Coinbase Dragged Over Early Investments from Jeffrey Epstein
Coinbase has faced backlash for accepting a $3 million investment from American financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Coinbase has faced backlash for accepting a $3 million investment from American financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Coinbase partnered with Kalshi to roll out prediction markets across the United States, allowing users to wager on political, sports, and economic outcomes alongside crypto holdings.
The US crypto market structure bill is likely to be delayed until March, as sources said that the Senate Banking Committee is currently focusing on housing legislation.
Hydration has launched HOLLAR, a decentralized stablecoin backed by major tokens like DOT, ETH, and BTC. The protocol features automated stability mechanisms and starts with a capped supply of 2 million tokens.
The SEC has delayed its decision on Grayscale’s Solana ETF to October 2025, continuing its trend of postponing crypto ETF rulings.
The SEC’s decision on the Polkadot ETF could set the tone for broader regulatory acceptance of crypto investment products.
Bitcoin Cash leads the crypto market with a 24% surge, driven by trader rotation from Zcash and anticipation of Grayscale’s spot ETF approval.
Cash App will enable USD payments over Bitcoin’s Lightning Network and stablecoin transactions, alongside AI assistant Moneybot and expanded Borrow access.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has turned bullish after the Federal Reserve’s latest rate decision, gaining almost 6% in the past 24 hours to trade at $637.71.
Trading volume jumped 150% to $797 million as Dfinity proposed cutting new token creation by 70% in 2026.
Internet Computer rallied 17% to $3.70 as trading volume nearly tripled ahead of the Mission70 white paper release, which proposes cutting new token issuance by 70% in 2026.
The Internet Computer (ICP) has overtaken Bittensor (TAO) to become the world’s top-ranked AI blockchain, currently trading at $8.56.
The US SEC has made it clear that tokenized securities will remain fully subject to existing securities laws, with ownership records maintained on blockchain networks.
The SEC and the CFTC are conducting a harmonization event next week to discuss better coordination between the two agencies.
Thailand’s securities regulator is preparing formal rules to launch crypto ETFs and futures trading this year.
BONK has broken out of a six-month falling wedge on the daily chart and ended a consolidation phase that began after its mid-2025 peak.
BONK prices turned bullish over the past week with the meme token soaring more than 43%, as per CoinMarketCap data.
BONK.fun has decided to route 51% of platform fees into BNKK’s DAT as the meme coin eyes a breakout from the descending channel.
At the time of writing, the leading digital asset trades at $89K, briefly reclaiming $90,000 but unable to maintain prices above it.
Whale activity is surging across meme coins, but the moves point to trading, with no signs of panic or quiet accumulation.
Hyperliquid data shows James Wynn taking Bitcoin profits and shifting into Ethereum, while holding a profitable PEPE long position.
Polygon Labs cuts 30% of staff while spending over $250M on Coinme and Sequence to pivot toward a regulated, vertically integrated stablecoin payments platform.
Polygon Labs announced acquisitions bringing money transmitter licenses across 48 U.S. states and 50,000 retail cash-to-crypto locations.
Polygon’s POL token recorded the largest 24-hour crypto price gain at 16.59%, driven by the Open Money Stack launch, a potential $100-125M Coinme acquisition, and unprecedented daily burn rates reaching one million tokens.
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has printed ‘Extreme Fear’ for 14 straight days: way longer than during the FTX collapse.
In a new 14-page document dated Sept. 30, 2025, Sam Bankman-Fried claimed that FTX’s downfall was not the result of insolvency but a classic bank run.
Former FTX US president Brett Harrison returns with AX, a Bermuda-regulated exchange offering perpetual contracts on forex, stocks, and commodities with crypto-like efficiency.
The Canary Litecoin ETF has posted zero net inflows for five consecutive trading sessions, making it the weakest performer among other crypto ETFs, while LTC price struggles.
LTC price lost over 8% amid a broader crypto market sell-off, but an analyst gave a 10x rally prediction amid the Litecoin ETF launch.
Litecoin price rose to $99 after Canary’s LTCC ETF launched in the U.S., pulling $1.65 million in its first week.
Moonbirds unveils plans for its new $BIRB ecosystem token on Solana, announced at the Singapore Birbhalla event during Token2049 week.
Chinese real estate giant Seazen Group establishes Digital Assets Institute in Hong Kong to tokenize assets including private bonds and shopping center NFTs. The move leverages Hong Kong’s crypto-friendly regulations as mainland China considers lifting its digital assets ban.
PublicAI DataBabies NFT collection achieved a successful sellout of 10,000 tokens and posted over 420% gains in floor price. The collection runs on Near protocol and benefits from cross-chain accessibility through HOT Craft marketplace.
Algorand price at $0.25 aims for a quick reversal run with a potential trendline breakout. Will this breakout propel ALGO price to $1?
The TVL for RWA tokenization hasn’t begun its climb just recently. It all started last November, amid a wider crypto market surge.
Algorand (ALGO) shows potential bullish breakout signal, with analysts projecting major price movements fueled by US crypto policy developments.