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Crypto Twitter has once again revived its frustration with Binance and its former chief executive, months after the exchange allegedly caused a market slump during the unforgettable 10/10 liquidation event. Over the past five days, Changpeng Zhao has been labeled a “fraud” and “worse than SBF” on several social media platforms. Although the ex-Binance CEO believes the attacks are fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) driven, retail traders are undoubtedly frustrated by the mere fact that the market has not recovered from what happened last October. CZ bashed for saying ‘buy-and-hold’ is the best investment strategy It all began when Zhao…
Quantra, a next-gen Web3 infrastructure entity, has collaborated with Titan Technology, a compliance-first digital financial infrastructure platform. The partnership marks a key strategic move to expand Quantra’s network visibility and worldwide outreach. 🤝Quantra × Titan TechnologyQuantra is pleased to announce a PR partnership with Titan Technology.Titan Technology @TitanRWAworld is a licensed digital financial infrastructure provider specializing in crypto payments and RWA issuance, operating under a U.S. MSB license and… pic.twitter.com/XkYGrps2ML — Quantra (@quantra_rwa) February 1, 2026 As Quantra disclosed on its official X account, the development aims to provide a compliance-centered Web3 experience at the convergence of blockchain infrastructure, digital…
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that AI adoption is moving faster than society can adapt, saying governments and businesses may need to work together on retraining programs and income support to ease the transition. “I do think it may go too fast for society,” Dimon said at a World Economic Forum panel discussion in Davos. “And if it goes too fast for society, that’s where government and business and the collaborative ways to step in together and come up with a way to retrain people or move it over time.” Dimon acknowledged that AI will eliminate some jobs while changing…
U.K. officials have said they expect banks to treat all businesses fairly, including crypto services providers, as part of the government’s ambition to make the country an international digital assets hub. The government has introduced legislation for cryptoasset regulation to Parliament and that it expects final rules to be confirmed this year, “giving crypto businesses the certainty they need to invest and grow in the U.K,” a spokesperson for the HM Treasury, the country’s economic and finance ministry, told CoinDesk on Tuesday. The statement comes after a crypto lobbying group and Coinbase accused British banks of blocking millions of customers…
Binance sharpens its South Korea strategy through Gopax involvement. GoFi developments signal deeper product expansion in the region. Regulation and local partnerships shape exchange competition. Binance is intensifying its push into South Korea by strengthening its position around local exchange Gopax and the GoFi ecosystem. The move signals a calculated effort to gain a stronger footing in one of Asia’s most tightly regulated yet highly active crypto markets. This is happening at a time when crypto regulatory trends are becoming increasingly stringent in Asia, and exchanges are moving into the region because they notice growing trends. One country that stands…
SpoonOS has launched a Web3 Skills marketplace alongside two community-facing initiatives: a Skill capture community campaign and a builders campaign featuring a US $5,000 rewards pool. The marketplace focuses on helping developers create, share, and reuse modular agent capabilities, with rewards for participation including $NFT badges on Neo X and potential $GAS-based rewards for standout contributors. Designed to support composable AI agent development, the marketplace enables transparent attribution and community-driven ratings and reviews based on real-world usage. Developers can publish standalone “Skills” representing discrete capabilities – such as wallet operations or on-chain data queries – that can be reused and…
Ripple has secured another important legal victory in the United States, after a federal appeals court officially dismissed a long-running $XRP investor lawsuit. On January 27, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling in Sostack v. Ripple Labs, shutting down class-action claims that alleged $XRP was sold as an unregistered security. Case Dismissed for Being Filed Too Late The court ruled that the lawsuit was time-barred under the Securities Act of 1933. Judges said $XRP was offered to the public as early as 2013, which started the legal clock. Under the…
Ferrari has officially entered the digital asset era. The iconic luxury automaker now accepts Bitcoin and select cryptocurrencies as payment methods in the United States and Europe. This move places Ferrari among a growing list of global brands embracing digital finance. It also signals a major shift in how high-value luxury purchases evolve in a digital economy. The decision reflects changing customer preferences and rising crypto adoption among high-net-worth individuals. Ferrari customers increasingly operate in tech, finance, and digital asset ecosystems. The brand recognized this shift and acted decisively to stay aligned with modern wealth trends. Ferrari crypto payments now…
Kaledora Fontana Kiernan-Lin is putting a timeline on her bold prediction: the global contract-for-difference (CFD) broker market faces major disruption from decentralized finance within five years. The co-founder and CEO of Ostium, a blockchain-based perpetual swaps platform, recently secured $20 million in Series A funding from General Catalyst and Jump Crypto to back that thesis. In an interview with FinanceMagnates.com, Kiernan-Lin laid out why she believes retail foreign exchange and commodities traders will abandon traditional CFD brokers for on-chain alternatives that offer transparent pricing and self-custody of funds. “The ‘perpification’ of markets – where every asset becomes a liquid, tradeable…
BlackRock (BLK), the world’s largest asset manager, highlighted cryptocurrency and tokenized assets as important investment themes in a new report exploring the trends it says are shaping markets this year. Though artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure take center stage, crypto still earns attention, with bitcoin BTC$90,226.42, ether ETH$3,005.51 and stablecoins all mentioned in the 2026 Thematic Outlook. The team, led by Jay Jacobs, the company’s head of U.S. equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs), included crypto among a broader list of “themes driving markets in unprecedented ways.” Though brief, mentions of tokenization and digital assets carry weight coming from a firm managing…