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02/01/2026 02:55 PM UAE Sheikh secretly acquired 49% of Trump’s World Liberty Financial days before inauguration: WSJ
The Sheikh has pushed to buy high-powered AI chips from the U.S. for a startup that he owns, and secured the chips months after acquiring the stake.
01/31/2026 09:51 PM Infamous ‘Hyperunit whale’ exits entire ETH position for $250 million loss, left with $53 in account: Arkham
The "Hyperunit Whale" first rose to notoriety after profiting off a massive short position shortly before President Trump's October tariff announcement.
01/31/2026 07:12 PM BTC drops below $80,000 following $1.6 billion in monthly ETF outflows, third-worst month on record
The price of Bitcoin briefly traded below Microstrategy's cost basis for the first time since October of 2023 as top cryptocurrencies dropped on Saturday.
01/31/2026 04:44 PM Solana DeFi platform Step Finance investigating $29 million treasury wallet compromise
The attack sent Step Finance's native STEP token plummeting more than 60% as the protocol enlists security firms to investigate the incident.
01/30/2026 10:03 PM Tether rakes in over $10 billion net profit in 2025 as excess reserves top $6.3 billion
2025 marked Tether’s “second-largest annual issuance in its history,” with over $50 billion new USDT added to the circulating supply.
01/30/2026 09:50 PM Coinbase, crypto and bank organizations set to hash out stablecoin rewards at White House summit on Monday
Representatives from Coinbase, crypto trade groups and banking organizations are expected to meet next week to discuss the treatment of stablecoin rewards.
01/30/2026 08:11 PM JPMorgan says bitcoin futures oversold as silver flips overbought, sees $8,500 gold long term
Indeed, since the JPMorgan report was published on Wednesday, both silver and gold have pulled back from recent highs.
01/30/2026 07:09 PM WisdomTree reports $2.24 billion crypto AUM as CEO says tokenization adds ‘momentum today while still early’
WisdomTree's year-end financial statement recorded $2.24 billion worth of crypto assets under management, up from $1.9 billion in Q4 2024.
01/30/2026 06:38 PM The Daily: Trump names crypto-friendly Kevin Warsh as Fed chair nominee, Binance pledges $1 billion SAFU fund to bitcoin, and more
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
01/30/2026 04:49 PM Anthony Pompliano: Forget inflation, bitcoin’s price action is explained by deflation and de-dollarization
Anthony Pompliano argues that deflation, not inflation, is Bitcoin’s real headwind and explains why institutions are racing to absorb crypto into legacy finance.
01/30/2026 04:17 PM NinjaTrader launches in Europe as retail futures ‘become a global expectation’
NinjaTrader’s European launch builds on Kraken’s broader expansion into regulated derivatives infrastructure across the region.
01/30/2026 03:00 PM Amboss unveils Lightning-native P2P platform RailsX for bitcoin and stablecoin swaps
Amboss has unveiled RailsX, a Lightning-native platform designed to enable peer-to-peer bitcoin and stablecoin swaps.
01/30/2026 02:38 PM SoFi posts first $1 billion revenue quarter as profit reaches $174 million in Q4 amid crypto expansion
Digital financial services firm SoFi reported its first $1 billion revenue quarter, with GAAP net income reaching $173.5 million in Q4 2025.
01/30/2026 02:23 PM Norway sovereign wealth fund’s indirect bitcoin exposure grew 149% in 2025 to 9,573 BTC: K33
Strategy accounts for 81% of NBIM's $837M indirect bitcoin exposure, with additional holdings in MARA, Metaplanet, Coinbase, and Block.
01/30/2026 02:11 PM Kraken-backed KRAKacquisition Corp completes $345 million upsized IPO, begins Nasdaq trading
Kraken-backed KRAKacquisition Corp closed a $345 million upsized IPO on Nasdaq, with units beginning to trade this week.
01/30/2026 02:00 PM Lido rolls out stVaults on mainnet with Day 1 users including Linea, Nansen and several institutional stakers
stVaults, introduced in February 2025 as part of the Lido V3 upgrade, are finally rolling out in a mainnet.
01/30/2026 12:15 PM Trump names crypto-friendly Kevin Warsh as pick for Fed chair
President Trump announced Kevin Warsh as his pick for Federal Reserve chair following a sharp surge in prediction market odds overnight.
01/30/2026 11:24 AM Bitcoin slides below $83K as Wall Street pulls over $1B from crypto ETFs after Fed pause
Analysts point to tight liquidity and a broad risk pullback as BTC fell toward $81,000 and U.S. crypto ETFs saw over $1 billion in outflows.
01/30/2026 10:07 AM Vitalik Buterin commits roughly $45 million in ETH to open-source security and privacy projects
Vitalik Buterin personally pledged 16,384 ETH to fund privacy-focused projects amid the Ethereum Foundation's shift toward mild austerity.
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