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Strategy, SharpLink Gaming, and MARA Holdings took a dive with the rest of the crypto equities category as Bitcoin dipped below $90,000 on Tuesday morning. At the time of writing, Bitcoin has been hovering between the $90,000 and $91,000 marks after having lost 2.5% since this time yesterday, according to crypto price aggregator CoinGecko. The price of Bitcoin dropped as low as $89,929 on Tuesday before rebounding to $90,535 as of this writing. Bitcoin trading volume has gained 14% in the past day, rising to $68.6 billion, according to blockchain analytics platform CoinGlass. Most U.S. institutions—including the New York Stock…

Online entertainment has scaled faster than the financial infrastructure supporting it. Platforms now serve global audiences in real time, yet many still rely on banking rails built for slower, domestic commerce. That mismatch has become harder to ignore as user expectations around instant access and transparency continue to rise. For operators, the friction is structural. Payment delays, rejected transactions, and limited banking relationships constrain growth and complicate cash management. These pressures are pushing both users and investors to look more closely at blockchain-based payment rails as a practical alternative rather than a speculative side story. Payment Demand Shifts Online Traditional…

In a landmark move for both the insurance and digital asset industries, Delaware Life Insurance Company has unveiled a pioneering fixed indexed annuity product with direct exposure to Bitcoin. This strategic development, confirmed by Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, leverages BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, to bridge the gap between conventional retirement planning and the evolving cryptocurrency market. The launch, announced in Wilmington, Delaware, in early 2025, signals a significant maturation in the integration of digital assets into regulated financial frameworks. Understanding the Bitcoin-Linked Annuity Structure Delaware Life’s new product represents a sophisticated fusion of traditional insurance mechanisms and modern…

Pump.fun memes have the highest graduation rate since the summer of 2025. More tokens are moving to DEX trading after a general revival of the Solana meme space. Tokens on Pump.fun are shifting their creation stories, with more projects graduating to PumpSwap or other DEXs. Pump.fun graduations have previously crashed to lows, and are used as a proxy indicator for the general mood of the crypto market. Pump.fun graduations spiked to the highest level since the summer of 2025, following a new wave of projects and more liquidity inflows. | Source: Dune Analytics In the past few weeks, more tokens…

On January 20, Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong said that tokenization can level the financial playing field and provide access to the world’s most lucrative markets for all people, regardless of location or income. He presented the argument on X, claiming that global wealth creation may finally become more equitable by converting assets into digital tokens. Armstrong cited a blog post released on Monday that highlighted the widening gap between labor and capital income in the U.S. The blog post revealed that real capital income per capita has increased by 136% since the 1990s. In comparison, labor income has…

SBI VC Trade, a crypto exchange and subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Group, keeps adding new coins to the list of assets on which users can make additional income on this platform. In today’s announcement, the crypto exchange stated that it has added several new coins, including $XRP and the major meme cryptocurrency, Shiba Inu. SBI VC Trade now accepts seven coins for staking According to the tweet published earlier today, SBI VC Trade now accepts the following large-cap cryptocurrencies for staking from its users: $BTC, $BCH, ZPG, $XRP, $LINK, $LTC and $SHIB. It will begin to accept these…

World Liberty Financial ($WLFI) has announced it will host the World Liberty Forum, a central forum aimed at bringing together leaders across sectors, including capital, technology, and regulation. According to Donald Trump Jr, the event will discuss the future of finance. According to the Trump-backed DeFi project, the invitation-only event will feature leaders from global sectors such as finance and technology. The event will take place at Mar-a-Lago, a private venue, and aims to discuss the future of finance, technology, and regulation. World Liberty Financial to set the stage for future revolutions in the global economy GM ☝️ family —…

Hyperliquid hit another milestone in establishing its position as a key $BTC trading hub. The perpetual futures and spot market surpassed Binance’s depth on $BTC pairs. Hyperliquid achieved the biggest top-of-book market depth, bringing the most favorable bid and ask prices for $BTC. The 1 basis point from mid depth on Hyperliquid reached $3.1M on Hyperliquid, versus $2.3M on Binance, meaning the Hyperliquid market could absorb more selling without slippage. Over time, the Hyperliquid market became the most liquid venue for crypto price discovery among both centralized and decentralized markets. Binance perpetual futures came second, despite the exchange’s higher volumes,…

Nvidia stock (NASDAQ: NVDA) tumbled over 3% on Tuesday as the tech sector faced uncertainty over President Trump’s escalating Greenland acquisition push, triggering a broad risk-off unwind. Simultaneously, influential analysts warned that 2026 could be the year AI infrastructure spending growth finally decelerates, forcing a rethink on whether hyperscalers can monetize hundreds of billions in capital expenditure.​ Nvidia stock: Geopolitical trigger and trade war anxiety Copy link to section The immediate catalyst is Trump’s tariff escalation over the Greenland stalemate. Starting February 1, the UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Netherlands face 10% tariffs on all exports…

OSL Group, Asia’s leading stablecoin trading and payment platform, has announced a $200 million equity financing round as it seeks to capitalize on growing demand for compliant digital asset infrastructure and accelerate its global expansion in the stablecoin and payment sectors. The Hong Kong-based company, which trades on the city’s stock exchange, said on Thursday that the funding would strengthen its capital base and enable strategic acquisitions of licensed trading and payment entities worldwide. The latest raise comes just months after OSL announced that it had secured $300 million via equity financing, with the group’s chief financial officer, Ivan Wong,…