More than a decade after the first stablecoins emerged, the U.S. dollar still reigns supreme in crypto. The stablecoin market has grown to more than $306 billion in total capitalization, data from DefiLlama shows. According to JPMorgan, around 99% of the stablecoin market remains U.S. dollar‑denominated. USD-pegged stablecoins’ dominance is half inertia and half convenience,
Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s leading digital cryptocurrency, has recorded astronomical growth over the last 16 years. Binance, the largest crypto exchange, highlighted this with the commemoration of Bitcoin’s valuation boost in a 2010 Bitcointalk post. 500 BTC investment worth nearly $45 million today In a post, Binance reminded the cryptocurrency community of how a user
Crypto’s IPO market is back, but the companies leading the charge aren’t the ones most exposed to token volatility. BitGo priced its initial public offering on Jan. 21 at $18 per share, raising $212.8 million and valuing the custody platform at $2.08 billion. Shares opened the next day at $22.43, a 24.6% jump that pushed
After more than a decade building infrastructure for exchanges, financial institutions and central banks, R3 saw the market starting to bend in a new direction. About a year ago, the firm initiated a strategic reset, asking a simple but fundamental question: what is the best way for customers to move assets fully onchain? Todd MacDonald,
Simon Gerovich, CEO of Metaplanet, shared new data showing Japan’s rapid rise in corporate Bitcoin adoption. He pointed to the 2026 Annual Report from Bitcoin For Corporations, which tracks how public companies use Bitcoin as a treasury asset. 米国を除くと、日本は企業によるビットコイン保有の伸びが最も大きい国です。全文レポートはこちら:https://t.co/arnzfwBf2n https://t.co/gS9NqL4lqR pic.twitter.com/GxaFTYMr7s — Simon Gerovich (@gerovich) January 24, 2026 The report shows that, outside the United
The Chief of Google DeepMind has called out a bubble-like pattern in the AI sector. The AI-specific crypto market has declined. More factors have likely contributed to its plummet. Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind Chief, has flagged the appearance of a ‘bubble-like’ pattern in parts of the AI industry. His statement comes after Microsoft’s chief flagged
The Bitcoin (BTC) Rainbow Chart has outlined a wide range of potential price outcomes for February 1, 2026, using a logarithmic growth curve meant to capture long-term adoption trends rather than short-term market noise. A review of the chart shows that at the bottom, the “Basically a Fire Sale” band signals extreme undervaluation tied to
OptimAI Network and Pieverse are working together to create new opportunities in Agent-Based E-Commerce. They plan to use Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) to connect Artificial Intelligence with Blockchain-based Financial Settlement (BFS) and to allow for a more effective use of both technologies through one interactive system that facilitates autonomous economic transactions. The Convergence of
Money keeps flowing into cryptocurrency companies even as President Donald Trump’s policies shake up financial markets around the world. During the third week of January alone, investors put $362 million into 14 different crypto startups. That brings this year’s total past $1 billion, according to numbers from DeFiLlama. Early-stage investors hold steady The steady funding