Blockchain & Digital Assets

January 2, 2026 @ 11:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial technology sector experienced a notable rebound in 2025, marking the first annual increase in venture capital investment after several years of decline. According to data from PitchBook, global fintech startups collectively secured $55.94 billion in funding, reflecting a 25% rise compared to the… Read More

January 2, 2026 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OliverWyman noted that as we sit at the end of 2025, AI-mania continues to roll, equity markets are trading “near records,” interest rates are gradually bite surely coming down, inflation hasn’t quite yet spiraled out of control, and the credit cycle “hasn’t cycled that much.”… Read More

January 2, 2026 @ 8:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Former FBI Special Agent Stephanie Talamantez has more than a decade’s worth of experience leading cryptocurrency fraud investigations and recovering stolen digital assets. Now the senior managing director at Guidepost Solutions, she said as more institutions and individuals invest in digital assets, they need a… Read More

January 2, 2026 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has recently raised alarms about a persistent exploit targeting numerous cryptocurrency wallets on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible networks. The attack, which continues to unfold, reportedly involves the unauthorized transfer of funds from hundreds of affected addresses / wallets, primarily in modest… Read More

January 2, 2026 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a year-end reflection posted on social media, Republican Congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio has issued a stark warning about the direction of U.S. cryptocurrency policy. Davidson, a longtime advocate for digital assets who recently sponsored legislation enabling US residents to settle federal taxes with… Read More

January 1, 2026 @ 11:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move underscoring its commitment to the web3 and cryptocurrency sector, Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT in terms of market cap and overall global adoption, expanded its Bitcoin portfolio by acquiring approximately 8,888 BTC during the final quarter of 2025…. Read More

January 1, 2026 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR), a B Corp-certified global sustainable energy solutions group, is pleased to announce the execution of an exclusive heads of agreement to acquire an energized and operational 40MW+ data center infrastructure facility in Norway powered by “100% renewable hydroelectric energy.” With… Read More

January 1, 2026 @ 9:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale Investments recently submitted a preliminary registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This filing paves the way for the potential launch of an exchange-traded product focused on Bittensor, a key player in the decentralized artificial intelligence space. The proposed trust, set… Read More

January 1, 2026 @ 9:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The aftermath of the damaging December 27, 2025, security breach on the Flow blockchain continues to ripple through its volatile ecosystem, particularly affecting platforms that offer loans backed by non-fungible tokens (NFTs). While the Flow Foundation has emphasized that no direct user funds were compromised… Read More

January 1, 2026 @ 8:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global crypto exchange KuCoin has reportedly launched KIA, an innovative AI tool engineered specifically for the digital asset space. This new crypto-native digital tool aims to make market navigation more straightforward and intuitive, offering key insights that help traders of all levels handle the volatile… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tenderly reports that it is now an official public RPC provider for Polygon, joining the network of infrastructure partners powering one of the “most widely adopted EVM-compatible chains.” Clients may now access Tenderly’s public Polygon RPC endpoint at tenderly.rpc.polygon.community. As an “official” Polygon public RPC… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the evolving ecosystem of digital finance, a Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) executive has raised alarms about potential U.S. policy missteps that might undermine America’s position in global monetary innovation. Faryar Shirzad, the cryptocurrency exchange’s chief policy officer, highlighted how limiting incentives on American stablecoins could inadvertently… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic has partnered with Obsidiam, a Costa Rica based stablecoin services provider, and its Swiss sister company, Volcanic Glass, to enhance compliance and transparency in cross-border payments. The partnership will now aim to support Obsidiam’s mission to help build Latin America’s on-chain economy by providing “regulated,… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto market infrastructure legislation is expected to move to market next month. First reported by CryptoinAmerica, the Senate Banking Committee has selected January 15th as the date members will determine the language of the bill. The CLARITY Act was passed by the US House of… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group, a firm focused on enabling blockchain-powered multi-asset infrastructure, announced that the alternative trading system (ATS) operated by its broker-dealer subsidiary can now facilitate the trading of crypto asset securities that are directly custodied on-chain by customers in their own self-hosted wallets. Transactions in those… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital (NASDAQ: GLXY) noted in their blog post focused on year-end predictions that, somewhat anticlimactically, Bitcoin (BTC) now looks set to end 2025 at roughly the same price level where it started. Actually, the flagship cryptocurrency is down from around $94,000 from end of… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 10:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Our final Web3 Thoughts of the Week for 2025 looks ahead to how tokenization, stablecoins, RWAs, AI, DeFi, and politics will shape 2026. Tokenized real-world assets and stablecoins “As usual, most attention within the crypto sector is being paid to the price of Bitcoin, which… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prenetics Global Limited (NASDAQ: PRE), a health sciences company whose wellness brand IM8 is co-founded with soccer icon David Beckham, has abandoned its Bitcoin accumulation strategy just months after raising significant capital partly for that purpose. In a December 30, 2025, announcement, the Nasdaq-listed firm… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ownera and LayerZero announced a partnership to connect their platforms to enable cross-chain solutions for institutional tokenization. The collaboration integrates LayerZero’s interoperability protocol – which “connects 160+ blockchains and has facilitated over $200 billion in value transfer since inception” – with Ownera’s Router and SuperApps… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swisstronik is now a VQF member. The company has shared a key end of year update explaining what this means for Web3 compliance and its overall business operations heading into 2026. Swisstronik noted in a blog post that it has now officially joined the VQF,… Read More