Category: Crypto Insights

Binance’s CZ dismisses allegations that exchange triggered $19B crypto wipeout Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, co-founder and former chief executive of Binance, has pushed back strongly against claims that his exchange was the primary catalyst behind last October’s dramatic crypto sell-off, which erased around 19 billion dollars in leveraged positions in a single day. Speaking during a…

U.K. Parliament launches inquiry into stablecoin rules amid fears over caps and competitiveness The U.K. Parliament has formally opened a wide‑ranging inquiry into stablecoins, signalling that lawmakers are not yet convinced the country’s proposed regulatory regime for the sector is fit for purpose. On 29 January, the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (FSRC)…

WallStreetBets Creator Slams Reddit After Legal Threats Force Miami Event Rebrand A high-profile trading and crypto conference in Miami has been forced into a last-minute rebrand after Reddit’s legal team intervened, reigniting a long-running feud with WallStreetBets founder Jaime Rogozinski. The three-day convention, originally marketed as “WallStreetBets Live,” has been hastily renamed “[REDACTED] Live” following…

Ethereum’s First Great Crisis Returns as a $220 Million Security Endowment Almost a decade after the catastrophic collapse of The DAO nearly tore Ethereum apart, the last remnants of that era are being repurposed into one of the largest security funds in crypto history. Griff Green, co-founder of Giveth and one of the original keyholders…

Crypto Treasury Stocks Tumble as Bitcoin and Ethereum Selloff Deepens Shares of two of the most prominent public crypto treasury firms, Strategy and BitMine Immersion Technologies, slumped nearly 10% on Thursday as renewed pressure on Bitcoin and Ethereum rippled through traditional markets. The drop came amid mounting macro uncertainty and growing concern over a potential…

Trump-aligned USD1 stablecoin blasts past $5 billion as family doubles down on crypto Donald Trump Jr. is celebrating a new benchmark for the Trump family’s fast‑growing digital finance venture, after the USD1 stablecoin rocketed to a market capitalization above $5 billion in under a year. The dollar-pegged token, issued by World Liberty Financial, has rapidly…

Metaplanet approves $127 million raise to double down on Bitcoin as stock slips on dilution worries Metaplanet Inc. has signed off on an aggressive new financing round worth roughly $127 million, aiming to turbocharge its transition into a Bitcoin-focused treasury vehicle. The market, however, reacted cautiously: shares slid around 3.5% on the day of the…

UAE launches first central bank–approved stablecoin, putting direct pressure on USDC in the region The United Arab Emirates has taken a decisive step into the stablecoin arena with the debut of USDU, the first stablecoin formally approved by the country’s central bank. The move not only cements the UAE’s ambitions to be a global digital-asset…

DePIN-Powered AIOZ Pin Aims to Keep Web3 Data Permanently Online One of the internet’s most persistent problems is its unreliability as an archive. Content that once felt permanent has proved surprisingly fragile. A 2024 report from the Pew Research Center found that around 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 had vanished by 2023. This…

Trump-Branded Stablecoin USD1 Blows Past $5B as Official TRUMP Meme Coin Craters A Trump-affiliated stablecoin has quietly turned into a heavyweight of the crypto markets, while the U.S. President’s flagship meme token has imploded in value—underscoring how fast capital is rotating from hype-driven bets into yield-bearing, institution-ready assets. World Liberty Financial’s dollar-pegged stablecoin USD1 has…