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Yesterday, the White House hosted an important meeting concerning cryptocurrencies. However, the stablecoin meeting, which took place at the White House late yesterday evening, ended without a conclusion. Representatives from leading US banks met with figures from the cryptocurrency sector. Following instructions from President Donald Trump’s crypto advisors, they discussed finding common ground regarding the Senate’s market structure bill. However, discussions at the meeting stalled over the issue of stablecoin yields. The fact that the banking sector, in particular, was unwilling to compromise on stablecoin interest rates and demanded a complete ban on stablecoin yields, brought the negotiations to a…

Introduction Change and evolution are inherent in everything in the world, and blockchain technology is no exception. Since its advent and application for digital assets in 2009, it has grown rapidly until today, in 2026, the number of aspirant institutions and entities that want to adopt it is constantly rising. Understanding of how blockchains get upgraded is essential not only for traders and investors but also for every user. Two fundamental mechanisms through which blockchains change are hard forks and soft forks. This article is meant to enlighten the readers about what these two terms really imply. Hard Forks and…

Key Takeaways Mitsui will offer Japan’s first digital securities for fractional ownership of aircraft and ships via its Alterna platform. Japan’s digital securities market more than doubled in 2025, driven by expanding use cases and institutional entry. Japanese trading giant Mitsui & Co. plans to offer the country’s first digital securities for aircraft and ships, according to a Nikkei report. The products will be issued via Mitsui & Co. Digital Asset Management, which already leads Japan in real estate tokenization through its investment platform Alterna. The move will allow retail investors to gain fractional exposure to capital-intensive assets like planes…

Bazaar ($BZR) is set to live on zKSync, a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, enabling faster and cheaper transactions while ensuring Ethereum’s security. Bazaars ($BZR) is a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplace that actively uses blockchain technology to make buying, selling, and trading of goods, especially for high-value items. $BZR on zkSyncUltra-low fees for smooth payments.#BZR #zkSync #Bazaars #ORC55 #Web3 #CryptoCommerce pic.twitter.com/KTT7hVgcMJ — Bazaars (@BazaarsBzr) February 9, 2026 The primary purpose of this is to create a seamless pathway for the transfer of cryptocurrency payments. Bazaar ($BZR) has revealed this news through its official social media X account. Bazaars ($BZR)…

Although 2026 is not yet a fortnight old at press time, certain Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) insiders have already executed massive TSLA stock insider sales. Indeed, Director James Murdoch – son of the former Australian-American media mogul, Rupert Murdoch – sold 60,000 Tesla shares on January 2 at an average price of $445.4 and for a total of $26.7 million. Had the trade – reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 6 – been made at press time on January 12, it would have been worth a total of $26.5 million, as Tesla stock is changing hands at…

Bitcoin’s mining landscape is showing clear signs of stress as network difficulty records its largest downward adjustment since 2021. The sharp drop reflects a wave of miners shutting off machines or exiting entirely, squeezed by declining profitability, higher operating costs, and prolonged price pressure. As inefficient miners step aside and difficulty adjusts lower, the stage is set for consolidation across the mining sector. What Miner Capitulation Says About Near-Term Bitcoin Sentiment One of the most telling signals in the market is happening right now. The CEO of Coinbureau, known as Nic, revealed on X that Bitcoin mining difficulty just experienced…

Salvo Games, a Web3 gaming platform, has partnered with Snowball, a universal Web3 identity platform. The partnership is set to resolve the issue of fragmented cross-chain digital identity in the Web3 sector. As Salvo pointed out in its official X announcement, the partnership integrates the chain-agnostic infrastructure of Snowball to improve user security and experience. Hence, the development underscores a wider market trend of usability-led adoption instead of entirely speculative innovation. 🤝 Excited to partner with @snowball_money, the universal Identity, P2P Payments & Reputation layer for humans and agents.Snowball fixes Web3’s fragmented identity with chain-agnostic @names, cross-identity payments, and portable…

JPMorgan argued that the expectation of two 25 basis point interest rate cuts from the US Federal Reserve in 2026, as investors anticipated, will not materialize. The bank predicts that the Fed will keep interest rates stable throughout 2026, with the next move possibly being an interest rate increase in 2027. In a client note dated January 9, the bank stated that the US economy is projected to see accelerated employment and growth in 2026, while core inflation will remain above 3 percent. This macroeconomic outlook, it was noted, weakens the justification for a new interest rate cut by the…

Pundi AI has partnered with ZenO to revolutionize training in Physical AI systems. With more information from the real world and from first person human experience to power robotics and autonomous machines as we move into the age of Artificial Intelligence being able to learn from something other than just text & code, the collaboration will combine ZenO’s datasets with an on-chain record of where that data came from, to create a marketplace for acquiring realistic, verifiable data that connects digital intelligence (AI) and real-world physical environments. The Missing Link – Why Physical AI Needs Reality To enable robots to…

Polymarket users placed 27 bets on the outcomes of the Golden Globe Awards, with 26 of them turning out to be correct. As the leading prediction market grows in popularity, so do concerns over insider trading. The partnership between Polymarket and the Golden Globes also raised questions about whether this will be the new normal for future awards ceremonies. Polymarket Posts 96% Golden Globes Hit Rate On Friday, the Golden Globes announced in a press release that it had partnered with the world’s largest prediction market for the annual awards show. That same day, Polymarket created 28 Golden Globe-specific polls,…