Rain Hits $1.95B Valuation After $250M Raise to Pipe Stablecoins Into Visa Network
Stablecoin infrastructure provider Rain secures $250M Series C led by ICONIQ, achieving a 17x valuation jump to $1.95B as it...
Nasdaq and CME Group Merge Brands for ‘Gold Standard’ Crypto Index
Nasdaq and CME Group combine forces to establish the definitive pricing benchmark for institutional crypto products.
Morgan Stanley Files for Solana ETF; Confirms Self-Custody Wallet Push
The banking giant filed S-1s for Bitcoin and Solana ETFs on Jan 6, signaling a vertical pivot into crypto issuance...
Bitcoin Reclaims $92K as Supreme Court Punts on Trump Tariff Verdict
Bitcoin spiked to $92,000 after SCOTUS delayed its decision on Trump's IEEPA tariffs, triggering $39M in short liquidations.
Australian Exchange DAEX Enters Liquidation; Creditors Left in Limbo
DAEX and its subsidiaries AUDX and GlobalOne halt trading immediately as liquidators flag a 'fictitious' offshore license.
Trump Rules Out SBF Pardon: ‘Not Considering It’
President Trump kills pardon speculation in NYT interview, distinguishing SBF's fraud from the 'regulatory' cases of CZ and Ross Ulbricht.
Vitalik Buterin Issues Public Plea for Tornado Cash Dev as Sentencing Looms
Ethereum's co-founder intervenes ahead of Roman Storm's sentencing, warning that criminalizing privacy code sets a "dangerous precedent" for the entire...
Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $1.1B; 2026 Gains Vaporized in 72 Hours
A $399M outflow on Thursday capped a brutal three-day streak, erasing the $1.17B inflow buffer built in the first week...
UK Voiding ‘Grandfathering’ Rights for Crypto; 44 Firms Forced to Re-Apply
The FCA ruled that all 44 currently registered crypto firms must re-apply for full authorization, ending hopes for automatic transfer...
BNY Mellon Goes Live with Tokenized Deposits; Citadel, Circle Among First Users
The world's largest custodian ($57.8T AUM) enters the on-chain settlement arena with heavyweights ICE and Citadel, challenging JPM’s Kinexys.