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Richard Teng, the head of the world’s largest exchange, Binance, has published an important statement on his X account, addressing the global crypto community and Binance users in particular. However, some users seemed not quite satisfied with the quality of services provided by the platform and did not hold back from criticism in the comments. Binance boss faces community’s criticism Richard Teng addressed the Binance community, reaffirming the vision Binance has been and intends to follow in the future. According to Teng, the platform is committed “to support the freedom of money globally.” Thus, Binance is doing its best, Teng…

EDENA Capital Partners has raised $100 million from New York-based investment firm GEM to expand its government-approved digital securities infrastructure in emerging markets. According to a press statement shared with Cryptopolitan, the Singapore-based blockchain firm said the funding see through the launch of Security Token Offering (STO) exchanges in Indonesia and Egypt, trading assets like real estate, carbon credits, corporate equity, bonds, and commodities. GEM, which manages over $3.4 billion in more than 500 global transactions, provided the structured investment to support EDENA through a multi-year roadmap. The capital will fund the acquisition of carbon credit projects, develop a real…

The crypto community is raising concerns about privacy as new crypto tax reporting frameworks come into force in 2026, leading to increased regulatory oversight of digital asset activity worldwide. A total of 48 countries have implemented the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) this year, while the European Union’s DAC8 law has also gone into effect. Understanding CARF and DAC8 For context, the OECD developed the CARF framework. It is a global tax transparency standard designed to ensure that tax authorities receive information on crypto-asset transactions in a standardized and automated way, similar to how the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) works for…

The GameFi sector is experiencing renewed customer interest, according to data revealed today by CoinMarketCap. As identified in the data, WOD, a native gaming token powering the World of Dypians’ blockchain-based MMORPG gaming platform, is leading in trading activity in the wider GameFi market industry. Over the week, the gaming sector experienced significant rebounds, driven by the resurgence of the larger crypto market amid the new year. Bitcoin and Ethereum began the new year with fresh energy, briefly climbing to their highest prices of $94,762 and $3,303 on January 5 (levels noticed in November 2025) and sending altcoins surging their…

Aster has moved to the very top of the crypto derivatives market. Over the past 24 hours, the platform has recorded $6.60 billion in perpetual futures trading volume. Thus putting Aster ahead of a lot of strong competitors. According to market data, Hyperliquid followed up with $3.48 billion in volume, while Lighter came closely behind at $3.39 billion. These numbers show how active the perpetual futures market has now become. What Perpetual Trading Means Perpetual futures, also called perps, lets the traders to bet on price changes without an expiry date. Traders can go long or short and usually even…

Banking giant JPMorgan wants to build its own “regulated, interoperable digital money” that can move near-instantly and securely across financial markets, a spokesperson for the bank told CoinDesk. JPMorgan is already laying out plans to expand its JPM Coin deposit token beyond Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 network built by Coinbase, to Digital Asset’s privacy-focused Canton Network, and eventually to additional blockchain platforms—as it pushes toward a more interconnected, multichain settlement system for institutional payments. “As part of the firm’s broader plan to issue JPM Coin on multiple blockchain networks, in bringing JPM Coin natively to Canton, this lays the…

From “it’s so over” to “we’re so back” – market sentiment flips fast these days on social media. Just days after AI bubble fears resurfaced, Micron (MU), a critical supplier of memory chips used in AI infrastructure and data centers, has posted blowout earnings, reversing that gloom in a flash. The result is U.S. technology futures are up in pre-market trading on Thursday, with the Invesco QQQ up nearly 1% pre market after falling almost 2% on Wednesday. Bitcoin, too, has stabilized above $87,000 following its wild swings in both directions on Wednesday. BTC and tech stocks tend to move…

Vietnam has set a mid-January timeline to approve its first pilot cryptocurrency exchanges, marking a shift toward controlled market testing. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed regulators to complete approvals by Jan. 15, 2026, under a sandbox model that allows crypto trading while limiting systemic risks. The move places digital assets on a formal policy track after years of legal uncertainty. The decision followed a Jan. 6, 2026 national finance-sector conference, where the government outlined priorities for the year ahead. Among them, pilot crypto exchanges ranked as a key task. Officials framed the initiative as a way to observe market…

StoneX Digital has received a Crypto-Asset Service Provider licence under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. The licence was granted by the Central Bank of Ireland. StoneX Group also operates the retail trading brand Forex.com. The platform became part of the group after StoneX acquired GAIN Capital in 2020. Forex.com provides foreign exchange and CFD trading services to retail clients through locally regulated entities in several jurisdictions. Brian Mulcahy, CEO of StoneX Digital, Source: LinkedIn StoneX Digital launched in June 2022. The authorisation allows the firm to provide digital asset execution and custody services across the European Union. These…

Temple Digital Group has launched a private, institutional trading platform built on the Canton Network, offering continuous, 24/7 trading of digital assets using a central limit order book and non-custodial market structure. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Thursday, the platform supports trading in cryptocurrencies and stablecoins and is designed to allow institutions to transact with approved counterparties while maintaining privacy and regulatory oversight, with participants retaining custody of assets rather than relying on a central intermediary. The system is built around a price-time priority central limit order book with sub-second matching and includes execution monitoring and transaction…