加密货币交易所 OKX 近期对其全球机构业务进行重组，导致部分员工离职。知情人士称，约三分之一 的机构销售团队在此次调整中离开，其中包括裁员及主动离职，具体人数未被官方披露；公司方面表 示，这并非"大规模裁员"，而是向更传统的机构客户覆盖模式转型，以加强长期客户关系并更好支持不 同市场周期的需求。（CoinDesk） （来源：吴说） ...

MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Binance’s State of the Blockchain 2025 year-in-review report is out, highlighting the most important themes and growth metrics across regulation, liquidity, Web3 discovery, institutional adoption, user protection, and the everyday use of crypto. For the full set of findings, product updates, and data points, you can read the full report available here in English.Two milestones arrived close together at the end of 2025: Binance became the first crypto exchange to s ...

South Korea’s Supreme Court has issued its first ruling, establishing that Bitcoin held on domestic exchanges such as Upbit and Bithumb can be legally seized under the Criminal Procedure Act, according to a local report from The Chosun Daily. The December 11 decision resolves years of legal ambiguity around whether cryptocurrencies stored on trading platforms constitute seizable property during criminal investigations. The ruling comes as South Korean authorities accelerate enforcement across the crypto ...

Bank of America (BofA) has upgraded Coinbase (COIN) to a "buy" rating, pointing to the exchange's growing ambitions beyond crypto trading and its increasingly diversified business model. In a research note published Thursday, BofA analyst Craig Siegenthaler highlighted Coinbase’s pivot toward becoming an “everything exchange” — a single app where users could one day trade stocks, buy crypto, make peer-to-peer payments and even wager on prediction markets. The company detailed some of these plans at a pr ...

Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN).And retail traders should know.We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with COIN, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.So how do we know what these investors just did? Today, Benzinga's options scanner ...

Bank of America has reset its forecast for the cryptocurrency company, Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN), after it evaluated the exchange's positioning for 2026. Launched by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam in 2012, Coinbase operates the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. The company went public in 2021 and made it to the S&P 500 index in May 2025. Related: Bank of America recommends adding up to 4% of ‘gold rival’ BofA hails Coinbase's 'everything exchange' goal Bank of America's research analyst Craig Siegenth ...

Retail and institutional investors don't often see eye-to-eye, but there's an investment idea both groups are bullish on in 2026. A survey conducted by Mizuho of 300 retail investors and 45 institutional investors shows that both cohorts have fresh optimism for fintech stocks this year, while they say their interest in crypto stocks is waning. The shift follows a tough year for bitcoin and crypto broadly, with the apex token ending 2025 down more than 6%. Mizuho said that both groups of investors seem und ...

Bank of America analysts upgraded Coinbase to “Buy” from “Neutral” on Thursday, describing the exchange as a leader in tokenization that stands to benefit from its own blockchain network. Without changing their price target of $340 per share, the bank’s analysts wrote in a note that the exchange’s outlook improved following its debut of several products last month. Stock trading and predication markets are among those that could broaden revenue, they wrote. Still, as asset managers grow increasingly intere ...

Coinbase Global (COIN) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA Securities, citing that the company's goal of being an "Everything Exchange" is closer with stocks and sports. The price objective was set at $340.00. Shares were +0.50% to $247.16 ...

Binance has rolled out its first regulated perpetual futures tied to traditional financial assets, starting with contracts that track gold and silver and settle in the USDT stablecoin. Key Takeaways: Binance launched regulated gold and silver perpetual futures settled in USDT. The move reflects a broader push by crypto exchanges to expand into traditional assets. Growing interest in commodities and tokenized real-world assets is reshaping trading activity beyond crypto. The new offering, branded ...