• Tomasz K. Stańczak steps down as co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation. • Andre Cronje’s Flying Tulip to launch public token sale on February 16. • Buterin shares on X his thoughts on prediction markets. • BlackRock brings its Treasury-backed BUIDL token to Uniswap.
14.02.2026 Andre Cronje’s Flying Tulip to launch public token sale on February 16.
12.02.2026 Tomasz K. Stańczak steps down as co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, to be succeeded by Bastian Aue.
12.02.2026 Hong Kong expands crypto rules to allow margin financing and perpetual contracts.
12.02.2026 Swedish H100 acquires Adam Back–backed Swiss Bitcoin treasury firm Future Holdings AG.
11.02.2026 Malaysia’s central bank to launch three initiatives this year involving local-currency stablecoins and tokenized deposits.
11.02.2026 Russia approves national real-world asset tokenization framework.
11.02.2026 Susquehanna-backed crypto lender Blockfills halts withdrawals
11.02.2026 Aave Labs submits governance proposal to route all Aave product revenue to the DAO.
11.02.2026 Standard Chartered lowers its 2026 Bitcoin price target from $150,000 to $100,000.
11.02.2026 Coinbase stock declines amid broader crypto market pullback.
11.02.2026 Crypto transaction volumes rise in Kyrgyzstan following favorable regulations.
11.02.2026 BlackRock brings its Treasury-backed BUIDL token to Uniswap.
11.02.2026 Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest lender, begins offering Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs to clients
10.02.2026 Robinhood launches Layer 2 “Robinhood Chain” for financial services.
10.02.2026 LayerZero announces Layer 1 “Zero” blockchain with scalability and privacy features for Wall Street.
10.02.2026 Circle Ventures invests in EdgeX DEX.
10.02.2026 EU considers blanket ban on Russia-related crypto transactions.
10.02.2026 Tether invests in LayerZero.
10.02.2026 Polymarket launches “attention markets,” enabling public sentiment bets in partnership with Kaito AI.
10.02.2026 Ethereum developers to discuss shift from re-executing transactions to verifying ZK proofs on February 11.
10.02.2026 Market maker Jump Trading to receive minority equity stakes in Kalshi and Polymarket in exchange for providing liquidity.
10.02.2026 Sui-based Nexa DEX shuts down, citing low activity on Sui
09.02.2026 China urges banks to curb US Treasuries exposure
06.02.2026 Polymarket adopts USDC for transaction settlement
05.02.2026 Brazil to ban algorithmic stablecoins
04.02.2026 Canada’s CIRO formalizes interim crypto custody framework
04.02.2026 Bitwise to acquire crypto staking provider Chorus One
04.02.2026 Ripple Prime adds support for Hyperliquid
03.02.2026 Y Combinator to allow founders to receive funding in stablecoins
03.02.2026 Aave founder Stani Kulechov purchases five-story Victorian mansion in London’s Notting Hill for £22M
02.02.2026 Nomura crypto subsidiary Laser Digital discloses Q3 2025 losses
01.02.2026 Prediction markets hit all-time high with $12B in volume in January.
01.02.2026 Circle releases 2026 product roadmap, outlining its own Arc blockchain and developer infrastructure
31.01.2026 Tether mints 192K XAUt on Ethereum worth $946M, equivalent to about six metric tons of gold
31.01.2026 US OFAC sanctions UK-based crypto exchanges Zedcex and Zedxion over Iran sanctions violations
31.01.2026 Binance releases detailed investigation report into October 10, 2025 crash, acknowledging two technical incidents
