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01/14/2026 12:53 PM Ethereum staking hits all-time high with almost 30% of ETH supply locked
Staked ether has reached a record 36 million ETH as institutional staking and ETF activity continue to expand.
01/14/2026 11:24 AM Bitcoin and gold allocation outperforms traditional portfolios, backing Ray Dalio’s 15% hedge thesis, Bitwise finds
Bitwise found portfolios combining gold and bitcoin delivered superior risk-adjusted returns across major market drawdowns and recoveries.
01/14/2026 10:45 AM Senate crypto bill could mark biggest financial surveillance expansion since the Patriot Act, Galaxy says
Galaxy Research says illicit finance provisions in the Senate Banking draft go far beyond the House’s Clarity Act.
01/14/2026 09:00 AM Ripple secures preliminary EMI license approval in Luxembourg as EU payments push advances
The move follows Ripple's recent FCA authorization in the UK and adds to its growing regulatory footprint in Europe.
01/14/2026 08:56 AM Pakistan signs MOU with World Liberty Financial to explore USD1 stablecoin
Pakistan signed MOU with Trump-backed World Liberty Financial to explore using the USD1 stablecoin for cross-border payments.
01/14/2026 08:24 AM Backpack launches closed-beta prediction markets with cross-margin feature
The private beta of 'Unified Prediction Portfolio' marks Backpack's foray into the burgeoning prediction markets sector.
01/14/2026 07:18 AM Bitcoin ETFs post largest single-day inflows in three months, worth $750 million
Heightened spot ETF inflows and improved macroeconomic clarity have helped boost crypto prices, analysts told The Block.
01/14/2026 04:59 AM South Korean financial giant KB files patent for stablecoin credit card
The patent application covers a hybrid payment system that allows users to spend stablecoins through their existing credit cards.
01/14/2026 03:34 AM Peter Thiel-backed Bitpanda eyes IPO in first half of 2026: Bloomberg
Vienna-based crypto exchange Bitpanda is reportedly seeking to go public in Germany at a valuation of roughly $4.6 billion to $5.8 billion.
01/14/2026 02:58 AM Russia finalizes bill to open up crypto market to non-qualified traders: report
Anatoly Aksakov, chair of State Duma's Financial Markets Committee, said a draft bill is ready to let non-qualified investors trade crypto.
01/13/2026 10:36 PM Bitdeer overtakes MARA as largest bitcoin miner by ‘managed hashrate’ metric
Singapore-based Bitdeer reported a “total hash rate under management," including a self-mining hashrate of 55.2 EH/s and hosted rigs.
01/13/2026 10:29 PM Kraken and Bitget set the pace in the early innings of tokenized stock trading
Kraken remains king in actively traded tokenized stocks, while Ondo has scaled issuance faster through its partnership with Bitget.
01/13/2026 06:49 PM ‘Surreal moment’: Polymarket CEO touts prediction platform’s ‘most mainstream integration’ at Golden Globes
The 2026 edition of the Golden Globes was broadcast Sunday night on CBS and featured several prediction markets from Polymarket.
01/13/2026 06:31 PM Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure bill text sets up showdown over stablecoin rewards
Lawmakers and the crypto industry are sifting through pages and pages of bill text, with much of the focus being on stablecoin rewards.
01/13/2026 06:29 PM The Daily: Senate unveils updated market structure bill, YZi Labs invests in Genius Trading as CZ joins as advisor, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
01/13/2026 04:56 PM ETHGas launches GWEI token to govern Ethereum blockspace and make onchain execution predictable
Ethereum blockspace protocol ETHGas has launched its governance token GWEI, pitching it as the engine behind “Realtime Ethereum."
01/13/2026 04:49 PM Zama launching token sale at $55 million floor FDV via CoinList and own auction app
The CoinList sale will run next week, with 8% of the 11 billion ZAMA token supply allocated and tokens available to claim on Feb. 2.
01/13/2026 04:14 PM Ethena Labs looks to boost USDe Safe holdings with gas-free Ethereum transactions and 10x rewards bump
"This alliance will accelerate the integration of USDe into the deepest layers of the DeFi economy,” Ethena founder Guy Young said.
01/13/2026 04:06 PM Franklin Templeton updates pair of money market funds to be blockchain-ready
The updates allow traditional money market funds to plug into blockchain-based settlement and record-keeping systems.
01/13/2026 02:56 PM Bank of Thailand monitors USDT ‘grey money’ trades: report
Thailand’s central bank brought USDT under scrutiny as stablecoin use grows and authorities tighten controls on grey money flows.
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