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Crypto VC firm Dragonfly Capital closes its fourth fund at $650 million—exceeding its $500M target.

Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge receives conditional OCC approval for a national trust bank charter, enabling stablecoin issuance, custody, and reserve management under federal oversight.

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Elemental Royalty Corporation (ELE), a public gold royalty firm, announces its first dividend policy (US$0.12 annual per share, paid quarterly) and becomes the first such company to let qualifying shareholders elect to receive payouts in Tether's tokenized gold, XAUT, instead of cash.

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Hong Kong grants first new crypto license since June.

Harvard trims Bitcoin exposure, initiates first Ether position.

Metaplanet sees 81% profit jump forecast after options-driven surge.

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DeFi protocol ZeroLend shuts down amid declining activity and security challenges.

Nexo returns to U.S. market after regulatory reset.

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Wall Street remains bullish on bitcoin while offshore traders retreat.

Hong Kong is trying to build up its crypto regulations: State of Crypto.

Elon Musk's X to launch crypto and stock trading in ‘couple weeks’.

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Strategy’s Saylor signals further Bitcoin buys despite rout.

TradFi giant Apollo enters crypto lending arena via Morpho deal.

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Solana Company shares jump 17% after launching institutional borrowing against natively staked SOL.

Digital Chamber counters bankers' stablecoin yield ban with compromise principles to resolve Clarity Act impasse.

Grayscale files to convert its closed-ended AAVE Token Trust into a spot ETF on NYSE Arca.

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Tether invests undisclosed amount in DreamCash, a Hyperliquid frontend offering perps on stocks, gold, forex using USDT0 collateral.

Analysts cut Coinbase price targets after Q4 earnings miss, but shares rally 12% anyway.

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Agant registers with the U.K. FCA under anti-money laundering rules, clearing the path for launching its fully backed GBP stablecoin GBPA targeted at institutional payments and tokenized assets.

U.S. CFTC appoints 35 members to its new Innovation Advisory Committee, including Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, to advise on crypto and financial innovation.

Bitcoin tumbled toward $65,000–$66,000, nearing last week's lows, as AI fears drove a tech sector sell-off (Nasdaq -2%, software ETF -3%) and triggered sharp plunges in precious metals (gold -3%, silver -10%).

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Aave Labs proposes the "Aave Will Win" framework to redirect 100% of revenue from Aave-branded products to the Aave DAO treasury.

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Tether could become a top 10 U.S. T-bill buyer this year, says Tether USA₮ CEO Bo Hines.

Thailand's SEC approves digital assets as underlying for regulated derivatives, enabling crypto-linked products.

ARK Invest buys Bullish shares for the tenth straight trading day, adding $11.6 million.

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Zerohash adds Monad support to expand USDC stablecoin payments.

Sonic Labs announces vertical integration of core apps, hinting at acquisitions, to boost S token value.

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Bitcoin drops below $67,000.

White House stablecoin yield meeting ends in impasse as banks demand broader restrictions.

Goldman Sachs reduced spot Bitcoin ETF holdings by 39.4% to $1.06 billion in Q4 2025.

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Robinhood launches public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain built on Arbitrum.

Stripe integrates x402 protocol to enable AI agents to pay with USDC on Base.

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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs record back-to-back inflows totaling $616M, first consecutive days in nearly a month.

BitMine Immersion Technologies buys $84 million in ETH.

VanEck outlines AVAX thesis on product-market fit, economic clarity, institutional distribution.

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ARK Invest buys additional $1.83 million in Bullish shares Monday.

Nickel Digital CEO says AI aids crypto trading but is no savior in tough markets, needing human oversight.

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Global crypto ETP outflows slowed to $187 million last week, signaling early stabilization.

Crypto liquid funds, caught off guard by Bitcoin's rapid 20%+ crash.

Tether's gold holdings surpass $23 billion, with recent buys outpacing most central banks, per Jefferies.

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CoinShares estimates only ~10,200 BTC face meaningful quantum risk, deeming broader threats overstated.

ENS Labs scraps Namechain Layer 2, deploying ENSv2 exclusively on Ethereum mainnet.

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JPMorgan analysts said the long-term Bitcoin price will reach $266,000, citing greater attractiveness than gold.

MARA Holdings transfers ~1,317 BTC worth $87 million to institutional addresses amid crypto selloff.

Tether invests $150 million in Gold.com.

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Strategy CEO says Bitcoin must plunge to $8,000 and stay low for years to threaten balance sheet.

Iris Energy and CleanSpark shares extend selloff after missing revenue estimates in latest quarterly earnings.

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Silver plunges 17%, reigniting leveraged tokenized metal liquidations.