30.01.2026 Nubank receives conditional approval from US regulators to open a US branch.
30.01.2026 Hong Kong’s 15th Five-Year Plan highlights stablecoins as a core FinTech priority.
30.01.2026 Binance to convert its $1B SAFU fund reserves from stablecoins into Bitcoin.
30.01.2026 Andre Cronje’s Flying Tulip raises $25M at a $1B valuation.
30.01.2026 US Department of Justice obtains legal title to $400M+ in crypto seized from darknet mixing service Helix.
29.01.2026 Griff Green discusses creating a DAO Security Fund using ~$200M in unclaimed funds from the 2016 DAO hack.
29.01.2026 Hyperliquid reaches the deepest top-of-book liquidity in crypto markets.
29.01.2026 Bybit launches MyBank, enabling users to obtain personal IBANs.
29.01.2026 Sony Innovation Fund invests an additional $13M in Startale Group, co-developer of the Soneium blockchain.
29.01.2026 US SEC issues guidance clarifying the treatment of tokenized securities.
29.01.2026 Coinbase adds HYPE to its listing roadmap.
29.01.2026 OpenAI explores a bot-resistant social network using Apple Face ID and Worldcoin’s iris scans.
28.01.2026 Fidelity Investments announces FIDD, an Ethereum-based stablecoin.
28.01.2026 Ethereum plans to introduce ERC-8004, an AI-agent reputation standard, to mainnet.
27.01.2026 Crypto payments network Mesh raises $75M in a Series C at a $1B valuation.
27.01.2026 Tether launches USA₮, a federally regulated, USD-backed stablecoin for the US market.
26.01.2026 Kraken launches DeFi Earn in the US (most states), the EU, and Canada.
25.01.2026 Tether tops 2025 revenue rankings with $5.2B; Tron follows with $3.5B, driven largely by USDT activity.
24.01.2026 DePIN startup Spacecoin partners with WLF, announces upcoming token airdrop.
24.01.2026 US SEC dismisses its 2023 case against Gemini over crypto yield products.
24.01.2026 Nifty Gateway, the NFT platform owned by Gemini, ceases operations.
23.01.2026 Grayscale applies to the US SEC for a BNB ETF.
23.01.2026 Binance applies for an EU-wide MiCA license via Greece.
23.01.2026 Ledger plans an IPO.
23.01.2026 IOTA co-founder says the project is shifting focus toward global trade infrastructure.
22.01.2026 Tokenization and fintech firm Superstate raises $82.5M in a Series B round.
22.01.2026 A second Colombian pension fund plans exposure to Bitcoin.
21.01.2026 Decentralized social infrastructure firm Neynar acquires Ethereum-based DeSoc protocol Farcaster.
21.01.2026 VerifiedX launches Butterfly, a crypto payments app supporting Bitcoin and stablecoins.
21.01.2026 Galaxy Digital plans to launch a $100M hedge fund with 30% allocated to crypto tokens.
21.01.2026 US fast-food chain Steak ’n Shake to offer Bitcoin bonuses to staff starting March 1.
20.01.2026 Delaware Life Insurance Company adds BlackRock’s U.S. Equity Bitcoin Balanced Risk 12% Index to its product lineup.
20.01.2026 Chainlink launches 24/5 US equities and ETF data feeds.
20.01.2026 Russia’s State Duma reviews a bill proposing fines for illegal cryptocurrency mining.
20.01.2026 Gambling regulators in Hungary and Portugal block Polymarket.
19.01.2026 Bermuda plans to integrate USDC into its national economy in partnership with Circle and Coinbase.
19.01.2026 Starknet-based Paradex rolls back its chain following a malfunction.
19.01.2026 Tether partners with Laos-based Bitqik on digital asset education initiatives.
18.01.2026 Hyperliquid donates ~$250K to onchain investigator ZachXBT.
17.01.2026 Solana DEX Jupiter introduces its native stablecoin, JupUSD.
17.01.2026 US crypto bank Anchorage Digital explores a potential IPO.
16.01.2026 Moldova plans to introduce a MiCA-aligned crypto regulatory framework in 2026.
16.01.2026 Belarus establishes a “crypto bank” framework, allowing eligible High-Tech Park firms to offer token-based services.
13.01.2026 YZi Labs invests $10M+ in privacy-focused decentralized trading platform Genius Trading.
13.01.2026 ETHGas plans an airdrop of its governance token, GWEI.
13.01.2026 Grayscale releases Q1 2026 “Assets Under Consideration” list: Tron, ARIA Protocol, Nous Research, Poseidon, and Double Zero added; Prime Intellect removed.
13.01.2026 Singapore Gulf Bank joins J.P. Morgan’s correspondent banking network; launches Wire 365 for USD clearing.
13.01.2026 Charles Hoskinson criticizes Trump’s crypto policy as “extractive,” warning of industry fallout.
13.01.2026 Nigeria passes new tax law linking crypto transactions to identities via Tax and National Identification Numbers.
12.01.2026 Telegram-based trading bot Trojan launches a browser-based onchain trading terminal.
12.01.2026 Bitcoin Core adds a sixth contributor, anonymous developer TheCharlatan.
12.01.2026 VelaFi raises $20M in a Series B to expand stablecoin-based payments and treasury infrastructure across the US and Asia.
12.01.2026 Ukraine officially bans Polymarket.
12.01.2026 Crypto YouTube viewership declines over the past three months.
12.01.2026 South Korea ends its nine-year ban on corporate crypto investments, allowing listed companies and professional investors to allocate up to 5% of equity to the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap.
