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Coinbase Global (COIN) shares rallied as much as 4.5% in premarket trading on Monday, January 5, 2026, after Goldman Sachs upgraded the cryptocurrency exchange to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ and raised its price target to $303 from $294. The upgrade comes after a challenging 12-month period that saw COIN shares decline 13% while the S&P 500 gained 15%. The bullish call follows CEO Brian Armstrong’s New Year’s announcement outlining an ambitious 2026 roadmap to transform Coinbase into an “everything exchange” spanning crypto, equities, prediction markets, and commodities. Goldman Sachs Upgrades Coinbase, Citing Structural Growth Goldman Sachs analyst James Yaro described Coinbase…

The White House will host another important meeting on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, bringing together major banks and crypto companies. The goal is simple, as officials want to settle disagreements over stablecoin rules and push stalled crypto legislation forward. 🇺🇸🏛️ CRYPTO AND BANKS MEET TUESADAY OVER STABLECOIN RULESThe White House is hosting a second meeting with banks and crypto groups on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to discuss stablecoin rules.Officials will try again to reach a compromise on whether crypto firms can offer interest on… pic.twitter.com/0kCBJRMKr6 — Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) February 9, 2026 This White House meeting follows an earlier round of…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has issued a public statement regarding the alleged outflow of billions of dollars in assets over the past 24 hours. Claims circulating on social media and data platforms, citing Coinglass data, alleged that Binance experienced a net outflow of $3.7 billion in the last 24 hours. According to data shared by the crypto data platform Coinglass, Binance allegedly experienced a 24-hour negative net inflow of $3.76 billion. This data caused brief concern in the markets. However, data from the blockchain analytics platform OKLink presents a different picture. According to OKLink, Binance experienced a net outflow of $46.58…

Cryptocurrency analytics company Santiment has announced the altcoins with the highest developer activity among yield farming projects, based on GitHub data from the past 30 days. The shared list reflects updates and technical progress on the software development side of the projects, with some projects notably moving up in the rankings compared to last month. According to Santiment’s data, the projects that stand out in terms of developer activity and their scores are as follows: DeFiChain (DFI) – 64.63 Aave (AAVE) – 40.33 yearn.finance (YFI) – 19.73 Beefy.Finance (BIFI) – 5.17 Gearbox Protocol (GEAR) – 3.13 Inverse Finance (INV) –…

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), an independent government agency operating under the federal government in the United States, lost a lawsuit related to cryptocurrencies. According to Decrypt, the FDIC has effectively lost a lawsuit filed against it for refusing to issue “cease and seek letters” that allegedly forced banks to halt and restrict their cryptocurrency services. At this point, the FDIC agreed to pay $188,440 in legal fees and revise its public disclosure policy to resolve Coinbase’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. According to experts, this agreement ends a multi-year legal battle over the Freedom of Information Act,…

Global payroll platform Deel will begin offering stablecoin salary payouts through a partnership with MoonPay, starting with workers in the UK and EU next month. The integration allows employees to receive wages directly in stablecoins to non-custodial crypto wallets, with a US rollout planned in a later phase. Deel processes $22 billion in payroll annually worldwide, to more than 150 million workers, the company said in October. It will use MoonPay to handle stablecoin conversion and onchain wallet delivery, effectively adding crypto settlement rails to its existing payroll infrastructure, according to Tuesday’s announcement. Under the arrangement, workers will be able…

Backed by a strong vision for digital public infrastructure, a new collaboration aims to accelerate tokenisation india efforts across agriculture and other key sectors. Finternet Labs and Avalanche join forces on $10-billion opportunity Nandan Nilekani-backed vision and agri lending pilot From experimentation to execution in tokenisation india Trade finance for agriculture through blockchain rails Institutional-grade tokenisation for population-scale systems Finternet Labs and Avalanche join forces on $10-billion opportunity Finternet Labs, co-created by Aadhaar architect Pramod Varma and CEO Siddharth Shetty, has entered a strategic partnership with Layer-1 blockchain platform Avalanche. Together, they are targeting a potential $10-billion tokenisation opportunity spanning…

Secured Finance, a DeFi platform provider for cryptocurrency loans and derivatives market, today announced that cumulative trading for crypto lending products on its protocol has surpassed the $40 million mark. This milestone indicates significant adoption of on-chain access to global DeFi lending markets. Secured Finance is a DeFi protocol that provides fixed-income lending and borrowing products on-chain. With its Filecoin-based stablecoin, the platform provides crypto investors, traders, and users with access to reliable and interoperable financial instruments, driving innovation across decentralized ecosystems. Secured Finance not only offers investment-bank-grade financial products and services for cryptocurrencies and digital assets but also runs…

The cryptocurrency market is currently navigating a period of intense volatility as we move through early February 2026. After a weekend of attempted recovery, the “King of Crypto,” $Bitcoin, has once again slipped below the critical psychological threshold of $70,000. Historically, such a move by Bitcoin acts as a gravity well for the broader market, and Ethereum ($ETH) is no exception. Currently, the $ETH coin price is hovering around $2,044, struggling to maintain its footing above the vital $2,000 level. With market sentiment shifting toward “Extreme Fear,” traders are closely watching whether Ethereum will mirror Bitcoin’s weakness and plunge toward…

A viral post of Jamie Dimon fueled crypto debate, though the interview stressed blockchain. Dimon highlighted JPMorgan blockchain projects including tokenization and smart contracts. Users split online, with supporters noting adoption as critics warned clips lacked context. A viral social media post has reignited debate about cryptocurrency after comments from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon appeared online. The clip spread quickly and framed his remarks as a sweeping endorsement of crypto. However, the full interview presents a narrower focus on blockchain technology rather than digital currencies themselves. The discussion began after an X post by Mr. Crypto Whale circulated a short…