Bitcoin slides below $71,000 to lowest since October 2024 amid tech selloff and ETF outflows.

Tether's USDT adds record 35.2 million users in Q4 2025, reaching 534.5 million total amid market downturn.

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SBI Holdings unveils Strium Network proof-of-concept, a Layer 1 blockchain co-developed with Startale for tokenized securities.

Multicoin co-founder Kyle Samani steps back from the firm to explore AI and other tech, continuing Solana advocacy.

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Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $272M outflows on Feb 3, while Ether ETFs gained $14M and XRP-linked products attracted nearly $20M in inflows.

GraniteShares 2x Short MicroStrategy ETF hits record high amid MSTR's decline tied to Bitcoin weakness.

CIRO introduces interim tiered, risk-based Digital Asset Custody Framework for crypto custodians.

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Bitwise Asset Management acquires staking provider Chorus One to expand institutional yield offerings.

Tether scales back $20 billion fundraising ambitions to ~$5 billion due to investor resistance.

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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs record $562 million net inflows on Monday.

ING Germany now offers retail clients access to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana exchange-traded products.

Opera shares surge up to 18% after MiniPay expands support for Tether's USDT and XAUT.

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MultiversX integrates Google's UCP as first blockchain for autonomous AI agent commerce and adds x402 payment support.

ARK Invest bought $9.4M Circle, $6.25M BitMine, and $6M Bullish shares on Monday.

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Bitcoin drops below $80,000 after $1.6B January spot ETF outflows, third-worst month on record.

Tether reports over $10 billion net profit in 2025, with excess reserves reaching $6.3 billion.

WisdomTree reports $2.24 billion crypto AUM for Q4 2025, with CEO Steinberg noting tokenization momentum building but still early.

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Polymarket expands to Solana via Jupiter DEX integration, enabling in-app prediction market trading.

CrossCurve bridge exploited for ~$3 million via spoofed cross-chain messages bypassing smart contract validation.

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Bitcoin drops below $84,000.

CFTC joins SEC's Project Crypto to modernize crypto regulations pending congressional legislation.

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Brock Pierce-backed Bit Digital announces full wind-down of Bitcoin mining to focus on Ethereum treasury and AI.

Benchmark analyst calls Bitcoin's quantum risk long-dated and manageable, countering panic with decades for adaptation.

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Universal Digital launches USDU, the UAE's first Central Bank-registered USD stablecoin for digital asset settlement.

Russia plans to implement a comprehensive crypto regulatory framework in July 2027, allowing limited retail participation.

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JPMorgan says weaker dollar isn't boosting Bitcoin gains, as it's treated as a risk asset rather than a hedge like gold.

Crypto PAC Fairshake has amassed over $193 million for the 2026 midterms, including recent Ripple and a16z donations.

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Ethereum plans to launch ERC-8004 on mainnet soon, enabling AI agents with portable reputation in a decentralized economy.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino claims the company will become a major "gold central bank" in a post-dollar world.

South Dakota introduces HB 1155, allowing up to 10% of state funds to be invested in Bitcoin.

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Ripple launches Ripple Treasury platform integrating GTreasury for unified fiat and digital asset management.

Morgan Stanley appoints veteran executive Amy Oldenburg to newly created head of digital-asset strategy role.

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Silver overtakes Bitcoin's post-2017 gains as price briefly surges past $115.

Hyperliquid's HIP-3 DEXs hit record $790M open interest amid commodities trading boom.

SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom says macro fears mask Ethereum's momentum, forecasting 10x TVL growth in 2026 from tokenization.

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Polymarket signs exclusive deal as official prediction market partner for MLS and key events.

Bitwise launches first onchain vault via Morpho, targeting up to 6% yield on USDC in over-collateralized lending.

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Gold surges past $5,000 and Bitcoin stalls near $87,000.

Sui Group pivots crypto treasury to yield-generating model via stablecoin and DeFi integrations.

Backpack CEO Armani Ferrante says Solana's new phase focuses much more on finance than NFTs or games.

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Agora CEO Nick van Eck predicts stablecoin boom in enterprise payments like payroll and cross-border.

Dormant Ethereum whale transfers 50,000 ETH worth $145 million to Gemini after nine years of inactivity.

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Crypto market stabilizes with Bitcoin near $90,000.

New research projects U.S. inflation rising above 4% in 2026, challenging Bitcoin bulls' disinflation bets.

ARK Invest forecasts tokenized assets exceeding $11 trillion.

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Strive plans to raise $150M through secondary stock offering to buy Bitcoin and retire debt.

Saga pauses SagaEVM chain after exploit drains nearly $7 million in USDC.