According to Decrypt, the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein maintained years of correspondence with Tether co-founder Brock Pierce and was allegedly involved in Pierce's personal relationships. The documents show that between 2011 and 2019, they discussed meetings and networking opportunities, with the correspondence taking place after Epstein's 2008 conviction for sex crimes involving minors. https://t.co/unqdETFmpe ...

Binance co-founder He Yi posted on X that some users in the community had launched a "withdrawal campaign." However, after the campaign began, the amount of assets in Binance’s addresses actually increased. She noted that regularly initiating withdrawals across all trading platforms is an effective stress test. https://t.co/ucndcl1UUn ...

Tether Q4 2025: USDT market cap hit $187.3B, marking the 8th straight quarter of 30M+ user growth. Reserves rose to $192.9B (including 96,184 BTC, 127.5 tons of gold, $141.6B U.S. Treasuries). Despite the Oct. 2025 liquidation shock, USDT still grew 3.5%, while the #2 and #3 stablecoins fell 2.6% and 57%. Q4 on-chain transfers reached $4.4T, a record.https://t.co/gDtZLLjbF9 ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a congressional hearing that the U.S. will retain Bitcoin obtained through asset seizures but will not direct private banks to buy BTC during market downturns or “bail out Bitcoin.” In an exchange with California Congressman and longtime crypto critic Brad Sherman, Bessent stressed that neither he nor the Financial Stability Oversight Council has such authority, adding that seized BTC held by the government has grown in value from about $500 million to over ...

According to Bloomberg, as stablecoin-related disputes stall a crypto market-structure bill, crypto firms have proposed new compromises to banks, including placing part of stablecoin reserves with community banks and enabling them to issue their own stablecoins through partnerships, to ease concerns over potential deposit outflows. No agreement has been reached so far. https://t.co/Hbx4IO0b9a ...

Coinbase announced that Aztec (AZTEC) and Espresso Systems (ESP) have been added to its asset listing roadmap. ...

Coinbase announced that Rainbow (RNBW) and RaveDAO (RAVE) have been added to its asset roadmap. Trading for the assets remains subject to market-making support and sufficient technical infrastructure, with launch details to be announced separately once these conditions are met. https://t.co/8fCsYvbwGm ...

CME Group CEO Terry Duffy said on the company’s latest earnings call that CME is evaluating the potential launch of a proprietary token (“CME Coin”), which could potentially operate on a decentralized network. CME is also working with Google on a “tokenized cash” solution scheduled to launch later this year, with a custodian bank facilitating the related transactions. https://t.co/ESFuUNnJKJ ...

Spain's second-largest bank BBVA (with $800 billion in assets) joins the Qivalis group, which now includes 12 major EU banks (including BNP Paribas, ING, and UniCredit), aiming to launch a regulated euro stablecoin to challenge dollar stablecoin dominance. Qivalis is applying to the Dutch central bank for electronic money institution authorization under the MiCA framework, with the token planned for launch in the second half of 2026. https://t.co/j1EZsog5hF ...

K33's Vetle Lunde: BTC down ~40% from Oct high (11% last week), echoing 2018/2022 bears and raising cycle fears. "This time different"—unlikely 80% drawdown due to institutional adoption, inflows, easing rates, no major deleveraging crises. Feb 2: >$8B spot volume, $1.8B longs liquidated, extreme negative funding—bottom signals but inconclusive. Support $74K; break risks drop to $69K or $58K (200-week MA). https://t.co/z1f1XRbI0a ...