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Malaysia Tests Ringgit Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits for Wholesale Payments in 2026

Bank Negara Malaysia is moving deeper into digital finance. The central bank has confirmed that its Digital Asset Innovation Hub will roll out three...

Russia Blocks WhatsApp Nationwide, Pushes Users Toward State-Backed App

Russia has fully blocked WhatsApp and removed it from the country’s national internet directory, cutting off access for millions of users. The decision, announced...

Goldman Sachs’ Q4 2025 Filing Highlights $2.36B Crypto Exposure

Goldman Sachs gave markets a clearer look at its cryptocurrency exposure in its Q4 2025 SEC 13F filing. Based on the disclosed positions, the...

Harvard’s Bitcoin ETF Investment Surpasses Google Holdings in 2025

Harvard University has taken a bold step into digital assets. Recent regulatory filings show that the university now holds more in Bitcoin ETFs than...

Telegram Faces New Restrictions in Russia as Crypto Communities Brace for Impact

Russia has begun tightening access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular messaging apps. On February 10, 2026, users across the country reported...

Bithumb 620,000 Bitcoin Miscredit Incident Fully Resolved

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has confirmed it fully restored Bitcoin backing after a rare internal error briefly credited users with an enormous amount...

Trump Signs Executive Order Authorizing New 25% Tariff on Iran-Linked Trade

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that allows the United States to impose a fresh 25% tariff on imports from countries...

Bithumb Mistakenly Airdrops Bitcoin to Users, Triggering Market Sell-Off

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb issued a public apology on February 6, 2026, after a system mistake credited some users with an unusually large...

Binance SAFU Fund Buys $100M Worth of Bitcoin Amid Reserve Shift

Binance is drawing fresh attention after online claims suggested the exchange added another $235 million worth of Bitcoin to its Secure Asset Fund for...

Canada Rolls Out New Crypto Custody Rules to Strengthen Investor Safety

The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization has introduced new crypto custody standards aimed at strengthening investor protection and reducing risk across the digital asset market....

Cardone Capital Buys More Bitcoin as BTC Slips Toward $70,000

Grant Cardone says his real estate investment firm, Cardone Capital, is buying more Bitcoin during the latest market slide. He has described recent purchases...

Ripple Prime and Hyperliquid Team Up to Simplify Onchain Perpetuals Trading

Ripple Prime, the prime brokerage arm of Ripple Labs, has partnered with decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid to give institutional traders a new way to...