Amir Rocha

Bank of America and Goldman Sachs issue rare double upgrades for Coinbase, citing its ‘Everything Exchange’ pivot and a potential Base token launch.

XMR breaks a 5-year high as capital flees Zcash following the mass resignation of the Electric Coin Company development team.

Grayscale beats BlackRock to the punch, paying out $0.083 per share in the first-ever US crypto ETF staking dividend.

Bank of America and Goldman Sachs issue rare dual upgrades for Coinbase, with BofA analysts explicitly flagging a potential Base token launch as a multi-billion dollar catalyst.

Tennessee regulators declare prediction markets “illegal wagers,” ordering Polymarket, Kalshi, and Crypto.com to refund users by Jan 31.

Tokenized U.S. Treasuries surged 125% to $8.86 billion, creating a “programmable cash” dynamic that allows assets to earn yield while serving as 24/7 collateral.

A third-party vendor breach allowed hackers to send fraudulent push notifications to Betterment users, promising 3x returns on BTC and ETH deposits.

BlackRock’s 2026 Global Outlook identifies Ethereum as the definitive settlement layer for stablecoins, validating the network following the GENIUS Act.

The $57.8T custodian brings settlement on-chain with Citadel and ICE, laying the groundwork for 24/7 traditional markets.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $681M in the first full week of 2026, erasing early-year gains as macro fears triggered four straight days of outflows.