Day: 5 February 2026

Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) believes blockchain technology could play a crucial role in the future of artificial intelligence, particularly as autonomous AI agents begin to transact and operate independently online. In a recent report, the firm argued that blockchains offer the identity, payment, and contract infrastructure needed to ...

Crypto borrowing activity is beginning to stir after hitting a low late last year, but the rebound remains cautious rather than speculative. Data from both decentralized and centralized lending platforms shows leverage slowly returning to the market in early 2026, though activity is still far from the highs seen during ...

Black Pearl Compute LLC, a subsidiary of Bitcoin miner Cipher Mining, has received $13 billion in orders for a $2 billion junk bond sale to fund a massive AI data centre in Texas. The offering was significantly oversubscribed as investors scrambled for a piece of the project, which is backed ...

Bitcoin is facing intensified selling pressure from U.S. institutional investors as the Coinbase Premium Gap plunged to a 12-month low this week. This metric, which tracks the price difference between Bitcoin on Coinbase and Binance, dropped to approximately -0.15%, signalling a sharp decline in demand from American spot buyers. The ...

A Nevada state court has declined to immediately shut down Coinbase’s newly launched prediction market products, dealing an early setback to state gaming regulators seeking swift action against the crypto exchange. The court denied the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s (NGCB) request for an emergency temporary restraining order (TRO) and instead ...

Alchemy Pay, a leading global fiat-to-crypto payment provider, has successfully upgraded HTF Securities Limited’s Type 4 license to include Virtual Asset Advisory Services in Hong Kong.  The enhancement allows HTF Securities, a corporation regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), to offer regulated advisory services for virtual ...

CoolWallet has rolled out support for TRON energy rental, enabling users to lower transaction fees while maintaining full self-custody of TRX and TRC-20 assets. In a February 5 press release, the hardware wallet provider said the new feature allows users to tap into TRON’s blockchain infrastructure directly through CoolWallet’s mobile ...

Crypto project Payy has rolled out a new Ethereum layer-2 network aimed at enabling private ERC-20 token transfers, as institutions and fintech firms increasingly push to move financial activity onchain without exposing sensitive data. Announced on X on Wednesday, the Payy Network allows users to add the chain directly to ...

The US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has launched an investigation into World Liberty Financial (WLF) following reports that an Emirati royal secretly acquired a 49% stake in the Trump family-linked crypto project for $500 million.  Representative Ro Khanna, the committee’s ranking member, initiated the inquiry on ...

Tether’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDt, closed the fourth quarter of 2025 at a record $187.3 billion market capitalization, extending its lead even as the wider crypto market slid following October’s liquidation shock. In its latest quarterly report, Tether said USDt added $12.4 billion in market value during Q4, underscoring its growing ...