Retail Bitcoin activity in APAC has outpaced the U.S. and Europe, driven by non-institutional participation, according to Gemini and Glassnode. The Asia-Pacific region retail traders are making moves in Bitcoin (BTC) while the U.S. lags behind. When excluding exchange-traded funds and exchange flows, retail activity in Asia is growing faster than in the U.S. and … Read more
John Schulman has left his position at Anthropic. He was the co-founder of OpenAI and joined the company’s competitor, Anthropic, last summer. According to a Bloomberg report, AI researcher John Schulman has submitted a resignation. He left OpenAI in August last year to join Anthropic after the development of ChatGPT was completed. John Schulman has … Read more
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure has partnered with Shiba Inu to implement Web3 solutions for energy, infrastructure, and other areas. Public Service Efficiency Gets a Web3 Makeover The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry Energy and Infrastructure (MOEI) announced on Feb. 5 that it had partnered with Shiba Inu to advance “Web3 … Read more
TON Festival (April 2025) is a two-day, high-energy, fully gamified digital experience set to redefine community engagement in the Web3 space. With almost 2M Monthly Active Users already onboard, the festival started the new phase on January 29, betting big on its innovative Blow2Earn mechanics. That’s right, users will need to blow into their phones … Read more
In a series of hacks, decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter and a former Malaysian prime minister had their accounts hijacked to promote sham coins.
FX option expiries for Feb 6 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time via DTCC can be found below. EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.0200 2.5b 1.0250 2.2b 1.0300 2.5b 1.0320 1.7b 1.0325 1.8b 1.0350 1.2b 1.0380 1.1b 1.0400 2.1b 1.0410 1.3b 1.0440 1.9b 1.0480 915m 1.0500 2.6b GBP/USD: GBP amounts 1.2300 1b 1.2455 1.4b 1.2550 1.2b USD/JPY: USD amounts … Read more
Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell filed a housing discrimination suit, alleging a San Francisco building’s management blocked a sale due to his involvement with crypto.
ByBit registers with India’s FIU, signaling a return to operations for traders. Regulatory pressures lead to $1.06M fine for ByBit’s non-compliance in India. India tightens scrutiny, requiring offshore crypto exchanges to meet AML standards. Cryptocurrency exchange ByBit has made progress toward getting back to business in India after fixing compliance issues with the country’s financial … Read more
Swedish crypto asset manager Virtune is now giving investors in Finland exposure to Avalanche and Cardano via its newly launched crypto ETP products.
Institutional investors remain wary of crypto trading, according to a JPMorgan survey.