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Stablecoin issuers and distributors offering customers access to stablecoin yield may essentially be creating their own parallel ecosystem to bank operations, global bank JPMorgan’s chief financial officer said Tuesday. “The creation of a parallel banking system that is sort of — has all the features of banking, including something that looks a lot like a deposit that pays interest, without sort of the associated prudential safeguards that have been developed over hundreds of years of bank regulation, is an obviously dangerous and undesirable thing,” Jeremy Barnum said in response to an analyst question during the bank’s fourth-quarter earnings call. The…

Binance has added more Bitcoin to its user protection reserve as the market stays volatile. The exchange said it purchased thousands of $BTC. As part of its plan to convert the Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) from stablecoins into Bitcoin. The move comes during a market dip and reflects the company’s long term confidence in $BTC. Binance also shared the on-chain wallet address to keep the process transparent. More Bitcoin Added to the SAFU Reserve In its latest update, Binance said it bought around 3,600 $BTC for the SAFU fund. The purchase used about $250 million in stablecoins. After…

Key Takeaways AlphaTON Capital announced a $46 million deal to acquire 576 NVIDIA B300 GPUs, marking its largest AI infrastructure deployment to date. ATON stock surged 107% by midday Tuesday following the announcement, driven by investor interest in its privacy-first AI compute strategy linked to Telegram’s $TON network. AlphaTON Capital, a digital asset treasury company focused on Telegram’s $TON network, announced a $46 million deal to acquire 576 NVIDIA B300 GPUs, its largest AI compute deployment to date. The stock surged 107% midday Tuesday following the news. The half-cluster is set for delivery in February and will be hosted at…

Bullish listed $VET/$USDC and $VTHO/$USDC, with deposits, withdrawals, trading, and AMM support going live on February 5 at 1:00 p.m. VeChain said the listing expands regulated access for institutional participants seeking exposure to $VET. VeChain’s $VET token has been added to Bullish, a regulated digital asset exchange that offers access to spot markets and institutional services. The VeChain Foundation announced the listing in a social media post from its official account, framing the move as expanded access to institutional participants. Bullish published an updated “Digital Assets Listing” page and a 2026 availability table showing support for $VET and VeThor Token…

Ethereum price fell toward $2,200 after another wave of selling, with rising volume and weak momentum keeping traders on the defensive. Summary Ethereum continued to slide as traders reduced risk exposure. Futures data showed rising activity but falling confidence. Technical signals point to limited upside without a strong rebound. At the time of writing, Ethereum was trading at $2,264, a 2.8% decline over the previous day, further sinking into a vulnerable range. This drop comes after a steep sell-off that has caused $ETH to drop across all significant time periods. Ethereum ($ETH) has fluctuated between $2,120 and $3,034 over the…

For Bryan Johnson, the entrepreneur who sold Braintree (and Venmo) to PayPal for $800 million, the transition from fintech to ‘fountain of youth’ isn’t a pivot, it’s a logical progression. While Johnson is now the public face of Project Blueprint, a rigorous longevity protocol, he views his interest in crypto as part of the same fundamental struggle. In Johnson’s framing, inflation and aging function as invisible taxes. Inflation quietly erodes purchasing power over time, just as aging steadily degrades the body’s biological capital. “Aging has the same philosophical underpinnings as inflation,” Johnson said on CoinDesk’s Gen C podcast. “Both are…

Despite the recent heavy downturn in the crypto market, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has continued to purchase Bitcoin in large quantities amid efforts to expand its user protection services. Following a post providing an update on Binance’s SAFU fund asset conversion, the exchange’s founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has publicly acknowledged the exchange’s ongoing conversion of its SAFU reserves from stablecoins into Bitcoin. While the exchange had specifically revealed its plans to completely convert its stablecoin holding to Bitcoin within the space of one month, Binance CZ says the plan has fallen within the perfect time.…

The crypto market uses a variety of indicators; however, MVRV price bands consistently provide indications of key turning points. Analyst Ali Charts has provided MVRV data that suggests Ethereum may be nearing another support area, which may indicate a potential cycle bottom of $1,959. Currently trading at $2,322, $ETH is over 50% down from where it was at its peak, and, therefore, investors are considering if history is giving them an opportunity to act upon those signs of a buying opportunity. Understanding MVRV Pricing Bands and Their Historical Accuracy The current MVRV (Market Value vs. Realized Value) ratio of Ethereum…

Bitpanda, the EU-based crypto brokerage, has raised the potential for an IPO. The public sale was considered for months in 2025, and may happen by the first half of the year. Bitpanda GmbH, a crypto trading and brokerage platform, is viewing Frankfurt as the possible venue for its initial public offering. According to sources familiar with the deal cited by Bloomberg, the sale may be completed by the end of H1. The decision arrives months after Bitpanda decided against a London listing, instead tapping a growing IPO season in the Euro Area. In August 2025, the exchange considered either New…

Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced that a total of 620,000 Bitcoin was sent to 695 users due to an operational error during the event reward distribution. Contrary to previous estimates of 2,000 $BTC circulating in the market, the extent of the erroneous distribution turned out to be much larger. The exchange management announced that it froze transactions and withdrawals for the 695 accounts involved within 35 minutes of detecting the overpayment. According to the statement, 618,212 $BTC (99.7%) of the total 620,000 $BTC were recovered. It was also stated that 93% of the assets corresponding to the 1,788…