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.
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.
