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Tokenization may become the new rails for global finance, stated Georg Harer, Co-CEO of Bybit EU. During a panel discussion, Harer commented on the potential of tokenization from concept to commercial application. Bybit EU is looking into tokenization as one of the rails for global finance. Georg Harer, Co-CEO of Bybit EU, joined an expert panel discussion on the topic of ‘Tokenisation as the Backbone of Next-Generation Financial Infrastructure.’ The roundtable format discussed tokenization from concept to viable commercial use. The panel brought together policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders to explore how tokenization can serve as a foundational layer for…

Elon Musk said Thursday that artificial intelligence could surpass human intelligence as soon as this year, arguing that progress toward artificial general intelligence is accelerating faster than humanity is prepared for. The comments by the Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI CEO came during a wide-ranging conversation with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. “I think we might have AI that is smarter than any human by the end of this year,” Musk said. “No later than next year.” He added that by around 2030 or 2031, AI could become “smarter than all of humanity…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in a recent interview in China, stated that Decentralized Social (DeSoc) solutions top the list of applications he most wants developers to build, followed by “smarter” DAOs. Buterin noted that he observed a departure from these goals at the implementation level; a significant portion of the energy and capital in the sector was shifting towards products that did not generate “social value.” In the interview, Buterin summarized his current motivations under three “urgent” headings: preventing cryptocurrencies from spiraling into a “doomsday scenario” and becoming 100% speculative, advancing Ethereum technology further, and preventing the future from succumbing…

After a period of rapid expansion, the global stablecoin market has largely stalled, signaling a consolidation phase as new regulation, liquidity constraints and higher real-world yields weigh on new issuance, according to Jimmy Xue, co-founder of quantitative yield protocol Axis. In a note shared with Cointelegraph, Xue said that while stablecoin regulation has advanced, tighter frameworks in the United States and Europe have forced institutional issuers to hold higher-quality reserves and absorb rising compliance costs, slowing the pace of net issuance. At the same time, elevated real yields on US Treasurys have increased the opportunity cost of holding stablecoins that…

Binance Futures, the futures trading platform of Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced that it will offer its users a new perpetual contract based on Tesla shares in order to expand trading options. According to the official announcement, the new product, the USDⓈ-M secured TSLAUSDT Equity Perpetual Contract, will be available for trading on January 28, 2026, at 17:30. The new contract is designed to track the price of Tesla Inc. (TSLA) shares traded on Nasdaq. This will allow users to access Tesla price movements through cryptocurrency markets without directly purchasing shares. Binance Futures officials state that…

SentismAI, a prominent Web3 intelligence layer, has partnered with GoldFinger, an RWA tokenization platform. The partnership marks a key step toward the evolution of real-world assets (RWAs) in decentralized finance (DeFi) by bringing gold on-chain with transparent and secure yield generation. As per SentismAI’s official X announcement, the development attempts to go beyond hype-led narratives with priority given to compatibility and real utility for diverse on-chain assets. Hence, the move underscores a mutual vision of turning RWAs into practical instruments instead of passive representations within the blockchain networks. SentismAI 🤝 GoldFinger 🔥Excited to announce our partnership with @GoldFingerRWA.🟡GoldFinger is building…

Capital One Financial Corp. has agreed to acquire fintech startup Brex in a deal valued at $5.15 billion, expanding the bank’s push into technology-driven corporate finance and payments. Under the terms of the agreement, Capital One will pay 50% in cash and 50% in stock for Brex, the companies said on Thursday. The acquisition would fold one of Silicon Valley’s best-known financial technology firms into Capital One’s commercial banking and payments business. Capital One founder and CEO Richard Fairbank said in a statement that Brex has reshaped how fast-growing companies manage their finances. Founded in 2017, Brex built its reputation…

A new survey by the UK Cryptoasset Business Council (UKCBC) found that transfers between United Kingdom bank accounts and crypto exchanges are frequently blocked, delayed or refused, even when customers are trying to use regulated platforms. ​The survey, titled “Locked Out: Debanking the UK’s Digital Asset Economy,” draws on responses from 10 of the UK’s largest centralized exchanges, which collectively serve millions of UK consumers and have processed hundreds of billions of pounds in transactions. It aims to replace anecdotes with hard numbers on how current banking practices affect the sector. The UKCBC argues that widespread restrictions are a major…

Quack AI has made a strategic partnership with Zypher Network as it extends Q402 into a verifiable, minimised-trust execution and governance environment of AI agents. The partnership is a combination of the signature-based execution engine of Quack AI and the cryptographic proof infrastructure of Zypher, that seeks to enhance the principles of trust, security and accountability in the new agent economy. Quack AI × @Zypher_NetworkWe’re aligning with Zypher as Q402 expands into verifiable, trust-minimized AI and agent execution environments.Built around cryptographic proofs and verifiable AI workflows, Zypher’s focus on proving the integrity of agent reasoning and computation… pic.twitter.com/wEZAH9M2la — Quack…

DePIN is moving from narrative to measurable infrastructure: nodes are scaling, but 2026 will reward demand, revenue, and reliability. Industry research frames DePIN as a category that could reach $3.5 trillion by 2028, and there are already 13+ million devices contributing daily across DePIN networks. At the same time, you’ll see write-ups claiming explosive growth in sector revenue and project count. The bigger point is that DePIN is no longer just a story. These networks are already operating globally, and their services are increasingly relevant to real-world constraints, from balancing distributed energy and extending connectivity to providing compute capacity for…