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ChangXin Memory Technologies raised $8.6bn on Shanghai's STAR Market while a synthetic futures contract on Hyperliquid let crypto traders bet on the outcome two weeks before shares started trading.
OneBullEx says it has launched a Mastercard payment card, letting holders spend crypto balances at any merchant on the network. Independent verification of specifics remains limited.
Delphi Digital analysts say token caps should stay below equity values since equity gets profits. Buybacks can narrow the gap. Governance doesn't give hard claims.
Armstrong called crypto-to-AI rebrands 'zero-sum, scarcity thinking,' arguing crypto is infrastructure for AI agents, not a competitor. Industry builders warn of bottlenecks.
ESMA added 15 crypto companies to the MiCA register on Friday, including BNY Mellon's Belgian unit and three German banks. The register now lists 309 licensed CASPs.
Kaspersky uncovered SparkKitty malware inside Apple and Google app stores that uses OCR to steal crypto wallet seed phrases from phone photos. Active since Feb 2024.
President's son says $TRUMP meme coin and WLF token proceeds sit in a revocable trust as total crypto-related income hit $1.2 billion in the latest disclosure.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis said the Clarity Act gives Treasury new sanctions authority to freeze suspicious crypto transactions. Critics warn it creates loopholes for evasion.
The Fed, BOE and BOJ are all expected to hold this week. Thursday's GDP and PCE data will set the tone for crypto markets ahead of Coinbase and Strategy earnings.
A security study found 31 vulnerabilities in 15 x402 facilitators. Researchers demonstrated free shopping and asset theft attacks. Coinbase, PayAI and Mogami acknowledged six flaws as of Feb. 6.
Binance's founder recommends dollar-cost averaging over market timing, citing his own experience with stablecoins and weak returns from 2025 token launches.
Triple-A said attackers stole $11.8M from corporate wallets across seven chains. Client funds held in segregated trust accounts were untouched. The breach forced a three-hour platform suspension.
CZ warns acquiring a crypto exchange often inherits legacy security issues like old backdoors and hacks, not just users. BitMart and BitMEX closures add to consolidation wave.
Senator Lummis released updated CLARITY Act text citing the Lazarus Group as a benchmark threat, adding consumer and law-enforcement safeguards to the crypto market-structure bill.
LDP lawmaker Seiji Kihara says Japan's 2x crypto leverage cap is 'too strict' and should be relaxed. The proposal adds to a wider regulatory overhaul that includes ETF rules and tax changes.
Senator Cynthia Lummis says the CLARITY Act gives Treasury and exchanges new powers to freeze suspicious crypto transactions, targeting North Korea's Lazarus Group which stole $6.75B since 2019.
Bitcoin's six confirmations are a baseline. Ethereum takes 16 minutes. Solana targets 150 milliseconds. The trade-off between speed and settlement certainty defines crypto payments.
Ethereum and LINK outpaced Bitcoin over the weekend, with ETH up 4.5% and LINK 4.8% as BTC gained 1.6% to $65,219. Traders watch for follow-through as dominance holds at 56.4%.
KB Kookmin Bank becomes the first South Korean lender to adopt J.P. Morgan's Kinexys blockchain network for corporate import and export settlements, launching next month.
Connor Fitzgerald, who built Stripe's stablecoin card program from zero to 100+ markets, has left the company. He oversaw sponsor bank partnerships, regulatory approvals, and international expansion.
TRM Labs tracked $972M in H1 hack losses, 66% tied to DPRK. Laundering now favors bridges and no-KYC swaps before OTC cash-out via Chinese brokers.
SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci says the Clarity Act is 'ten times better' than no crypto rules, even as ethics language draws Democratic opposition. Polymarket odds sit at 38%.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong predicts AI agents will someday outpace humans in transaction volume, using crypto and stablecoins for machine-to-machine payments.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said certain crypto vaults may need to register as funds, bringing reporting requirements and fiduciary duties. The agency is still evaluating.
Danal joins nine banks and eight payment gateways in a consortium tied to the Bank of Korea's Project Hangang CBDC pilot, targeting lower merchant fees.
Argentina's draft deregulation bill would let investment funds hold digital assets. In Brazil, tokenized cows get a loan. In El Salvador, crypto remittances remain below 1%.
BitMEX closure, $124M in ATM thefts, bridge exploits, and stalled Clarity Act legislation mark a week of heightened crypto market risks.
Coupang and Woori Bank completed a proof-of-concept for real-time merchant payouts using a Korean won stablecoin, testing checkout-to-settlement flows on the Tempo blockchain.
Brazilian federal police arrested 13 suspects linked to a drug ring that used crypto and luxury car dealerships to launder proceeds from 6.5 tons of cocaine shipped to Europe.
KB Kookmin Bank becomes the first South Korean lender to use JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain for live USD corporate payments, starting with ten countries in August 2026.