By Francisco Rodrigues (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)
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$87,993.98 rose above $88,000 even after the Bank of Japan increased interest rates to the highest in nearly 30 years, a… [+7418 chars]

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Bitcoin gains as yen surprises after Japan raises rates: Crypto Daybook Americas

U.S.-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is introducing stock trading and incorporating prediction markets, along with a slew of other new products and assets that aims to cement the platf… [+5491 chars]

Coinbase is dramatically expanding the assets available to trade on its platform, including novel cryptocurrencies, perpetual futures, stocks and prediction markets, starting with Kalshi.

Coinbase rolls out stock trading, prediction markets and more in bid to become the ‘Everything Exchange’

Circle (CRCL) Co-founder, Chairman and CEO Jeremy Allaire spent 2025 turning a long-running thesis that dollar-backed digital money would become core financial infrastructure into a mainstream policy… [+3013 chars]

Allaire spent 2025 pushing regulated digital dollars into the mainstream, shaping U.S. policy and unveiling Arc as the foundation for institutional blockchain finance.

Most Influential: Jeremy Allaire

By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)
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$87.054,48 has churned between $86,000 and $88,000 over the past 24 hours, with Tuesdays U.S. jobs data failing to inject mean… [+6443 chars]

ETFs bleed, keeping bitcoin in stasis: Crypto Daybook Americas

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Startale Group and SBI Holdings have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a fully regulated, yen-denominated stablecoin for glob… [+1807 chars]

The digital yen stablecoin aims to plug Japan into onchain finance and cross-border tokenized asset flows under the country's new FSA regime.

SBI, Startale to launch regulated yen stablecoin for global settlement

When Shayne Coplan first made mainstream headlines in November 2024, it was far from a success story that drew the medias attention. In fact, many who heard about the Federal Bureau of Investigations… [+4514 chars]

Once mired in legal trouble that included federal probes and law enforcement raids, Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan has emerged victorious this year, casting off the yoke of regulatory scrutiny and growing the prediction market he founded into a $9 b…

Most Influential: Shayne Coplan

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) December 2025 report warns that USD-pegged stablecoins could spark currency substitution and capital outflows in vulnerable emerging markets (EMS), undermining… [+5142 chars]

The IMF warns that USD-pegged stablecoins could undermine local currencies in emerging markets by facilitating currency substitution and capital outflows.

IMF Flags Stablecoins as Source of Risk to Emerging Markets, Experts Say We Aren't There Yet

German carmaker BMW Group has become the first corporation to execute a fully pre-programmed FX transaction using mega-bank JPMorgans Kinexys Digital Payments network, the companies said on Tuesday.… [+1533 chars]

The German car giant used JPMorgan’s permissioned Kinexys Digital Payments network to do the FX transaction.