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Fidelity Investments starts its own stablecoin in a massive bet that future of banking is on blockchain

Blockchain

Fidelity Investments is launching its first stablecoin, the Fidelity Digital Dollar (FIDD), in early February, marking a major move by one of the largest traditional financial institutions into onchain finance. FIDD will be issued by Fidelity Digital Assets, a federally chartered national bank and subsidiary of Fidelity. The Ethereum-based stablecoin will be redeemable for $1 on Fidelity’s crypto trading platforms — Fidelity Digital Assets, Fidelity Crypto, and Fidelity Crypto for Wealth Managers — and will also be made available on major crypto exchanges, according to a press release. The company says it designed the product to meet growing client demand…

South Korea’s Benchmark Index Hits Historic Milestone Despite Global Market Turmoil

Regulation

South Korea’s Kospi index crossed the 5,000 mark for the first time on Jan. 22, defying global market turbulence caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Greenland takeover ambitions. Blue-Chip Surge South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index crossed the 5,000 mark for the first time on Jan. 22, a historic milestone that fueled excitement across the country. According to a local report, the Kospi index ultimately closed at 4,952.53 after hitting an intraday high of 5,019.54. Compared to a year ago, when it ended at 2,547, the index has surged nearly 94 per cent. The rally came even as global markets were…

Binance Handles $14B Withdrawals, Shows Crypto Resilience

Exchanges

Binance’s $14 Billion Stress Test: A New Benchmark for Financial Resilience At the Davos 2026 Conference in Switzerland, Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) drew a sharp contrast with traditional banking, revealing that Binance processed $14 billion in withdrawals in one week, seamlessly and without liquidity strain, including $7 billion in a single day. CZ raised a stark challenge: could a traditional bank withstand a $7 billion withdrawal in 24 hours? For most legacy institutions, the answer is a clear no, highlighting the fragility of conventional banking under extreme stress. Well, traditional banks run on fractional reserves, holding…

Bybit EU says tokenization could become the backbone of global financial infrastructure

Blockchain

Tokenization may become the new rails for global finance, stated Georg Harer, Co-CEO of Bybit EU. During a panel discussion, Harer commented on the potential of tokenization from concept to commercial application. Bybit EU is looking into tokenization as one of the rails for global finance. Georg Harer, Co-CEO of Bybit EU, joined an expert panel discussion on the topic of ‘Tokenisation as the Backbone of Next-Generation Financial Infrastructure.’ The roundtable format discussed tokenization from concept to viable commercial use. The panel brought together policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders to explore how tokenization can serve as a foundational layer for…

Elon Musk Predicts AI Will Outpace Human Intelligence as Early as This Year

Regulation

Elon Musk said Thursday that artificial intelligence could surpass human intelligence as soon as this year, arguing that progress toward artificial general intelligence is accelerating faster than humanity is prepared for. The comments by the Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI CEO came during a wide-ranging conversation with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. “I think we might have AI that is smarter than any human by the end of this year,” Musk said. “No later than next year.” He added that by around 2030 or 2031, AI could become “smarter than all of humanity…

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Makes Statement on the Future of Cryptocurrencies! “There Are Three Urgent Matters”

Blockchain

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in a recent interview in China, stated that Decentralized Social (DeSoc) solutions top the list of applications he most wants developers to build, followed by “smarter” DAOs. Buterin noted that he observed a departure from these goals at the implementation level; a significant portion of the energy and capital in the sector was shifting towards products that did not generate “social value.” In the interview, Buterin summarized his current motivations under three “urgent” headings: preventing cryptocurrencies from spiraling into a “doomsday scenario” and becoming 100% speculative, advancing Ethereum technology further, and preventing the future from succumbing…

Stablecoin supply growth stalls as regulation, Treasury yields bite

Regulation

After a period of rapid expansion, the global stablecoin market has largely stalled, signaling a consolidation phase as new regulation, liquidity constraints and higher real-world yields weigh on new issuance, according to Jimmy Xue, co-founder of quantitative yield protocol Axis. In a note shared with Cointelegraph, Xue said that while stablecoin regulation has advanced, tighter frameworks in the United States and Europe have forced institutional issuers to hold higher-quality reserves and absorb rising compliance costs, slowing the pace of net issuance. At the same time, elevated real yields on US Treasurys have increased the opportunity cost of holding stablecoins that…

A First from Bitcoin Exchange Binance! A New Futures Pair Based on Tesla Stock Listed! Here Are the Details

Exchanges

Binance Futures, the futures trading platform of Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced that it will offer its users a new perpetual contract based on Tesla shares in order to expand trading options. According to the official announcement, the new product, the USDⓈ-M secured TSLAUSDT Equity Perpetual Contract, will be available for trading on January 28, 2026, at 17:30. The new contract is designed to track the price of Tesla Inc. (TSLA) shares traded on Nasdaq. This will allow users to access Tesla price movements through cryptocurrency markets without directly purchasing shares. Binance Futures officials state that…

SentismAI Taps GoldFinger to Offer Tokenized Gold On-Chain

Blockchain

SentismAI, a prominent Web3 intelligence layer, has partnered with GoldFinger, an RWA tokenization platform. The partnership marks a key step toward the evolution of real-world assets (RWAs) in decentralized finance (DeFi) by bringing gold on-chain with transparent and secure yield generation. As per SentismAI’s official X announcement, the development attempts to go beyond hype-led narratives with priority given to compatibility and real utility for diverse on-chain assets. Hence, the move underscores a mutual vision of turning RWAs into practical instruments instead of passive representations within the blockchain networks. SentismAI 🤝 GoldFinger 🔥Excited to announce our partnership with @GoldFingerRWA. 🟡GoldFinger is…

Capital One agrees to acquire credit card, stablecoin payment enabler Brex

Regulation

Capital One Financial Corp. has agreed to acquire fintech startup Brex in a deal valued at $5.15 billion, expanding the bank’s push into technology-driven corporate finance and payments. Under the terms of the agreement, Capital One will pay 50% in cash and 50% in stock for Brex, the companies said on Thursday. The acquisition would fold one of Silicon Valley’s best-known financial technology firms into Capital One’s commercial banking and payments business. Capital One founder and CEO Richard Fairbank said in a statement that Brex has reshaped how fast-growing companies manage their finances. Founded in 2017, Brex built its reputation…