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Metaplanet has raised $137 million to expand its bitcoin holdings as it tries to recover from a steep share price fall.

Predictors on Myriad are growing more bearish on Bitcoin, with sentiment shifting toward a potential drop to $69,000 rather than a rebound to $100,000 after the asset fell nearly 5% over the past week.

Chinese authorities have executed 11 members of the Ming family for running scam compounds and illegal gambling operations in Myanmar that generated more than $1.4 billion, following convictions for murder, fraud and organised crime.

Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee said Republicans have derailed negotiations on a US crypto market structure bill after advancing a party-line draft that passed committee despite unanimous Democratic opposition.

Ethereum will redeploy about 75,000 Ether worth roughly $220 million from unclaimed DAO-era contracts into a long-term security endowment to fund audits, tooling and incident response.

Tether has amassed around 140 metric tons of physical gold, turning the stablecoin giant into a market-moving bullion buyer.

Crypto-focused venture capital firm Escape Velocity has raised nearly $62 million to invest in decentralised physical infrastructure network projects, signalling selective investor appetite for infrastructure-heavy crypto bets.

OSL Group has raised $200 million in equity financing as it accelerates global expansion of its stablecoin trading and digital payments operations.

WisdomTree has expanded its tokenisation ecosystem to include the Solana blockchain, opening new onchain access for both retail and institutional investors.

Dubai Insurance has launched a crypto-enabled digital wallet in partnership with Zodia Custody, marking what it describes as the first such initiative within the UAE insurance sector.

The SEC has clarified how US securities laws apply to issuer-sponsored and third-party tokenised securities.

Universal Digital has launched USDU, the first US dollar-backed stablecoin formally registered by the UAE central bank for digital asset payments.

Sygnum has raised over 750 bitcoin for its market-neutral BTC Alpha Fund, which delivered 8.9% annualised returns in the fourth quarter.

Hang Seng’s new Hong Kong-listed gold ETF is up 9% on debut and includes a tokenised share class issued on Ethereum.

The number of XRP millionaire wallets is rising again, a trend Santiment says could support the token’s long-term outlook despite weak market sentiment.

Cere Network’s co-founder and board have been sued for $100 million over alleged fraud linked to the project’s 2021 public token launch.

Ether held on exchanges continues to decline as more investors lock ETH into staking despite largely flat price action.

US senators are pressing the deputy attorney general over the shutdown of the DOJ’s crypto enforcement unit amid a sharp rise in illicit crypto activity.

MegaETH is set to launch its mainnet on Feb. 9 following a large-scale stress test that pushed the Ethereum layer-2 to 35,000 TPS.

Robinhood chief executive Vlad Tenev says tokenised stocks could end trading freezes by replacing slow settlement with real-time blockchain rails.

AI-powered scams surged in 2025, pushing crypto fraud toward industrial-scale operations, according to TRM Labs.

Bitcoin’s price is being held near $90,000 as traders favour options-based hedging over leveraged bets, according to Deribit.

Sony has increased its investment in Startale, signalling a longer-term strategy for the Soneium blockchain after a year of mainnet activity.

Trump administration officials are meeting banks and crypto companies to break a deadlock over the CLARITY Act and stablecoin yield rules.