The global XRP community is coming together today for XRP Community Day 2026, a virtual event where developers, investors, institutions, and leaders from the Ripple ecosystem will discuss the growing role of XRP in real-world finance. Many traders are now asking a key question: Can this event trigger the next major XRP rally? What to …
The South Korean crypto exchange’s CEO Le Jae-won said the lack of proper controls led to the erroneous transfer of bitcoin worth more than $40 billion to customers. Most has been recovered.
The synthetic dollar debuts on Sui Mainnet alongside a permissionless vault seeded by SUI Group and integration with DeepBook’s new margin system.
Down sizably ahead of the jobs data, bitcoin rose modestly to $67,500 following the news.
Hong Kong is looking to build its digital assets economy, its leaders said on stage.
Last week’s downturn was driven by yen carry trades and macro leverage, highlighting how deeply digital assets are now tied to traditional markets, panelists at Consensus Hong Kong 2026 said.
Your day-ahead look for Feb. 11, 2026
The U.K. asset manager teamed up with Ripple to bring traditional fund structures onchain in its first tokenization push.
Tokenized funds and deposits are edging toward the mainstream, though regulation, infrastructure and security remain obstacles.
Bitcoin and ether extended declines, dragging down crypto-related stocks, even as gold and silver rallied.
During an interview at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Joseph Lubin argued that "blue chip" decentralized finance has reached parity with traditional banking.
LayerZero Labs has officially unveiled Zero, a new Layer 1 blockchain aimed at powering global financial markets on-chain. Announced on February 10, 2026, the network is being positioned as institutional-grade infrastructure for trading, clearing, settlement, and tokenization, and it’s launching with heavyweight backing from Citadel Securities, DTCC, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Google Cloud, ARK Invest, and …
Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a motion for a new trial, claiming that Biden’s Department of Justice threatened witnesses into staying silent or changing what they told the court. He announced the filing on X today. “New evidence shows that Biden’s DOJ threatened multiple witnesses into silence or into changing their testimony. My conviction should be …
Non-participation in decentralized finance is becoming a career risk for traditional finance professionals, panellists said.
Rules are required to ensure DeFi projects grow and mature, which means they need layers of centralization before becoming truly decentralized.
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Robinhood’s Johann Kerbrat took the stage along with Bullish CEO Tom Farley to speak of his platform's views on stablecoin yields and traditional financial systems.
Ethereum price today is trading around $1,948, down 3.5% and nearly 14% over the past week, showing strong selling pressure. At the same time, major shifts are happening behind the scenes. Meanwhile, big whale wallets are losing control over supply, and millions of ETH are leaving exchanges. These changes suggest that while the ETH price …
Crypto asset specialists must figure out how to match tokenization hype to real-world utility, Securitize's Graham Ferguson said.
Bitcoin’s recent slide below $70,000 has collided with a stunning operational failure at South Korea’s Bithumb, amplifying market fear. What was supposed to be a small promotional payout of 2,000 Korean won per user spiraled into a $40 billion mistake after Bitcoin was mistakenly distributed instead. The root cause was a mix of human error …
Hong Kong will begin issuing a small number of stablecoin licenses to companies with credible business models and strong compliance, Paul Chan Mo-po said.
Data analytics firm Arkham Intel first floated the idea of adding a crypto derivatives exchange in late 2024.
Thomas Lee, speaking on stage at Hong Kong Consensus 2026, said investors should be looking at opportunities as crypto is in the midst of a "mini winter."
The BitMine chairman said at Hong Kong Consensus 2026 that MrBeast acquiring neobank Step could win over a new generation of investors to crypto.
Franklin Templeton, a global asset manager, and Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, have launched a new program that lets large investors use tokenized money market fund shares as collateral for crypto trading. The goal is to make institutional trading safer, more efficient, and more flexible by linking regulated yield assets with digital markets. Binance-Franklin …
Institutions can now use Benji-issued tokenized money market funds as off-exchange collateral to trade on Binance using Ceffu’s custody layer.
A high-level White House meeting between major banks and crypto leaders over stablecoin reward rules ended without a final agreement. However, people familiar with the talks said progress was made as a March 1 deadline approaches. According to Fox journalist Eleanor Terrett, attendees from both sides described the meeting as “productive.” They discussed possible terms …
The crypto market is looking weak as major coins struggle to move higher. Bitcoin and top altcoins like SOL, XRP, BNB, DOGE, and ADA are all testing important support levels. If these levels break, volatility could increase in the coming days. For Bitcoin, the $65,000 level is now in focus. There is strong liquidity below …
Bitcoin price has been struggling to break above the key $71K resistance level and has now slipped to $67,012. Market intelligence platform Santiment reports that social sentiment around Bitcoin remains heavily bearish, with negative posts still far outweighing positive ones. Adding to the concern, overall public interest in Bitcoin is declining, as shown by the …
Spark is opening access to its $9 billion stablecoin liquidity pool for hedge funds and other institutions to bridge onchain capital with off-chain credit markets.
Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) are entering a new phase. Unlike earlier hype-driven interest, today’s demand is coming mostly from institutions, not everyday investors. At Consensus Hong Kong 2026, leaders from Animoca Brands, Mastercard, and Robinhood highlighted that the focus is on tokenized U.S. Treasuries, money market funds, stablecoin integrations, and better ways to manage collateral. …