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Kraken-backed xStocks have launched on 360X, a BaFin- and ESMA-regulated secondary venue owned by Deutsche Börse Group, enabling institutional clients to trade tokenised equities against stablecoins.

The tokenised commodities market has climbed 53% in less than six weeks to exceed $6.1 billion, making it the fastest-growing segment of the real-world asset tokenisation sector.

Bitcoin’s recent price action resembles that of a high-risk growth asset rather than digital gold, according to new research from Grayscale.

Bitcoin’s drop to around $60,000 may represent the halfway stage of the current bear market rather than a definitive cycle bottom, according to Kaiko Research.

State Street strategists warned the US dollar could fall as much as 10% this year if the Federal Reserve eases monetary policy more aggressively than markets currently anticipate.

Ledger has integrated OKX DEX into its Wallet app, enabling users to execute multichain token swaps directly within a self-custodial, hardware-secured environment.

The Bank of England has launched a six-month industry pilot to test how tokenised assets could be settled in sterling using synchronised, atomic settlement linked to its next-generation real-time gross settlement system.

Phantom’s in-app messaging feature is facing scrutiny after a phishing attack drained around $264,000 in Wrapped Bitcoin through an address poisoning scam.

A US federal court has sentenced Daren Li to 20 years in prison for orchestrating a $73 million “pig butchering” crypto scam that targeted American investors and laundered funds through shell companies.

Solana recorded the second-lowest median transaction fees among major blockchains in mid-January 2026, trailing only Avalanche and undercutting Base, BNB and Polygon in high-volume DeFi activity.

Ethereum is trading near $2,000 as prolonged weakness pushes key on-chain valuation metrics into ranges historically associated with major market bottoms.

Changpeng Zhao has pushed back against critics on X, saying traders must take responsibility for their own decisions rather than blaming Binance as crypto prices slide.