
A sharp drop in the bitcoin price while CME was shut leaves bitcoin futures trading well below Friday’s close.

A UAE-backed investment vehicle quietly acquired 49% of World Liberty Financial for $500 million. The deal closed days before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. According to The Wall Street Journal, the transaction stayed undisclosed at the time. The timing placed the agreement during a sensitive political transition. Consequently, the purchase later drew attention from lawmakers and […]

Eddie Yue Wai-man, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), said only a very few stablecoin licenses would be issued initially.

Binance has kicked off its $1 billion SAFU conversion into Bitcoin with a $100 million purchase, shifting its user protection fund out of stablecoins and into BTC.

Your day-ahead look for Feb. 2, 2026

Hong Kong is taking a major move towards approving its first licensed stablecoin issuers. Eddie Yue, the chief of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), has confirmed that 36 firms have applied for licenses to issue stablecoins, which are currently under consideration. The first licenses are expected to be issued by March. This move is

Binance expanded its Secure Asset Fund for Users by adding 1,315 BTC, valued at approximately $100.7 million, on Monday, February 2, according to Bitcoin Magazine. The move strengthens Binance’s SAFU reserves, an emergency protection pool designed to cover potential user losses during security incidents, system failures, or other unforeseen operational risks amid heightened volatility across

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP fell hard last week as a broad crypto sell-off ripped through the market. Total crypto value slid to $2.66T. At the moment, it is down by over -3% in the last 24 hours, erasing roughly $400Bn in less than a week. Despite the slump, traders are closely monitoring some of the […]

What a week for the markets. Ethereum price briefly lost a price level many traders watch closely. ETH slid about 20% from its recent high and now hovers near $2,200, a zone that often acts like a floor. This drop comes as the wider crypto market cools after a strong run, shaking out fast money […]

Bitcoin slipped below $76,000 over the weekend, breaking under the average price paid by Strategy for its massive Bitcoin stash. The move erased roughly $3,000 in minutes as forced sell-offs ripped through thin weekend trading. It lands in a market already tense from slowing ETF demand and rising leverage. Price failed to hold $80,000 and […]

The self-claimed ex-girlfriend of Tron founder Justin Sun has dropped a bombshell on the market, not only reviving scrutiny tied to the SEC’s long-running case against him but also tying him to Eileen Gu, a prominent Chinese American freestyle skier. The accusations, made by Zeng Ying, also known as Ten Ten, remain unproven, but they […]

The race between the US and China won’t end anytime soon. With Trump back in office, it is clear that the goal is to ensure the US always leads, not just in tech but in soft power projection. So far, China has been successful in maintaining its dominance as the global factory. Meanwhile, no other […]