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Zora has launched an attention markets product on Solana, enabling users to speculate on trending topics, hashtags and memes as tradable onchain assets.

Bitcoin slid 1.7% to roughly $67,600 ahead of the US market open, extending a volatile start to 2026 as geopolitical tensions and macro uncertainty weighed on risk assets.

Bitdeer has surpassed MARA in self-mining hash rate, reaching 63.2 exahashes per second compared with MARA’s reported 60.4 EH/s, according to analysts at JPMorgan.

Abu Dhabi-based investment funds boosted their exposure to BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF to more than $1 billion by the end of 2025, according to new filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

The so-called “SaaSpocalypse” has erased roughly $300 billion in global software market value after advanced AI agents began automating enterprise workflows, rattling high-growth sectors including crypto.

Elemental Royalty said investors will be able to receive dividends in Tether Gold, marking a novel Wall Street use case for tokenised gold.

Monero activity has remained steady despite widespread exchange delistings, with 2024 and 2025 transaction levels still above those seen before 2022, according to research from TRM Labs.

Steak 'n Shake said same-store sales have “risen dramatically” since launching a burger-to-Bitcoin strategy in May 2025 that directs all Bitcoin payments into a corporate treasury reserve.

Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki has vetoed a second bill designed to align national crypto rules with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, deepening uncertainty ahead of a key transition deadline.

Raees and Ameer Cajee, founders of collapsed crypto platform Africrypt, have reportedly returned to South Africa years after the company’s 2021 implosion, according to a televised investigation.

Binance holds 65% of all USDT and USDC reserves on centralised exchanges as stablecoin outflows slow to $2 billion over the past month, according to CryptoQuant.

Monad Foundation has hired three senior executives from Optimism Foundation, FalconX and BVNK to drive institutional adoption following its November mainnet launch.