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Barclays, the UK investment bank (IB), is expanding its stablecoin business. Barclays said on the 7th (local time) that it had made a strategic investment in Ubyx, a US stablecoin payments firm. This is the first time Barclays has invested in a compa

Global investment bank (IB) Morgan Stanley is launching an Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF). On the 7th (local time), according to CoinDesk, Morgan Stanley on the previous day (6th) filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissi

Conflict between YZi Labs, founded by Changpeng Zhao (CZ), and CEA Industry, a BNB reserve company, is escalating. YZi Labs said on the 7th (local time) via its official X account, "As a major shareholder of CEA Industry, it is reviewing CEA Industry

UAE-based RAKBank has obtained approval for a stablecoin business. RAKBank said it has received in-principle approval from the UAE Central Bank (CBUAE) to issue a stablecoin backed by the UAE's legal tender, the dirham (AED). RAKBank said, "(The appr

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance launched a silver futures contract with up to 50x leverage on the 7th (local time). Binance said it supports silver-based perpetual futures trading. The contract unit is 1 troy ounce and supports up to 50x lever

James Wynn, known as a whale on the decentralized exchange (DEX) Hyperliquid (HYPE), bet on an Ethereum (ETH) long (buy) position with 25x leverage. On the 7th (local time), according to on-chain analytics firm OnChainLens, James Wynn opened an Ether

There is a view that the inflow of funds into U.S. Bitcoin (BTC) spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which were sluggish in the second half of last year, will resume this year. Crypto analytics firm Matrixport said on the 7th (local time) via its offi

Bitcoin (BTC) whales (large investors) appear to be returning to the market. Analysis says the possibility of Bitcoin reclaiming $100,000 is also increasing. Oinonen_t, a CryptoQuant contributor, said on the 7th (local time) via CryptoQuant, "Binance

Despite U.S. airstrike on Venezuela Bitcoin exceeds $93,000 "No signs of panic selling" 47% chance to exceed $100,000 Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $93,000 for the first time in about a month. Analysts say the U.S. attack on Venezuela raised expectations o

Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum (ETH), said on the 1st (local time) that "Ethereum is a rebellion against centralization." Buterin said via X (X) that "the real goal of Ethereum is to build a 'world computer' that operates as the core infras

The stock of MicroStrategy, the world's largest Bitcoin (BTC) accumulation company, has fallen for six consecutive months. On the 1st (local time), CoinDesk reported that MicroStrategy's monthly stock change rate recorded a decline for six consecutiv

Bitcoin (BTC) price's fourth-quarter return last year turned negative for the first time in 3 years. On the 1st (local time), according to CoinGlass, Bitcoin's fourth-quarter price return last year was -23.07%. It recorded a negative for the first ti

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance is adding AI Avatar (AIAV) to Binance Alpha. According to Lookonchain and others on the 1st (local time), Binance will list AI Avatar on Binance Alpha on the 2nd. An airdrop will also be conducted. After trading

Justin Sun, founder of Tron(TRX), has reportedly purchased LIT tokens worth $33 million (about 48 billion won). On the 1st (local time), BlockBeats reported that Justin Sun recently bought 13.25 million LIT tokens. The amount Justin Sun invested in t

Dollar stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) reportedly bought about 8,900 Bitcoin (BTC) in the fourth quarter of last year. Paolo Ardoino (Paolo Ardoino), Tether's chief executive officer (CEO), said on X, "Tether bought 8,888 Bitcoin in the fourth quarte

Chinese crypto investment firm LD Capital has expressed its intention to make additional purchases of Ethereum (ETH). Jack Yi, founder of LD Capital, said on the 1st (local time), "On the premise of being optimistic about a large-scale bull market in

An analysis suggested Bitcoin (BTC) prices are likely to remain range-bound this year as well. A CryptoQuant contributor from XWIN Research Japan said on the 1st (local time) via CryptoQuant, "As 2026 begins, it is still difficult to say that Bitcoin

U.S. Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) reversed to net outflows just one day after switching to net inflows. On the 1st (local time), according to crypto analytics firm SoSoValue, the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF recorded ne

Ethereum (ETH) network activity has reached its highest level in two years. A CryptoOnChain contributor to CryptoQuant said on the 31st (local time) via CryptoQuant, "As of the 29th, the Ethereum network's 'Transfer Count' surged to 1.06 million," ad

U.S. investment bank KBW has more than doubled the target price for Bitcoin (BTC) miner TeraWulf. On the 31st (local time), CoinDesk reported that KBW upgraded its investment rating on TeraWulf to 'Outperform.' TeraWulf's target price was raised from

U.S. Nasdaq-listed Trump Media and Technology Group will distribute cryptocurrency to its shareholders. Trump Media said on the 31st (local time) that it will distribute a new cryptocurrency to shareholders in collaboration with U.S. cryptocurrency e

Last week, U.S. initial jobless claims came in well below market expectations. The U.S. Department of Labor said on the 31st (local time) that initial jobless claims for last week were 199,000. That figure is 20,000 below experts' forecast (219,000).

The global cryptocurrency exchange Binance's users have surpassed 300 million this year. Binance's trading volume within the year was reported to be $34 trillion (about 49.2 quadrillion won). On the 31st (local time), Binance reported that, as of tha

The cumulative derivatives trading volume on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) has surpassed $12 trillion. The cumulative volume has increased by nearly $8 trillion over the past year. Cointelegraph, citing DefiLlama data, reported that the cumulative d

Ethereum (ETH) deposited to Binance this month has reached its highest level in two years. Arab Chain, a contributor to CryptoQuant, said on the 31st (local time) via CryptoQuant, "About 8.5 million Ethereum flowed into Binance in December," adding,

Decentralized exchange (DEX) LIT conducted an airdrop worth $700 million (about 1 trillion won). On the 31st (local time), according to Cointelegraph, LIT on the previous day (30th) airdropped LIT tokens worth $675 million (about 980 billion won) to

The world's largest Ethereum (ETH) reserve firm, BitMine (BitMine), has purchased an additional 100 million dollars (about 150 billion won) worth of Ethereum. On the 31st (local time), Cointelegraph reported that BitMine bought 32,938 Ethereum the pr

The Ethereum (ETH) mainnet's daily transaction count has reached a new all-time high. On the 31st (local time), according to Etherscan, the previous day (30th) the Ethereum mainnet's daily transaction count was about 2.12 million, marking a record hi

U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said that if interest payments on dollar stablecoins are prohibited, China could benefit. Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase's chief policy officer (CPO), said on the 31st (local time) via X, "China's recent announcement t