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Polymarket traders are pricing the prospect of China legalizing onshore Bitcoin purchases at roughly 5%. At first glance, the number appears dismissive. Still, it raises the question of whether the Chinese government will explicitly permit citizens to convert renminbi into Bitcoin within mainland China by the end of 2026. That distinction matters because the regulatory […] The post China Bitcoin legalization is priced at 5% but Beijing’s February 2026 Ban 2.0 made one detail brutal appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Braden Karony, the CEO of SafeMoon, was sentenced to 100 months in prison for his role in a crypto fraud scheme that cost victims millions.

Coinbase is being quietly eclipsed by Hyperliquid, whose trading volume is nearly double that of Coinbase.

Braden John Karony had been convicted last year on several federal charges, and he's ordered to pay back $7.5 million in restitution.

State Street argues the US dollar could fall to multi-year lows if the Fed cuts rates more aggressively, a scenario that could shift capital toward Bitcoin and risk assets. Strategists at State Street, one of the world’s largest asset managers, say the US dollar’s worst run in nearly a decade could deepen if the Federal Reserve eases policy more aggressively than markets expect, which is a distinct possibility following a possible leadership change at the central bank.  Speaking at a conference in Miami, State Street strategist Lee Ferridge said the dollar could decline by as much as 10% this year if financial conditions loosen further. While he described two rate cuts as a “reasonable base case,” he warned that the risks are skewed toward more reductions. “Three is possible,” Ferridge said. Lower US interest rates tend to reduce the appeal of dollar-denominated assets, especially for foreign investors. As rate differentials narrow, overseas investors are more likely to increase currency hedging, which involv...

The incarcerated former leader of the failed crypto exchange wants a new chance to defend against fraud charges.

The integration allows Ledger users to execute multichain token swaps directly from the Wallet app while retaining hardware-based custody. Ledger, the French digital asset security company known for its hardware wallets, has integrated OKX DEX into its Wallet app, enabling users to execute multichain token swaps directly from a self-custodial environment. According to the company, the integration provides access to OKX DEX’s liquidity aggregation from within the Ledger Wallet app, allowing users to swap tokens with the need to interact with external decentralized exchange interfaces. Ledger said trades are routed using OKX DEX’s proprietary X-Routing technology, which aggregates liquidity across hundreds of decentralized exchanges to identify efficient execution paths. Transactions remain signed on the user’s Ledger device, with private keys never leaving the hardware wallet. Read more

Gold demand reached a record $555 billion in 2025, driven by an 84% surge in investment flows and $89 billion in inflows into physically backed ETFs. The World Gold Council reports ETF holdings climbed 801 tons to an all-time high of 4,025 tons, with assets under management doubling to $559 billion. US gold ETFs alone […] The post Why Bitcoin ETFs bleed billions while Gold makes 53 new all-time highs with $559B in demand appeared first on CryptoSlate.

BTC Traders Watch $50K Bottom: Key Metrics for This Week The post BTC Traders Eye $50K as Possible Bottom: Key Metrics to Watch This Week appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor said Tuesday that Strategy will keep buying BTC, even with its bet now billions of dollars underwater.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor affirmed the firm’s commitment to a long-term bitcoin strategy following major fourth quarter losses and a continued plunge in prices early this year.

Multiple long-term Bitcoin valuation models suggest that BTC’s drop to $60,000 opened up a rare discounted buying opportunity. Do traders and institutional investors agree? Bitcoin (BTC) is trading below $69,000 on Tuesday, confirming the view that price consolidation is the most likely course over the short term. The sell-off to $60,000 and the subsequent recovery to $72,000 resulted in many BTC price indicators falling into what analysts say is a deep value zone, but will buyers reach the same conclusion? Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s realized price bands have aligned with a long-term accumulation zone that preceded new BTC highs.  Read more

The six-month central bank pilot brings together market infrastructure providers, banks and Web3 companies to assess how core UK markets could move onchain. The Bank of England has launched a new industry experimentation initiative to explore how tokenized assets could be settled using synchronized, atomic settlement in British pounds sterling as part of efforts to modernize the UK’s real-time gross settlement (RTGS) infrastructure. The Synchronisation Lab initiative will allow 18 selected companies to test delivery-versus-payment and payment-versus-payment settlement between the BoE’s next-generation RTGS core ledger, known as RT2, and external distributed-ledger platforms, in a non-live environment without using real money, according to a bank statement. The six-month pilot, scheduled to start in spring 2026, is intended to validate the central bank’s design choices for synchronized settlement, assess interoperability between central bank money and tokenized assets, and inform the development of a potential...

Over 220,000 ETH have exited exchanges in the strongest withdrawal wave seen since last October.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried appears to be claiming he has discovered new evidence in his case that could lead to a jury acquittal.

Ripple has enabled staking for Ethereum and Solana within its institutional custody business, expanding beyond safekeeping to include asset servicing features that large investors increasingly consider standard. The new capability, delivered through a partnership with staking infrastructure provider Figment, enables Ripple Custody clients to offer staking on major proof-of-stake networks without setting up validator infrastructure. […] The post Ripple Custody just unlocked Ethereum and Solana staking, and institutions may finally get XRP yield without messy validator risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

New Grayscale research shows Bitcoin’s price behavior is increasingly tied to equities, particularly software stocks, challenging its long-held safe-haven narrative in the short term. Bitcoin’s long-standing narrative as “digital gold” is being put to the test as its recent price action increasingly resembles that of a high-risk growth asset rather than a traditional safe haven, according to new research from Grayscale. Report author Zach Pandl said on Tuesday that while Grayscale still views Bitcoin (BTC) as a long-term store of value due to its fixed supply and independence from central banking authorities, recent market behavior suggests otherwise. “Bitcoin’s short-term price movements have not been tightly correlated with gold or other precious metals,” Pandl wrote, pointing to record rallies in bullion and silver prices. Read more

Chainlink's Nazarov said real-world assets could surpass cryptocurrencies in total value.

Shares of COIN are down nearly 30% this year, with analysts warning that softer trading and crypto prices are likely to weigh on revenue.

The Financial Conduct Authority has approved the crypto exchange to offer crypto services in the UK, following its European MiCA license.