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Korean crypto investors will soon find Cronos staking directly inside a familiar exchange interface, as Upbit rolls out integrated support for CRO staking on its platform. Upbit launches CRO staking for Korean users Selective staking lineup underscores confidence in CRO Korea’s growing role in the Cronos ecosystem Strategy and onchain access for millions of users Details of the CRO staking launch on Upbit About Cronos Labs and its integration with Crypto.com Upbit launches CRO staking for Korean users On January 6, 2026, Cronos announced that leading Korean exchange Upbit has enabled staking for $CRO, allowing customers to earn rewards from…
Donald Trump and his administration’s embrace of crypto fundamentally reshaped the US financial landscape in a short time. By aggressively dismantling regulatory crackdowns, Trump brands himself as the first crypto president, having promoted crypto from the Oval Office, signed pro-crypto laws (GENIUS and CLARITY Acts), and launched his own memecoin ($TRUMP). His backing sparked a flood of speculative trades, helping move crypto from the edge of finance into public markets, stock markets, and the hands of ordinary investors. Related: Trump Wants a Say in Interest Rates: How Will Crypto React? The rise of Digital Asset Trusts (DATs) A noticeable trend…
Federal prosecutors have launched a critical appeal against the acquittal of Avraham Eisenberg, the defendant in the landmark Mango Markets exploit case, setting the stage for a pivotal legal battle that could redefine fraud in decentralized finance. This appeal directly challenges the judicial interpretation that his actions constituted a permissible exploitation of a design flaw rather than criminal fraud. Consequently, the outcome may establish crucial precedent for how traditional legal frameworks interact with blockchain-based financial systems. The case, originating from a 2022 incident where over $110 million was extracted from the Solana-based DeFi protocol, now moves to a higher court…
Richard Teng, the head of the world’s largest exchange, Binance, has published an important statement on his X account, addressing the global crypto community and Binance users in particular. However, some users seemed not quite satisfied with the quality of services provided by the platform and did not hold back from criticism in the comments. Binance boss faces community’s criticism Richard Teng addressed the Binance community, reaffirming the vision Binance has been and intends to follow in the future. According to Teng, the platform is committed “to support the freedom of money globally.” Thus, Binance is doing its best, Teng…
EDENA Capital Partners has raised $100 million from New York-based investment firm GEM to expand its government-approved digital securities infrastructure in emerging markets. According to a press statement shared with Cryptopolitan, the Singapore-based blockchain firm said the funding see through the launch of Security Token Offering (STO) exchanges in Indonesia and Egypt, trading assets like real estate, carbon credits, corporate equity, bonds, and commodities. GEM, which manages over $3.4 billion in more than 500 global transactions, provided the structured investment to support EDENA through a multi-year roadmap. The capital will fund the acquisition of carbon credit projects, develop a real…
The crypto community is raising concerns about privacy as new crypto tax reporting frameworks come into force in 2026, leading to increased regulatory oversight of digital asset activity worldwide. A total of 48 countries have implemented the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) this year, while the European Union’s DAC8 law has also gone into effect. Understanding CARF and DAC8 For context, the OECD developed the CARF framework. It is a global tax transparency standard designed to ensure that tax authorities receive information on crypto-asset transactions in a standardized and automated way, similar to how the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) works for…
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…