Month: January 2026

New research shows stablecoin issuers, led by Tether, generated the majority of crypto protocol revenue in 2025, highlighting a shift away from trading-driven income toward payment and settlement infrastructure. Stablecoins Overtake Trading as Crypto’s Top Revenue Engine Stablecoin issuers emerged as the clear revenue leaders in crypto last year, according to new research from Coingecko….

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Chainalysis says the on-chain money laundering ecosystem processed $82 billion in funds in 2025, with Chinese-language networks now dominating.

BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes says the yen is weakening while Japanese government bond yields are rising, which could lead to Japanese investors selling US Treasuries.

Coinbase’s musical ad depicting a run-down UK, which was already blacklisted from TV, has reportedly seen a wider ban by the country’s ad watchdog for being “irresponsible.”

Experts say the metals expansion builds infrastructure, not a near-term volatility hedge, as Coinbase stock falls 46% from its peak.

Brian Armstrong, the CEO of crypto exchange Coinbase, said a takeaway from his time at the Davos forum was that most of the bank CEOs he met were pro-crypto.

World Liberty Financial and Spacecoin have announced a strategic partnership and token swap aimed at merging decentralized finance with satellite-based internet infrastructure. Token Swap Links World Liberty Financial and Spacecoin Ambitions World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and Spacecoin have unveiled a strategic partnership centered on a mutual token swap, signaling a broader effort to bridge decentralized…

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US Senator Roger Marshall filed an amendment last week that would have forced companies to compete on swipe fees.

Hyperliquid’s HIP-3, also known as “Builder Deployed Perpetuals,” lets anyone who stakes 500,000 HYPE to create a new perpetual futures market on the Hyperliquid blockchain.

The warning comes as Canberra moves to close digital-asset regulatory gaps through long-awaited licensing legislation.