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Tenbin Labs said it has raised $7 million in a seed funding round led by Galaxy Ventures to build institutional-grade infrastructure for tokenised assets.

The European Commission has opened infringement procedures against multiple member states for failing to implement new EU rules on crypto-asset taxation and market oversight.

FLock.io and Blockchain for Good Alliance said they have signed a partnership to collaborate on decentralised AI, blockchain and public-benefit initiatives, expanding the group’s focus to “Blockchain and AI for Good.”

Fipto said it has been granted a Crypto-Asset Service Provider licence by France’s markets regulator, making it the first European stablecoin payments firm to hold both a Payment Institution and full CASP authorisation.

Nomura said it has scaled back cryptocurrency exposure and tightened risk controls after losses at its European digital asset unit weighed on quarterly results.

Grayscale Investments said smart contract platforms are becoming core infrastructure for Web3, moving beyond simple cryptocurrency transactions into decentralised applications such as lending, payments and asset tokenisation.

JPMorgan said gold prices could climb beyond $8,000 an ounce as private investors and central banks increase allocations amid persistent global uncertainty.

Newly unsealed Epstein files released on January 30 show Jeffrey Epstein had extensive contact with early Bitcoin figures and projects, though no evidence links him to illicit crypto use.

Ripple said senior bank directors are moving from debating the value of digital assets to focusing on how to deploy tokenisation and crypto payments inside regulated financial systems

Bitcoin trading below $80,000 drew fresh scrutiny after CNBC host Jim Cramer questioned the absence of vocal bulls as the cryptocurrency struggled over the weekend.

Ripple’s former chief technology officer David Schwartz said he knows of no links between Jeffrey Epstein and Ripple or XRP, while warning that revived early crypto disputes point to deeper structural problems.

The White House is planning talks with banking and crypto executives to break a dispute over stablecoin rules that has stalled progress on a major US Senate crypto bill.