Base restored network stability after a misconfigured transaction propagation change caused January congestion, drops, and delays; a month-long pipeline fix is planned. Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 network backed by Coinbase, restored network stability following transaction delays and elevated transaction drops…

Ark Invest bought Coinbase, Block, Bullish, Circle and Bitmine as Bitcoin and Ether traded below key moving averages, with sentiment weak but long‑term theses intact. Ark Invest has purchased shares of multiple cryptocurrency-focused companies as digital asset markets continue to…

Crash playbook: avoid panic selling, rebalance into BTC, ETH and quality names, buy dips with a plan, harden security, and treat this drawdown as paid education. When crypto markets crash, most portfolios don’t just dip — they implode. Prices gap…

LiquidChain launches a Layer 3 cross-chain platform linking Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, advertising 1,965% staking rewards and positioning itself as a bridge alternative. Payward Inc., the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, reported $2.2 billion in adjusted revenue for 2025,…

US prosecutors say the Taiwanese founder of Incognito, a dark web drug market using crypto, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a New York court. A Taiwanese national received a 30-year prison sentence Tuesday for operating an…

Binance led January’s proof-of-reserve rankings with $155.6b in assets, far ahead of OKX, Bybit, and smaller rivals, highlighting a tiered exchange reserve structure. Binance ranked first among major cryptocurrency exchanges in January 2026 reserve holdings with $155.6 billion in assets,…

MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor frames Bitcoin’s sharp drawdowns as “Satoshi’s gift,” arguing volatility rewards long-term holders, not short-term traders. MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor addressed Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent volatility with remarks positioning price instability as an inherent characteristic of the digital asset…

Franklin Templeton maps a wallet-native future where tokenized stocks, bonds, and funds sit in digital wallets, cutting costs and speeding collateral and settlement. Franklin Templeton executives outlined a vision for digital wallet-based finance at the Ondo Summit in New York…

Aave will shut down its Family wallet, retire the Avara brand, and consolidate under Aave Labs after governance strife, SEC closure, and MiCA authorization. Aave (AAVE) founder Stani Kulechov announced the decentralized finance protocol will wind down its Family iOS…

Changpeng Zhao warns of an AI-powered impersonation scam on X using fake photos from a BNB Chain Korea event, urging users to verify accounts and watch for deepfake tells. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has alerted users to a scam operation…

Crypto winter since Jan 2025, masked by ETF demand, now nearing late-stage exhaustion. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has characterized the current cryptocurrency market conditions as a full-scale bear market that began in January 2025, according to a recent…

Boomer investors quietly added about $500m to spot Bitcoin ETFs even as a $1.7b outflow streak, negative 2025 flows, and macro jitters keep Bitcoin pinned near $78k. Baby boomers quietly tried to catch the knife in Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs this…

Vitalik Buterin urges a hard reset of Ethereum governance, pushing a two-layer model that fuses prediction markets with anonymous, non-token voting. Vitalik Buterin thinks Ethereum (ETH) governance needs a hard reset, and he is done pretending it is complicated. In…

Cboe is in talks to relaunch binary options contracts for retail investors, positioning regulated alternatives to compete with crypto prediction markets like Polymarket. Cboe circles binary options reboot Cboe Global Markets is edging back into the binary‑wager business, in what…

Elon Musk’s xAI is hiring a crypto finance expert to train frontier AI trading models across DeFi, derivatives and MEV — but offers just $45–$100 per hour. xAI is quietly assembling a new kind of crypto desk — one where…

Crypto VC deals fell in January, but funding exploded as big checks flowed into BitGo, Fireblocks, Ripple’s RLUSD push, DeFi bets, and SOL‑backed credit. Headline shift: fewer deals, much bigger checks According to RootData, just 52 crypto VC investments were…

ING Germany now lets retail clients trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP crypto ETPs via securities accounts, partnering with 21Shares, VanEck and others. ING Deutschland, one of Germany’s largest retail brokerage firms, has launched cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP) trading services…

Trump says he knew nothing of a $500M Abu Dhabi-linked deal for World Liberty Financial, as critics probe conflicts of interest and ethics risks. Former President Donald Trump denied knowledge of a reported $500 million investment from an Abu Dhabi-linked…

Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are exploring a $1.25T merger to fuse Starlink’s satellite network with advanced AI, creating space-based data and compute infrastructure. SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI are engaged in early merger discussions that could result in a…

PEPE trades at $0.0000043, down 29% monthly. Whales fade rallies but price holds 21-day EMA. Upside targets $0.000007–$0.000012 if liquidity returns. Pepe (PEPE) is trading in a fatigued downtrend but still primed for sharp mean‑reversion spikes if liquidity rotates back…

XRP’s derivatives market just snapped back to life — and that usually means the next leg is coming, one way or another. XRP (XRP) futures netflows jump 749% after a $69M long wipeout, lifting price off $1.52 but leaving leveraged…