Tokenized Commodities Blows Past $6B on Gold Adoption

The tokenized commodities market has risen 53% in less than six weeks to over $6.1 billion, making it the fastest-growing vertical in the real-world asset tokenization market as more gold moves onchain. The tokenized commodities market was valued at just over $4 billion at the start of the year, meaning around $2 billion has been…

Danske Bank Opens Bitcoin and Ether ETPs to Clients

Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark and a major retail bank in Northern Europe with over five million customers, is allowing clients to buy Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded products (ETPs) from BlackRock and WisdomTree via its eBanking and Mobile Banking platforms for the first time.  The new offering, announced Wednesday, is open to self-directed…

MNB Announces Stablecoin and Tokenization Pilot Programs

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the country’s central bank, said on Wednesday that its Digital Asset Innovation Hub (DAIH) is piloting three regulatory sandbox programs to research and develop stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits. BNM’s initiatives center on using ringgit stablecoins, the fiat currency of Malaysia, for cross-border settlement and developing tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), according…

Bitcoin 2026 Rally To $150K Possible If These Conditions Are Met

Bitcoin (BTC) may recover from its ongoing slump and reach $150,000 by the year’s end, according to a recent Bernstein outlook. Key takeaways: Bitcoin must hold the 200-week SMA and see new-investor flows turn positive. Sidelined capital must flow back into crypto, and the quantum threat needs to be addressed. More rate cuts from the…

Stablecoin Conversion Costs Highest in Africa, Data Shows

Africa recorded the highest median stablecoin-to-fiat conversion spreads among tracked regions in January, according to data observed by payments infrastructure company Borderless.xyz, covering 66 currency corridors and nearly 94,000 rate observations. The regional median spread was 299 basis points, or about 3%, compared with about 1.3% in Latin America and 0.07% in Asia. In Africa,…

Bitcoin Fails To Pass $69,000 In A US Nonfarm Payrolls Reaction

Bitcoin (BTC) saw flash volatility around Wednesday’s Wall Street open as US jobs data came in well above expectations. Key points: Bitcoin attempts to rescue the day’s losses on the back of stronger US nonfarm payrolls data. Mixed signals result in risk assets diverging in their reactions to the numbers. Bitcoin traders stay wary of…

Why Blockchain TPS Numbers Often Collapse in the Real World

Blockchain transactions per second (TPS) numbers are often treated as a performance gauge, but they don’t tell the full story of whether a network can scale in practice. Carter Feldman, founder of Psy Protocol and a former hacker, told Cointelegraph that TPS figures are often misleading because they ignore how transactions are actually verified and…

JPMorgan among those cutting price targets following Q4 miss

Robinhood (HOOD) shares slumped 10% in early trading on Wednesday after fourth-quarter revenue missed estimates, with a decline in crypto trading impacting results. The popular trading app reported fourth-quarter earnings per share of $0.66, beating expectations of $0.63. However, revenue came in at $1.28 billion, below the $1.33 billion analysts had forecast. A downturn in…

Ethereum Whales Accumulate Aggressively as ETH Price Drops Below $2K

Ethereum accumulation addresses have witnessed a surge in daily inflows since Friday, suggesting growing confidence in Ether’s (ETH) long-term price trajectory despite its latest drop below $2,000. Key takeaways: Ether’s drop below $2,000 has left 58% of addresses with unrealized losses. Accumulation addresses have absorbed about $2.6 billion in ETH over five days. Key Ether…

SFC Expands Leverage Rules for Hong Kong Crypto Firms

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission said Wednesday it will allow licensed brokers to provide virtual asset margin financing and outlined a framework for trading platforms to offer perpetual contracts to professional investors. Under the new guidance, brokers may extend virtual asset financing to securities margin clients with sufficient collateral and strong credit profiles. Initially,…