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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…

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brett Knoblauch on Wednesday raised his price target on Hut 8 (HUT) to $72 from $64 following the company’s announcement of a $7 billion lease agreement with AI infrastructure firm Fluidstack. “We believe this is a deal the market has been waiting for,” Knoblauch wrote in a note to clients, calling the finalized terms stronger than initially expected. He pointed to the 15-year duration, a power usage effectiveness (PUE) ratio of 1.35, and projected net operating income of $6.9 billion over the base term as key highlights. If all renewal options are exercise, Knoblauch added. His new…

Turkmenistan’s new Law on Virtual Assets, which came into force on January 1, 2026, has formally legalised cryptocurrency mining and digital asset exchanges in a country with some of the world’s lowest energy costs. While the move is designed to attract foreign investment, it does so within a tightly controlled, licence-driven framework that may deter all but the most compliant operators. Signed into law in November 2025, the legislation is part of a broader effort to diversify an economy heavily reliant on natural gas exports. It establishes a legal pathway for crypto-related activity, but under a model that prioritises centralised…

BitMEX is expanding beyond crypto-native markets with the launch of Equity Perps, a new line of perpetual swap contracts that provide 24/7, crypto‑collateralized exposure to major US stocks and indexes like Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph. The product mirrors the role perpetual swaps played in reshaping crypto markets with non-expiring, funding‑rate‑based, highly leveraged exposure — now applied to equities that have traditionally been confined to limited market hours. ​Demand for onchain equities is rising The move comes as onchain access to equities is showing signs of traction. Bitget…