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Kalshi says it’s expanding surveillance on its prediction markets platform with an independent advisory committee and partnerships to catch insider trading and market manipulation just days ahead of the Super Bowl. Kalshi said on Thursday that the committee would give a quarterly rundown to the company’s outside counsel and publish statistics on investigations into suspicious activity on the platform. It is also teaming up with crypto trading surveillance platform Solidus Labs and the director of Wharton Forensic Analytics Lab, Daniel Taylor, “to detect, investigate, and address market abuse.” The move comes three days before Super Bowl 60, one of the…

COTI Foundation, the organization behind the L1 blockchain ecosystem, COTI Network, has announced an exclusive expansion to COTI Earn. With the new expansion strategy for COTI Earn, the flagship liquidity-based earning entity, COTI Foundation attempts to offer exclusive earning opportunities to those holding $ADA and $USDT tokens. As per COTI Foundation’s official press release, the platform is benefiting these token holders through the COTI Network-based Carbon DeFi, a well-known DeFi liquidity platform. Hence, the consumers can bridge the $ADA and $USDT tokens into $COTI to subsequently deploy them in robust liquidity strategies for daily token points (TPS). https://t.co/47PfZQodhl — COTI…

Ethereum investment vehicle Trend Research continued to reduce its Ether exposure, as the latest market crash pushed the treasury company to sell off its assets to pay back loans. It held about 651,170 Ether ($ETH) in the form of Aave Ethereum wrapped Ether (AETHWETH) on Sunday. That amount dropped by 404,090, to about 247,080 on Friday, at the time of writing. Trend Research transferred 411,075 $ETH to cryptocurrency exchange Binance since the beginning of the month, according to blockchain data platform Arkham. The transfers occurred as $ETH price dropped almost 30% in the past week, to as low as $1,748…

Visa is now clearing stablecoin payments at a yearly rate of $4.5 billion, as demand picks up from companies offering crypto-linked cards. It’s still a tiny slice of the $14.2 trillion in payments Visa processed in 2025, but it’s growing month after month, according to Cuy Sheffield, Visa’s head of crypto. Sheffield told Reuters that Visa sees a real shot at staying ahead by helping stablecoins plug into the payment world we already use. “Even if you’re building something new with stablecoins, you still have to connect it back to the current system if you want people to actually use…

Crypto industry leaders fired back at Democrats on Friday after the party’s official X account posted “yikes” alongside a graphic mocking crypto market losses, drawing accusations of partisan insensitivity as Bitcoin plunged and investors lost billions. The Democratic Party’s tweet featured a chart showing Bitcoin’s slide alongside an image of President Donald Trump wearing a MAGA hat, triggering immediate backlash from executives, lawyers, and government advisors who said the message dismissed widespread financial pain affecting investors across party lines. Yikes pic.twitter.com/dfvbKMSRou — Democrats (@TheDemocrats) February 5, 2026 The controversial social media activity came as Bitcoin dropped 8.1% over the past…

Ethereum is going through one of its most aggressive sell-off periods in recent memory as funds, ecosystem insiders and major holders all try to limit their exposure. As volatility increases and $ETH moves closer to the psychologically crucial $2,000 zone, on-chain data now reveals a wave of forced selling and liquidation avoidance from some of the largest market players. Large holders start selling The founder of Aave, Stani Kulechov, sent out the most recent signal just hours ago when he sold 4,503 $ETH for about $8.36 million at about $1,857. These actions by prominent ecosystem players are rarely ignored and…

Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan is forecasting a continuation — and potential acceleration — of capital inflows into the cryptocurrency market in 2026, driven increasingly by institutional investors following a record year in 2025. Analysts at the firm say the trend underscores growing confidence in digital assets as a legitimate investment class. According to JPMorgan’s latest research, total capital flowing into crypto markets reached nearly $130 billion in 2025, marking a roughly one-third increase from 2024 and setting a new annual record. This announcement followed Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, Managing Director of Global Market Strategy at JPMorgan, and his team’s public assertion…

Beijing has moved to prohibit the unapproved overseas issuance of yuan-linked stablecoins, reinforcing its hardline stance on crypto assets. According to a joint notice issued on Friday by eight departments, including the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), entities and individuals are not allowed to issue yuan-pegged stablecoins overseas unless they have lawful approval from the relevant authorities. Domestic firms are also banned from participating in or facilitating such activities through overseas affiliates. The move is aimed at addressing renewed risks from virtual asset speculation and real-world asset tokenization. Regulators said the unauthorized issuance…

Table of Contents What Does The $ETH Price Chart Show Right Now?Where Are The Key $ETH Support Levels?Why Is $ETH Falling Despite Record Network Activity?How Are Institutions And Large Holders Impacting $ETH Price?What Is Happening With BitMine And Why It Matters?Are ETFs Adding More Downside Pressure?Is Anyone Accumulating $ETH Right Now?How Low $ETH Can Go From HereResourcesFrequently Asked Questions Ethereum can still fall toward the $1,500 to $1,800 range if selling pressure continues and demand remains weak. $ETH is trading below $2,000 after losing about 30% over the last seven days. This drop is happening even as the Ethereum network…

Blockchain infrastructure firm Global Settlement Network has announced a pilot to tokenize water treatment sites in Jakarta, aiming to eventually scale it out to the rest of Southeast Asia over the next 12 months with $200 million in tokenized assets. Real-world asset tokenization involves minting financial and other tangible assets on the blockchain to increase investor accessibility and trading opportunities. The initial pilot targets eight government-contracted water treatment sites in Jakarta for tokenization, aiming to raise up to $35 million for upgrading the facilities and expanding the water network in the area, according to a statement on Wednesday. As part…