On February 4, 2026, the XRP Ledger (XRPL) is supposed to start off Permissioned Domains when over 91% of validators supported the XLS-80 amendment. The cornerstone comes amid challenging times for XRP, which has fallen by double digits in the last week following a wider market downturn. As the network
Ondo Finance announced a major partnership, as it expands on-chain access with a new integration with MetaMask, allowing millions of users to tap into tokenized stocks and ETFs through Ondo Global Markets. After this announcement, the ONDO token surged and is seeing a pullback amid broader monthly declines. On February
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) has announced that Canada has introduced new crypto custody rules for the exchanges to reduce the risk of investor losses and prevent failures, as the QuadrigaCX collapse happened in 2019. This move immediately takes effect after the direct response to the past crypto failure,
Senate Democrats have scheduled a private meeting for February 4, 2026, to discuss the structure of the U.S. crypto market. The move comes after the Senate Banking Committee postponed the decision on crypto legislation related to market structure. This was enclosed through an X post, by Business Reporter Eleanor Terett.
The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Chair, Stephen Miran, has resigned from his White House position. He earlier came out in support of more rate cuts in 2026, something that aligns with the US President Donald Trump’s statement. Crypto prices have plunged over the last 24 hours; however, a statement
Crypto exchange operator Kraken continues to benefit from renewed market momentum, as its parent company Payward reports a sharp rise in revenues. Traders returned to digital assets in force, pushing volumes higher across spot and derivatives markets. Current trends in Bitcoin price analysis and the recovery of the crypto market
The core developers of Ethereum have kept “Frame Transactions” on the shortlist of Hegota headliner candidates, and Vitalik Buterin publicly connected in the proposal thread the next day and stated that the design can acquire ERC-4337-style mempool acceptance rules through paymasters. At the time of writing, the price of ETH
A recent industry report by JPMorgan Private Bank has revealed that there is an increasing rift in the investment preferences of the world’s wealthiest family offices. This is due to artificial intelligence becoming a leading investment theme and cryptocurrencies being largely ignored. According to the 2026 Global Family Office Report,
Grayscale-linked companies are quietly selling their exposure to XRP and Solana when the crypto market is under pressure. The investors started pulling money out of the Altcoin ETFs, according to the recent U.S. regulatory filings. The sales come after the crypto market is wiping out around $5 billion in value,
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has begun hiring a crypto expert to assist in training its AI models on crypto markets. This is a sign that AI research labs have recognized the value of blockchain data as a training environment. The crypto market provides transparent and real-time transaction data. This
