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Meta is reportedly set to lay off around 10% of staff from its metaverse arm this week, as the tech giant focuses its resources on artificial intelligence. Meta could announce the cuts as soon as Tuesday, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing sources. Meta’s Reality Labs has around 15,000 staff members. The division focuses on virtual reality (VR) gear such as headsets, as well as operating the firm’s metaverse platforms Horizon Worlds and Horizon Workrooms. Around 10% of the division’s employees are expected to be cut, around 1,500 people. Cointelegraph has reached out to Meta for comment. Meta…

The monthly Global Fund Manager Survey from Bank of America has been widely followed for years on Wall Street for its ability to suggest sentiment extremes that often precede sizable market reversals. Indeed, the latest report released Tuesday shows professional investor sentiment is running at its hottest level in years. Among the key data points are fund managers’ cash levels — they’ve dropped to just 3.3%, the lowest in the history of the survey, a clear signal that professional investors are leaning hard into risk. The move comes alongside a broader shift into equities and commodities. The survey, which tracks…

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee state regulators from enforcing a cease-and-desist order against prediction market operator Kalshi, dealing an early setback to one of the most aggressive state crackdowns yet on sports-based event contracts. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger granted Kalshi a temporary restraining order preventing the Tennessee Sports Wagering Council and the state attorney general from enforcing state sports betting and gambling statutes against the company while the case proceeds. Kalshi is likely to succeed on the merits of its claims and would suffer irreparable harm if the state were allowed to move forward with…

Aura Network, a real-world focused Web3 payment ecosystem, is going to simplify crypto payments with QR Code. This code will help merchants in accepting crypto payments and settling in fiat. The main purpose of this advanced step is to make crypto payments seamless and simple with just the QR code system. Aura Network has revealed this news through its official social media X account. Pay with crypto using a simple QR code. Merchants can accept crypto payments and settle in fiat, designed for low fees and zero holding.Aura Pay is being built to make crypto payments invisible for merchants.This is…

As debate over digital assets intensifies, a growing bitcoin treasury coalition is mounting a coordinated challenge to MSCI’s controversial index exclusion proposal. Bitcoin for Corporations announces 1000+ signatory coalition Details of MSCI’s proposed digital-asset exclusion rule Strategy pushes back on MSCI’s classification approach Strive warns of threats to index neutrality Market impact and risks for global capital formation Coalition’s formal requests to MSCI Consultation timeline and broader industry context About Bitcoin for Corporations Bitcoin for Corporations announces 1000+ signatory coalition Bitcoin for Corporations (BFC) announced on 16 December 2025 that its coalition opposing MSCI‘s proposed 50% digital-asset exclusion has surpassed…

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has published its annual review report for the year 2025. According to the report, the platform’s total trading volume across all products reached $34 trillion in 2025. Spot market trading volume exceeded $7.1 trillion, while Binance’s cumulative total trading volume since its inception was recorded at $145 trillion. The report added that the Binance ecosystem experienced a significant expansion in product diversity and user engagement. The number of tokens listed on the spot market increased to 490, and the number of spot trading pairs rose to 1,889. In the futures market, coverage…

Markets are now betting in a high likelihood of no reduction in January 2026. According to CME FedWatch, odds are to be over 75%. Traders easily changed expectations. This reversal was after a change in the Federal Reserve policy by December. Fed has already provided a reduction of 25 basis points. Authorities are giving out warning signals. Tone is very sensitive in markets. Policy Caution The data of inflation remains a problem in policymaking. There is an uneven price pressure among sectors. Services inflation remains adhesive. Volatility in the energy becomes an uncertainty. In such circumstances, policymakers like indulging in…

The South Korean cryptocurrency market has seen remarkable activity over the past 24 hours. When data from Upbit and Bithumb, the country’s two largest cryptocurrency exchanges, are analyzed together, it is evident that trading volumes have increased sharply in a short period, particularly in certain altcoins. This surge in volume, concentrated in the Korean won, indicates strong interest from South Korean investors in specific projects, highlighting the emergence of local momentum independent of global markets. Tokens like XRP, Hyperlane, and DeepBook stood out, ranking highly on both exchanges. Here are the altcoins with the highest trading volume on South Korea’s…

Tokenized Treasury funds pushed closer to the $9 billion mark this week, rising 0.94% over the past seven days as onchain demand for yield-bearing government debt continues to hold firm. Tokenized Treasury Market Inches Higher as Issuers Jockey for Share Data compiled from the tokenized Treasury sector, according to rwa.xyz stats, shows total value climbing to roughly $8.99 billion, supported by a modest increase in weekly yields, with the average seven-day annual percentage yield (APY) sitting at 3.71%. The market now spans 60 active products and more than 57,600 holders, which highlights how quickly blockchain-based access to U.S. government debt…

Crypto-powered prediction market platform Polymarket has partnered with Parcl (a data company that tracks daily home values) to let Americans gamble on whether housing prices in major U.S. cities will go up or down. The two companies will work together to let users put money on what they think will happen to median prices in cities like Miami and Los Angeles for starters. These markets will close on February 1, using Parcl’s daily price index to determine winners. But according to Polymarket, there will be new housing prediction markets every month, so people can keep trading based on fresh data.Right…