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Susquehanna-backed crypto lender BlockFills has temporarily suspended client deposits and withdrawals as Bitcoin slides and market volatility intensifies.

A Bitcoin wallet linked to ransom notes in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie recorded new activity this week, alongside a fresh demand for one Bitcoin in exchange for information, according to reports.

Peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Paxful has been ordered by a federal court to pay $4 million in criminal fines after pleading guilty to money laundering, fraud and prostitution-related offences.

Uniswap’s UNI token surged as much as 62% from its yearly low after securing a deal with Securitise to bring BlackRock’s tokenised liquidity fund BUIDL onto UniswapX.

Bitcoin fell below $66,000 twice on Feb. 11, dropping nearly $2,800 in an hour as stronger-than-expected US jobs data dampened hopes for imminent Federal Reserve rate cuts.

Coinbase has launched Agentic Wallets through its Coinbase Developer Platform to allow artificial intelligence agents to autonomously hold, manage and transact digital assets.

LayerZero Labs has unveiled plans to launch a new layer-1 blockchain called Zero in the fall of 2026, targeting institutional financial markets with backing from ARK Invest and Citadel Securities.

Crypto super PAC Fairshake is reportedly preparing to spend $5 million to support Barry Moore’s US Senate campaign, extending its political influence ahead of the midterm cycle.

Crypto’s era of outsized speculative gains may be drawing to a close as institutional investors replace retail traders seeking rapid returns, according to Galaxy Chief Executive Officer Mike Novogratz.

Gemini’s decision to exit the United Kingdom, European Union and Australia to focus on the United States and Singapore has intensified scrutiny over the UK’s ambition to become a global crypto hub.

Ripple has expanded its custody platform with new security, compliance and staking capabilities as institutional demand for regulated digital asset infrastructure accelerates.

The White House convened crypto executives, major banks and policymakers this week in a renewed push to advance bipartisan digital asset market structure legislation.

The XRP Ledger is positioning itself for institutional credit markets after ORQO Group introduced a compliant Single Asset Vault through its fintech lending platform, Soil.

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.