Securitise has partnered with Hamilton Lane, OKX Ventures and stablecoin infrastructure firm STBL to launch a new real-world asset-backed stablecoin tied to institutional private credit.
HM Treasury has appointed HSBC Orion to facilitate the issuance of a pilot Digital Gilt Instrument, marking the UK government’s latest effort to modernise sovereign debt markets using blockchain technology.
A January Pollfish survey commissioned by OKX found that 13% of Gen Z Americans have paid for a date using cryptocurrency, highlighting tentative real-world use of digital assets in social settings.
Binance has completed its $1 billion conversion into Bitcoin for its Secure Asset Fund for Users, cementing BTC as the core reserve asset of its emergency protection fund.
A new Federal Reserve working paper proposes categorising crypto as a distinct asset class for initial margin requirements in uncleared derivatives markets, citing volatility and structural differences from traditional assets.
Monero’s price remains under pressure after breaking below a bearish flag formation, putting a potential decline towards $135 back into focus.
Publicly traded Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla has launched a tokenised aviation asset product after purchasing two CFM56 jet engines for roughly $12.2 million and leasing them to a major US air carrier.
Coinbase users were temporarily unable to buy, sell or transfer digital assets on Coinbase.com just hours before the exchange’s fourth-quarter earnings release.
Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng defended the exchange at Consensus Hong Kong, arguing that macroeconomic shocks rather than platform failures caused the October 10 “10/10” crypto crash that triggered roughly $19 billion in liquidations.
Zcash could face a further 66% decline after large holders cut their stakes by approximately 38% over the past week, intensifying concerns about the token’s near-term outlook.
Polymarket has launched a new on-chain feature allowing users to bet on Bitcoin price movements in five-minute intervals, marking one of the shortest-duration crypto contracts offered by a major prediction platform.
Argentina’s Congress removed a provision from President Javier Milei’s labour reform bill that would have allowed workers to receive salaries directly into digital wallets instead of traditional bank accounts.
