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The institutional bitcoin manager expands its mandate as demand for professional risk-managed digital asset strategies grows.

The new futures contracts, available in micro and standard sizes, are set to launch on Feb. 9, pending regulatory approval.

The rise in new wallets suggests broader interest in Ethereum, driven by decentralized finance, stablecoin transfers, NFTs, and new applications.

Amid protests and economic crisis, Iranians are increasingly withdrawing bitcoin from exchanges to personal wallets.

Eligible Interactive Brokers LLC clients can now deposit USDC around the clock, with funds converted to dollars and credited to brokerage accounts within minutes.

Short-term price action is driven by technical positioning, with $2.13 acting as a key resistance level.

Traders are cautious with meme tokens, favoring assets with clearer institutional signals.

Analysts suggest the market is pausing rather than reversing, with Bitcoin moving out of a long consolidation phase.

Bitcoin steadies near $95K as prediction markets, market makers, and desks point to a momentum-driven run at $100K rather than a decisive breakout.

BitMine Chair Tom Lee told investors that the company could generate over $400 million income on its $13 billion worth of ether holdings, primarily via staking.

While Coinbase said that the crypto market structure bill would essentially ban tokenized securities, companies in that sector say that’s not the case.

Armstrong told CNBC that his firm pulled support for a sweeping digital assets bill after finding provisions that could have harmed consumers and stifled competition.

The company’s Brian Steele suggests the industry giant aims to redefine the limits of tokenization in capital markets.

A call is being planned to discuss the state of the legislation that’s now been postponed in the Senate Banking Committee, sources say.

The firm is exploring how these technologies can fit into its business and has met with prediction market platforms.

The latest push to establish a comprehensive U.S. crypto market structure framework hit a snag this week, but leaders in DeFi don’t seem alarmed by the collapse.

In a letter on Thursday, lawmakers accused the SEC of enabling a “pay-to-play” dynamic after dropping cases against Binance, Coinbase, Kraken and Justin Sun.

The digital assets crowd has been complaining bitterly about bank-lobbyist tactics, but Senate lawmakers have a much longer relationship with their bankers.

The crypto analytics firm is replacing its reward-driven social product with a more selective creator marketing platform after X revised its API policies to curb spam.

The first stablecoin issued through MoonPay’s launchpad aims to solve liquidity fragmentation by issuing natively on Citrea.

Tokenization platform Securitize is going public — as soon as the first half of 2026 — through a SPAC deal with Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT)

The CLARITY Act, expected to clarify digital asset rules, will enable blockchain to bring real-time transparency to government operations and public spending.

The expansion supports Galaxy’s AI and high-performance computing plans, with construction underway on the first phase.

After a brief reprieve, crypto returned to selling off during U.S. market hours on Thursday.

The deal will see LMAX embed Ripple’s $1.4 billion U.S. dollar stablecoin into the exchange’s infrastructure.

Strategy remains an effective proxy for bitcoin exposure, particularly for investors with a long-term view, analyst Lance Vitanza said.

BofA CEO Brian Moynihan echoed other banks in warning that $6 trillion in bank deposits were at stake, even as he said the bank will “be fine.”

Delayed markups could give Congress time to resolve issues that may determine how, and whether, institutions fully enter U.S. crypto markets, broker Benchmark said.

The bank said global capital moving into digital assets hit a record last year and is poised to grow further as institutional investors return.

Litecoin (LTC) was also an underperformer, down 2.1% from Wednesday.