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As crypto’s coveted market structure bill stalls in the Senate, top Wall Street players met with the SEC Tuesday to discuss numerous concerns with the regulator’s permissive approach to digital assets. Representatives of JPMorgan, Citadel, and SIFMA, the powerful securities industry trade group, met with the SEC’s crypto task force yesterday to talk through the agency’s bold new approach to digital assets, according to agency records. Topics raised at the meeting included worries that the SEC’s imminent plans to provide exemptive relief for tokenized securities could damage the broader U.S. economy, according to meeting records. These concerns also focused on…

Match2Pay, a cryptocurrency payment gateway, has announced its integration with Binance Pay’s payment infrastructure. Brokers, prop firms, fintech and other merchants using the company’s system will now have access to instant crypto deposits. The move comes as crypto deposits gain traction across the retail brokerage sector. In November 2025, eToro, a social trading and multi-asset brokerage platform, introduced crypto deposits in the UAE, citing demand from clients accustomed to a crypto-native payment experience. How Binance Pay Fits into Match2Pay Binance Pay operates within the broader Binance ecosystem, which serves more than 300 million users globally. Around 45 million users actively…

HPX, a renowned blockchain infrastructure platform, has collaborated with Orbofi, a famous AI development entity. The collaboration is poised to redefine the way consumers create, tokenize, and deploy AI agents. As per HPX’s official announcement on X, the partnership merges its real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure with the next-gen AI network of Orbofi. This remarkable synergy promises efficient, scalable, and secure solutions for the consumers. 🌟 Partnership Announcement: HPX x Orbofi! 🥳 @OrbofiWe are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between with Orbofi—one of the world’s leading platforms for creating multimodal AI agents. This collaboration aims to revolutionize the way…

Younger Americans are growing more confident in crypto, while older generations remain firmly aligned with traditional finance, according to a new survey published as part of the OKX Insights series. The survey, which polled 1,000 Americans in January, found a sharp generational divide in trust, outlook and expectations for digital assets. The younger the respondent, the more likely they were to view crypto as both credible today and central to finance tomorrow. When asked how much they trust crypto platforms, 40% of Gen Z (aged 12–29) and 41% of Millennials (aged 29–45) gave high confidence scores, rating their trust at…

Coinbase’s (COIN) decision to end support for U.S. market structure legislation won’t derail the process, investment bank HSBC said, suggesting that while CEO Brian Armstrong prefers no bill over a bad bill, he would probably accept a sensible compromise. The report maintained that a legislative floor is essential to providing the stability required for institutional entry. “Coinbase withdrawal of support is not a death-knell for U.S. market structure legislation,” analysts Daragh Maher and Nishu Singla said in the Tuesday report. At its core, the proposed law is a high-stakes attempt to end the regulation-by-enforcement era that has defined the U.S.…

Crypto Twitter has once again revived its frustration with Binance and its former chief executive, months after the exchange allegedly caused a market slump during the unforgettable 10/10 liquidation event. Over the past five days, Changpeng Zhao has been labeled a “fraud” and “worse than SBF” on several social media platforms. Although the ex-Binance CEO believes the attacks are fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) driven, retail traders are undoubtedly frustrated by the mere fact that the market has not recovered from what happened last October. CZ bashed for saying ‘buy-and-hold’ is the best investment strategy It all began when Zhao…

Quantra, a next-gen Web3 infrastructure entity, has collaborated with Titan Technology, a compliance-first digital financial infrastructure platform. The partnership marks a key strategic move to expand Quantra’s network visibility and worldwide outreach. 🤝Quantra × Titan TechnologyQuantra is pleased to announce a PR partnership with Titan Technology.Titan Technology @TitanRWAworld is a licensed digital financial infrastructure provider specializing in crypto payments and RWA issuance, operating under a U.S. MSB license and… pic.twitter.com/XkYGrps2ML — Quantra (@quantra_rwa) February 1, 2026 As Quantra disclosed on its official X account, the development aims to provide a compliance-centered Web3 experience at the convergence of blockchain infrastructure, digital…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that AI adoption is moving faster than society can adapt, saying governments and businesses may need to work together on retraining programs and income support to ease the transition. “I do think it may go too fast for society,” Dimon said at a World Economic Forum panel discussion in Davos. “And if it goes too fast for society, that’s where government and business and the collaborative ways to step in together and come up with a way to retrain people or move it over time.” Dimon acknowledged that AI will eliminate some jobs while changing…

U.K. officials have said they expect banks to treat all businesses fairly, including crypto services providers, as part of the government’s ambition to make the country an international digital assets hub. The government has introduced legislation for cryptoasset regulation to Parliament and that it expects final rules to be confirmed this year, “giving crypto businesses the certainty they need to invest and grow in the U.K,” a spokesperson for the HM Treasury, the country’s economic and finance ministry, told CoinDesk on Tuesday. The statement comes after a crypto lobbying group and Coinbase accused British banks of blocking millions of customers…

Binance sharpens its South Korea strategy through Gopax involvement. GoFi developments signal deeper product expansion in the region. Regulation and local partnerships shape exchange competition. Binance is intensifying its push into South Korea by strengthening its position around local exchange Gopax and the GoFi ecosystem. The move signals a calculated effort to gain a stronger footing in one of Asia’s most tightly regulated yet highly active crypto markets. This is happening at a time when crypto regulatory trends are becoming increasingly stringent in Asia, and exchanges are moving into the region because they notice growing trends. One country that stands…