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Tokenized stocks likely represent a bigger revenue opportunity for Coinbase than prediction markets, analysts at Compass Point wrote in a Monday report while lowering the price target for COIN. Although the investment bank foresees the crypto exchange unveiling several products at an event on Wednesday, the analysts highlighted tokenized stocks and prediction markets as two areas that could help the exchange diversify sales away from fees on crypto trades. It could take years for the revenue to materialize, but Coinbase could take in $210 million from prediction markets and $230 million from tokenized stocks, the analysts wrote. They also reiterated…

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In the early days of 2026, US President Donald Trump launched a military operation against Venezuela, arresting President Nicolás Maduro and bringing him to the United States. As tensions between the US and Venezuela continue, allegations have emerged that Venezuela holds large amounts of Bitcoin (BTC). While these allegations continue to be discussed, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins has made statements on the matter. According to the SEC chairman, the US government may seize Venezuela’s Bitcoin assets. Speaking to Fox Business, Paul Atkins did not make a definitive statement regarding the alleged seizure of Venezuela’s BTC…

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Table of Contents What Did Bitget Announce?How Do Tokenized Stocks Work On Bitget?Why Is Bitget Expanding Tokenized TradFi Assets?How Does Ondo Finance Fit Into This Model?What Assets Are Users Getting Access To?How Does This Fit Into Bitget’s UEX Strategy?ConclusionResourcesFrequently Asked Questions Bitget has listed 98 new tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds through Ondo Finance on BNB Chain, giving users direct access to equities and ETFs alongside crypto assets on a single trading platform. The rollout expands Bitget’s TradFi and tokenized asset offerings and answers growing demand for unified access to traditional and digital markets. Bitget just listed 98 new…

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Tempo, a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain for stablecoins and real-world payments, has announced its strategic partnership with DeepNode AI, a decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project based on blockchain technology. The hidden objective behind this integration is to convert centralized AI into a decentralized network for easily accessible and validated data. Centralized AI concentrates power, limits access, and slows innovation behind permissioned gates, networks do the opposite.Through its partnership with Tempo, @DeepNodeAI is helping build open rails where anyone can contribute models, validate data, provide compute, and earn… pic.twitter.com/flry9Ezfm7 — Iko | Web3 (@IkoWEB3) January 11, 2026 At the core, the…

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Tether is one of the most important financial corporations to ever exist. Its primary product, USDT, has reached a market capitalization of over $180 billion, it has investments in over 120 other firms, and its family of subsidiaries and investments reach into nearly every corner of the crypto industry. It’s done all this while appearing to maintain a much leaner team than many of its competitors, even as it had to grapple with various outside legal and regulatory pressures. Many have speculated about what the secret to this success might be, but one possible reason might be the family ties…

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Pump.fun benefited from the enthusiasm for meme tokens in early 2026, after closing a week of record trading volumes. The activity was based on PumpSwap trading, as the DEX established a leading position on Solana. Pump.fun achieved a record weekly DEX volume for the first full week of 2026. For the past period, PumpSwap reached over $6.6B in trading, passing other Solana DEXs. The past week follows a long period of expanded DEX volumes. The Pump.fun team has also tried to revive the meme market and boost the appeal of speculative trading. inside each of us are two wolves one…

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Singapore-based Chintai, a regulated blockchain infrastructure provider and trading platform, has formed a joint venture with the Maluku Archipelago Joint Venture to develop a large-scale nature-based asset tokenization project in Indonesia. The partner, MAJV, is jointly owned by DeepGreenX Group, a clean energy and digital infrastructure firm, and Forest First International, a sustainable forestry developer. The project is linked to a 60-year development program covering the Maluku and North Maluku provinces. The region includes around 1 400 islands and more than 700 000 square kilometres in one of Indonesia’s most biodiverse areas. The initiative combines environmental protection with digital finance…

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The FED’s week hasn’t brought any surprises to the market. The Federal Reserve had expectedly moved the interest rate down for one quarter a point, with 3 members voting against the decision, out of 10. Jerome Powell, the existing FED’s governor, had confirmed another rate cut in 2026, after which, the FED would probably take a break, as the employment situation looks stable, and the next focus in the dual-mandate of the FED would be to focus on inflation. However, traders are already starting to discount the dovishness of a supposed new FED’s president Kevin Hassett, who is known for…

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Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis offered is pushing one of the key decentralized finance (DeFi) provisions in the Senate’s overall market structure bill as its own text, alongside with Democrat co-signer Ron Wyden, as the crypto industry and its Washington lobbyists wait Monday for the unveiling of the new draft. Crypto’s DeFi sector has repeatedly said it’s non-negotiable that the market structure legislation protects software developers that don’t control people’s money from treatment as money transmitters. While there was a section of an earlier Senate draft that shielded those developers, that’s been back on the negotiating table. Meanwhile, Lummis and Wyden,…

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According to data from DefiLlama, perpetual DEXs processed over $1 trillion in trading volume last month, extending a three-month streak of volumes above $1 trillion that began in October 2025. October recorded the highest trading volume across perpetual DEXs, with approximately $1.4 trillion. The second half of 2025 recorded over $5 trillion in volume compared to roughly $2.1 trillion in the first half. October generated the highest volume, accounting for roughly $1.4 trillion based on on-chain data, followed by November and December, both of which recorded volumes above $1 trillion. The second half’s volumes accounted for approximately 73% of the…

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