People of Western nations will inevitably face massive asset seizure campaigns from their own governments as a new sovereign debt crisis emerges, according to Balaji Srinivasan. In a post on X, the former Coinbase CTO says that the global fiat system, especially dollar-based economies, is entering a sovereign debt crisis that will eventually force governments
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum and a prominent figure in the blockchain space, recently shared his approach to navigating the prediction market Polymarket in an interview with Foresight News. At this time, he outlined that he begins by identifying markets during a phase he refers to as “crazy mode,” where he bets that extreme
Japan’s largest brokerage, Nomura, disclosed on January 30 that its crypto subsidiary, Laser Digital, posted losses in the October–December quarter. The firm has reduced cryptocurrency positions and tightened risk controls. But just two days earlier, that same subsidiary had applied for a US bank charter. This is not a contradiction—it is a pattern. 48 Hours
A Shenzhen-based gold trading platform has collapsed after running what amounted to a leveraged betting operation with no physical backing, leaving over 150,000 investors scrambling to recover their funds. The Jereh collapse — the largest in a recent wave of unlicensed gold platform failures across China — is now escalating into a standoff as victims
A secret agreement between Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Donald Trump family regarding a cryptocurrency venture has sparked public debate. According to a Wall Street Journal report, citing company documents and sources close to the matter, representatives of Tahnoon, a royal family from Abu Dhabi, have signed an agreement to acquire a
Over the past two weeks, the stablecoin economy trimmed $6.22 billion after topping out at an all-time high of $311.333 billion. Just this past week, the sector edged lower by 1.21%, shaving off another $3.748 billion. Stablecoin Sector Trims Billions The stablecoin, or fiat-pegged token economy, according to defillama.com stats, is in the red this
Alternative inflation data is pointing to a sharp cooling in US prices, reinforcing the case for interest rate cuts and carrying broader implications for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies. After the Federal Reserve paused rate cuts last week and signaled no clear path to near-term cuts, real-time inflation data suggest policymakers may be out of sync
OSL Group secures $200 million equity financing to fund global stablecoin, payments growth, acquisitions, and infrastructure. OSL Group (HKEX: 863) announced on January 29, 2026 in Hong Kong a $200 million (approximately HK$1.56 billion) equity financing to bolster its balance sheet and accelerate expansion of its stablecoin trading and payment platform, support strategic acquisitions, and
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), said the largest public traded holder of bitcoin BTC$78,365.32 increased the dividend rate on its preferred stock, Stretch (STRC), by 25 basis points to 11.25% for February. Strategy describes Stretch (STRC) as a short-duration, high-yield savings account. The increase is the sixth since STRC first traded in July
A UAE-backed investment vehicle quietly agreed to buy nearly half of World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency startup linked to President Donald Trump, just days before he returned to the White House, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Aryam Investment 1, an Abu Dhabi entity backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan,