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$USDC and Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol are set to launch on the Morph network, expanding dollar-denominated stablecoin settlement for payment-focused infrastructure. Circle to Issue $USDC on Morph, Expanding Stablecoin Settlement The rollout introduces canonical $USDC on Morph, issued by Circle’s regulated affiliates, establishing the stablecoin as a digital settlement asset across the network. The issuance framework is designed to provide uniform behavior across applications and clear onchain provenance. According to the announcement shared with Bitcoin.com News, developers building payment applications will be able to simplify dollar settlement without managing bridge risk or fragmented liquidity. Institutions operating treasury systems, merchant platforms…

An early Ethereum investor has returned to the spotlight after more than a decade of silence. According to on-chain tracker Lookonchain, a wallet funded during the 2014 Ethereum ICO. It has recently attempted its first transaction in 10.6 years. The wallet originally invested just $443 and received 1,430 $ETH at the time. Today, that same amount is worth about $2.8 million. It represents a staggering 6,335x return. The Ethereum ICO wallet, identified as 0xcBfa…0317. It is tried to send 1 $ETH to the Gemini exchange. But the transfer failed because the gas fee was set too low. From ICO Bet…

Crypto SIP use in India climbed over 60 percent as small monthly investing spread. CoinDCX, CoinSwitch, and Mudrex reported strong growth in recurring crypto plans nationwide. Bybit and Binance saw higher demand for automated buying tools among users nationwide. India’s retail crypto market shifted in 2025 as systematic investment plans grew more than 60% year on year. Major platforms reported rising participation as investors used small, regular buys. Moneycontrol reported about 572,000 new SIP registrations on CoinDCX alone, far above 2024 levels. As more users adopt rupee cost averaging, this discipline is expected to reshape India’s retail crypto cycle. INDIANS…

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) formally responded to the Bank of England (BoE) regulatory consultation in a comment letter submitted on Tuesday. The letter covered topics such as capital norms, cross-border supervision, and reserve-asset requirements. The response came as UK policymakers considered rules for sterling-denominated stablecoins. The Bank of England launched a consultation late last year to determine how systemic sterling-backed stablecoins should be regulated if used extensively for payments. According to the BoE, stablecoins could enable faster, cheaper, and more efficient payments if widely adopted in the UK. The Bank’s mandate was expanded under the Financial Services and…

What To Know: Binance will distribute 235 million $WLFI tokens to users holding $USD1 through an airdrop campaign running from Feb. 20 to March 20, 2026. Rewards will be issued weekly to eligible $USD1 holders across Spot, Funding, Margin, and Futures accounts, with bonus multipliers for collateralized holdings. Moreover, $WLFI ecosystem is also holding an upcoming World Liberty Forum, which is set to feature prominent global finance and crypto leaders. Crypto exchange Binance has announced a new airdrop campaign that will reward users holding World Liberty Financial USD ($USD1), with a total distribution pool of 235 million World Liberty Financial…

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange (perp DEX) Grvt said it has integrated the Aave lending protocol to let traders earn yield on collateral posted for margin while keeping their derivatives positions open. The company said Thursday that the feature is designed to reduce the opportunity cost of margin collateral that typically sits idle on trading venues. Perpetual futures are crypto derivatives that track an asset’s price and do not expire. “On most platforms, your capital can only do one thing at a time,” Hong Yea, CEO of Grvt, told Cointelegraph. “Your stablecoins are either earning yield or available to trade, but…

Ethereum falls away from key resistance levels, but the next move could determine if a rally or further decline is ahead. Ethereum ($ETH) is currently priced at $1,958.4, showing a significant 6.2% decline over the last 24 hours. The price chart reveals a steep selloff after a brief rally, with Ethereum’s value sharply dropping from over $2,090 earlier in the day. Ethereum’s 24-hour trading volume is $3.41 billion, up 11.25%, suggesting active participation. Ethereum’s performance metrics paint a picture of a broader downtrend. Over the past 7 days, $ETH has lost 6.2%, with a 40.57% drop in the last 30…

In December 2025, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) shared its updated Crypto token regulatory framework, allowing DFSA-regulated entities to choose which crypto tokens to work with, eliminating the need for DFSA approval. The update was supposed to come into effect in January 2026. This is why today, the DFSA has published a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document to support firms in understanding and implementing its updated Crypto Token regulatory framework. The FAQs are intended to provide practical clarification on the application of the DFSA Rulebook to financial services and activities involving Crypto Tokens in or from the Dubai International…

Kraken has integrated its over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk with ICE Chat, bringing its crypto spot and options liquidity into a messaging platform widely used by institutional traders. The move places Kraken’s OTC services directly inside an existing communications tool for trading desks across major financial centers, aiming to streamline access to digital assets within established workflows. The integration allows more than 120,000 ICE Chat clients to connect directly with Kraken’s OTC desk via the same real-time messaging environment they already use to communicate across global markets. Traders can now contact Kraken’s team from within ICE Chat to discuss and execute…

Polygon has posted higher daily transaction fees than Ethereum over the last three days, with an analyst pointing to robust user activity on prediction market Polymarket. According to the latest data from Token Terminal, Polygon raked in $407,100 worth of transaction fees on Friday, compared to Ethereum’s $211,700, with the data indicating this is the first time Polygon has ever flipped Ethereum in daily transaction fees. Average daily fees over the past 30 days on Ethereum and Polygon. Source: Token Terminal The gap has since narrowed, with daily transaction fees on Polygon at $303,000 on Saturday, while Ethereum saw about…