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Bitget EU expects MiCA approval in Austria by mid-2026 and plans a broker-led model with strict asset standards for European users.

DeFi is still out of scope for DAC8 and CARF, but AML enforcement trends suggest that may not last, according to Taxbit’s Colby Mangels.

Speculative capital is flowing into emerging tech opportunities, as progress with US crypto regulations continues to stall, limiting investor appetite for digital assets, Delphi Digital said.

Physical co-location and nanosecond advantages end as alpha shifts onchain. High-frequency trading firms own blockchain infrastructure.

WisdomTree adds Solana to its tokenized fund lineup, citing transaction speed as it expands a regulated multi-chain strategy.

Tether increases physical gold holdings to 130 metric tons while Coinbase promotes futures trading as Bitcoin lags and gold tops $5,300 per ounce.

The Financial Services Commission chief says ownership limits are still under negotiation as lawmakers debate the Digital Asset Basic Act ahead of a mid-February deadline.

European Central Bank executive Piero Cipollone has argued that rising geopolitical tensions make a European-controlled payments system a strategic necessity.

Bitcoin ETF investors contend with price dropping to their aggregate entry level, but a crypto executive claims new institutions are lining up.

Bitcoin price traded below $90,000 as investors braced for Jerome Powell’s post-FOMC speech that could trigger volatile swings toward key BTC price levels.

A wallet linked to an alleged theft of US government-seized crypto launched a Solana memecoin on Pump.fun that later crashed 97%, raising tokenomics red flags.

OKX says the card supports USDC and USDG spending, is issued via Monavate on Mastercard’s network and is available to verified EU users.

Chainalysis says the on-chain money laundering ecosystem processed $82 billion in funds in 2025, with Chinese-language networks now dominating.

BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes says the yen is weakening while Japanese government bond yields are rising, which could lead to Japanese investors selling US Treasuries.

Coinbase’s musical ad depicting a run-down UK, which was already blacklisted from TV, has reportedly seen a wider ban by the country’s ad watchdog for being “irresponsible.”

Coinbase has been working with Solflare, R2, and Flipcash to bring custom stablecoins to market, with the latest testing focused on Flipcash’s USDF.

Silver prices have been on the rise and hit a new all-time high of just over $117 on Tuesday, though some analysts warn that a price top for the precious metal could be coming soon.

ERC-8004, which a lead developer has tipped will be deployed to mainnet this week, enables AI agents to discover and trust each other across platforms without centralized gatekeepers.

The restaurant chain said that its adoption of Bitcoin is one of the main reasons that it is “trouncing” its fast-food competitors.

Adoption has been strongest in the hospitality, travel, digital goods, and gaming industries. Millennials and Gen Zs are proving to be the most crypto-savvy shoppers.