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Ethereum Name Service has scrapped plans to launch its own layer-2 network, opting instead to deploy its ENSv2 upgrade directly on Ethereum as base-layer scaling accelerates.

A Chinese-language crypto guarantee service known as Xinbi processed about $17.9 billion in onchain transaction volume despite bans and enforcement actions targeting similar platforms, according to TRM Labs.

Crypto security firm Scam Sniffer said address poisoning scams recently cost just two victims more than $62 million, highlighting the growing scale of a long-running crypto fraud tactic.

Bitcoin’s Sharpe ratio has fallen to around -10, a level last seen near major bear market bottoms in 2018 and 2022, signalling an increasingly extreme risk-reward profile.

Coinbase returned to the Super Bowl four years after its viral QR code ad, airing a one-minute commercial built around animated lyrics from the Backstreet Boys’ 1997 hit “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back).”

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service said it will intensify investigations into suspected cryptocurrency price manipulation in 2026, targeting high-risk trading tactics as it prepares the next phase of crypto regulation.

Crypto exchange-traded products saw outflows of $187 million last week, sharply lower than recent totals, as selling pressure cooled following a steep market downturn.

Crypto firms and banks clashed in public comments to the Federal Reserve over a proposal to create “skinny master accounts” that would give fintechs limited access to the central bank’s payments system.

Kris Marszalek unveiled a new AI platform, ai.com, during a Super Bowl broadcast seen by more than 100 million viewers, marking one of the largest public launches of consumer AI agents to date.

Block has begun notifying employees that roles may be eliminated as part of an internal review, with up to 10% of its workforce potentially affected, according to a Bloomberg report.

Santiment said crypto retail investors are increasingly trying to “meta-analyse” the market downturn to determine whether prices have already bottomed.

CoinShares said fears that quantum computing could soon threaten bitcoin are overstated, arguing that only about 10,230 BTC sit in wallets realistically worth attacking.