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TeraWulf (WULF) rose 11% on Tuesday pre-market after news that the firm acquired two power-heavy industrial sites, more than doubling its energy and computing footprint to 2.8 gigawatts (GW). The sites — one in Hawesville, Kentucky, and the other in Morgantown, Maryland —add 1.5 gigawatts of capacity, the firm said in a late Monday press release. The company said this will help it meet demand for new large-scale computing and data workloads, as well as support grid reliability in those regions. The move comes as a growing number of crypto miners position themselves as key players in the artificial intelligence…

Billiton Diamond and tokenization firm Ctrl Alt said Tuesday they had moved more than $280 million worth of certified polished diamonds on-chain in the UAE, using Ripple’s custody technology to secure the assets and the $XRP Ledger to mint tokens tied to physical inventory. The initiative — framed as an institutional-grade tokenization pipeline for polished stones held in the UAE — has already tokenized over AED 1 billion ($280 million) in diamond inventory, the firms said. While the companies are positioning the project as a route to faster settlement and clearer provenance data, the next phase hinges on regulatory clearance:…

Ethereum’s price crash continued its strong downward trend this week, reaching its lowest level since June 23 as the crypto market dive accelerated. Summary Ethereum price continued its strong downward trend this week. The network’s transactions and active users have soared in the last 30 days. Technical analysis suggests that $ETH price has more downside to go in the near term. Ethereum ($ETH) token dropped to a low of $2,180, down by over 54% from its highest level since August last year. This retreat has brought its market value to over $274 billion. Ethereum has crashed despite the ongoing network…

A new Coinbase Institute report argues that the most important divide in global finance is no longer rich versus poor, but between those who have direct access to capital markets and those who do not, which it describes as the “brokered” versus the “unbrokered.” The report estimates that traditional intermediated rails exclude roughly four billion unbrokered individuals from owning productive assets or raising capital at scale. Closing this gap, it argues, will require rebuilding core market infrastructure so smaller investors and issuers can participate directly rather than through layers of intermediaries. According to the report, over the last 40 years…

Cipher Mining has announced a $2 billion offering from its subsidiary Black Pearl Compute LLC to build a large data center in Texas. The funds are expected to go towards the construction of Cipher Mining’s Black Pearl Facility. The facility has a total power capacity of 300 megawatts (MW). Why is Cipher Mining shifting focus from Bitcoin to high-performance computing? Cipher Mining Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Black Pearl Compute LLC, will offer $2 billion in senior secured notes to fund its AI ambitions. These notes are due in 2031 and will be sold in a private offering…

Presens Network has declared the new partnership with 4AI, which is a major advance towards the integration of real-world spatial data and decentralized artificial intelligence. The joint venture introduces Presens live presence and spatial intelligence infrastructure into the autonomous agent ecosystem of 4AI, which allows AI and robotics agents to execute with real-time physical environmental awareness. Presens × @4aibsc is where real-world presence meets autonomous intelligence!AI & robotics agents gain live spatial awareness from Presens Pulse data, powering adaptive navigation, smarter logistics, & multi-agent coordination inside 4AI’s decentralized agent ecosystem.… pic.twitter.com/EfXfFfA7XZ — Presens Network (@PresensNetwork) February 2, 2026 Fundamentally, the…

Table of Contents What Is Jasmy Swap?How Does JasmyChain Support Third-Party Development?What Are The Risks of Using Third-Party Protocols?ConclusionResourcesFrequently Asked Questions Jasmy Swap, a third-party decentralized exchange protocol, has officially begun operations on JasmyChain, marking the first major independent application built on the Ethereum-compatible Layer 2 network. JasmyLab Inc., the company behind JasmyChain, announced the launch as a ‘development example’ showing how external developers can leverage the blockchain’s open infrastructure to deploy services without centralized control. What Is Jasmy Swap? Jasmy Swap operates as a decentralized exchange protocol on JasmyChain, using smart contracts to automatically execute digital asset swaps according…

Coinbase, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, has officially launched its prediction market offering for American users. The rollout comes as prediction markets continue to gain traction, with weekly notional volume, transaction activity, and user participation reaching new records. Coinbase Launches Prediction Markets Across All 50 US States Coinbase announced on Tuesday that its prediction market product is now available to customers in all 50 US states via its partnership with Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated platform recently valued at $11 billion. The feature is available on the latest version of the Coinbase app. Users can access the new “Predict” tab…

For years, RWA tokenization was a tomorrow story. In 2026, it has officially become a today reality. While the retail market often fixates on the price action of speculative tokens, a far more profound transformation is occurring in the boring sectors of the industry, trade finance, regulated credit, and treasury management. As we move through 2026, it has become increasingly clear that the future of blockchain lies in Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenization, and the global epicenter of this shift is Brazil. The recent milestone reached by Liqi Digital Assets and the $XDC Network, surpassing 100US$ million in tokenized RWAs is…

Cryptocurrency data analytics firm Nansen has announced the launch of NX8, a new crypto index that tracks major Layer 1 blockchains. According to the official announcement, the NX8 Index will include Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), BNB Chain, Tron (TRX), Hyperliquid (HYPE), Avalanche (AVAX), and Sui (SUI). Nansen stated that the NX8 Index is the first product launched under the Joint Venture Protocol, which Nansen designed to support teams developing infrastructure for on-chain financial markets. The NX8 index will be issued by OpenDelta and developed in a strategic partnership with Nansen. Instead of focusing on a single network, NX8…