07.01.2026 US Senate Banking and Commerce committees to work on comprehensive crypto legislation this month.
07.01.2026 Polymarket to supply its market data and indicators to Barron’s, The Wall Street Journal, and other Dow Jones publications.
07.01.2026 Chen Zhi, founder and chairman of Prince Group, arrested in Cambodia and repatriated to China for investigation. (Pending mainstream confirmation — reported in private channels.)
07.01.2026 Tokenized stock markets under $1B, led by Backed Finance and Ondo.
07.01.2026 Nike disposes of digital products subsidiary RTFKT.
07.01.2026 Tether defines Scudo, a new unit of account equal to 1/1,000 of a troy ounce of gold, for its tokenized gold product.
07.01.2026 Morgan Stanley files for a spot ETH ETF with US regulators.
07.01.2026 Wyoming launches its first state-issued stablecoin, FRNT, on Solana.
07.01.2026 Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES.
07.01.2026 Polymarket withholds payouts on Venezuela invasion bets after ruling conditions unmet.
06.01.2026 Polymarket discloses fee structure, confirming most markets are fee-free.
06.01.2026 Binance Wallet announces the launch of its 44th token generation event (TGE).
06.01.2026 India completes AML licensing for 45 domestic and 4 offshore crypto exchanges.
06.01.2026 US lawmaker proposes legislation to bar federal officials from trading on prediction markets.
05.01.2026 Starknet experiences network downtime.
05.01.2026 China signals strategy shift as e-CNY CBDC is set to bear interest.
05.01.2026 Switzerland freezes assets linked to Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro.
05.01.2026 Ledger security incident results in customer data exposure.
05.01.2026 PwC ramps up digital asset practice, advising on stablecoin payments, CBDCs, compliance, and developing audit and control tools.
04.01.2026 Coinbase pauses local fiat-to-USD-backed stablecoin operations in Argentina.
04.01.2026 Tether discloses an investment in SQRIL, a real-time cross-border QR-code payments platform.
03.01.2026 Signs of insider trading emerge on Polymarket in bets linked to Venezuela-related outcomes.
02.01.2026 Stani Kulechov signals strategic shift: “World-class consumer products are built by opinionated teams, not DAOs.” Aave Labs commits to sharing revenue generated outside the AAVE protocol with token holders.
02.01.2026 Bitcoin treasury companies face valuation pressure.
02.01.2026 Ilya Lichtenstein, mastermind of the 2016 Bitfinex hack, released early.
02.01.2026 Iran Ministry of Defence Export Center to accept cryptocurrency for sales of advanced weapons.
2026 OUTLOOK Andreessen Horowitz (a16z): Stablecoins on bank ledgers and in payments, “Know Your Agent,” prediction markets, staked media.
01.01.2026 Crypto laws legalizing mining and crypto exchanges enter into force in Turkmenistan.
01.01.2026 EU crypto tax transparency directive DAC8 takes effect, requiring crypto-asset service providers to report user data to national tax authorities.
01.01.2026 MiCA comes into force in Spain.
31.12.2025 Ethereum smart contract deployments hit a record high in Q4.
2026 OUTLOOK Haseeb Qureshi (Dragonfly Capital): Big Tech crypto wallets, perp DEX consolidation and equity perps, stablecoin-backed cards.
28.12.2025 Pump.fun cashes out ICO proceeds.
28.12.2025 Uniswap burns $591M worth (~10%) of UNI supply.
27.12.2025 DeFi app Flow token plunges following a security incident.
2026 OUTLOOK Jay Yu (Pantera Capital): Prediction market bifurcation, agentic commerce via x402, tokenized gold, equity tokens, Hyperliquid growth, stablecoins in cross-border payouts.
2026 OUTLOOK Galaxy Digital: No Solana inflation cut, rise of corporate L1s, stablecoin consolidation, volumes surpass ACH, higher app revenue, equity token relief from US SEC, card networks integrate public blockchains, DEX share grows 17%→25%, futarchy in DAOs, DATs struggle, x402 for agentic transactions.
27.12.2025 Bitmine Ethereum DAT reports 4.11M ETH, enters staking.
26.12.2025 Sberbank issues crypto-backed loan to local miner, uses in-house app for collateral custody.
26.12.2025 Japan proposes 2026 tax reform to classify crypto as financial products.
26.12.2025 ZachXBT reports unauthorized fund outflows from some Trust Wallet user addresses.
