sets Snapshot Date for New Rewards Token Trump Media plans to distribute a rewards token to shareholders with the help of Crypto.com
News Anchorage Digital Seeking Capital Raise Up To $400M: Bloomberg The first federally chartered U.S. digital asst bank also wants to IPO in 2027.
News Galaxy's Michael Novogratz Optimistic for Passage of Crypto Clarity Bill Novogratz doesn't believe crypto legislation needs to be perfect to move forward.
News Goldman Sachs Actively Exploring Tokenization and Prediction Markets: CEO David Solomon confirmed GS is checking out crypto-adjacent technologies, but downplayed any near-term plans.
