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Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins conditional approval from the US OCC to form a national trust bank, which would allow it to issue and manage stablecoins (www.coindesk.com)
1 day ago

Filing: Gemini says its COO, CFO, and chief legal officer are leaving; Cameron Winklevoss will take on many of the COO's duties; GEMI falls 10%+ (www.coindesk.com)
1 day ago

Robinhood launches a public testnet for Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 network on Arbitrum supporting 24/7 trading, with a broader rollout later in 2026 (www.coindesk.com)
7 days ago Ethereum

Sources: crypto exchange Kraken has fired its CFO Stephanie Lemmerman ahead of its long-awaited IPO; Lemmerman joined Kraken from Dapper Labs in November 2024 (www.coindesk.com)
8 days ago IPO

UK's FCA adds Blockchain.com to its registry of licensed crypto companies; the company withdrew its initial application in 2022 to pivot operations to Lithuania (www.coindesk.com)
8 days ago Blockchain

Galaxy Digital stock jumps 17%+ after the company approved a share buyback program of up to $200M over the next 12 months (www.coindesk.com)
12 days ago

Tether acquires a 12% stake, worth $150M, in Gold.com, which enables access to physical and tokenized gold, and plans to integrate its gold-backed XAUT token (www.coindesk.com)
13 days ago

A US judge sentences Rui-Siang Lin, who pled guilty to operating the $105M+ dark web narcotics marketplace Incognito Market, to 30 years in US federal prison (www.coindesk.com)
15 days ago Darknet

Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, raised a $45M extension from Robinhood and others to its $105M Series B, at a $1.5B valuation (www.coindesk.com)
20 days ago Asset

Russia says a crypto regulatory framework will come into force July 1, 2027; it will ban privacy coins like monero and cap retail investor purchases at ~$4K (www.coindesk.com)
20 days ago Russia Retail Ban Monero

The US SEC clarifies its tokenized stock rules, saying they are subject to securities and derivatives rules and issuer approval is required for true ownership (www.coindesk.com)
21 days ago

Nifty Gateway, the NFT trading platform which had facilitated $300M in sales by mid-2021, enters withdrawal-only mode and plans to shut down on Feb. 23, 2026 (www.coindesk.com)
25 days ago

CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched since 2021 are now inactive, with 7.7M tokens failing in Q4 2025, after Oct. 10 “liquidation cascade” (www.coindesk.com)
2026-1-19 4Q

Bitmine, the largest corporate holder of ether, invests $200M in MrBeast's Beast Industries, set to close on January 19; Bitmine holds ~4M ETH valued at ~$13.6B (www.coindesk.com)
2026-1-16 ETH

Coinbase pulls support from the US Senate's crypto market structure bill ahead of a key vote; CEO Brian Armstrong says there are “too many issues” with the bill (www.coindesk.com)
2026-1-15 Senate Coinbase

Sources: CoinGecko, a prominent crypto market data and analytics company, is considering a sale at a ~$500M valuation, after starting the sales process in 2025 (www.coindesk.com)
2026-1-14

The US Senate confirms FDIC acting chairman Travis Hill to lead the agency, which regulates stablecoin issuers and impacts how the crypto industry is banked (www.coindesk.com)
2025-12-19 Senate

Wall Street clearinghouse DTCC selects the Canton Network blockchain as a real-world asset tokenization partner after receiving a No-Action Letter from the SEC (www.coindesk.com)
2025-12-18 Blockchain Wall Street Asset

A US judge sentences Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to 15 years in prison; Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud charges in August (www.coindesk.com)
2025-12-12 Conspiracy

VC fund a16z crypto says it is expanding to Asia and opening an office in Seoul, calling South Korea the world's second-largest crypto market (www.coindesk.com)
2025-12-11 Korea Asia

Sei partners with Xiaomi to pre-install its crypto wallet and discovery app on all new Xiaomi phones sold outside mainland China and the US, starting in 2026 (www.coindesk.com)
2025-12-11 China Xiaomi

The US CFTC launches a pilot program allowing BTC, ETH, and USDC to be used as collateral in US derivatives markets (www.coindesk.com)
2025-12-9 ETH CFTC

BNP Paribas says it is joining nine other European banks including ING, UniCredit, and CaixaBank developing a euro-pegged stablecoin in a JV called Qivalis (www.coindesk.com)
2025-12-4 Europe

Michael Saylor's Strategy creates a $1.44B cash reserve funded by stock sales after cutting full-year profit and BTC yield targets due to bitcoin price drops (www.coindesk.com)
2025-12-2 Bitcoin

The UK proposes a “no gain, no loss” tax rule for crypto lending and liquidity pools in DeFi, deferring capital gains tax until a true economic disposal occurs (www.coindesk.com)
2025-11-28 Tax

Polymarket says it received an amended US CFTC designation, letting it operate a prediction market in the US with a fully regulated exchange structure (www.coindesk.com)
2025-11-26 CFTC

A Dubai court orders a worldwide freeze on $456M in reserves linked to Justin Sun's bailout of Techteryx's TrueUSD, saying there's evidence of a breach of trust (www.coindesk.com)
2025-11-13 Dubai

eToro reports Q3 net contribution up 28% YoY to $215M, vs. $208M est., adjusted EBITDA up 43% to $78M, and announces a $150M share buyback; ETOR closed up 8% (www.coindesk.com)
2025-11-11

Rumble plans to roll out a bitcoin tipping feature, developed in partnership with Tether, to its 51M creators in December; Tether has invested $775M in Rumble (www.coindesk.com)
2025-10-27 Bitcoin

Email: Indian crypto exchange WazirX plans to resume operations on October 24, following a court-approved restructuring, after hackers stole $230M in July 2024 (www.coindesk.com)
2025-10-23 India

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