Belarus Authorizes ‘Crypto Banks’ via Decree 19; State-Sanctioned Bridges Go Live
Lukashenko signs Decree No. 19, creating a 'crypto bank' class with full fiat interoperability to bypass traditional financial choke points.
Vitalik Buterin Unveils 2026 Roadmap: Ethereum to ‘Take Back Lost Ground’
Buterin outlines a pivot to ZK-EVMs, Helios, and privacy tech to reverse Ethereum's 'lost ground' in UX and sovereignty.
CME Lists Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar Futures; ‘Blue Chip’ Rotation Widens
CME Group targets February 9 to launch futures for ADA, LINK, and XLM, expanding its institutional crypto suite to seven...
Whale Lost $282M in Hardware Wallet Phishing; XMR Surges on Laundering Volume
A sophisticated social engineering attack drained 2.05M LTC and 1,459 BTC from a single whale, triggering a massive Monero price...
Coinbase Veto Derails Senate ‘CLARITY Act’; Vote Scrapped
The Senate Banking Committee indefinitely postpones the CLARITY Act vote after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong withdraws support, citing 'surveillance' clauses...
KBC Group Opens Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading to 4M Belgian Clients
Belgium's largest bank breaks the local blockade, offering 'closed-loop' BTC and ETH trading to millions via its Bolero platform.
Gusto Taps Zero Hash for Instant Stablecoin Payroll
Gusto integrates Zero Hash's infrastructure to cut international contractor settlement times from days to minutes using stablecoins.
Riot Platforms Pivots to AI with AMD Deal; Stock Surges 12%
Riot Platforms secures a potential $1 billion data center deal with AMD, funding the site acquisition by selling 1,080 Bitcoin.
BitMine Drops $200M on MrBeast in Bid to Retail-Pill Gen Z
The Ethereum treasury firm is betting $200M that MrBeast's 450M subscribers are the future users of its DeFi stack.
Tudou Guarantee Halts Operations; $130M USDT Refunds Signal End of Huione Proxy
Successor to the sanctioned Huione empire initiates a rare $130M controlled wind-down, signaling a tightening noose on grey-market OTC liquidity.