Morgan Stanley has tapped veteran executive Amy Oldenburg to lead the investment bank’s new crypto unit, just weeks after announcing plans to launch three crypto exchange-traded funds and a crypto wallet. Oldenburg will transition to head of digital asset strategy after working in Morgan Stanley’s emerging markets equity team since 2001, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. …
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Public companies are quietly expanding their Bitcoin treasuries in early 2026, with new disclosures this week showing continued accumulation despite largely flat prices. Nasdaq-listed American Bitcoin Corporation said on Tuesday that its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings rose to 5,843 BTC, an increase of 416 Bitcoin from prior levels. The company, co-founded by Eric Trump, said it …
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) monthly gains have been limited to just 2.2%, but February could mark a bullish shift. Since 2016, the week ending Feb. 21 has recorded the highest median return at 8.4%, with Bitcoin closing higher 60% of the time. Key takeaways: February has delivered a median 7% weekly BTC return historically, outperforming October’s seasonal …
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The state representative introduced similar legislation shortly after taking office in 2025, but the bill was deferred and not signed into law. A member of South Dakota’s House of Representatives has introduced another bill that would allow the US state to invest in Bitcoin about a year after similar legislation was deferred. Representative Logan Manhart …
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Laser Digital, a full-service digital asset company backed by Japanese financial group Nomura, has reportedly filed for a US national bank trust charter, signaling that crypto-focused companies are seeking deeper integration into the US financial system amid a more permissive regulatory environment. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Financial Times reported Tuesday that Laser …
HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Influencer personas need to stop being subsidized with company or DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) money. The Web 3.0 marketing scene is rife with this. It’s mismanagement of community funds – and trust – and it needs to stop. Marketing funds are just that. They’re funds for marketing, and 99% …
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A Goldman Sachs executive says global equity markets are undergoing a sharp shift away from heavy concentration in mega-cap US technology stocks. Rich Privorotsky, head of European One Delta trading at Goldman Sachs Global Banking & Markets, says investors are increasingly reallocating away from the so-called Magnificent Seven after years of dominance. He says the shift …
Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company, Strategy, appears undeterred by recent weakness across the crypto markets. Saylor says the firm has acquired an additional 2,932 BTC for approximately $264.1 million at an average price of $90,061 per Bitcoin. Strategy (MSTR) now holds 712,647 BTC acquired for approximately $54.19 billion, at an average cost of $76,037 …
January 27th, 2026 – London, United Kingdom CT3 is proud to announce that development of its decentralized storage platform is now complete, and the service is officially open to all users. After months of engineering, private beta testing, and intensive stability improvements, CT3 is launching a production-ready storage solution – CT3 Secure Storage – that …
The predictions market platform announced two new hires related to state policy efforts and relations with the federal government. Predictions market platform Kalshi said it will open an office in Washington, D.C., and hire “talent from both sides of the aisle” as part of the company’s efforts to expand its US footprint. In a Monday …
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Circle has introduced a privacy-focused version of its USDC stablecoin on Aleo, highlighting a broader push by privacy-oriented blockchains to gain access to regulated, dollar-backed assets as demand for onchain privacy tools grows. Circle and Aleo announced Tuesday that USDCx on Aleo is now available via Circle’s xReserve, a reserve-backed issuance model that allows USDC …
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Mesh, a San Francisco–based crypto payments infrastructure company, raised $75 million in a Series C funding round led by Dragonfly Capital, bringing its total funding to more than $200 million and valuing the company at $1 billion. The round included participation from Paradigm, Moderne Ventures, SBI Investment, Coinbase Ventures and Liberty City Ventures, according to an …
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The UK’s top financial regulator is finalizing its framework for the crypto industry. The rulemaking process has been long, but industry observers note that the country has avoided the political tit-for-tat that is hampering the US CLARITY Act. On Jan. 23, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released its final consultation. The public may now comment …
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January 27th, 2026 – San Francisco, USA What Brave helped mainstream for private browsing, Anuma brings to AI with private, user-owned memory and AI Portal-based interoperability powered by ZetaChain 2.0. ZetaChain today announced the beta launch and public waitlist for Anuma, a privacy-first AI interface built on ZetaChain 2.0. ZetaChain also introduced ZetaChain 2.0, a …
The Russian government has banned its citizens from interacting with the crypto exchange WhiteBIT due to the company’s contributions to the Ukrainian military. WhiteBIT, which was founded by Ukrainians and is headquartered in Lithuania, has donated $11 million to Ukraine’s armed forces since the Russian invasion began in 2022. The exchange has also facilitated more …
