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The chief executive of Russian bitcoin mining firm BitRiver has been placed under house arrest as authorities pursue tax evasion charges, according to local media reports.

The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against multiple member states for failing to implement new EU rules on crypto-asset taxation and market oversight.

Fipto said it has been granted a Crypto-Asset Service Provider licence by France’s markets regulator, making it the first European stablecoin payments firm to hold both a Payment Institution and full CASP authorisation.

Ripple said senior bank directors are moving from debating the value of digital assets to focusing on how to deploy tokenisation and crypto payments inside regulated financial systems

XDC Network has secured an institutional custody integration with BitGo, enabling regulated custody for XDC and USDC on the XDC blockchain.

Bcon Global has launched a non-custodial crypto payment gateway that allows businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments directly into their own wallets without giving up control of funds.

Kaili Resources (ASX:KLR) completed its latest aircore drilling campaign across tenements within South Australia's Murray Basin.

Shares in Capricorn Metals (ASX:CMM) fell 8.59% to $13.57 on Feb. 2 following an announcement by Tempest Minerals (ASX:TEM) that the completion of the Yalgoo Project sale has been extended to Feb. 14.

New Frontier Minerals (ASX:NFM) has reached a defining operational milestone, completing Stage 1 earn-in requirements to secure a controlling 85% interest in the EL32513 tenement.

Bitcoin traded at $82,699 on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, as the market struggled to regain confidence after a sharp recent decline.