Physical co-location and nanosecond advantages end as alpha shifts onchain. High-frequency trading firms own blockchain infrastructure.
Gold hits $5,300 as Tether stacks bullion and Coinbase pushes futures
Tether expands physical gold holdings to 130 metric tons while Coinbase promotes futures trading as Bitcoin lags and gold tops $5,300 per ounce.
South Korea regulator backs ownership caps for crypto exchanges
The Financial Services Commission chief says ownership limits are still under negotiation as lawmakers debate the Digital Asset Basic Act ahead of a mid-February deadline.
ECB’s Cipollone says digital euro key to payments sovereignty in ‘weaponised’ world
European Central Bank executive Piero Cipollone has argued that rising geopolitical tensions make a European-controlled payments system a strategic necessity.
Bitcoin ETF $86K break-even level in focus amid US wirehouse influx reports
Bitcoin ETF investors contend with price dropping to their aggregate entry level, but a crypto executive claimed that new institutions were lining up.
Bitcoin eyes $90K ahead of FOMC: Watch these BTC price levels next
Bitcoin price traded below $90,000 as investors braced for Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC speech that could trigger volatile swings toward key BTC price levels.
Bitget taps ex-Bitpanda legal chief Oliver Stauber to build Vienna MiCA hub
Bitget EU expects MiCA approval in Austria by mid-2026 and plans a broker-led model with strict asset standards for European users.
Suspected US seizure theft wallet launches memecoin, crashes 97%
A wallet linked to an alleged theft from a US government crypto seizure launched a Solana memecoin on Pump.fun that later crashed 97%, sparking tokenomics warnings.
OKX launches EU stablecoin payment card via regulated issuer Monavate
OKX says the card supports USDC and USDG spending, is issued via Monavate on Mastercard’s network and is available to verified EU users.
Crypto launderers are turning away from centralized exchanges: Chainalysis
Chainalysis says the on-chain money laundering ecosystem processed $82 billion in funds in 2025, with Chinese-language networks now dominating.