Chainalysis reported that cryptocurrency transaction volume linked to suspected human trafficking networks increased by 85% in 2025, reaching hundreds of millions of dollars across identified services.
Bitcoin has recorded $2.3 billion in seven-day average realised net losses, marking one of the largest capitulation events in the cryptocurrency’s history, according to analysis from CryptoQuant contributor IT Tech.
Protect Progress, an affiliate of crypto-focused super PAC Fairshake, plans to spend $1.5 million to oppose Texas Representative Al Green in the upcoming Democratic primary.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has added executives from leading crypto firms, including Coinbase and Ripple, to its newly formed Innovation Advisory Committee.
The Decibel Foundation will launch a protocol-native stablecoin, USDCBL, ahead of the February mainnet debut of its Aptos-based decentralised derivatives exchange.
The XRPL Foundation has appointed Brett Mollin as Executive Director as the XRP Ledger enters what supporters describe as a pivotal phase of governance and infrastructure expansion.
Fiserv has launched INDX, a 24/7/365 real-time cash settlement platform designed to provide digital asset companies with instant US dollar liquidity within the traditional banking system.
21Shares and BitGo have expanded their partnership to deliver custody and regulated staking services for 21Shares’ crypto exchange-traded products in the United States and Europe.
Cango closed a $10.5 million equity investment and agreed to raise an additional $65 million as the Bitcoin miner restructures its balance sheet and accelerates its pivot toward AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.
World Liberty Financial, a decentralised finance platform backed by the family of US President Donald Trump, plans to launch a foreign exchange and remittance service aimed at challenging traditional providers.
An analyst at Blockbridge Consulting, now rebranded as TheEnergyMag, said the long-anticipated crypto supercycle may instead be unfolding in AI infrastructure spending.
The National Credit Union Administration has proposed its first rules under the GENIUS Act, outlining how subsidiaries of federally insured credit unions could apply to become federally supervised payment stablecoin issuers.
