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CZ pushes back against Binance 'FUD' as blame game for crypto crash persists

The exchange co-founder's post comes amid renewed scrutiny over Binance’s alleged role in October’s crypto flash crash.

Binance's former CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Photos from Smorshedi/Wikimedia Commons and CoinDesk/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Elon Musk merges AI company xAI with rocket company SpaceX to build AI in space

The combined company is expected to price its IPO at a valuation of $1.25 trillion, according to Bloomberg.

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Finance

Russia's biggest bitcoin mining firm's founder arrested for tax evasion while his company faces bankruptcy

An En+ subsidiary has filed an insolvency claim against the crypto mining firm, adding to pressure from energy debts, regulatory curbs and internal turmoil.

An engineer sits at a bank of crypto mining rigs.

Policy

Crypto industry, banks not yet close to stablecoin yield deal at White House meeting

Industry insiders met with President Donald Trump's advisers, who asked that compromises be found this month for the Senate's crypto bill.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets
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Finance

Family offices shun crypto despite hype, with 89% holding no digital assets: JPMorgan Private Bank

The appetite for traditional and emerging hedges remains limited among wealthy families, according to JPMorgan Private Bank’s 2026 Global Family Office Report.

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Finance

GameStop's Ryan Cohen appears to be moving on from bitcoin, eyes 'consumer megadeal'

GameStop's shares have surged as Cohen teased a "transformational" consumer-related deal he said is "way more compelling than bitcoin."

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Markets

Opera stock jumps 15% after announcing expanded support for Tether tokens

MiniPay has 12.6 million activated wallets and processed over $153 million in stablecoin transactions in December, connecting users to crypto on- and off-ramp providers.

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Markets

Bitcoin bounces 7% from lows, but crypto remains under pressure in U.S. trade

Crypto-related stocks like Robinhood, Coinbase, and Strategy continued to sport sizable losses on Monday.

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Finance

Bed Bath & Beyond stock jumps on deal to tokenize real estate with Tokens.com buy

The new platform, planned to debut by July, will use tools from tZERO and integrate with blockchain firm Figure to offer services such as mortgages and renovation loans.

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Markets

Bitcoin can still fall further. Historical data shows $60,000 will be the bottom

Historical data show that bitcoin has always found support in bear markets at the 200-week moving average.

200WMA (BTC: Technical Pricing Model)

Markets

Cboe is looking to make trading as simple as a ‘yes or no’ rivalling prediction markets

The exchange is in early talks on a yes-or-no options product that mirrors platforms like Polymarket or Kalshi.

The Cboe Global Markets Inc. building in Chicago (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Markets

Earnings season gathers steam, U.S. jobs: Crypto Week Ahead

Your look at what's coming in the week starting Feb. 2.

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Markets

Hyperliquid's HYPE higher by 10% on plans to add prediction markets and options

The exchange said it has added support for outcome-based trading in a move to compete with prediction markets.

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Finance

Tom Lee's BitMine Immersion added 41,000 ether as paper losses rise to $6 billion

Ether's plunging price stands in stark contrast to surging blockchain activity, marking a contrast to prior bear markets, company Chairman Tom Lee said.

Tom Lee

Markets

Crypto crime is getting violent: ‘wrench attacks’ jumped 75% in 2026

Europe now accounts for over 40% of global incidents, with France leading at 19 reported attacks, involving home invasions, kidnappings, and targeted personal threats.

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CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 performance update: index tumbles 9.3% as all constituents trade lower

Ethereum (ETH), down 13.9%, lead the index lower over the weekend.

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