Hong Kong Grants Stablecoin Sandbox Access While Bitcoin Hyper Soars in Presale
The regulatory center of gravity for digital assets is shifting eastward. While the US navigates a fog of enforcement actions and legal ambiguity, Hong Kong is cementing its bid as a global crypto hub. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) recently advanced its stablecoin issuer sandbox, greenlighting a select group of institutional heavyweights to begin […]
Crypto Market Crash ‘Worse Than Expected’ But Bottom Might Be Near, Says Tom Lee
BitMine’s chairman, Thomas “Tom” Lee, has weighed in on the potential reasons for the recent crypto market’s performance and why he believes the prices may be near the bottom. ‘All Pieces In Place’ For Crypto Market Bottom On Monday, BitMine’s chairman and Fundstrat’s CIO, Tom Lee, discussed the recent market crash that has wiped out […]
Bed, Bath & Tokens? Retail Giant’s Pivot Signals Web3 Maturity as $SUBBD Disrupts Creator Economy
Legacy retail is colliding with decentralized finance, and the results are getting interesting. The latest headlines surrounding the brand formerly known as Bed Bath & Beyond suggest a definitive pivot. With the intellectual property now under the umbrella of Beyond Inc. (a company already cozy with tZERO and digital securities), the narrative of ‘Bed, Bath […]
Next Crypto to Explode: Why Bitcoin Hyper Is Emerging as a Strategic Play in 2026
The crypto market in early 2026 is defined less by panic or euphoria and more by patience. Bitcoin continues to move sideways, volatility has cooled, and traders who once chased every breakout are now taking a step back. In this environment, a familiar question is quietly returning: which is the next crypto to explode once […]
Galaxy Digital shares decline 6% after $482 million Q4 loss
Galaxy generated $426 million in adjusted gross profit for the full year and ended it with $2.6 billion in cash and stablecoins, despite the significant quarterly loss.
ING Deutschland Expands Retail Brokerage Access With Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana Crypto ETPs
ING Deutschland has expanded retail access to cryptocurrency-linked exchange-traded products. The bank now enables clients to invest in Bitcoin ETPs and ETNs via normal securities accounts. This conversion places crypto exposure within a well-known brokerage set-up. As a result, clients can access digital assets without external exchanges. ING Deutschland (ING-DiBa), one of Germany's largest retail […]
Strategy slides toward eighth straight monthly decline
Last year marked the second-worst annual performance since Strategy adopted its bitcoin treasury strategy.
Bitcoin bulls, forget the official stats, U.S. inflation is crashing in real time
Your day-ahead look for Feb. 3, 2026
Bitcoin borrowing shifts from short-term liquidity to long-term planning: Xapo
Xapo Bank’s Digital Wealth Report says borrowers are keeping Bitcoin-backed loans open longer during the product’s first year of activity.
Bitcoin ‘reflation’ bets diverge after US PMI breaks three-year resistance
Bitcoin price correlation with PMI sparked disagreement among analysts after the latter spiked above 50 for the first time since 2022.
XRP Ledger Unlocks $280M Diamond Trading Potential in UAE Markets
As of February 3, 2026, Billiton Diamond, in partnership with tokenization technology provider Ctrl Alt, has successfully tokenized more than AED 1 billion, or $280 million, of certified polished diamonds on the XRP Ledger, representing what is potentially one of the largest tokenization deals in the UAE in the commodities space. The project utilizes Ripple’s
xAI Opens Crypto Finance Expert Role to Improve AI Market Analysis
xAI has opened a remote Finance Expert – Crypto position, which should improve the quality of AI reasoning for real-world digital asset markets. This role is not related to portfolio management or trading execution. The opening section states that crypto markets remain very active and complex, and this will only increase due to the rise