Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) and Nasdaq have formalized their definitive entry into the institutional crypto ecosystem by leading a 50 million dollar funding round aimed at strengthening digital asset infrastructure. This strategic move, which also features participation from giants like S&P Global and iCapital, directly backs the firm Digital Asset and its Canton network, validating this technology as the emerging standard for the secure interconnection of global financial markets.
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Olivia reports on regulation, compliance, and policy developments shaping the crypto industry. Her coverage examines how legal and regulatory decisions influence market structure, project development, and industry behavior.She also follows Web3 initiatives and altcoin markets when regulatory changes are a key factor.
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Malaysian authorities have mobilized a joint task force employing high-tech drones to dismantle illegal Bitcoin mining operations across the country. Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir, Deputy Minister of Energy Transition, confirmed the deployment of aerial surveillance technology and ground sensors to locate and shut down nearly 14,000 clandestine facilities that were draining critical resources from the national power grid.
During the recent Binance Blockchain Week, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse shook market expectations by issuing a bold Bitcoin price prediction placing the leading digital asset at 180,000 dollars. This bullish forecast, projected specifically for the end of 2026, was shared during a high-profile panel discussion alongside other prominent industry leaders, setting a tone of strong optimism regarding the ecosystem’s long-term financial prospects.
Former Citadel engineers Ian Krotinsky and Aashiq Dheeraj successfully secured 17 million dollars to launch an app focused on streamlining high-value cross-border payments. As Krotinsky stated to Fortune, the platform seeks to overcome current limitations, allowing global transfers to happen instantly without the usual delays of banking networks.
Stellar XLM posted modest price gains, but a 37% jump in weekly volume has sparked renewed speculation about accumulation from major market participants.
A new protocol — Firelight — is giving XRP holders their first real chance to stake XRP and access decentralized-finance utilities via a liquid token, potentially unlocking yield and DeFi-insurance use cases.
The cryptocurrency market is facing a new paradox where the Ethereum treasury trade has experienced a massive decline in monthly acquisition volumes since the August highs. According to a recent report by asset management firm Bitwise, purchases by digital asset treasuries (DATs) plummeted from 1.97 million Ether in August to just 370,000 ETH in November. Max Shennon, senior research associate at Bitwise, confirmed this Tuesday that “the ETH DAT bear continues,” signaling a clear slowdown in generalized institutional capital entry into the asset.
MicroStrategy announced a $1.44 billion reserve to cover dividend and debt obligations without selling its Bitcoin. The move coincided with Vanguard’s decision the same day to permit third‑party cryptocurrency ETFs on its $11 trillion platform, expanding access for tens of millions of clients. Myriad and Trust Wallet partnered to embed prediction markets directly inside a self‑custody wallet, creating a combined shift across corporate treasury, brokerage distribution and decentralized market access.
Recent research conducted by Anthropic and the MATS organization has demonstrated that artificial intelligence agents are capable of developing smart contract exploits autonomously and profitably. The report, released this Monday by the company’s red team, confirms that advanced commercial models such as Claude Opus 4.5 and GPT-5 managed to identify critical vulnerabilities after analyzing data post-March 2025.
Economist Timothy Peterson recently revealed crucial data suggesting an imminent Bitcoin price recovery, based on fundamental historical network valuation metrics. This analysis indicates that the asset is currently trading below its theoretical fair value, a technical divergence that has historically preceded positive returns in the following year. Currently, BTC is trading approximately 31.4% below its all-time high of $126,000 recorded in October, a situation that has placed its price under the Metcalfe value curve. This particular technical scenario had not been observed for two years, coinciding with moments where excessive market leverage has been purged almost completely. According to the…
