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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced new regulations for margin trading pairs to enhance user security and maintain quality in its trading markets. According to the official announcement, Binance Margin will remove some margin trading pairs from its platform as of January 30, 2026, at 09:00. According to the announcement, the following trading pairs will be removed under Cross Margin: $KSM/$BTC, $SNX/$BTC, $ICX/$BTC, $DYDX/$BTC, $HIVE/$BTC, $1INCH/$BTC, $MANA/$BTC, and $LRC/$BTC. In addition, a wider list of pairs will be disabled on the Isolated Margin side. The pairs to be removed from Isolated Margin include $KSM/$BTC, $SNX/$BTC, $ICX/$BTC, SYS/$BTC, $DYDX/$BTC, $HIVE/$BTC, AR/$BTC, $1INCH/$BTC,…
MetYa has declared a new strategy alliance with GOTCAR, a mobility-based X2E (Anywhere-to-Earn) application that would compensate customers for daily relocation. The partnership will also focus on the new methods of linking onchain rewards with real-life activity like driving, walking, or riding, as well as unlocking new community benefits as GOTCAR opens new features. Excited to announce a new partnership: MetYa x @GOTCAROFFICIAL ⚡️GOTCAR is a mobility-based X2E app that rewards you for simply moving — drive, walk, or ride, and earn points with smart tracking. No complicated missions. Just open the app and go.Together, we’ll explore new… pic.twitter.com/vjaGVmklas —…
Within three to five years, billions of artificial intelligence agents that can work without human input will use crypto and stablecoins for everyday payments on behalf of users, says Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of stablecoin issuer Circle. “Three years, five years from now, one can reasonably expect that there will be billions, literally billions of AI agents conducting economic activity in the world on a continuous basis,” Allaire said on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “They need an economic system. They need a financial system. They need a payment system. There is no other alternative, in…
Tokenized equity activity continues to scale new heights, with TradeXYZ, Hyperliquid’s leading real-world asset platform, crossing new all time highs in volume and open interest this week. The platform crossed the $1 billion mark in 24-hour volume today and reached an all-time high of $790 million in open interest, up 200% over the last month. The breakout in volume and open interest comes as precious metals continue to rally, with the SILVER/USDC pair commanding $740 million in volume over the last day, almost three times the platform’s flagship asset, XYZ100, which represents Nasdaq futures. TradeXYZ Assets and Volume – Hyperliquid…
Pundi AI is making a strategic partnership with REI Network to deliver a zero-cost data infrastructure for the Web3 ecosystem. This collaboration combines the powers of the decentralized data platform of Pundi AI and the gas-less, high-performance blockchain architecture of REI Network. It is expected to change how AI applications access and utilize blockchain-based data sets. Zero Fee Data Infrastructure for AI Application The partnership focuses on bringing the data solutions of Pundi AI within the REI Network ecosystem. This enables programmers to develop artificial intelligence programs with direct access to verifiable, community-controlled data sets at no cost in terms…
Crypto custody firm BitGo made its New York Stock Exchange debut on Jan. 22, marking the first major crypto IPO of 2026. The stock trades under the ticker BTGO. The listing signals expanding pathways for institutional capital into crypto markets—and offers retail investors a new way to gain exposure to the industry’s growth without directly holding tokens. Shares Surge 25% at Open, Close Up Just 2.7% BitGo shares opened at $22.43, 24.6% above the $18 IPO price, and climbed to $24.50, a 36% premium. However, the stock gave back most of its gains to close at $18.49, up just 2.7%…
US prosecutors will not retry their insider trading case against a former manager at nonfungible token platform OpenSea after a federal appeals court overturned the convictions in July. On Wednesday, prosecutors told a Manhattan federal court that they entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with Nathaniel Chastain and will dismiss their case after the agreement ends in a month. In a letter, Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton said the decision was made based on Chastain already serving parts of his initial sentence, including three months behind bars, and that he agreed not to contest the forfeiture of 15.98 Ether (ETH)…
Optiview, a Web3 asset tracking platform that allows users to simplify multichain portfolio management, today announced a strategic partnership with Funton.AI, a modular multigame platform that allows users to enjoy and empower themselves through Web3 games. By integrating Optiview’s on-chain asset tracking and AI market analytics technology into its gaming platform, Funton aims to improve game players’ experience and help develop the onboarding of future Web3 games. Funton.AI is a decentralized gaming ecosystem driven by artificial intelligence, enabling people to access various casual mobile games. Built on the TON blockchain, Funton allows users to play a wide variety of games…
Trading 212, a disruptor in Europe’s retail brokerage sector, sold cryptocurrency-linked products in the United Kingdom without the proper authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which requires separate approval for offering such “high-risk investment products.” Offering Crypto Products without Permission According to a Financial Times report, the retail brokerage platform allowed traders on its platform to purchase crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs) from October 2025, right after the UK regulator overturned its blanket ban on such products, which was put in place in 2021. ETNs track the value of the underlying asset, cryptocurrency in this case, but unlike popular exchange-traded…
WalletConnect, a blockchain connectivity infrastructure provider, has integrated the TRON network to expand access to payments and decentralized applications. The move connects the TRON ecosystem to more than 600 wallets and over 70,000 decentralized applications already supported by WalletConnect, strengthening the role of stablecoins in global payment flows. TRON is a high-throughput public blockchain focused on payments and decentralized apps. The network is governed by TRON DAO, a community-led organization that oversees protocol development and ecosystem growth. Through the integration, users can transfer TRC-20 tokens from any compatible wallet and access TRON-based DeFi, NFT, and GameFi applications via WalletConnect on…